, 1907-03-08
ALL SIDES
AREHEARD
INTERESTING MEETING OF LIT
ERARY CLUB FOR DISCUS
SION OF NINTH STATE
LEGISLATURE.
viii MeMurray and Senator AtherIy,
Members Of the Body, Among the
speakers-Judge BrameI Now De.
eIares That All Good Republicans
Were Formerly Democrats-Mrs.
eeIIamy Appears for the Women.

seIIamy Appears for the Women.
A very fair sized audience, including
a number of ladies, was present last
night at the meeting OF Laramie Liter
airy club at the Carnegie library. The
subject, 1.-THE Ninth Legislature of wy
oming." was handled in an interesting
manner by each of the speakers, repub-
licans, democrats, socialists and pro-
hibitionists alike being ably represent
ed. The meeting was called to order
by E. N. Rogers, president of the club,
who appointed Louis Tyvold to the
chair and DR.. H. G. Knight to act as
critic.
McMurray for Republicans.
Will McMurray, himself a represent
alive, took up the case for the repub-
licans. Mr.. McMurray stated, among
other things, that the Albany county
delegation went to Cheyenne practic.
ally un%instructed as to what they were
to do there, which was a condition o.
things radically wrong. The voters of
the county should let their represent
atives understand that they are ex-
pected to do. On the whole, Albany
county faired well at the hands Of the
legislature. The delegation was able
to secure the passage of the bill hand
ing over the old penitentiary and
grounds to the agricultural college and
the sum of $4,000 for repairs to the
buildings; an appropriation of $3.50 900
for the building of a girls dormitory
and hall Of domestic science at the
university, as well as a small appro-
priation Of 5000 for the purchase of a
target asked for by Captain Heavey,
cammandant Of the university cadets.
The bill which proposed to tack this
county onto the First judicial district
and do away with a resident judge had
been defeated.
Some Good Bills.
Among the bills passed which the
speaker characterized as good were
the state depository law, the reappor-
tionment act, which, though it cuts
down Albany county's representation
by n member, is in proportion with
other counties of the state; the com
pulsory education measure, which
makes it obligatory for parents to send
children from Z to IA years of age to
school for at least six months n the
school for at least six months in the
onment; and the investigation of the
methods employed by the state board
of equalization in the assessment Of
taxes. This last measure, in the
speakers opinion, should lead to a
constitutional amendment being voted
upon at the next election.
One of the Remedies.
The remedy proposed is to make the
chairmen Of the several boards of
county commissioners ex-oficio mem
bers of the state board of equalization,
thus bringing men who are %conversant
with the conditions in the various
parts of the state to the work Of ap-
portionment. The Ninth legislature
was liberal in the matter of a%ppropria-
tons, having appropriated perhaps
100000 more than any other. The
speaker considered that the bill rails
ing the salary of legislators is along a
right line, but thought that time could
well be saved in the first part Of the
session and that the time of the ses-
sion could be cut down to forty days.
Judge BrameI Speaks.
Judge G. w. Bramel. who followed
on behalf of the democrats. was en-
! phatic in his contention that the work
of the legislature should be for the
good Of the whole people and not for
the exploiting of any one party or
for the purpose of passing party meas
ures. 1t is not right for the Albany
county delegation to claim that the
appropriation for the dormitory Is their
work; the appropriation represents the
whole people of Wyoming. The re,
publicans constantly talk about 1--WE
Us & Co.," but the GO" are very in,
significant ~personages in their estima.
ton. In the last legislature there was
not enough democrats for the repub
licans to quarrel with, SO they quar-
relied among themselves; had to ad
journ to cool off and pass a resolution
to expunge what was said from the rec
ords.
The Judge Is soastful.
Judge Bramel said that he had lived
in the state for twenty-seven years and
knew whereof he spoke when he said
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