The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-01-07

construction and meaning OF the
statutes adopted. Each new batch
which comes out ie built on the plan
OF the house divided against itself,
having no harmonious relation with
previous enRctments, and some OF
them having evidently been adopted |
ia utter ignorance OF their existence.
The limit OF time in this territory /
during which the legislature may re-
main In session is too short for an in |
telligent consideration OF the numer- |
Gus bills which in every session con
gest the legislative veins. This results
in the slipping through, in the rush |
and chaos Of closing session, OF
measures which are often pernicious.
In the Fourth legislative assembly, OF
which ] was unfortunate enough to be
a member aud which fact ! concealed
until the statute OF limitation had run
/ against the offense. ninety-two bills
we're passed-over forty Of them after
supper on the last night OF the session
WHAT could have been expected from
such methods? Fortunately we have
so far had an executive with backbone
| enough to take upon himself the bur
den OF acting as legislative censor
and in consequence the pride OF many
a perverted legislative brain sleeps
the sleep that knows NO waking,
with veto brand upon It's back.
Perhaps in the west the most dan
gerous weakness OF our present system
OF legislation is the susceptibility-I
did not want TO hurt anyoues feeling,
and | hunted quite a while for that
word--the susceptibility of some of
the mem bers TO outside influence. The
| falling may be hereditary. Plutarch
wrote OF Solon that he was not proof
against beauty, nor Of courage to
stand up to pas n but they all agree
he was honest. Jlon wrote OF him
self
But now the powers of beauty, song and
wine,
which are most mems delight, are also
mine
The presumption would be that this
was after he was elected" To these
ancient Establishments might be added
a modern word, the root, but not the
present form of which is found in the
Greek lexicon, towit, doodle
In the forum, so sacred does the
courts consider the exact administra.
tion OF justice, that jury impaneled
10 case involving so much as the
value OF a stunted colt, can be in
formed as to matters of law only by
the court, and are allowed TO separate
and leaves the presence OF the court
only under solemn caution not to con-
verse with anyone, nor to allow any
person to converse in their presence or
hearing regarding the merits of the
case, and IL the case be a criminal one.
they may be placed under lock and
KEY until a verdict is returned In
the legislative hall--the font from
/ f.1, g,.1l 81 ,s.,t-
tered springs-the fountain head it.
self is openly polluted by the presence
of professed lobbyists, whose only
, business Is that OF ptofessed polluters.
When others have failed science may
yet do much for our state aud terri
torial legislatures. Over in Switzer-
E land the other day noted surgeon
successfully removed the stomach from
patient, an6 the patient is recover
{ ing with an intestine connected with
, the lower end Of the Resophagus, while
last weeks dispatches announced the
! fact that San Francisco specialist I
+ had discovered the alcoholic bacilli, "
70 and actually watched one OF then
0 chew the liver out OF rec corpuscle.
a 1t is fair to suppose that an alcoholic
, bacilli anti toxine" will soon be on the
. market, and states and territories will
o demonstrate upon their Legislatures
e that it fills a long felt want.
] But perhaps the bar has little right
o to complain OF ineficiency or vagrAncJ
i in legislation. The entomologsts an
p nouuce the discovery Of new insect
!, and every incipient bug catcher in the
n country is out to capture a specimen
e aud verify the discovery. The Lick
e observatory announces a new comet Of
C an unmapped star and every amateur
e astronomer proceeds to perforatC
Is heavenly space with telescope.
new theory Of geology is suggested
5 and IL must run the gauntlet from tn,
!, country debating club to the roya
i academy. legislature meets
g. hundred vicious bills are dropped int
n the hopper-eombines to secure loca
n advantages are formed, business il
= stagnsted, and. at the final end, come
j the avalanche. II the grist is good. I,
1. the legislature belongs the credit.
!, its bad, the FIRST fellow who suffer
n bames the law and, On the theory o.
/. idem sonRns, cusses the lawyer. Hat
a we half the enthusiasm of an amateur
a bug catcher, we would maintain a
1t every session, from beginning TO end
ID a competent committee with list c
T. amendments and suggestions for tn
1f improvement =, thei present statutes
a as we'll az to kee, the pr ofession &C
ID vised on new departur es threAtenC
Certainly there rests or the bar OF th
country. and on its honored Judge
. and iurists. some portion of the bul
~ den OF preserving the purity and jul
tice and eliminating the crudities {
= our statutory laws. This perfectio
:, will remain to us personally q prid,
m and TO the profession in the territor'
=, -==
r.