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Show The Supieme Com t holds that poisons poi-sons ilding on passes aic entitled to recover damages in case of accident, just as oilier passcngcis lldlug on regular tickets bought at any station on any lallioad. It Is assumed that the passes a le given for value iccelved. iccelv-ed. hence the decision. When legislators legis-lators accept and use passes, it puts them under obligation to the donor and just that far they aic not ficuto do the will of the people. Why should a lallioad ftunish a legislator with ti asportation at less cost than to any other citizen, unless it is with the Idea of making hhn feci the obligation? obli-gation? Theic may be no agreement, no woid spoken, nothing said or done to Indicate to the legislator that It Is thoiaiho.ul'sdeslic that he shall be subserlent to Its inteicsts In ictuiii for the favor gianted, but does he feel the obligation any less? No, he does not, but lather the more. The legislator legis-lator of I'tali should be nominated and elected under a pledge to not accept ac-cept fiee tianspoitatlon fiom the lalhoads. Citlons of Cache think this uialtei over, and suppoit the move to accomplish this icfoim. In maiiv States theie Is a law piolnblt-Ing piolnblt-Ing the acceptance by leglslatois of passes fwmi lalhoads. This should become a law In Utah. |