Show HOW THEY SPENT SUNDAY legislators Find Different Methods of Sabbath Observance Nearly every member of the legisla tue who was in the city yesterday spent the Sabbath by visiting one or more of the senatorial headquarters drawing a bill on some hobby topic or by the wielding of his pen or tongue on some proposed legislative subject I is probably true too that many of the senators and representatives who took advantage of the adjournment from Friday to visit their homes in other cities profitably employed their minds on some phase of the legislative v ork Whatever was done by the legislators legis-lators yesterday in either private or semiofficial capacities will make its impress in the proceedings of the ensuing en-suing week in the senate and the house Senator Evans and Representative Crosby devoted some time yesterday to formulating a bill for a act relating to the powers and obligations of railroad rail-road companies The chief amendment to the present law is a proposition to require railroads to respond more cheerfully for damages and loss resulting result-ing from the killing of live stock by trains and also to guarantee more favorable rates to shippers A group of legislators held a confer ence with a small body of prominent citizens and attorneys on the question of repealing the present obnoxious fire and police law I was proposed to terminate the tenure of office of each 2Pd every member of the two departments depart-ments and place the control thereof unequivocally in the hands of the mayor and city council The result of the conference was reported satisfactory satisfac-tory and within the next week or two the anticipated bill will be introduced by either Representative Shepard or one of the Salt Lake senators |