The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-07
A CAUSTIC CRITICISM.

Upon the adjournment of the Legsla
winter session, the New York Evenins
Post sent to the Governors of the thirty
nine States in which legislative sessions
were held the past winter, asking tbeil
opinion OF the work of the session
Three questions were asked in order tt
get at the points desired. Those ques
tions were as follows:
What was the most important legIs-
iation enacted during the present ses-
sion?
What important measures failed o!
enactment?
What. if any. was the worst measure
10 be passed over Your veto?
The answers of the Governors in most
cases were rather brief and formal. But
Governor Joseph M. Carey of Wyoming
was an exception to this rule. and his
reply to the questions was decidedly
caustc- His opinion of the Legislature
of Wyoming is hardly fit to print, and
yet since the Post risl1cd the printing
we can probably be excused for repro
ducing the same as follows:
] look upon our last Legislature as a
good deal OF a failure. although IL may
not be In good taste for the Executive
The election OF United States Sena-
,or absorbed the first days OF the Legis-
iature. and as our session is limited by
the CONSTITUTION to forty days. II left so
| much Feeling that IL seemed to be i'm
possible for the Legislature To concen-
tia,e Itself on any business without re-
memhcrinG that the members had gone
through the form OF electing a Senator,
] rejoice that never again In the his
tory OF these United states, will United
method. for from 1t arose intrigue, com
petition. bribery. and everything dam
aging to honest men.
our Legislature was composed OF
Democrats and Republicans. with about
seven members inclined to be Progress
siNes, AS the two houses were finally
organized, there was a small balance In
favor of the Republicans.
No bills were passed over the EIecu-
tlves veto. yet he vetoed many bills and
items OF the Appropriation bill. as well
as parts OF items in tho Appropriation
bill-tho vetoes generally being in the
interest OF economy.
There was some general legislation
but for political reasons, or 10 crafty
personal whims. the majority killed
about all the good legislation proposed.
A bill To entirely eNtlnguish the state
debt, for which there Is money available
In the state Trea sury, was defeated so
late with the State funds.
Blue sky law 10 protect the people
from the swiudles OF promoters doing
business under the corporation laws OF
the State. and TO protect the people
against those who are using our corpora
tion laws beyond the borders of the
state. was killed.
a bill was passed TO put in operat ton
an Industrial Institute for boys and
girls who are lncorriclble and for young
persons who have committed some tri-
fling ofTcnse which would scarcely Justify
sending them to the penitenjiary,
The Legislature very promptly passed
the Income Tax Amendment to the Con-
stitution OF the United States and the
amendment TO the Constitution providing
for the election of United States Sena-
tors by popular vote. Some approprla-
lions were made for the renovating. i'm
proving. and extending Of the charitable
and penal institutions of the State
With these things ] might conclude. for
II ie about all the last Legislature did
in the way OF legislation
From all of which it appears that
Governor Carey is decidedly at odds
with the Wyoming legislators, and has
an opinion of them SO very poor that
they will take pains 10 ignore that opin-
ion whenever their autobiographies are
printed.