The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
THURSDAY. JANUARY % 1915.
GRAVES WRIT ES
FROM .LEcIs- -.
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Enterprise ;Readers:-.


Enterprise iReaders:-.
The ssjst Qt-bills that is being dump.
ed into the legislative mill is something
appalling, but be not deceived. The
vast majority Of them wili-not get be-
You'd the committee. That may sound
sintter. and it is, but it is also bene-
lcial.
Legislative committees do the great
bulk Of the work. In our imagination
we;have imagined the work Of con-
gress being moulded by the efforts Of
the silver-tounged orator from Podunk.
lf-by that we mean the verbose phras-
ESQ the pages of the congressional
recurd which are often called to our at
tention. we are mistaken, because very
often the speech was not delivered. 1t
ww printed ~ il, was written per-
habs by the congressman's stenograph.
os.s fsss.
Ne have known Of instances where
tilere was moral certainty that such
was the case. The calibre Of both the
congressman and the stenograpber in
diestcd it. The congressman was a
v1ry able man in that he knew enough
" select q good stenogrspher, and
tthsted matters he did not know how
70 handle to the more capable servant.
But we have disgressed. The house
does not want oratory, but it may be
ylry glid for light. The man who can
tn the house what ;ihe effects of a
supposed law will bs in the fewest
9brds and In the shortest time, is the
ixsn they aye ready to listen to. If
mat has been done in the committee,
tAs chances are the committee is unan-
imous in its recommendation and that
settles the matter.
tOfrourse. 'it'thskes an aasy way to
dll undesirable legislation on the quiet,
md i. mayhg;thst' some very merit
srious bills are stifael in that way.
BE that as it may, tits the only way to
handle such gfist rs stat. legislatures
ere called upon to consider.
]: At this gessian there seems to be a
disposition to kill freaks at the first,
putting them out Of the way. before
shcy-hsss tfken up, time or made costs.
Committees are endeavoring to prevent
duplicated differed by different persons,
ty having the authors consent to with
:drawel OF one or some method Of re-
;ducing the number:
s The bill for printing in the past has
'tcen enormous. Printing bills rang
:ing way up into the thousands, when q
vast lot Of them were printed. Past
custom has been 70 print good and bad,
-stsong and weak. This will not be the
plan this session.
Only . few OF the bills have come
from the printer. SO far. and l have
seen only what you have. the titles as
printed in the daily papers. feel
safe in ssyf1g that none Of the really
important bills have been introduced
:up to this time. January 18th.
The educational bill is still being
Fwhippsd into shape, while conferen es
ssfc being held TO settle on disputed
xJoints.
The same 10 true Of the labor bill,
Gov. carison's particular hobby.
The pure seed law. county division
hsils. laws regulating buying Of cream
by concerns that operate oyer large
territory and 1t different stations with
az great vaity Of prices as there was
Of color in the coat Of Joseph, are all
Bei8k i&cubatsd. = ''''''f -
-psiI5 pspers tell you much, but they
gusss much too. There 10 no doubt
tbst msny would like to change the
primary lav. yhile not . few would
like to wipe it oil tie books The same
is true ef the inistion and reference Of
!a.s. .;..e
That thsy hsve failed to bring all
-ttrs Bemciity expected of them, even
their supportsSs sdmit. That they
nSeht serve avery good purpose under
proper restrictions. few will deny. Just
'f;twtSfsstriet them. sndnot kill them
ii. aueslisa rhiehl the wisest hesitate
.fo try abd Jay, while those who do not
hctitats'tv tunish-iight DO not often
find their views ;acceptsds-.a !.
Both Of these features may BE very
much changed. and ,tsy' my remain
stisAasss fssic 'altcration 5ar:surthtI
sNa: =: .:"a. VI. !.