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Show THE RAPID TRANSIT CO. Appeal Front a Decision By Chief Justice Zine. A (jULMIOX (IF OIIMIlt'CTION. The irgumruli or (ounsrl for and Agalnl. The Judgee of (he Territorial Hu-prerne Hu-prerne Court had no oplnlona to render thla morning, but alarlrd In with the hearing of the tint caae on the ll.t (or today. It waa an apal from Judge Ztne'a court, and the appellant were the Halt Lake HaplJ Tranilt Co., the rreioiiilenU UIhk the Ugoly lllock corporation it al. I'arley 1,, Wllllama argued the caae on Iho part of the appellant', whllo Judge Mar. hall look up the cauaoof thorrepoudent. The original action waa brought by Iho Dooly lllock company (alleging ownerehlp In wveralty of parceleof land abutting on Hecuml South atraet, a block or more wot of Malu) to ! tralutbe afpallanta from proieedlug to conatruca a railway line on the thoroughfare named. The gruund upon which relief ll sought la that the action of the City Council lu granting a franchise fran-chise to Iho apjellanu for Iho lino In queatlon, In view of the cxlalem-e upon thla thoroughfare of two linen of railroad rail-road owned by llio Halt Lake Clly Hall way company, and of othor ob atructlom, conaliting of telejraph, elictrlo light, nnd telephone posle, la unreasonable and void; that tho ron atrmllon of the proporril nddltlonal Irack wnut I Irreparably damage plain. tiM'a roperty, lmHdo nnd rmbnrrM their me of the atreel, an I In mim do-greeobalruct do-greeobalruct tho froe accoaa to and frumlhelr prop. rly. Upon Iheae allegatlona laaue waa lakeu by the apiellalibi, and nil the trial the Court below granlrd n ptr-pelual ptr-pelual Injunction agalnat the bjlldln i or theextra Irack. A motion for a new trial waa titaJe bylliea(pellantounttaten.ent of the cie, lilt thla was denied. JItnco the preaetit ( roceedlngr. Couniel for the apiltanta argued that thu rinJlugs, ooiuluilou mid decree de-cree of the omrt beluw were a result not ot li gal violation of the lalntllla' rtghte, but a UlUerencelu oplLlou lie. twreu the court and tho City Council as to whether or not the franchise ought to havo U en granted. It was aubetnullally n review and ruveraal by the court of thatdlacrellon with rcf.r once to such nutlire which had been granted to and veatedln theC'llyCouti ctl. Couuaul IneMed that there wia scarcely any evidence tu warrant the conclualoa that the conatruutioii of this exlrullnn would Impede or otistruct the street Injuriously for ordinary uius. On the contrary, It waa ahowu Ley on I all coDlroversy that ten or twtnty times the pnaenl tralllo could be sA'cly carried on, even though the a ldltlonal track were constructed. Dillon on munlcli al corporations whm extensive ly quoted from, eajieclal atreas bslllg placed Uion the rule laid down therein thaleurhere a clly council la granted a dliKretlonary juwer, ono to I e exercls ed upon Its Ust Judgment of the exl gency or uei-l, It was notsuljectlo Judicial control. Judge Marshall,on the other slde,cou tended that the legislative body of the city could simply deal with the public pub-lic Interests In the streets, mid that It was jiowerleas to grsnt to any n.rson or corturatlon a right to destroy or materially obrldge the easements of the abulttrs thereon; also that, In respect re-spect to street railways, the test ordl uarllyai piled by courts In determining determin-ing whether or no such eaaeminta were abrldgoJ was to ascirtalu If a rtssonabln or unreasonable pmiiortiou of theslrrel, In view of all the circumstances, cir-cumstances, waa devoted to street railways. rail-ways. In making this Investigation the Court was not ixerclilng a discretion dis-cretion vested In the l.gl.lalurr, but was determining If that legislature had rxceidld Its lower, The n pellant, when slopped by tho lnunctlon, was threatening not only to lay lu the attest In rrout ef the resjMindentV I tO!rty a line of railroad, but to erect lailes and wires, rinse would have oonstltuled a permanent obalruttlon to the ordinary uae of thu street, and tho authorities wrro unanimous lit tho opinion that tho erection of such poles waa not a stnet use proper, lie fcrgucd that the Judgment a roiled from should be utllnutd. Tho court look the matter tinier ad-vlaomsnt ad-vlaomsnt (II.NMlAt. IlKSIS. This has teen an unfruitful Ua In tho Commissioners courts. Up to in on today not a solitary docu-inenthsd docu-inenthsd been ilaced on the file of the Third District Court. Tho entire morning In the Territorial ntll nine Court was taken Uli Willi the e'iriinieiilslii Ihesiiealby the llspld Transit Compsn), A soon as the pre-int sea-Ion of the riui rune Court haa . xplieil the Ju Igrs will resume work uun Iho remaining caaeaou the ducket of their rcsptcthr courts. laklng advantage of llio temporary lull In ceurt tnatti is, a number of local allnrnejB have left the city lor a bllel rest and change of ici ne. Hi, Jheser'n l.riltires. Dr. ICarl U. Mae.er has urrsngej wllh thu Deseret Hun lay richool Unloutoglvoa asrlea ol laturea In the Aasemtly Hall lu this clly, Intended In-tended as a "normal rourae" for the benellt ef theottlcurs an J workers In our Hunc'ny schools, but to whlth all luttreatedlu Hunday sohuol viurk are uordtatl' luvlted, rhecourfre will consist con-sist uf tne folluwlug loLturrs: MuMUV.June lllti. InlrJUitioa-The Sun ,ur nclinil tluiile Ilia t'riinary lieiarl iiienl-L nr Ilia I'li-litrs t lull. TH..H.T. Ja.. Inn. Unlln tne Icier in u -isilrsis. liixtluuks eunil.r eciiool l.i.i.i,Ar, Juns I3.h 1US llteolosieal 1II0U.IIII Jnni irtl (iilliera of fnn.Hr srh, l.-c lur.'Mon.l am a llolu.ou. I sllliru r Itianuail-r eiliool mi.ii n.ry sunilsy srh i I itai.her' AUiIIuk liulita ot Male HlUrnrs. riillitr, Juiia ill!) Man.xjiniiat orsunUr i hula A mullet Sunitae soli iol il ,im.. SAlUiliAV. Jutm nib ltdveir., tesuyaU 1list,ne'BlUjardut ins Uuiol. Aa.wer, td ijiie.UuB- Kxch lectuni comutencus at 7,11 o'clock. A ulUcruitclnlr will supply the uiuslo each evejlni;. "Mlirrnl" Falscliooili Ilcfalcil. Tut ittt has been frequent mention In tho d!tche from Minneapolis of an Intirvlew wllh Mr. H. J. ICtnyou of this city by a reporter ol that city, In which Mr. Kenyon vigorously lo-piled lo-piled toalyluclrculxr distributed by the "Liberal" bogua Republicans an 1 published In the Mlnnospolis Trf btnt. Tnllowlng I the leltrvlea, as ltap(arodln lhatnrof June 4th. Wearo lio py to say ll had the dislrul eCect- Ami w are sure that If the truth concerning Ulili nflslrs can only I e laced prominently before the country, coun-try, Iho falsehoods which "Liberal" roatevoletir-u has scattered broadesst will bo scorched lo death by tho heat of aroused public oj Inlon Tho confidential circular sent nut from Utah t all the del, gntes to the convention baa stirred up lo end of a hubbub on all hands. 1 lie contist between the two hellers of aj-csllwl Jte.iiblJcaiis Is a hitler one aud both sides aio ably cliamplouuJ. H. J. Kenyon, Hall Iitke City, manager mana-ger of the Halt Lake Yallty lanand Iru.t Company, a comern luanagwl solely by tleiitilia.anl cashier of tne Klret Noilmial Hank of l'nik City, the greatist silver milling ism In the world, Is one uf Utah's coilingiiit In this clly. He la llcsldetll of the league of llepubllcaii duln of Utah aud roftsir tu ret resent the straight Jietuh)kanartyol the territory. To a 7-lAiiri0 Ill-ill he saldt "I have lieen III Utah only three years. 1'fevli.ue In that lime I llvud IniSiiy llamitou, Iowa, fur 21 years. I was a member of the Iteiiunllftili Hlalo central committer lu laid aud lo!M,uniI wasn number of the com-mlttru com-mlttru when 1 left. The cln uur ub lishod In the 7n'iuiis Is not . ntlrtlj new tii me. I heard of It before I saw It published. It Is a gross libel on the peoloof Utsli, aod r'jeclslly uj-on those IteiuMlrans who lUo myself have neer voted an) other than thu ItViulllran tlttet. Wo organized the ttrpubikan (airly bellovlng the time hat errlvrd In the History of Utah wliintheioplesboull le ulvllcd tiO Illicitly iiioii national party lines llio old l'eo le's ratty, vthltll was cum-itoscl cum-itoscl ( rlm.lally of Mormons, disbanded dis-banded soon after the luualiie of the so-Lalled luanlfeslu of the 1'risl iiuuy ol the Mormon Chunh. This lift His iiiimhersof that pari ftra to ally tneiuolves with alther of the uatleual paitv, nnd, as the D mocrats were eager Ij lake a.-autauof a.-autauof the cuiidltlou. we Uicmtd It wise t suri rise the old Liberal autl-Mormon autl-Mormon patty by n straight but Keubllcsn brganlxsllon lu whlth Mormma aud Ucnlllts allku mUlit bi-t!ilueu tiled III puriuancu of this plan woorgin-lied woorgin-lied the lUuitiltnu tarty of Utah, May, 1S9I, Inviting Lltieralr, Mur mous and all to Join In the pellnil nary work of nrgarilz-lluu. A ureal tunny of the Liberal parly olued with the niw tuovtinint, tiut a large pro-Iortloii pro-Iortloii loci led lo continue along the old Unci, This old arty co-operated with the general government, Irns pectlve uf Iho mrty lu power. "After the 1'eoplo's patty had tils-lauded tils-lauded the DemuLrata made strenuous elforta to orgaoUe. The Mormobs hai no alternative except tu Join tho Democratic Dem-ocratic lany, as no Motmon ould Jolu ttiu Ltnoral parly nud retain the membership lu his church, rids coniislled the re-orgautztlou along the national arty lines. Ho generally Is this recognised among the more Intelligent and progressive Hist fully nine tenths of the frderal Ullcl-li ln lilt the LlUral patty and Joined ua. We have the lliKf Justice nt the territory nud two ltrp-jhtlcan Judges lu the movement, the ngtsler and ricilver of tho land cfilcr, thu United htalea marshal, thet-AO aaalat-anl aaalat-anl United Htates attorneys, thejiost-mailer thejiost-mailer at Ball Lake Clt), the I robate Judge; In fact all the Iteiibllcou territorial cftlolals nci pt the governor, Iho secretary of the territory and Hie Unlit dUlnUs attorney, and It Is true lo slate that the govuruorau 1 kecrvtary of the territory are with us In symialhy." U. W. llenmtt.of llennetl, Marshall i. ltradley, one of theoldiel law firms of Utah, now chairman of the Republican Repub-lican territorial committee, and irom Ubi) to lbs9 the member of llio uallonaj comniltlio from Utah, read thu stats menl uf Mr. Kuu) on and agreed u LU It entirely. Ho laid! " l'he circultr attacks U, J, Hsllslury nnd I rank J. Cannon, our delegates. I have known Mr. Htllshury for w yinrB, during wl kh lime he l,na been a rtsldent of Utah, and no better 1U- riut llcnu walks thnu he, and no man ii Utah has contributed more of his means and energy to the aucioit of the Republican pitty than he, not only lu the Territory uf Utah, but lduho, Montana, Houth Dakota, and In fact all over the wrat. He Is a man of lirge means, an 1 Is the confidential adviser nud Is closely connected with big lluamlsl and inlug Interests of Utah and nJlnltilug stales aud lull-torlis. lull-torlis. His Jltpulltcatilsntlsdovotod to the brat lull reals of the tarty rAthrr than the troual I refermviit of auy body. "Mr. Cannou Iscdltcr of the Ogden Standard, a Ileiuullisn lofir. llu Is of Mormon inrentNge nnd great lull, uenculu Utah with all t lasses. He Is a man of lliurougu Integtlty, excellent anility and Is a leader sinongthobrlght outig nionof thu territory." Nicholas Treweek, tf Hilt Lake Clly, it prominent mining man utid inleiestid In n numUrof big Industrial i uteri rltis, Is anotlu r mi mbei of the Utah contingent. He Is nlso treniurer otthe Territorial columltlee. Ilelu dorses the statement of Mr.'Kinyou nnd In addition called attention to Ihn fjllowlog ri-solutlon known as the u u'clock rsaoiullon,wlilch waa presented and voted J iw u at thu totiv. ntlon of the party which e lulled the ilflcyake who will cmilist the rials of Hallabury anlCauuou. It Isaa folbwsi Wheros, As llcpublloans wo ilestro to knp In lln an I Mien wllh tho ustloiul Ilipubltiutl uirty,tho grmtiot adltlial orirauUAtlon llio worll has ovor pro ducedflla airomiltahiuelita hnvo luyer been miii tied In pilitttal history, It ulil tho linlli n, ami has glleu slicll pru.ierlly tu tho whole country lu growth, wiallb and etiltr rUe, under IU loltc tupnilei.aiiJfoalor Aiiierlcm In ibiatry, and Mhrreu-, During our Irrrllnrlsl ex Isteiu i, Iho only v mrtuiiltv wo liao of ah iwiinr our Injoliy nnd ilciuuuu tu tho gruiul ol 1 1 arty at the lu'lnl box la In vwliig fur tho i nly strlo ly pollilo.il olllco on n itloiml taaue- theruliire be It Itesiilud, Hint It la Iho wm.o of lie Hoiutllcaii arty ifUisli 'lorrlturv lu lUiiMiilloll utNOluhletl, thsl li Unuruiity as Ilrpullltaiia I nominate, aiainlllaio fur liitigaleto C iiyr s al lliu toinlug eliril in. The oljecllon mged njnlmt the resolution reso-lution was Hist it wcull deilr ylho LlUral parly, this Is Juat wli.u It wauled, mid lofulo Iho HepuUkau I tarty can te firmly established the I Liberals must cesse to exist. "I liellevo thai If Hsllsbury and Cannon are seated in Ihls convention as the delegates turn Ulall that thn great m .Jorlty of Iho Itepul Ileal s now members I the Liberal party will Join with us and we shall elect a lteitihlicau Deltgatn tn Couxre'S from the Territory Terri-tory next November," |
