The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1893-01-05
TEE Observation-Disclosures

The state legislature meets IN To.
peks next Tuesday. II 10 hardly TO
be expected that there slll be any
delay IN the organization Of either
house. The fusionists have q ma
jority IN the senate and the Republi-
cans will make no attempt TO capture
the organization OF TO r.tsrd IL. In
the house the Republicans hsve q
cIesr majority. and all fair-miDded
people will admit that It 10 sn bon
estiy STAINED majority. IL 10 not 80
certain that there will not be trouble
10 the house but s;ili the probability
% email. and the Republicans are
likely 10 organize IL without trouble.
Ever since the election both parties
bsre been seoriDg for partisan ad-
vantage. bot this 10 the nature OF
thing. will cease with the early days
Of the session, and all parties and
nemters should understand 10 they
do not already know IL that IL IL
needed legislation that the people
ssDt more than partisan advantage.
The last legislature Was nothing but
. failure from beginning TO end be.
cause more time WIS devoted to at
tsining partisan advantage than the
Interests Of the people Of the state.
AZ result the business interests OF
the state were held bsck two years,
all for no purpose. This must not
occur sgain-
The question Of equitable freight
rates has received due considers
ton in this paper heretofore, anu
~ it has been treated thoroughly
aud exbaustiveIy IL will not be nee
e-ssry to repeat sny Of the arguments
heretofore adduced. Suffice IL TO
say, however, that this question
ov.rsh adoss all others, and 10y right
has the precedence over all others
for prompt consideration. The peo-
pie bsve reason to expect that the
evils aud DETERMINATIONS attendant
up IN public transportation shall be
considered carefully aud corrected
honestly. All members were elected
upon that issue, but the people must
not let IL rest there. Eternal vigil
lance has ever been the price Of hu-
msu rights. and il il none the less
true now.
Some tinkering Is likely to be done
fr.anl.I-a nd ha
manner OF casting ballots. a united
effort will be made by the woman
suffragi-ts Of all parties to have the
suffrage made universal, aud 10 must
be admitted that the prospects for
gaining IL have never been 40 probs-
bic as now. The Australian ballot
law will in all probability be enacted.
The JOURNAL cannot see the neces-
city for numbering our election ma
ehinery with IL, but It will be done
nevertheless, and we may as well
make up our minds to endure II. lts
adoption together with woman suff-
rage, will Of necessity create q large
number OF new election precincts
Take SsIIna for example, where there
are four precincts, by the new order
there will be seven or eight, thus in
cressiug election expenses enormous
Iy and without accomplishing cents
worth OF practical good.
There may be something done In
the way Of changing the laws in ref
ersDce to the collection OF debts based
upon real estate mortgages, and the
lowering by statute legal rates OF in
terest. At the present time the ne
cessity for "reIief" IL not so keenly
felt as it was two years ago, or at
least il is not so fully expressed
There may De some evils connected
with the mortgage laws, but extreme
caution should be practiced in ali
things that affect the credit Of the
state. The present law that enables
9 creditor to obtain judgment against
o debtor after taking his property,
should be amended. When q mort
gage company loans a certain sum
OF money on q piece Of property, that
property should be made by law suf-
ficient 10 cover all obligations that
mag accrue against IL by reason OF
foreclosure. This Is just and proper,
but aside from il, we can see no nee
es-ity for q change in the mortgage
laws.
These in brief are the chief subjects
that will be treated by the legisIar ure
that are now apparent. Others prob
ably will come up aud be enacted in
to law, but there IL one thing the
people will do we'll II they guard
against. and that is over legislation.
That IL one OF the perils Of the pres
eut time.