Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-22

acts of the adjourned leglslatore
when the fate OF the liquor oiu nov
Boo the hands of the governor ls hu'"r
the Republican Prohibition lehsuc VIZ
have something 90 say. Af the soNSeii,int
approves the measure, comment WIZ ~
| made ON phrases not to our hAus lA
| he vetoos h. what the leagues VIII nave
| to sav win be- OF am entirely dlhereht
nature
Ev-Counrilmnn VI. ". MulyeN-l
| 1r, ~ me opinion that the only lH-
! portaut bills PASSED by the eighth leg
! islature could be classcd as undesl.9Dlo
| measures This statement is Pat 'lNu
! larlv true of the Des Moines plll anu
| the police and fire bill. Inc lnaJolty
| ~ tbo peop3e want neither OF tneh'
I ana Conditions here do not warrant
thom There has been no grating nor
| maifeasance I'm Office here. as IN some
! cities In the present system there ~
| always balance wheel soulcthlus
l that could not be oNpected so ellel1a-
al On "a government OF, say, nNe per
{ sons. Until the principal cities or tns
/ older states try the new plan ana ma
| AZ working suCcessfully. / do not ses
! why we should try 80 here. The police
/ and fire bin is no better, and / believe
] the governor will veto both ana mo
liouor hin as we'll He Is an able ana
| honest executive and 1 believe VIII not
| sot the stamp Of approval upon meas-
| urcs SO radically wrong.
6 II. Iovc-It would hardly DO for
me 10 express an opinion as 10 'ne
| merits or dement's OF the late le8lsla-
ture. So soon after / had been in %
similar position. smilinEly SAID ihe
| president on the senate during the ses-
Sion OF two years ago. What VIII the
I hR 1fnrnT nII|. he
asked as though To- avoid any further
| questions being propounded 20 nm
Joseph s. Weus-I rather guess this
IS a case of where silence is golden
Charles Read-Tm too modest to
express my opinion to newspaper re-
porter.
Fx-CounciIman G. }. Crabtree-
! Present Indications are that the leglh-
| lature has accomplished nothing tnat
i4 for the best interests OF the state.
These legislators have been acting on
the wrong principle IN not obeying tho
statutes governing the length Of the
session. Glad the agony Is over
Fx-CounciIman T.. Il. Rich--H-
Guess that covers the ground In my
40 odd years OF experience In public
life. don't think ] can recall legis-
lative body with such a record. To
sneak In the mildest terms. they left
undone those things they should have
done in the interest OF the people, and
did those things they should have left
undone. and truly there was no
health in them.
Cashier +. o. H0ward-My opinion
Of the last legislature Wei, ! don
think It is AZ TO print.
George Albert Smith--No sir, you
| can't get anything out OF me.
, Cashier Rodney 4. Badgor-can't
, | say anything I'm too tuu tor Ut
torrance.
w $. McCoruick-If they did no
| good j don't know as they did any
harm.
p Rev. =. 4. Simpkin-I think these
legislators played with their opportunl-
q Ties: they are like the man who said
DC was a good Episcopalian because
/ he could Quote from the prayer book.
, "Thev. have left undone the things
4 they ought 20 have done
Cashier Beebc--No, guess I'd better
/ NOT SAN anything. my opinion would be-
too drastic don't Feel competent 20 ex-
e press st.
2 Farley p. Christensen-Pass me no
. please.
D, ". W Ritcr-CWith a good laugh)
q no. YOU can't quote me as saying any
r. thing
l.. s. HiIls-AI 7 can say Is that !
ann glad the legislature has adjourned
IS Russell Tracy--As individuals I ad.
e UuIre Uunv of them. but taken COllec-
y lively they are the most unsatisfac-
20 tory legislative bunch I ever saw. UNI
Il satisfactory boz everything that As 10 be
desired. They left until the very last
re- thing before adjournment the two most
e important measures before them the
30 Dies Moiues and liquor bills, now left
p t1 the mercies OF the governor so thai
l' Dr. Doe Notoes them, there viii be nd
.- chance 20 pass them over his Veto a.
p WAS tho case in the eminent domain
~ rights bul
p p. " Mad=en-No. no. don't ash
"a We Tor my opinion of the Legislature,
70 dont want to cypress am opinion There
.e SIS saying. II you can't say anything
e good about n person, don't say any
.c thing bad about them why those fol.
On lows waro seut thoro DO represent the
.e wishes of the people Instead OF thai
they acted IKE lot Of school kids
4, Why u wouldn't trust them 90 run d
Il peanut stand.
' Rev. T.. IS. t'uitOn--'rhe question Il
% what D. Governor spry going 90 do
"a Tho Badger Dim De- intlinscially al
r.EhJ with a lair judicial interpreta
uDu.
% Councilman Blarh-Why, those leg
N IsIat0rs did just what they were sem
u There for But % weren't they IN,
peach of bunch Well never heart
0r s4w the like since the Wisconsin
D. legislature of 1859. when that outh
F. adjourned, every man. woman and
y child m Wisconsin got right up or
One hind legs and sang. Praise God
q, from whom am BLESSINGS flow
= Couree A. Odcli-I think with Col
g onrI Benton of the RIO Grande that Z
10 would ha "a good thlug NJ the lcFlsla
r. turo could bc adjourned for four year
.f instead nf rNo
n D. -. uooA--The acts of omission
0f ono Legislature of the things thol
pr should have done viii give It pro
miuont space in the history NJ Utah.
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