Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1923-03-02

II, the Judges inter-
pret II, the courts
Overrule 1t. Two
years afterwards,
the Assembly returns. and goes
through the whole process again. 1t Is
u 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 d
point. another one. back down on his
attitude Of extreme demands; In this
way they get together, and once In
while some monumental laws are
placed ON the hooks.
In the actual workings Of leglsla-
tive body, psychology plays Its purt.
ss II does everywhere else. Some days
the members are In q mood to enact
anything: next day they will do
nothing. 1t may have been q bad
nights sleep, o. an indlgestible
breakfast /: but we observe this condi.
ton prevails here Ms elsewhere In life.
We have observed some unexplaina-
bic things. There are few fellows
no." that II has become fixed: noth-
Ing progressive II supported, and any
thing thut has money in 1t raises the
ire Of these wOuld-be patriots. We
have frequently seen members vote
against 4 bill, and ten minutes later
vote in favor Of the emergency clause.
Three times Inst week, we noticed
members voting NO" On the question
Of correcting mis-spelied word. II Is
Just habit; they can't help 1t: they
were burn In the objective case. An
I'D preacher used 10 remark that there
would be two wonders" In heaven:
ooe would be that he got there. and the
aher would be that the other fellow
got there. by gudx, there are some
wonders here, too.
The hxrd-bOiled partisan gets No.
whore In y body like this. The iexisla-
Tor needs Y stiff backbone; but he
oaglit to have n well-Oiied neck, NJ he
c1n see the other fellows side of the
argument.
Few pesfhe sre visiting the galleries
this year. We are disappointed IN
this; there u ~ much Oratory wasted
IN the desert air here. that II Is no
wonder that Denver is ~ smoky -the
in"rnInx after
The "pari-mutuel bill." as II ID
called. passed the HOuxe the other
day. The hill Is described ns y meas.
ure for the promotion Of the breeding
of goDd isOr~es, especially race horses.
The prOnsOters thereof conclude
that ~ produce N good rmce
horse, there must he good gam
bling to encourage him to run. In
other words, this hill II legaiixing gam
hing Ia Colorado. ind let nn One be de-
cciyed /, Its title. Is Colorado ready
for Il! As usual, the good citizens"
were asleep II the switch. ind the
ihing went over without " protest from
the moral element" Possibly they
we're thlnking Of that bit of pi,ilosorhy
from Josh Blllluxn, who said. You'll
never have IN h0aext horse rnce until
you have an honest human rnce."
Therefore, let's give attention To the
human.
The EovsrnOr signed ti,s bill. dis
charging the psrtions board: their
the Boarl of Charities nnd Correc-
tlons
The legislature hxa visited the state
institutions In tuel,lo. BOULDER. Gree.
ley and Fort CAlins. rvs~ntly. This 10
mot time Lost. II these institutions
must have = usillioa dsAiars. or two.
from ths Legislature 10 operate. the
I~giaaturs owes Il 10 themselves To
Investigate coadItiuss before voting
oVt tbs ns0oey.
Part1aaa labsls are q cvrse. and. usu.
aily hlsdrancs 70 progrrss this will
sur~ly ~ tsUs whsss small partisaas
are cAassa = Office. They msst t,e ed.
ucsted tsfsss thsy can se~ the prob
Iess u tAsir larger aspects.
Ons thing ws wish 10 corrrct. In 70
far - we eaa. ls b customary for
nsay pesBpas. and sosse papern, to d.
cry teglslatsrA - "ssaaii politicians"
asd Spa1sseA" aAA ''isns decks" This
nssatal attitu1e hes doas much 70
break 1swa respect Tor Americsn In.
edtstaaA AZ pessset We doubt u
Csssea1o evse had q bsttss class oe
nsea b ~ legls1ative ssssnbly than
- ~ Hsw: ws - ~ knew ef man
hsss wAe ~ ~ ~ ese4 q the state
q Aeosk - wAe y ~ workins fos
u. We nv - thlAgs Nffsssat, st
uoeo; ooe ~ asO oll aaxt0us 70 make
eeel"
N osaAae rspeaisd ths ea&haif
Ah tevy. VIVA bseagAe lsto ths srsas-
~ q ~ oea1e aisAway Csnsalssaee
seese o5o4oooi ~. Il y psuposs1 -
teaso . 0goooGp o0ooae by a60Ag .
~ - svssy onl1sa g gasoline ssiA. -
taks ~ D1aoe g that THIS means
0at ~ tsosisG - ~ trsck spssntes
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esse = tAses sea1D; 80 u I'll caosss
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