The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-09


Helena, Mont, April 1, 1915
Dear Cap,
Find enclosed please, newspaper
clipping out of The Muscular Of date
Tuesday, March 80. OF all the farce
the like of which / never seen OF
heard of in all of my 81 years in this
great state, the Tax Expert Fred Ben
Mon said some time ago, that Mon
tana is in the best condition in a
financial way than any state in our
great country America, Democrat all
my life up to about two years ago.
changed to the other party Gov
ernor Ford is one of the best gov
ernors this state ever produced re-
CARELESS of party they peddle lot
of hot air to the poor people for their
votes before election and forget about
| it after election.
huff said, your friend, N.
The clipping follows:
1.-THE LEGISLATURE
Editor, The Muscular: Now that
His Excelency the Governor of Mon
tana has fired broadside at the re-
Gently adjourned Twenty Eighth Leg
islative Assembly for its acts of omis-
sion and commission, the way is
opened for humber critics, like yours
truly, to express their opinions about
the mechanics of legislation.
For the fifth time, and for the last
time, this correspondent has endured
those hectic 60 days in Helena which
biennially sees the coin of intelligence
debased by the elected representa-
tives of the people, as ignorance and
honest conviction are compromised in
the enactment of laws. After the
fashion of Satanic in the Merchant of
Venice l shall without slips of pro-
lixity or crossing the highway of plain
talk" comment briefly on this two
ring public circus.
CAS- to the accomplishments of the
Twenty-Eighth Legislative Assembly
there are two schools of thought.
Those who received mileage and per
diem are of the opinion they did a
remarkable job. The rest of the .peo-
pie do not think so.
THE usual time was wasted in con-
sideration of the sundry sandbag,
racket bills which always find their
way into the hopper for two reasons;
first, to divert attention from matters
of pith and moment; second, to force
the groups threatened by adverse leg
islation to journey to Last Chance
Gulch with protests and their check
books. Aside from such routine leg
islation as appropriating and misap
public monies, it was
probably the most colorless, jejune
assembly in any state or country since
King James of England dissolved the
added parliament" on June 7, 1914.
In the House Of Representatives
here was an occasional flicker of
energy on the part of some diapho-
retic orator afflicted with diaphoresis,
but over the long stretch of go days
the debates and discussions were so
dull and uninteresting that the gal
lerles were always empty, not even
occupied by hand-holding couples
from the country who, in former ses-
sions, would come there to get in out
Of the cold and enjoy comedy with |
their romance. The Senate, which |
its dignity and over
rates its Importance, was fortunate |
hat an exigi facias writ of outlawry) |
lid not issue out of some justice court |
anytime after the first day of its ses-
;ions. 1t resembled country school
'oom ruled by an imperious birchman.
It's members did little more than
listen to lectures from the president
as he paced the aisles like a
ion in a cage, admonishing Senate
committees to abridge the right of
petition by refusing public hearings
IN the controversial, sand-bag meas
lres I have referred to.
"The Twenty-Eighth Legislative AS
emily had on it's agenda two man
Lates from the voters. The first was
The second was re-organi-
alton of the state government. AS
o the former, it appropriated around
100000 more than the state income
or the next biennium, and as to the
after it effected such a radical
hange as remaining the Hospital for
he Insane to Montana State Hospital ]
IS between the two legislative {
ranches they played game of tag.
he Senate delighted in killing House e
ills and the House gleefully executed c
enate bills, and the only instance of a