The Raymer enterprise., 1923-03-01

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through the whole process again. II Is
a great game for the American people.
All legislation Is the final result Of
compromise, since people, equally
honest, will have different ideas On
the same topic; II any thing is to be
done, then, some one must give In a
point, another one, back down on his
attitude Of extreme demands; In this
way they get together, and once In A
while some monumental laws are
placed on the books.
In the actual workings Of leglsla-
tive body, psychology plays its part,
as 1t does everywhere else. Some days
the members are in mood y enact
anything; next day they Will do
nothing. II may have been bad
nights sleep, or an indigestible
breakfast; but we observe this condl-
ton prevails here as elsewhere in life.
We have observed some unexplaIna-
Bile things. There are II few fellows
here who are so In the habit Of voting
no." that 1t has become fixed; moth
ing progressive is supported, and any
thing that has money In 1t raises the
Ire Of these would-be patriots. We
have frequently seen members vote
against bill, and ten minutes later
vote In favor Of the emergency clause.
Three times last week, we noticed
members voting "No" on the question
Of correcting mis-spelled word II Is
just a habit; they can't help IT.; they
were born In the objective case. An
old preacher used to remark that ther,
would be two wonders" In heaven
one would be that he got there, and the
other would be that the other fellow
got there BY gads, there are some
wonders" here, too.
The hard-boiled partisan gets no.
where In a body like this. The legisla.
tor needs u stiff backbone; but he
ought to have a well-Olled neck, SO he
can see the other fellows side Of the
argument.
Few people are visiting the galleries
this year We are disappointed In
this; there is SO much oratory waste ]
, on the dessert air here, that II Is nj
wonder tlaa Denver is 30 smoky "the
morning after"
The @Iari-mutuel bill," as 1t is
called, passed the House the other
day. The. bill is described as a meas
ure for the promotion Of the breeding
Of GOOD horses, especially race horses
The pronSoters thereof conclude
that to produce Il good race
horse, there must be good gam
Bling to encourage him to run. In
6tler words, this bill is legalizng gam,
bling In Colorado, and let no one be de
ceived By Its title. Is Colorado ready
for III As usual, the good citizens
were asleep at the switch, and the
thing went over without a protest from
the moral element." Possibly they
were thinking of that bit Of philosophy
from Josh Billings, who said, you'll
never have an honest horse race until
you have an honest human race. y
Therefore, let's give attention to the
human.
The governor tsigned the bill, dis
charging the pardons board; their
work, 1t is runored, will be done by
the Board of Charities and Correc
tions.
The Legislature has visited the state
institutions In Pueblo, Boulder, Gree.
ley and Fort Collins, recently. This is
not time lost. II these institutions
must have a million dollars, or two,
from the Legislature to operate, the
Legislature owes 1t to themselves 10
investigate conditions, before voting
out this money.
Partisan labels are curse and, usu
ally hindrance to progress; this will
surely be true where small partisans
are chosen to office. They must be ed
ucated before they can see the prob,
lens m their larger aspects. ..
One thing we wish to correct, In SC
far as we can. II Is customary for
many persons, and some, papers, to de-
cry Legislators, as small politicians,
and "grafters," and lame ducks" This
mentai attitude has done much 10
break down respect for American in,
stltutions. At present. we doubt II
Colorado ever had a better class /, 1
men in her legislative assembly than
sbe has now we do not know of II ma
kere who has not the good Of the state
:stt heart, and who Is not working for
IL. We may see things different, /
ID mes but we are all anxious to make
d ,od."
The Senate repealed the one-hall
q III levy, which brought into the treas.
q y Of the State Highway Commission
1 ,out s75O,0OO; now, 1t is proposed to
. ise Il greater amount by adding u
d Z on every gallon of gasoline sold, 10
d ke the place Of that This means
b ut the tourist, and the truck operator
VI 10 uses our roads will help pay the
q st Of those roads; and, In all cases
D axe the tax more equitable. Of
o urse, II II man does not own car, OF
q his car much, he will pay little
xes. This bill passed the House, and
J now up to the Senate.