The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-22
BILL
IN COMMIT TEE
Five Members Oppose the
Measure, While Two Are
Favorable.
SENATOR kUCHLER STATES
HIS POSITION PLAINLY
Is on Side of Railroads Be-
cause of Attitude of His
Constituency.

The senate committee on railroads at
q meeting Tuesday night voted TO report
the public service commission bill to the
senate with the recommendation OF the
majority of the committee that the hill
be not passed and the favorable recon-
mendation OF minority of the COM
mittce.
The discussion on the measure was
brief, and Senator Carl \. Badger of
and author OF the bill. said that mas
much as a majority OF the committee
appeared TO he opposed to railroad
commission he did not care to press the
mittee. He suggested that a report he
made 10 the senate relative to the views
Of the commission and that vote be
From the discussion, IL appeared that
five members OF the committee were OPP
posed To the bill and two members ia
vored IL. Those on the committee op
posed TO the measure are Funk, Horsley,
Hyde. kuchler and Stookey. and those
members of the committee stated their
position on the measure and then unani-
mously agreed 10 report the bill out OF
committee with the statement that the
committee was divided on the measure.
that a majority favored its rejection and
minority favored its passage. The re-
port OF the committee Will be placed on
the calendar and a roll call will probably
be taken on the measure.
Kuchler States Position.
CONCERNING the measure. Senator kuch-
Ter said that while there were many rea-
sons TO he urged i'll favor OF railroad
should Vote for such "A measure. his posi-
tion could not be other than in opposition
TO a railroad commission because of the
relations Of his constituency TO railroad
corporations He explained that Ogden
was th;. largest railroad center in the
state. that a large portion OF the popu-
la S,f tt.e tel
in the success OF the railroads OF the
state, that within the last few years 500
homes had been built BY railroad en-
ployees IN Ogden and that payroll of
$2o0.0O0 was given 10 people of Ogden
each month by the railroads. These
facts in themselves. he said he deemed
ing against a railroad commission.
Further Senator kuchler said, the
state should encourage railroad construc-
tion aud not do anything that might tend
10 hamper it in any way He said that
there were vast sections OF the state
that needed development and that the
callues was an absolute necessity. lie
spoke particularly OF Washington county
and ST. George as Il place to phich rail-
roads should be extended
Views OF Stookey.
Senator S. j. Stookey of Salt Lake said
that If the railroad commission was in
tended as a means OF aiding the small
shipper. he thought il failure. He said
ne DaG Dtbn 2 small SNlDDcl LOT twenty
years ard had operated in Texas. Mon
tana. Nevada and California. where COM
missions were in power. and where. he
said. the small shipper harmed ig
stead of assisted by railroad commits
SlonS.
Senator J, w. Funk of Cache and Sem
ator W. c. Horsl9y of Box Elder merely
without detailing their views. Senator
j. a. Hyde of Juab said that he was op-
posed to the blu chiefly because he had
not had sufficient time TO consider H.
lie said il was a very importart meas
ure and one that should receive careful
consideration by the members of the
Legislature. This he believed was i'm
possible with the short time remaining
during the present session OF the state
legislature.
Badger for Measure,
Speaking in favor of The measure Sem
ator Carl 4. Badger of Salt Lake admit
ted that the time was brief tor the
proper consideration OF the measure. but
he said that IL the members of the sem
ate woud guarantee that the bill would
receive careful consideration he thought
he could so SO far as to pledge the gov