Show i I I I I 1 I 1 L II ROBBERY CLAUSES j TAKEN m fROM Bill Minus Several of Its Worst Features Measure Passes Senate LAWRENCES LAWRENCE'S AMENDMENTS Benner X Smiths Smith's Fight to Re ReI Retain Re- Re tam tain Water Clause is isI F Fruitless ruit I With Hh most of nf Its objectionable f features fea fea- lures tures eliminated robbed o of it Its sting I a-I and the the lime principal points that made it R dangerous l the railroad bill known knowlI s emmate bill OS passed the time senate Tuesday afternoon by ly a vote ote of 1 11 to 1 lag During a a. debate debate- that consumed nearly nil of the afternoon the time r ant i of or the lull bill were el trim trim- harmful sections amended anI anti and I j time Hie It phraseology so o chan changed as aR to j i make time the bill till I loss its objectionable it iti irot altogether acceptable Senator I George X N. Ln inserted many of i ithe time the amendments that tool took from Crom tout till the the I bill bl its harmful r features and these j with the provisions that had imad been withdrawn with rawn in no compromise made mall I I Iby by uy the railroads materially Chall changed j ile aspect lct of the entire bill j The Time vote YOle on In the thi bill was as a as follows tollow I IFor I For th tile the bill bi Senators bill Senators Brinkerhoff j Bullen ull n Clegg i i I worth Johnson Millet Miller I Park PatI na and B Benner X Smith John Y Smith Valton anti Williams Vii Wil 11 I Il llamas liams mn 14 Against the bill bill Senators Senators Gardner I Lawrence Seely eely an and Love Lo LoeI I 4 1 Amend Section Beyond lle a n. few amendments to the title to 0 conform with the provisions of or the time bill as amended cd by the time majority majority majority ma ma- i report of or the railroads t committee corn com no nd amen amendments ments were made until Secretary Campbell arrived at subdivision S S. S Thu rho subdivision reads Subdivision 8 S. S To acquire own maintain operate and navigate steam steamships sailing c vessels and moats hoats of ot OI I every d description I generally to 10 carr curry carry on time tho L I business busi I- I ness of or nC a n common carrier b by urn in to n. n t owr n hc lt h- h l o l dl of the capital tul stock toch hoods bonds or other obligations obligation of tiny any corpora corporation corpord- corpord tion lion owning u or 01 operating nn an any such ships ves t la 4 or boats To To this s Senator La Lawrence uttered offered the following amendment Provided that this section shall shaH not be construed to permit any aimy railroad c company to purchase pur chase own hold pledge le or otherwise dispose of or the capital stock bonds or 01 other obligations obliga lions ions of nn any corporation aton owning or 01 operating such ships ve vessels gels l 01 or boats hoats where such coi ma may bo be a competing line with such railroad company or om with other othel in lit an any corporation which said railroad company compan may own I I C any amy y of or the time capital stock bonds bends or 01 other obligations thereof Same ri Principle Senator Lawrence explained that tha time the laws Jaws were so HO framed n as to Je mme mme- vent ent a combination in competitive lutes lines while there lher are no waterways wat in Utah that would be affected h he said it should not nOl 1 bo 0 the policy of oC this timis state slate to permit the consolidation of or rival nl steamship 1111 lines 8 Ills amendment amend ment is It designed to 10 make the same sanH application to vater as ns is ts mn made to land c b by refusing to permit a consolidation or merger The amendment carried To the repealing clause at the end endor of or the bill against ag which opposition has been m made Senator Lawrence of offered offered of- of fer d two amendments which robbed the Uw clause of uC its ils strength to a great reaL extent The clause repeals m a a. number of or old laws nn and provides That all nil rights accrued under any or ot all nil of oC the till said several acts aels or om parts of or nc s In this section section sec see tl tion mt mentioned d are aie confirmed continued anti and andall all acts done one anti and performed un under er erthe the same Rame or 01 an any thereof are CUO hereby confirmed with like w effect as aH if Ir each of ot said acts UClA and amid parts harts of or acts had been In full force bloc anti and effect at ut all nil times since the ho same were vere severally se Ja passed se ll By Dy Insertion of or the word legally Jes before the word accrued in the time line antI and again after the time word acts nets the sense of or tho time clause was WOK materia materially II changed and ond there thelo was no objection to th the alteration Senator Lawrence called calle th the attention of or Senator Benner X Smith to the consolidation of or two rival street car cam companies In Salt Sail Lake as justification for the Uw change chane Hampering t to Act Senator Smith of oC Salt Lake insisted that the tho provisions In subdivision 12 a apply 11 to railroads organized under the tho I laws of or the United States as fiS well velI as this or 01 aIm any other state 1 be e offered as asan asan asan an amendment to lO that effect Senator Lawrence attacked this amendment on the grounds that this state stale should not nol hamper th the federal gov government In him I its desire to to control cOI transportation companies companies- The necessity for such lan language e ag-e does 1008 not exist he said It ma may exist later hut but It doesn't now I will offer olTer a aa as a substitute that that language u h be stricken en out lilt throughout hout the entire bill If IC th time the language I Is Inserted In imi the bill It will ili make inake It a stumbling block for Cor the Interstate commerce act oct The substitute was vas lost 9 S to 7 7 and Senator Smiths Smith's amendment carried Subdivision 3 which gives broad powers to the lh railroads in Iii the matter of ot eminent domain us as regards water waler tights rights was sas another object of or attack Time The majority report of or the time committee hud bud eliminated from the time subdivision the right to condemn water vater and water rights for fur all necessary lar and amud convenient con conven lent Int uses together with all mails lands and amid rights lut tiny W way necessary for COI tho time co construction con COn- and maintenance of ot reser- reser I o pipe tH II conduit lines for tom th the I 1 Continued on un PogO Page Two ROBBERY CLAUSES TAKEN FROM ROM BILL Continued from Crom Page One I storage storage and ant conveyance of or such waters water to the lie places where wllIe the tho same are arc re required r re- re d for Car use Smith wished to 10 have this provision reinserted Is it I your OU JUlJO J to follow Collow this with wih an amendment reinserting subdIvision subdivision sub suh- division 9 aRk coil asked ell Senator No and I wouldn't support rt that portion porton of the bill bi said salt Senator Smith referring to tho tIm coal coat and Iron mine section I see eC no objection to letting the railroads have wat water r for COl power pur pur- poses said Senator Lawrence but ut under unter the provisions of this bill bi a railroad raIlroad rail raIl- ral- ral road e company is permitted to own and antI operate street tr et and anti railroads rail rail- rai- rai roads loads and lighting Ung anti and power lowr plants If I they are nrc nr permitted ll to 10 condemn water waler rights for fOI th these th's so purposes the tho tw provisions lons of ot the th bill 11 are broader than they should he be Malos n a Charge t Senator John ohn Y Smith opposed the reinsertion of the clause and said he would hov have no objection to water being he- he be he- lag ing provided 1110 for locomotive depot yards and ami car s service riccI If I you amend this section by putting putting put put- ting that hint back said Senator Seely Ill IiI Il vote against the bill 1111 In com com- It was wa aJr agreed ell that this be le left Jef out nut I could swallow section L 9 3 but I have havo water rights right arid and ald dont don't want rant the tho railroads 8 to gobble them UI up The rhe clause was wa reinserted with wih the thc addition additon of oC locomotives cs cars cars yard ar and L depot purposes Smith E plains HillI HiI Hill Hi I would like Jw to hear from rein th theauthor the tho author of or the measure as to tho necessity ne ne- I for It I it said Senator Lawrence Lawr ence ence- The rue author of or th the tho bill hii has not the thu 3 privilege of the said Senator L. L Smith laughingly Where here was sas WIS thi tho 1 bill 1 drawn rawn It I was drawn b by railroad attorney S Sand and IL hant handed l to me and ant I Introduced Introduce 1 Was Yas it i drawn hero in Utah Utah Ulah I believe so said ld Senator Smith The bill Juts has been bi severely se criticised and antI I will wl say that It could not have hay a ahad had m my aty support with subdivision D J t left lef In it f. f unless the subdivision was wasso wa a S so amended as a to regulate tho the t tand and price of coal coat Nothing would 1 be he bemore hemore 0 more beneficial to the state stale of oC Utah 1 than to havu regulation of the tho price pric of oC coal at the mine Then Ihen you favor n a maximum tariff or straight regulation int L 1 S Senator Lawrence I would favor giving the state stat e power to lo regulate at the mine was ra S mineo the reply If U the state slate can fix tx th the 0 rates of o hauling it I could fix tx the price pric e of coal at the mine Nothing woul ii be better than to give the railroad S the right to lo mine mint coal and sell 1 It i a as asa asa sC s a commercial product but hut the state stat C should have hae the lie right to regulate Jl me of or Other I Laws As to the general generl provisions of thi the thC C bill bl we havo have gono gone over the laws Jaws I i i Lt af affects in committee and anti havo have founta fount foun d a a very cry few chan changes cs except as ar to wate 1 rights and to own stock in iii refrigerator tor or and anti steamship companies The language has been changed in some parts haIt but tho the bill bl as its Is stands now is a codification of of thu tho laws relating to the lie s 's of or oad companies companies It IL has been that that the 11 repealing clau clause o gives additIonal rights to tho the railroads I sn say that tha that clauso clause Is the language of statutes that have been on the books hooks for ya years rs You ou mo may remember r that It I took two hours to get get that bill bi through In 1 1901 1901 Interjected President 10 LoveI Love I s it less gue guess I was time than that said sid Senator Smith I 1 know it I was passed with wih little consideration I Introduced Intro in introduced In- In tro uce the bill bi I believe I h Opposes Opposes- es BillI Bill nm I dont don't see ee th the necessity for Cor this bill bi now said sid Senator Lawrence Water atel transportation will wf be ht tho the rival of In land ni transportation as soon as tl the lii- Panama canal Is opened If I this thus bill billIs billis Is merel merely a nt cou codification bij of laws Jaws It I could COull have havo been accomplished I under the code lode commission that has haJ I just been established The language has haR been materially changed changed whether whether r rIt It Is for the better beter or UI worse I am no not nol wholly Informed Tin flit spirit that hint prompted this bill 11 was vas the he attitude that hint should have havo ben been criticised It I was wa designed to offset the provisions ions of the Interstate Commerce act The measure I is voluminous complex and intricate I am am ignorant of tho the application application appl- appl cation calon It if would have In the tue matter of ofa a merger or oi con consolidation that lint was pulled off under the provisions of oC the law of I 1001 JIl the manipulators of the bill bi will wi know better beter than I about that hat Th The whole bill bi amplifies the powers of the lie railroads or they wouldn't be after arel it i so SI hot hot Then you OU are alO suspicious asked Senator I 1 am tun frank to C admit that I am The 11 state was taken talen in two or 0 three ses sessions ions ago ago by similar legislation and andI I believe eleve that Senator Smith was also the be author of af that bill biL What hat objection have you to the codificatIon of o the laws In a t moro more concise concise con con- cise else form COlm 7 1 asked e Senator wort worth hi None at al all replied Senator Lawrence Laurence only this bill bi pretends to codify co the laws ha relating to th the lie powers powel's of railroads and doesn't touch louch the lawn laws law n regarding the regulation an and duties dutes of the railroads I J have seen no petitions rolling in here herl from Crom the people to pass this bill It I has ha been criticised strongly b by certain parts harts of tho the press Pless I J will wi asIc you tb do you yott ou think the bill bl to cotI codify tho the laws would ever oyer have been introduced with wih the Oie coal coul and ant iron and water s sections left lef out Yes I do In answered the lie young oung man from Weber ebel You Vou may think so but hut I dont dont I I r 10 ittu m CI i l ito It to 10 Oregon 1 President Love rov pointed to th 11 pro pro- Islon In lii subdivision 9 which says O that alt all al corporations owning and in int nT street and ane Interurban lines be bo I called railroads i He lie le wanted to I noW I I IC f th tho h Ore Oregon on Short Line would not noto ho o allowed to run trains over tho the racks of the elt city I My 3 I principal I objection 10 lo th tin the bill bills Li Our Om laws I s Its Us wording ho he said ahl give railroad more power than any other state In iii II th the tho Union doe This hl 1 is isbIll I bIll hl n tin the tl poW powers rs of o the tho railroads rail rail- roads oads lads and anti amplifies the lie provisions of or tile act of or 1 1301 And 1 I want to lo sav V right here hore that the he act passed In 1901 will wl sonic soro ta day como come bark back to disgrace is race this state and andl Utah will wi be held hell up in derision before before before be be- fore the nat nation Ion We Vo were toll old at the time Ime that bitt hill bill hil passed that would do tin great rat things He lIe Il needed leth 1 to 0 double track to Omaha Omaha anti and to build a line lue from Morgan Met Mor nr- nr ran gan to Salt Lake Lako The fr first t thing thing I Harriman did with th the lie I he hI 10 procured through th lh enactment na f of that lint law la was waR to buy tho the Southern P Pacific Pa Pa- chile with wih J If of it I ani and th the Illinois Central with wih the the rest est of ot It H. Just JUNt a as surely a as th the sun Run JI rises in tho lie East Bast an and sets setH in tho the West Wo-t. t. t Utah will wi 10 ho hold heM up to scorn corn for Cor passing such an act aCl anti and I shall vole vote against the kind hl bill because It I Is one of or the same anH Senator Miller sall said Raid he ho had 1311 been opposed op op- op- op posed to tho the In Its Is orl original form Conn but it hail had been huen amended to l suit him and he hc voted for tor It I with thirteen others it lo If Threats Hr Hereafter aCer when the tho M. M r nail and M. M r association asso asso- elation s sends a n petition or to the tho august senate It will tlc augst be couched In 11 the humblest terms I If the rebuke by the senate is Senator Iu- Iu hut hut- kl started thing something something when he ob objected oh- oh to the lie associations association's communication ton tion ton of or Monday In tn which it I matte made a covert threat lie le said sall it was against the lie 1 dignity of the lie senate and was not I fit f to tameI tame file I I dont don't tont propose to let an any man or set Ct of or men threaten in p n he saidI said I J didn't know that hint any nl of oC this bol body was WR HO so o thin skinned that lie he |