The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-05
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bNfNtA 90 D4u@ 70 QAAFihe guuHMhat ~
ossiEll tonteHof sou tiak ypu
lAVw lalfeaM without any advice.
Hut remember lint you were al
elected apOn the platform Of Let the
people nie.f and as ! am one OF the
dear people, am goins 10 give you
my advice. free gtniis, whether you
want 4 on moi.
Ia the nrst place. | trust that 5ou
will avoid tie mlstake that every leg
stature nas hhaie since the May
fowor crossed the Atlantic. toswit.
spreading too much time IN wind
tanning and too little time ~ road
Ing the bllln that you pass " seems
that the minute that q MA Is elected
10 The legislature he Immediately sets
hts cap for d seat ~ the United
states senate OF the governors chair.
ito must show his fellow members
what a wonderful orator he h. ne
other hundred hftytwo are not 70 BE-
out done BY him. 80 they spend lfty'
nine days In windiamming and hity'
nine minutes IN passing laws. On the
last day they viii run the clock back
ma pass moro laHs IN the last NIFTY
nine minutes than they dil ~ the
| lrst nftynIne days. Laws that they
have not read, laws that are contradtc'
tory. absurd and ridiculous. For IN
stance. the Legislature Of 1905 passed
4 Jaw relative 60 taking appeals from
! Justices Of the peace to tAe Probate
comrts # provides
THE judgment IN the PROBATE court
! shall he final. unless the Judgment OF
Inc amount IN controversy. exclusive
az costs, shall exceed 500 Now thai
a clear al mud. Suppose YOU q
I man for SIS ana get judgment FOR
sAO. what Is the Judgment Of the
amount IN controversies Now taefe
Mere many lawyers IN the legislature
who ought 70 have known taat the
law was m conflict NTH TIE organic
| Nv ana void. as the courts soon Nftes
wards decided. why didn't they cali
attention 70 ifg Because taey hnd
never reaa It. They were 100 busy
Win their own hobbies What We
nec.l IN every legislature Is a goo.
level hease1 mgn who has time ana
scnse enough 10 read every bill M
fro,ueei and 10 cali attention 20 the
| abluidllles.
again no legislature egci net With
OUT II helng rlpAtly CHARGED mat they
were tao e%xtravasant With the pec
nies mnnuy. 10 sieak nlalni}, tne
lave & man ekh see 20 aeusf y =
| lpglslafnrc. composed Of a h~undrea
men, employing two hundred men %
Nalt unon them, OF course y Is
ucccssarg 10 have : few employees
Eaeh house ought To have 4 eleFh
70 keep trace Of the bills passed Two
employers Tor each house y 81 you
] naed. You aont heed q s~elAeaniae
arms with Il dozen assistants. y any
member gets ~obatfeperous aid feinses
IN 81 down when the speaief tells
hlm ID est. son ran call IN tan shetlh
81 he chlef.ufpollce u preserve nruef
You den need a ooofkeepes win =
aaif dozen assistants, Ihe ioprs q
the leglslnnae should be open 70
egerx citizen OF Oklahoma,
or course yon viii pass 2 game
IAN ana an election law Every WI
iialatnff does than, And, 90 tell we
truth. lhcy do need amending. Tue
omen season III came neslna 'oo
! earlt. on Get i6 there are lots y
masl that are no bigger thah SNOW,
birds Make II lawful 20 kill quail
a,l,ing Inc month Of December obj
ina then give every man Q talr SNOW.
This Thing OF forblddlng a man y
shoot auails in the road, without hrFs
havine obtained the consent q we
farmers Oh both Aldea. IL not AYE
The farmers Insist upon a game law
claiming that the quail XIII lots OF
huas. II that IL true and we presume
"A IS. they ought 70 be setlsle1 win
having their bugs killed and their
nro,e saved. and ought 20 be willing
J for the poor BARRIERS and CLERKS ee
+ have 4 few messes Of quail mo use
10 mention lawyers. for We can
hit t1em.) /.
The election law should be- amend
Cd Il Il proper to hive = secre'
hallot but goodness. growing 70 I
pleurisy. dies Of Us Y too much Y.
This thsng Of making the voters Wall
down q chute like hogs belns loalel
into Il car. Ii al ~foollshness. II tn'
election aay happens to ne cold ans
rainy thousands Of voters VIII sta
M home. because they do not want Z
~ tu some school houae and stani
out IN the cold and rRln iof t%'
hours waiting for tlIelr turn 20 come
Let The officers fence on suflfietl
. room with a fopo Tor them 20 wofl
IN. Forbid eleclloneerlng OF the u
] side. hut let the voters IN waefe the
7, can keen from freezing IN thss az
I 81 nrngr0ss aud telephones. there |
no REASON wis The people SHOULD +
kent IN doubt TO- a week or 20 DAY
: before they know tao RESULT Mhk
. Il the dats II the Inspector to 70 4
the nearest telephone and send IN tn
returns at once,
unr code III procedure altauid ais
be changed 80 that 4 man can set
case tried before he dies 81 aid aef
The defcn Ianf snoull Re REQUIRED {
anawer Within Ave Aess after Tie gun
mons Is served npon him 4 he file
La demnrrc7 OF motion. which e nFel
ruled. be- shuuld be requlrNd To ans
wcr within ive days after ne sun
mons Is served UPON him Il he Ole
Il demurrer or motion, which Is over
rnIesl. ne should be required 70 ans
wer mstauteT. thles our pfesen
procedure Il takes ahnnt Ave term
of court 10 gnt a case ~ ISSUE IN
aefeh ant VIII 0rst Gle 6 special y