Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-03-25
AsANPLE RKrORN LEGIsLArURE
Independent Legislators Ars not Always
.u.cs.s Nsithsr ars Democratic

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Independent Legislators Are not always
\ success. Neither an Democratic
promises always squallsd by perform
snos. Il viii Be- remembered thai In
diana last FAN elected Q Legislature In
which Dsmoessts and Independents were
largely In the majority. Grest promises
vsrs mads by these Democratic reform
candidates during the campaign; but
they have signally failed 70 sceomplisha
single one Of the many reforms pro-
possd. At this distance We should judge
that they rssembled the late California
Legislature. both In honesty and capa-
bility. Tho Indianapolis Evening Ners
10 an Independent journal; supported
Greeley in 1872. and will not therefore
% accused Of partisan bias in sr-
pressing it, opinion Of the In
diana Legislature. From an edit
orial review Of the doings Of that
i~llustrious body. which recently ap-
psarsd In the Nees. W extract the fol-
lowing decidedly plain expressions. II
mot entirely complimentary. blame must
b laid upon the subject Of comment.
for q We before remarked. tho journal
quoted ID Independent in polticE
The Legislature has ooms and gone
and no one II sorry. Its departure ID
NOT mourned and mona but tho members
will sympathize in the fearful manifesto
tons OF esteem and love that character
lied the closing hours. lis safe to say
the State never saw such o Legislature
before. II IL q duty 10 pray that It may
never SEQ another. The majority Wa
composed Of men Who had no qualihes-
ton Of training or education or Ability
for the positions they held. While this
was an evil, ID was also q great blessing.
Had tho majority Possessed the ability
n devise and the skill 10 execute what
n wished TO, q vast deal Of harm would
have boon the result. Many OF the
members were elected under peculiar
circumstances. They wero taken up
under the cry OF reform. and were
elected by constituencies who did not
know exactly what they wanted. but who
were determined to have q change OF
some sort.
II was o body emf
nsnily capable In the way Of tearing
down. but Of no efficiency in tho much
moro important work Of building up.
Il 10 an easy matter 10 destroy . Gus
tom or an institution. but ID requires
powers Of far higher order 70 establish
than Sixty days
were absolutely FILTERED away In doing
nothing but wnngling. and nothing but
the strongest pressure Of public opinion
compelled any definite work at a special
session which ID was necessary to call.
II tho hundreds Of bills introduced had
passed, or the 1.-THE Of them. we should
have had O condition Of Affairs slightly
resembling the situation when the
tongues were confused at tho tower oil
Babel. Enough Evolutionary ideas
wero introduced 10 have turned the
whole machinery OF the State toPsy-
turvy. II they had been enacted into
Law.
Indiana will reflect before electing
another such q body. Nevada also had
some experience Of the reform t0ndsn-
ciss Of Democratic and independent
politicians during the late session Of her
Legislature. notably at its close. II the
Nevada Legislature had boon controlled
by . majority Of tho so-callsd reform
candidates. tho extracts We publish
would have been . faint picture Of its
workings. It Is easier to and fault than
70 reform abuses.