Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-08

The near approach of the legislative
session makes jus,inable a few auE.
gcs,ions which II Ia hoped will receive
confederation II not adoption. They
are offered wholly IN she Interest Of the
people a, large and the members OF the
assembly themselves.
To begin with. there are hu, few sub
jess requiring legislation. and these
will doubtless be set out IN the Cover
nor's message. The disposition on the
part OF mos; legislators, especially young
ones. IL 10 hack q, all existent things.
bw the custom IL more honorcl In the
breach than In thu Observance. The
Revised statutes as they stand are the
result Of careful preparation. cnacimen,
and codlncation on she part Of expert
cnced and able men. ana while there
may be a few changes In our economic
system brought about by the hand u
time. these are exceedingly ilght AMI
cofreapondlngly few. Indeed. II the
laws o. they stand shall be permitted 60
remain untouched altogether ., might
do no harm, whereas tampering with
them may tcsul, In mischief The same
remark appllcr to the Constitution.
The people have but recently 30 the
zeal u their dlsapproyal upon any al.
tempt to chango % from What u Il.
aud their action may Wen serve as
warning for at least one more ieFisla-
lure. In fact. tinkefinE n all kinds i
90 be looked upon with dlsiiyor. ospsol-
ally AZ relates Co thas. matters and
things which are OF consequence he.
yond che common and have undergone
the test OF experience.
The disposition 10 nemorlhlEe CON-
Fross l. another thlng against which u
IL well To guard. The la, assembly
oyordid the thing badly. the result be-
ing that not one of the petitions sent to
,he national headquarters received ihc
slightest consideration. This Kind %
thing Is not only u waste Of ilmf and
.nori, but II also not aliuerihor frse
from certain feeling 1T humiliation
which might us well be avoided
There ~ United States senator % be-
elected. ana while there ate many can-
dldaies, there need bo mo- such struggle
as that OF tho years previously TN
that occasion the contest dragged iiself
through more tnan three weary weeks.
during which ilry-fpur ballots were
taken, aud tails. TOO. when unr OF the
rreat political parties had well.nlFh a
unanlmlty Of the m,mhrr,hlp, u also
has now a ftroHg majority. ana cuuld ~
WI ~ not settle thr matter before
hand without spending a moment VI tho
pecplc's dime ~ a cont u ther money.
This u worth cous.IounF. too. The
News" Il by no means IN favor or the
whip'and.spur style ~ arriving ~ the
decision % important questions, nor ls
there any call tot such thing. hu, u
II well understood that the legislators
are all here iul'y a week htfufH tho y1i-
ing for senator begins, AMI che con.
monocmenl u a session Ia mover crowd.
"a with business ~ any Kind. why mot
spend some OF the many suuarnu1us
hours which would uthcrwise o.. wasted
every day IN settling the faniioral
question. ~ that whom the constitution.
al time arrives, al which iha vote shall
b. taken In Abe open assembly. hut a
few minutes VIII ho consumed This
would make she course OF legislation
unimpedcd, Fastening matters requiring
attention 20 conclusion, and enabling
the members {, shorten the arsilun ma,
lerlally, wherein Is suggested another
matter worth attending TO.
The session IL limited 70 sky DAYS
The law ~ No means contempla,es tina
M body shat slp for the whole or mi
lime, hut simply ends It at thc point .
Sanitation. unless /; shan previous
have been cut short b. the member