Show ORATRY IN SENATE A Long Discussion Over Evans Railway Bill 4 FOR PROTECTION OF STOCK 7 Y REPORT OF THE COMMXTTEE IS RORT T COMTE I PENALtY REJECTED + Bill For Branch Agricultural College Fals to FassComte Reports Governor lThminatti Mebzr of Medical oar and Trustees Forte For-te School For Def mind Dumb p The orators of the senate had a flld day of it yest ia and much of the working day was devoted to the disc dis-c slon of senate bill No 83 by EvanS and finally the report o the railroad committee recommendIng its rejection was voted dOttil and the bill was fed for regular oruEr Th bill require railroads to erect and maintain a fence that will turn livestock 00 each side of the track where i passes through lands owned settled or occupied by private persons setted with cattle occUtf at all crossings and In case of failure to maintain such fence and guards the road is made liable for the full value of all damages sustained by the owners of livestock killed or injured by the trains with interest from the date of the killing Whentjme plaintiff has shown the kill lag it hall be considered prima facie evidence of carelessness or negligence b1 the railroad and the burden of prof shall be on the company to es tablsh that it was not careless or nag lgent The railroad company Is also made liable for damage resulting from fire resulting from Its operation Senator Evans led the fight against the report of the committee which roe ommende that the measure be tel jected amid won by a single vote after ard a debatelslng nearly two hours During Dur-Ing the course of the debate the language lan-guage the used by Senators Nebeker and Evans use decidedly warm Mr Nebe ge ker saying that he resented a questO by Mr Evans and the latter saying that he would not stoop to have such a trivial mater passed upon by the senate As soon as he got the floor Mr Evans declared that the bill a rhteous and necessary and ought to pas The railroads he said had the right of eminent domain and could go where they would and it was only sImple justice jUs-tice that where they ran through a mans property his stock should be protected by the road Mr Nebeker chairman of the rail read committee sad that the Brotherhood Brother-hood of Locomotive Engineers had begged through a committee that the I hill be killed as it would endanger their lives They declared and he agreed with them that It was impossible to build a fence that would turn cattle the track and that once they were on and unable to get out they would jeopardize jeop-ardize ever train that passed He lelso thought the bill unconstitutional and a useless burden on the railroads Senator Eas read the law In return re-turn showing that from his standpoint the bill was constitutional and sound in every respect Senator Alder Thomas and Robison aU spoke In favor fa-vor of the bill and the report of the committee was rejected Those in favor of the committees report were Senators Sena-tors Bennion Chamber Howell Kie eel Nebeker and Rideout6 and those opposed Senator Alder Evans Robl son Shurtif Tanner Thomas and Wright7 The substitute for house bill No 97 providing for a branch agricultural college col-lege in southern Utah failed to pass Senator Tanner changed his vote and gave notice of a motion to reconsider When the senate convened in the convene morning Senator Whitney introduced a resolution making a slight change in the resolution that had already passed relative to the payment of the money from thesemicentennlal jubilee to the Brigham Young Memorial association in that 225 is appropriated for badges to be given to members of the jubilee commission the money to be expend by a board composed of the governor President NebekEr and Speaker Roy lance The resolution went to the committee com-mittee on appropriations After the frt meetng of the joint assembly the senate did not convene again until 3 clocli Ten communi catons were received from the house stating that that body hall passed house bills Nos 64 and 102 and the substitute to house bill 1 The report of the conference con-ference committee on senate bill No 5 was then adopted STANDING COMMITTEES Reports from standing mmltees received as follows were a folos Committee on livestock recommending I recommend-ing the passage of senate bIll No 91 providing for a bounty on wild animals Committee on public health recom mending the passage of senate bill No 85 prohibiting the second use of paper boxes and trays in dairy products Committee on lestpk recommendIng recommend-Ing the passage of senate bill No 82 1 prohibiting docking horses tails Committee on railroads recommendIng recommend-Ing rejection of senate bill No SI providing pro-viding for erection of fences by railroads All the reports were adopted with the exception of the last NEW BILLS New bills were introduced as follows fol-lows Senate bill No 92 by Tanner amending amend-Ing sections 1710 and 1720 revised statutes stat-utes The bill raises the frt registration registra-tion fee for iihatxnaeitts from 5 to 10 and for assistant pharmacists from 3 to 5 Senate bill No 93 by Rideout pro riding for holding primary elections and providing punishment for those who break the regulations Senate resolution by Wright directing direct-ing the transfer ot S225 from the gen erl fund to the school lease land fund The f lowing nominations were received re-ceived from the overnor To be trustee of the State School for the Deaf Dumb and Blind John Watson of Weber count for a term of four years Maud May Babcock of Salt Lake county for a term of four years Dennis C Eichnor of Salt Lake county coun-ty vIce A W Carlson resigned To be members of the state board of medical examiners for terms of two ear Dr O C Onnsby of Cache county Dr S 1 Brick of Weber county Dr T 11 Dart of Salt Lake county Dr Briat Stringham of Davis county Dr Elms Wrght of Salt Lake county Dr J t White t Salt Lake county Dr C P though of Salt Lake county The substitute for house bill No 91 locating a branch agricultural station in southern Utah was then called up and put On is pmtssnge The bill was lost but Senator Tanner gave notice of a motion to reconsider A communication was received from the Sat Lake City board of education protesting agnst the passage ot the bill providing that the superintendent of city schools be elected by the popular I vote and that the members of the board of education be selected at the time of the general election House liili No 103 prpvldlng for the appointment by the supreme court of aboard a-board of three ln each judicial circuit to examine applicants for admission to thClJr was then taken up and passed unnnimousiv Notice was received that the house had passed senate bill No 29 making eight hours adayswork on public works S 1he I senate then adjourned until 10 oclol today |