Show RAILROAD COMMITTEE MEETS I I Hears Arguments in Favor of Bills Jtelatlug to Damages The Railroad committee Of the Senate Sen-ate held n meeting after yesterdays session and gave a hearing to Sam AXing A-Xing on behalf of the National Live stock association and John Preece Edward Ed-ward M Clark and Charles Miller of Farmlngton representing the farmers repreHmtn In favor of Somite his Nos 20 and 27 relating to the killing of stock and the destruction of properly by railroads 1 The farmers recited instances of tin railroads declining to settle for stock killed and 113 tack burned Attor ney King argued the constitutionality and Justness of the proposition to shift this burd n of proof from the plaintiff to LS the defendant in Bulls brought for damage against railroad The bills require the owner to prove ownership ownenhlp nnd destruction or killing of property or stock and require the railroads to r dltprovo negligence |