The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-01-03
SOME NEEDED
LEGISLATION
Judge Mitchell Offers Sugges.
tions for Careful Consider
alton on Various Laws
December %, 1904.


,oants to the laws enumerated in m
,ast letter / take up first the Fish an
Came law as passed by the legislator
of 1902. Now the intention in tn
minds of the trainers of it was good
,,iy 10 protect the fish and game O
our state, first from free hooters re
sding in adjoining states and secondl,
AGAINST selfish depredators in our owl
state as touching the rights of our owl
citizens the law is strictly constitu
ti,ual but as touching the rights o
citizens of the United States residin,
in other states the law is by man!
hawvers held to be unconstitutiona,
inasmuch as it discriminates in th'
amount of the license demanded fo
the privilege to enjoy the same inal
ienable right. NowA this alleged un'
constitutionality has been freely noiset
about and as a consequence very few
are taking out any licenses. Again
the provisions for carrying out anG
enforcing the law are inadequate, first
the commission to justices is too small
therefore very few would bother with
il and second, by the compensation tC
deputies is not large enough to insure
the services of competent men in the
field and as a consequence many OF
those appointed did not qualify and
those who violated t were not arrested
nor any test made of the soundness OF
the law and therefore it's amendment is
most respectfully, suggested.
Next in order is the diseased stool,
law. the glaring defect in which is that
it orders all the animals to be killed
instead of ordering them to be cured
as in the opinion Of good veterinaries
nine -tenths of which could be and the
stock would then be in the possession
of the county, the sale of which would
much more than cover the expense of
taking up and caring as to the mode of
handling and curing so large a num-
Der of animals that would be a question
for the combined wisdom Of the legis-
lature An official veterinary surgeon
for each county would. l think, fill the
bill and let him rig up baths at con-
venent points and take his pay out of
the horses and beasts he cured, for it
is the experience of many magistrates
that when the stock is taken up and
advertised no one comes to claim it or
the stock is killed. the law is so per-
emptory before they find out whereas s
if the animals We're still alive and cured
n,h, -rst 80 he
claimed and the costs paid by the
owner and if not why the county Of
frer has the value of his services in
the shape of a tangible asset.
The next law that Git seems to many)
needs to be amended is that relating to
SANDER which is not written but cir
culated by some envious foul-mouthed
person to injure the reputation of
some one OF whom he is jealous and
however false it may be is sure to be
peheVed by some to the injury of the
character of some innocent man or
woman who by their personal appear
ahce or ability has made an enemy by
virtue of the fact that he or she is
smarter or better looking and there is
NO good reason now nor was there
ever one why an uttered malicious
SANDER where it can be attested is any
iess injurious or why the slanderer is
any less susceptible of being brought
10 pook for it, than if he had written
me same in large letters, on the con-
uary quite the reverse. There is a
unit TO written slander and the let
'ers or 1t remain the same. but an ut
'erea slander like rolled snow ball,
always gaining in maliciouspess.
mere Is not one good reason against
W. many for an amedment to this law,
making the uttered slander actionable
me lien law for common labor es-
pe.ialN where done in the harvest
ne'u needs to be amended in such a
way that the warehouseman will be-
"'e ainenable for all labor debts un-
ss he protects both himself and the
"ref by requiring an affidavit from
ne iarrner that there is no man (who
Hot signed a release) vet unpaid
i'pored on the crop in any ca
my StdRo or It's harvesting
uSe so many poor men, ignorant
=. aw and depending on the word
farmers that when he sells his
,p p 10 the warehouseman he will be
mas himself 'left in the lurch"
II is too late for him to get ac-
, IN my own experience as a
IN this one precinct alone the
rn.. o' money lost by harvest hands
dan away up into the thousands of
v.sa, az as in many cases the grain was
n.-. unused under the name of a third
hon.. ana its identity lost. The ware
e.n, e'nan' of course. being an inno-
bo,s party to the subterfuge. Now I
ams, ,ia' this law could be easily
tv,,.l ea SO as to give the laboring man
neys. whose assistance. it could
pro,a. reach the warehouse) absolute
oh for his wages. More anon.
JAMES T. MITCHELL. Up.