Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-02
GOOD LAWS AND BAD.

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Not always is It possible 10 luj eo'
the merits OF law by the motives
that prompted It, or by the tiil- and
language Of the enactment itself. IT,
enforcement IL tha beet test Of IT.
quality, nud the loopholes It aniris f5f
differentiation and technical qui1'
bling are the features that always cE-
hiblt Themselves too late, iicquouly
defeating the purpose thu siaiut' hhi
In view. In other cases It ifansnitea
that the full oiiec, u tue prJpgsei law
IL not loreseen by those who enact IT,
aud II takes year or two to determine
Just whether the law p5s1u'aes
more OF benefit than Il evil.
Hence the proposition that all
laws regularly placed upon The atn'u'e
books should be enforced. That Il
exactly what the good ones are made
tor-they are presumed 10 supply n
public want. AZ 10 tue bad ones,
there In no spesdlsr way Of getting
them repealed than by constantly hold
Ing ths.r provisions up to public Odium,
and no method OF doing tnis he equal
to the plain, straight enforcement Of
them.
The community IL having quite an
experience Just now with one or two
enaotmsnts whose benefits are a, least
open to question. Notable among
them Ia the act said 10 have for
iIs purpose the placing Of the fire
anu police departments OF certain
cities upon non.partisan basis. The
litigation and wrangling AMI dcslruc'
tion OF discipline which that whiied
sepuloher OF n statute has wrought
during the last year anu hall IL
more disastrous 10 tue welfare Of the
two departments than all tho polltics
they ever had or In any likelihood ever
would have. The title Of tho bill as
introduced, and the objects II an.
nounced itself ~ DESTROYS 10 accom-.
plish, were In the highest degree
nieiitorlous. But under the pro.
vision for tho tenure Of 6flioe OF de.
serving employees, tho community
has seen the courts invoked to rein.
not want because he deemed them
incompetent, and whose victory has
had tendency to promote insolence,
destroy discipline aud create the feel
Ing that q public oiiice In ono OF those
departments was ~ near n lifo sllui-
lion rs could be, because OF u "pull" or
of "infuonce" that could be exercised
upon the board.
Another piece OF recent legislation
IL viewed In many quarters with al.
most equal disiavor; we refer TO the
law on tree.spraying. No one will dis
pute that the objects sought TO 10 ac.
compIished by that statute are praise.
worthy. The NEWS applsudsd the
purpose OF the bill when flrsl presented,
aud does 10 ,tlll. At the same
lime we cannot shut our ears or
our eyes to the complaints and the
causes for them against the law. lex.
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