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Show Passes. The acceptance of lailioad passes by the inemheis of the State leglslatines Is w long and tlicie should bcu law piohililtiiig ll.oi lathei a law making mak-ing It a ci line for a legislatoi to accept oi Use a pass. Ity accepting such fa-vois fa-vois leglsliitois place themselves under obligation to the ralhoads, and theie aie none who can doubt that the tail-loads tail-loads will and do demand a gieatei f.nOi fiom the legislator. The legis-latois legis-latois aie the law-makers for the people peo-ple and when they as legislatoi s accept ac-cept favots fiom the railroads they aie not flee agents to lepiesent their constituents' Inteiests when these In-teiestsconlllct In-teiestsconlllct with lailioad Inteiests. No lailroad ever made a cut in ft'dght or passengei iates unless a state legis-latuic legis-latuic demanded it, hut as long as state legislator accept favois fiom the lallioads they aie not liable to aioiise themselves in the Interest of the people and demand of the lallioads lall-ioads a cut In anything, even though the late be excessivclv high. Their hands aie. tied with favors, and the people who honored these gentlemen witli election, pay dcailv for these favois. Theie is existing in Utah todav a condition that can be remedied by the Slate legislatuie, hut It never will be leiuedied that way until men aie sent to tlie legislatuie wlioaie stiong enough and sulllcientl in s in path with the people to lefiise the alluie-meiits alluie-meiits and temptations of passes dished dish-ed up b.v Utah lailiodds.Siich matteis as tills should he discussed In count) conventions and no man ithei nominated nomi-nated or elected who lefuses fv abide b.v a icsolulion demanding that he keep himself fiee liom all entangling entangl-ing alliances with the enemy the rail mads. |