Show VIIO BLOCKS THE WHEELS rA Senator Edmunds must play a ton a a Mpicuous part in furthering or retarding u + action on the TuckerEdmunds bill Ho need not bo told that no merely personal interests and especially no private business busi-ness outside of his legitimate legislative 6 duties should bo allowed to interfere with his immediate action as a member of tho Conference Committee on tho S r Utah bill The fishery bill and accompanying r 1 accom-panying report presumed to bo drafted I 1 + 1 by the Senator furnished good ground for a postponement of such t t action by the Conference Committee Jiul I it seems quite evident that he hh has allowed his private business to thrust aside and perhaps endanger a bill F that affects tho interests of thousands thou-sands and tho destiny of this great Territory 4i Ter-ritory Edmunds it is reported is to 1 arguo before tho Supremo Court of the if United States tomorrow in favor of a telephone corj > oration which from its c overflowing coders can afford to pay thousands I of dollars for tho Senators argument and influence If an hours A j I delay in tho passage of tho bill occurs through tho neglect of public for private business the Senator is guilty of a broach I of trust and Is justly responsible to his f constituents and especially to tho > oopo S of this Territory whoso guardian ho professes 4 pro-fesses to bo Tho two men servants of the people who now stand between the f 1 Ire I pending l bill and Its enactment into a law I are confessedly Senator Edmunds and has I resident Cleveland Tho President promised to give careful attention to ho bill It only remains for Senator Edmund as Chairman of tho Senate Jornmltteo to give prompt attention to its provisions and to final action upon it by Congress |