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Show j COXKVAtlVK I.CUIHLillOM. UUh has acquired reputation for conservative legislation, whether or not ahe altogether dniiiit II In recent re-cent yeers. In lb mala, bowever.tho disposition of legislative oueoltnents bu been agatnal anything of a radical or revolutionary character. TbU disposition dis-position bu glv.n oonfld.no In th Hlele for Investment! of varloui kind! and has proved afllolaol ae a eopllal took for th devolopmeal of Iba frail resources of tbla looallty. ' Klperleooe baa abowa Iba wladnm of Ihla oooaervallem; and bow thai Iba j Ural Lraglilalure of Iba naw Hlaia ii la ' Mslon, Ibe careful policy of Iba pail '! ougbllobailnafmlbarau.dbuli.il would ba dleailroui for Iba lawmaker! ; to launou out la aobaruea of iotoIu. I llonery and uncarlaln ekaraotar, veu .,' In response to popular clamor, wblob doaa not always ladleal Ilia wltar i aours. Evsry meruure aduplad abuuld j ba carafully ecaaned, and naw Idea, or eobemee ibould not bo andoraad aioapl with aaollon and In tuck a gradual mannar aa to give na opporluully for i Bnploaaaol effects. I On olaaa of legislation In which ') epwlal oonaarTallam ibould ha dl ! played la Ibai ralallug lo railway Irani- 1 porutlon rale. Wa an fully aware of i Iba faol that railway! have not Iraalad 1 Utah fairly on all oooaslons, and of tin further fail that tbara Us popular demand lor tham lo ha hr ughl lo lima. Wo ara alao awira thai lha oauM lar oomplilut la chltfljr ouUlda of Iba BUI, and cannot ha raaobad hy looal legislation. I.oeal railway rapraaoalallTai beta gauaral-ly gauaral-ly manlfatlad adlipoillloa lo bo fair, ' and wbllo aomotlmai tbay blTa ban Tarrulad by hlgbar oftlolali ouUlda Iba HUte who did sot mm lo fully ; anaa ooadlllona bara, through tbam many arrangamanta of a niarkadly I uanafJclal eharaowr haa bean aalarad I 1 Into. Aad aa agalnat all railway I lbum that may ba uamad.lbara aland. lha undanlabla faol tbal tha roada liiTa aoaompllibid a Tial amount for lha development ef Ilia country ' j and ooavenlenee of Ibe people, and none of them hereabouta eoewe lo he a particularly heavy dividend payer, Inoeall have had more or lau eiperl. enoe In Ibe bendi of receiver!. ! Iatbli ooouiotlon wo Invite alien I lion to a brief letter of a ourreipoaJeul j In anotber oolunin, who, while ad. I milling thai grlevaucei axial, urgea oaullon In the leglalallon thai pro. poaea to oorreol Ihem. On our own pari we believe II It the determination ol I Iba leglilelon lo not with due oaullon, , and yet ba eourageoui la the performanoa of a plain duty. Hut Influence ol varloui kladi are brought lo bear upon Ibeoi, and In oma reaped! radii al meaaurea are demanded de-manded for aliened euuaee, la tbU lluallon there la leu danger from too few lawi than from overdoing Ibe tuiluata; and If Ibe Drat Hlala Leglale- j lure aball idjuurn wllhuiit havlug , ' adopted anything ol a radical nature, but with a racord for peralalenloiu-') peralalenloiu-') larvallaai, whatever laulta II may dis play will be more readily 'orUauaoJ ' forgotten than II a dldereut oourie Were puraued. |