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Show Plles If LEGISLATIVE NOTES. !Hdl" Fl Thn bill Introduced in tho legislation legisla-tion LI Tho uh i f th consoli. II l.Br,?nfol tho various 5 companies now T I 'nSnoslnV e Utah Light & Railway the I coP?"sahould not, according to our A SSSnass S ts present form. That T I avSXl purpose of a corporation f0r 'fnhlbe changed by a bare majority th? I n?ovlded by two-thirds, Is not right. " I Tho bill Is one calculated to encour- nip and promoto monopolies. It Is I athcr a strange thing that the Utah legislature should lend Itself to a .ehomo of that kind, especially at this time when the rest of tho country has become very tired of tho Irksome and tt H calling chains of trusts and monopo- H lies and from President Roosevelt H down a determined effort is being H mailo to break those chains. H The election bill changing tho tlmo of municipal elections to correspond H with tho county and legislative olec-H olec-H linns will probably either not become a aw at or at least will not in its pros-iq pros-iq ent form. It has passed the bouse, but - H it Is not likely it will get through tho senate without being materially amended, and it may bo killed out- IH right which perhaps wouldn't bo a bad H plan.' Better kill it than have it passed in Its present form. Any meas- H uro that would perpetuate tho present H municipal administration of Salt Lake H an hour beyond its natural life should 3 H bo killed with all tho expedition pos- H slble. If this administration has two H 'cars moro 11 win bG Bood-by to tho IS H million dollars to be received from the bona sale. The Light & Railway K company will probably get from It an v H extension of its franchiso for fifty y H years and graft of all kinds will flour- Ish as It has been doing. Tho Ropub- llcan county and city committees, tho re H chairman of tho Republican state com- Wi mltteo met on Wednesday evening and discussed this bill. It was decided V tliat " woul(l u0 an unmitigated evil II to giv0 Sa,t I-,nlc0's clty administrate administra-te tlon a leaso of power for an additional ! year, and to recommend that tho bill )f . am bo amended, in so far as it relates to Im Salt Lake, so that tho present city of- s IM flclals shall retire at tho end of this jag year and that their successors shall JTM bo elected In November next for a ' ! 'Crm f lirC voar8. |