East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-05-16
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stand taken by the state grange re-
garding abolition of the
The Senate state senate and the
should be justification does not
Abolished. consist merely in the
fact the senate is usually
the bulwark behind which special in
terest find protection.
There is no economy in having two
sets Of men to do one piece of work
nor does increased efficiency result
from such course. No farmer ever
has two different men plow the same
piece of ground, one following the
other. It is unnecessary. No merch-
ant ever employees a clerk and then
hires another man to duplicate every
thing he does. 1t would work no good
and would lead to confusion. When
two men have the same work to do
and the responsibility is divided there
is more room for evasion or neglect of
duty than when one man has the task
10 himself and knows he is directly
responsible for what is done.
The idea OF a two house legislature
was taken from England when the
American government was first form
ed. In England two houses of parlia-
ment were maintained on the as
sumption there should be one house
TO represent the nobility and one the
common people. In recent years the
House of Lords has been so shorn of
power that 1t is all but abolished. In
this country where class lines are not
recognized by law there was never any
justification for the system. The
country would be better off with but
one national lawmaking body and a
state legislature should consist of but
one house-representin all the peo-
pie.
The people Of Oregon would have
better control of their legislature and
would obtain better results with a
single house legislature. There would
be but one house to watch instead Of
two There would be an end to much
buffeting and buncombe. The abo-
lition Of the senate woud automatical
" raise the standard of the house
which is now the inferior Of the SEN
ate in personnel. A still further i'm
provement could be brought about by
reducing the membership Of the house
and by paying the representatives
such salaries as would fully compen-
safe them for the work they do and
the expenses they incur in getting ell
ected It is not sound business to ex-
pect such officials to work for moth
ing.
In giving attention TO the shortcom-
ings Of the legislature the grange is
doing well. It is a fact that by few
simple changes the efficiency of the
legislature may be greatly increased
and we should always be open to i'm
provement and advancement.
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Discussing the subject Of honesty
among women the New York World
had the following edi-
Are Women torial of general in
Honest? terest:
A new phase Of the
problem Of the feminine invasion Of
mans sphere is presented in the
claim that women are better fitted
z than men for positions Of trust be-
cause they are more honest. Secre-
tary Lane is quoted as saying. Money
more safely handled by women
7 than by men" Managers of large
. 7 n-esta hiishments in London. commenting
Ispoh the statement, have approved it.
Thus the managing director of one Of
: the largest department stores says
that in fourteen years he has had no
case of dishonesty among women en-
ployees, and furthermore that "as
heads OF departments they are often
nnrivalled."