The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-18
uNPRINcrPLED LEGISLATION.

We hope the. statement is not true
that some members of the Legislature
from the south, and some from the
north have effected a mutual arrange
ment whereby Ogden is to have the
school for the deaf mutes and the
blind, and Provo the state capitol
buildings Not that we believe such
projects would really succeed They
might possibly pass the Legislature by
a tight squeeze. but we do not believe
they would bear the endorsement of
the Executive. We have not conversed
with the Governor nor have we learned
anything directly or indirectly SIS to
his views on these questions. We only
speak frem a conviction that he cam
not be made party to any such
schemes or induced to stamp improper
measures with the seal of his author
ity
The idea of mixing up the deaf.
dumb and blind children of this terri
tory with the incorrigible boys and
girls of the Reform school, viii strike
the average citizen as either horror
or an absurdity And when it is IN
derstood that it is designed as bait
TO catch votes in the north for the wild
project of removing the capital to the
south, disgust viii be the prevailing
sentiment.
1t is fitting that the selfish motive
which prompts the sprotection' ap-
peals for high tariffs and special boun-
ties. should be manifest in the DISPOSE
ton Of ambitious towns to obtain the
county seat, no matter at what cost
TO the people Of their county, and Of self
important cities to clamor for the re-
moval of the territorial or state CAPT
tai to a spot within their boundaries
1t is the doctrine of the supremacy of
local interests over the general vel
fare carried TO d logical sequence. and
which, pursued to its ultimate, would
mean the individual above the state
the person superior to society.
Apart from the dement's of each of
the propositions mingling of inno-
cents and criminals at Ogden, and the
removal of the capital to Provo-which
are almost equally Objectionable, the
principle of compromise and bargains
in legislation ought not to be tolerated.
1t is wrong in essence and founded up
on a false and indefensible basis. 'TH
vote for your measure if you'll vote
for mine" is a species of bribery that
is none the less criminal because it is
not made SO by the law. Every pro-
position for legislation ought to stand
on it's own merits. If it is wrong or
impolitic it ought not to prevail; if it
is wise or necessary for the public
good it ought not to be voted down I'M
der any consideration.
The disposition, not infrequently man
ifested in aw-making bodies, to
smother or obstruct anything and
everything that comes from an OPP
posing political party or an individual
who has offended others, is very de-
spicable and very paltry. A struggle
on the stump for legislative honors
and position is in the natural course
of political contention. When that is
past, and the business of making laws
for the. people is in progress, that party
strife and platform pugnacity should
cease, and the public Welfare should be
the overwhelming consideration.
On the same rule. bargains and com
between different sections, that
have their source in local selfishness,
or party pride, or personal projects,
ought to be treated with contempt by
the representatives of the whole peo-
pie and receive deserved condemnation
from The public.
We do not believe that either of the
referred to above would
of itself obtain support sufficient to
make it formidable. A league or com
between members 10 effect
both might possibly prevail in the AS
sembly. But we think that would be
the end of each and also Of the po-
litical progress of the originators of
the scheme.
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A LITTLE MORE SILVER.