The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-08-01
THE PEOPLE DEMAND 1T.

The PEOPLE DEMAND 1T.
Men OF eminence have asserted time
and time again, that the interests OF
the general public would be better
- served if this country had fewer law.
, yers in the makeup OF its Legislative
!, bodies and more representatives of the
: different interests of the people. 1t is
: true that a lawyer knows more about
: the manner in which to frame an en-
T actment, and he is certainly more quail
Tied to tell concerning its legality.
This all are willing to concede. But
: there are matters that interest the gen
eral public that never receive much.
II any, attention, and 1t is this sad ne
! giect that has caused even statesmen
to deplore the fact that so many of the
! political manipulators of our country
deem it OF the utmost Importance
: to send only men to our legislative
balls who are yersed in the technical
tiles of law.
The people of the Eastern and South
ern States-in fact all over the Union
are becoming to learn the folly of this
idea, and as result are inaugurating
change-a change which will prove of
the utmost benefit to the masses. 1t is
not an essential feature or a requisite
qualification OF a member to any legis-
latiye body to be professor in legal
ore; rather is it more requisite to be
possessed of sound sense and good
Judgment.
Even in Utah we have proven, to
some degree, the truth of this. Posi-
bly, nine-tenths of all our statutes is
the Work Of lawyers. Many of these
are cumbersome, imperative and use
less. Enactments concerning the farm |
ng interests of the territory have |
found their way to the statute books, |
and before they have been there bu !. |
few months have been demonstrated to |
be practically null, and that, too, by !
the common plowman. Take the es-
tray law, and more abominable, un-
Just and worthless enactm ent never
rolled from any legislators hands. and
t father of it is the Republican can
dldate who now seeks an election to
the Council on the grounds that he Snc-
ceeded in having passed more bills
than any other member OF the last Leg
islature.
Lawyers have gone to the Legislature
with the idea that to have their name
immortalized it was but only necessary
to break the record introducing bills.
The more measures he framed and sue
ceeded in having passed, the more mar
yelous and the more powerful would he
become in the eyes of the people. And
not only has this been the hidden
thought of such men, but they have
even prided themselves SO much upon
such an achievement as to even haunt
1t before the public when seeking a re-
election at their hands In no other
connection could the saving be more
rite that "Self-praise is no recon-
mendation." When politician has
to beg for public favors by rehearsing I
tc them the enormous amount of .
bills he has succeeded in having passed. |
then 1t is time he was dropped, and
some one elected who has more at y
heart the interests of the people q
1t Is easy TO pass laws. but it is harder 1
to tell what effect they will have upon ]
the country. In fact, the territory is a
cursed with too much legislation. +
Some men, for the want of better
argument, have gone so far in the pre- a
sent campaign as to use against the O
election of one of the candidates on e
the Democratic ticket, the fact u
that che is a dector," or, as the Repub- i
lean organ OF this city puts it. I'VE h
want lawyers in our legislature and moi II
ioctOrs. a thousand times better "a
would be the condition of our territory. h,
n many vital respects, had we only had II
n our legislature six years ago, at least. fo
me man who was sufficiently qualified on
n medicine, sanitation and surgery to "
ee@Fe Ee the Pasfage at 6e4FeS o sess 9oinf tgf
ubjects. The lives of poor unfortun- ID
ties, the victims OF either the inexper- ou
enced druggist or the villainous quack. te
'ould have been saved. The mental
aculties OF numbers of those who are ch
ow in the asylum and many who have ha
1ccumbed to their affliction, would or
ave been restored without doubt had
e but had in our legislature men who of
ere qualified in these most essential mn
apartments OF public benefit. de
As 1t is, to-day any man can come in vo
} this territory and by attaching att
NJ. D., "B. NJ IF. R. C. 81 or
A. 5. s." at the end of his name, eX- sic
with the lives of a conidirg 10
How often have We heard no
doctor" fatally treating a disease no
which they knew nothing, or of tax ish
g mothers life while pretending to Al
thoroughly skilled in obstetrics? And tb,
perchance such men were arrested MOI
malpractice, the law as it now WI
ands only allows such to be punished '
+ simple misdemeanor: and if suit otj
damages was brought against the de- of
ldant, possibly a verdict would be Sc upI
red and possibly it would not. v6t
Then, again, we need laws that will to
event the common habit of allowing ous
'oung man, simply because he is sta
cd looking, to go behind the coun- Del
OF the drug store, and fill pre- pul
'iptionS, the nature of the drugs com bat
sing which he is entirely ignorant gloI
How often do we read of the fatal mo
suits of this practice! Many a stu
Dther's heart has been broken of
rough such criminal careiessness. city
There are matters also of a general disl
litarv nature that require the at gre;
ltlon of our Lawmakers. Our Insane par
YUM ana lts several interests. also has
nand the thoughtful consideration com
men thoroughly qualified in such the
tiers. In fact we need the presence has
a graduated and experienced mem href
of the medical faculty in pev,
next Legislature as we mex
the presence OF the most brilliant elor
yer we have, and the Democratic tick,
ty of Utah county has shown its the
d judgment and superior wisdom in peor
aing on its ticket for the suffrages of
voters in the Eleventh Representa-
District, such popular man as DR..
R. PIKE. That he will be elected
t Monday, only the most radical or ~.
most ignorant will deny. The peo- III
want him in the Legislature, and no Jour
ter how much his personal feelings liIu,l ilnIu
amonr[ +bo ,,o7-t boI1- - IL elem