Telegram-herald., 1890-05-01


The liquor .AW Of 1850. which vas -
garbled The snroillng department Of
ths House. a. % BE- vrtuallya different
bil from taat which passed ths leglsla-
ture. has n0E oeen rslegated % "the
limbo Of fools" Ths mistake Les
a. the door q the House snIolling
clerks. bus there is some excuse for
tleir mistake, since tnrb d wasdumped
upon them as The close Of ! long session.
tust when . mass OF work accumuAses
upon their hands and every body 8 10 =
fever Of excitement . have DIS particu-
lar Dill hrst enrolled and safely dePOsi-
sd in the Governors hands.
In other state LeEslatures the en-
rolling department OF either house Is
'rndeF TIE supervision Of the chief
clerical officer and the enrolhhg clerks
are . part OF bis staH. The Clerk OF
tho House and tho Secretary OF the
eenate--two officers who are always
chosen with reference 10 their quahi-
eaton and expereuce-havs charge Of
tAs enrolment Of the bills Of their re-
spectve houses. Under sucA a system
al bills. from their hrst Introduction 70
shelr presentation % the Governor. are
under the supervision OF those officers
Who are the most capable q attending
50 them. But under our system, where
sas enrolling clerks are independent
officers elected 5y the houses respect
lively. the Secretary Or Clerk IS perfect
" iusaded n turning the oil, as soon
50 ordered enrolled, over 70 the enroll
fng clorks and tnus relieving himself
from responsibility. Il has not usually
bsen done, bat in this case it vas. The
Clerk vas al the more iustidsd IN doing
-, from the fact that the enrolling
slsrks OF ths House were experienced
employee
Il REQUIRED no Et.e skill in this case.
however. % prepare the bill for enroll
r,eat. Numerous ameuimeots had
H.. n-9oosed to t1e House oil ~ tne
e..ats. These had been attached By
e.. Secretary to Che ol In the form Of
r,aers and we're not % be incorporated
satorae bodyof the bill until concurrsd
iu by the House. Thetv0 houses could
not agree upon the amendments. A
conference comm ttes vls appointed,
hus tle houses did not concur IN their
report and - their work vent for
aaught A second conference com
nittse was appointed and thsr report
vas adopted by both houses. thus pass
Tx ,as bl Meanwhile the senate
riders reua ned attached % the bill
sEatng 6nai acton Of ths two h0uses.
The report of tls second conference
recommended thatt1e House concur 10
certain Senate Amendments. These
then became part Of tas act The COM
naIttee recommended that the senate
receie from certain others Of % amend
ments Toe riders containing thsse
amendments should have bsen rejected
n preparing ths bll for snrollment.
The committee slso recommended GER
ban new amendments These should
have been Incorporated into The 5ill for
enroll 0eut. Bus % 10 al thls success
fully t vas necessary 60 take the biil
Wth lts riders and compare e carsf1Ily
Fith tne raccmmeudRhonso the second
Dnf fsrsnce ecommittee. Instead Of doing
his ths clerks enrolled tls b.Il vith t1s
A. the or <'nal senate amendments n
orro-stei, taus leaving ont some
hing a--aeed upoa and Incorporating
others nct agreed 1eon bv ths houses.
Thev evidently nevsr looked a. econ-
ference committee reporl but took
the bil. Senate riders aud a.. It a
case where either lgnounce. careless
,ess, or something worse might havs
brought about the result The excel
lent character OF the enrolling clerks
Of she House prscludes ths latter ites.
however.