The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-16
our LEGISLATIVE nopy rooIARon,

The Bfenham B.nner observes that "a
NAL ,Hi'y Of the members OF the eighteenth
les slaluTe will not DO wanted again that
q great many men nre cent 10 the capital %
ma ke laws but who ought 10 be- kent ~
nome that IL 10 diiilcultto gtttlobtst men
iu tho legislature a. there is ntl her hon1T
nor It,Ai at,roned 10 g." The Banner 10
ctrla 0 D. correct IA i,s ASSERTIONS but MY In
part,tJ lathe uihtr one trAlt there o. no honor
attschiuF io ihe Texas lsris aior's position
a. i4 uunUrpiIy FOO tue thut much Inferior
mtt.fA. 10 semitic tlo legislative balls. We
have tseu 20. there day By day men whom
I. I. was p4Ielt did utt comprehend some of
tho i.mp.o.t questions that presented .tsm-
r,INgs .rs D,u .Id,uu,u gud r.lgi.l, We
/ hove r,On uli4a bpar"pT.ai, loari y' N.l
Iua1lo mo M scgaiiug meters Ia tue
iie ntictl wake tb,t previous speakers ad
made quite tlssr btiJFu they arose We have
rcon others again, nuisgln.zius thems Ives
! rg.iusl on stud Us,lut 1ns not because OF
I The ulLtlta5 OF these but because 0l anlip'
atLy jealousy, coz envy Hgalgst the intro
|da,eg or importer We have hoard hour
Iha.hnguos m ade, not in speech TO bill,
but for the popular ear In view Of an in'
ton d,d ,ioll ~. denomination OF the speat
or The consequences Is that an inGntude
| OF money ald time Is expended without y
corresponding equivalent for tho state.
/ The larger the body the more applicable
ia c statement, TIE roxas house OF repre-
seat atiyos Is by much too large. j. duced
/ o nt-han uuu improved IN tone "a qlil, =
a vastly better legislation WJ..l ur had
Tn smaller tive body with AZ r0 l.llg %
~ periOr qualifications the beti.rfa' Errf
aad the quicker done. One hundred r..n
m oslly strangers TO one another IS. taGe
perhaps one hundred hours In stf
Go to reach con usion hat
two or three liberal minded, honest
en,ioned business or professional men OF
ex erCnce will arrive at In less than an
hour. This is fact nc cesble every year
that the legislature is convened, and one
that becomes more conspicuous as our inter
ests become more varied The senators rep.
resent larger districts than do members OF
the lower house, and we have never heard
OF n complaint tnat any Of them were on
tlbt account neg.ecting the interests oil
their constituents. II Is an often-dlscussed
politico- philosophical problem whether
II would be best TO pay fewer
leg islators a much larger figure than now
paid go that frft-clGs' talent could DO 30
cured, as very few leading minds can be
had for tue matter Of such price as b dol
lars per day; or whether II would be best
to pay the members nothing, thereby max
ing the Office one OF honor purely, and thus
/ placing them as men above temptation.
We nrpreh1nd that If the pay were even
twenty Go lars per day, men who could he
bribed would seek TO 90 there. just Gsreadi-
! IS rs the dollar member, in tho hopes
Of Just so much larger rerultF.
And so on the other hand the unreliable
character might 20 Tor nothing in the way
oil tate pay but IN the interest OF some one
else rendering iatter prefers. What is true
OF the integrity side is doubtless rs true o
/ tao int ligent. Therefore We conclude II
is NOT 30 much The question OF daily ramu'
nera on, as II is the discharge OF his duty
by every voter in the county or district that
will determine the guar tum Of desired cll
cheney. Enlarge the voting numberain the
sect ems to the end OF obtaining broader
field for selection Of avail able candidates
AID then l,t every citizen duly comprehend
the value OF the Office Of law making, and
vote in caucus or al the polls for only The
good and true man.