The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-02-07

Edttor Of the LnApnn,

Editor Of the LrADSR'
PERRY, OK, Eco. I'll have come 90
toe conclusion that there is nothing
so extravagsnt as ignorance, and that
this may exist collectively where in
dividusl y II would MT. get thus
wise from watching the performance
Of the present Legislature,
And I've watched others. u
The mongrel gathering Of two years
az, was sickly creature-"lscbtd d
organization" it's spologists ssio; and
the one which proceeded It was Rf-
fected 10y too much "organiE ton" its
critics declared, with good reeson So
when It came 10 the creation Of these
"houses Of parliament" the people had
two bad examples TO avoid, and after
he election IL wa, acclaimed and de
aime from the governors office to
the congressman's house that the z, o.
p. was reunited into one grand
(w)ho again; that there were now
no factions; that ahe ne plus ultra
had been reached, and Oklahoma " :
saved! Twas glorious, thought, and
Tm always an sduerent-of the party
in power,
1t is generally known that the legis-
lature met, and that taeh mem Der
came with a contrite heart to avoid
factions and rings and ciques and
combina iOns-bringing with him u
small inodieum OF harmony to put IN
the general pot and let IL spread
There was TO be no fight on Barnes
This was o Repu ublicsn legislature,
made SO by the mutual help of all, on
platform built on record OF the
administration. There was 10 be no
time WAS ed In hgnting anyone
Economy was the watch word; wlse
legislation the shl oboleLh; sessions u
begin q full hour Def re the BANKS
opened in the mocDing, and hard,
honest, conscientious, intelligent
work TO do.
Ii was beautiful
Much OF the beautiful has faded.
Committees appointed oiils were In
troduced by the score, aud our sulUns
| nrted make their record with u
since developed consistency that, at
Clay once said Of John Randolph,
"Shines and stiDks, and stinks and
shines like rotten mackeTel by
moonlight"
There were bills to pull the joint
and several legs of the railroads; ollis
to bump the various beAos Of tie adj
| minis ration; bills TO twist the tai S
OF insurance companirt; bills 10 iouy
the wealthy COW bAruns-and then
there were the appointments OF ,lerhb
and door.keepers, stenOgraphrrs and
! 1anitors and messengers and Others
In four weeks one bill became law
say the governors action meas
ure To re ieve the miscellaneous me,
OF adjun is last men ioned above
which the federal appropriation oio
not cover.
What the governor did to that bill
need rot be repeatei. It's already
been told WHAT the legislature Il
tryi' < TO do to the governor To get
even" is different They, pinheaded-
| like, are devisiag a seht me u reduce
tue salaries OF terri iorial officers tc
the point where competent p rsonG
would not accept the piaces, and thu
curse the ierritory wit The extraya
gance OF Ignorance in publ office.
What else have the law make beer
doing the four weeks passed - wait
ing9 Looks that way, with the ma
tur OF the many biils introduced con
sidereu.
And the look got stronger when Is
Guthrie Saturday night from the roa
heard di~Rusted fellow make in
one OF the jag emporiums:
This - of a legislaturel In
session four weeks wi plenty ol
goc1 business bills Introduced in Doth
houses, and mt - lobbyist has
showed upye Unless they get here
and loosen up u bit there'll be a dizE
| lot Of laws go through the last {, v
days"
This Is sad condition OF affairs
Mr.. Editor, IL that fellow told th'
truth, and | move you that a commit.
tee be appointed TO go out nd bring
in consignment OF lobbyists To jal
things loose, II It's that that binds
Any amendments to this motion cheer
fully &C epted, with the consent q
my second, for really thins the peo
pie expect something. G. O e.