The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-18

mot, WARD COUNTY, NORTH
body of earnest young men, anxious
to do the right tning, and in ma ma
jority Of cases possessing the ma
.terial for the making Of splendrd
law makers when they have had
the proper and needed experience.
1 doubt whether a like body ever
convened where there was 50 llttie
experience in practica4 legislation
and yet with so muca earnestness,
and unquestioned honesty of lrar-
pose. 1t speaks well for the future
OF the state, and marks dect1ed
and new page incur political history.
4 On the other hand the Senate
never had greater number OF
more able men or experienced leg
islators than 1t has today. 1t
moves with the precision Of clock
work, largely OF course, because OF
the fact that the Senate throws
the responsibility Of law making,
largely upon the work of the stand
ing committees. 1t is a deliberative
body and looks it. It is the very
opposite of the House in the fact
that it is largely made up Of ex-
perienoed legislators, very few OF
whom are under forty five years
Of age, and therefore in the FULL
maturity of their powers.
The Normal School bill had the
usual gauntlet to run of any moa-
sure that moves So largely out of
the beaten path and OF state wide
Importance. It's more active oppo-
nents, strange as it may seem,
were from the nearest points rather
than from the far distant sectious
of the state, but fortunately their
influence was limited, and I doubt
whether their opposition against
the bill lost us a single vote. The
fact was evident at all times to
the thoughtful members of both
bodies that if the Normal School
was needed and located in the
Northwestern portion of the state.
Minot was the only possible place
where it could be made a potent
educational force when under head,
way. The House bill is now in the
Senate and undoubtedly will be ~
for third reading and final passage
this week.
Ward county should in every way
be proud Of its delegation. Like
any new body of legislators :hey
nave yet to measure and under.
stand their full political strength.
Ihls lsin no way better indicated than
by the fact they are acting more
as individuals than as an organized
unit. But they are rapidly learn.
ing the machinery of legislative
procedure as we'll as the flow and
ebb Of the under current and by
the time the present session is corr.
pleted they will each and all have
undergone process of being re
duced up which an returning two
years hence will add seventy five
per cent to their efficiency and
force. 1t takes at least one. and
two sessions would be better to en-
able one to measure accurately nm
seen forces that play behind most
legislative propositions. Like so,S
ball players by the end of tho frs,
season they will just about have
learned to play the game SO that
IN spite Of signs that mislead an ]
TAKE plays they will, through the
smoke Of false alarms see ouirx1v
and intelligently and act as promn-.
y in mailing the man who carries
the ball.
The Ward county delegation yuar
for man is in every way a repre-
sentative one; they have the best
interests Of the state and their own
locality at heart and particularly
are they able to meet the needs OF
tneir own section and county ard
people may rest assured that they
VIII all give good, account Of
their stewardship. They were each
and all helpful and loyal to the
Normal school proposition unless
L MT ~ 49, a.