The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-05-21
How Many Wrongs Make a Right?

Warm Springs Training School at Boulder without
calling special session of the legislature, has now
been found that among have anonymous
group auts with such seess devotion to the common
good that they have offered to finance these two institutions
out of the remainder of the fiscal
told, that in this group there some members
of the last legislature have felt gnaw1ng OF
which caused them take this step to remedy their
past Certainly neither the members of the last eg
hopes being reimbursed by the for this they
Or is there provision hidden in stat
makes possible for of citizens to engage
in the business of making loans to the state with
disclosing their business with the pub
lie without the public knowing who they are?
This writer lawyer, and is not prepared to state
such law but does not hesitate that if
there not only hidden law but dangerous If
there such law and the funds advanced by these citizens
are anonymous Donation another enigma is
presented posed by the simple question WHY? And an
folowswho these atrusts who have this much
money to contribute, and where did they get it?
We function as an organized society under certain rules
work benefit ALL We have legislative branch
judiciary and executive. To the representatives of
th neopehe legislative branch-has been allotted
of providing rules by which members of organized
society," individuals and abide These rules
must not violate any of the fundamental concepts of our basic
law the constitution Under of the duties
representatives of the people to provide finances for
the nctonne of the state and of the
which the representatives of the people have from
time found to establish for the people, al
locating each of these services the which they deem
the adequate accomplishment of their particular
The rules laid down. apparently contemplated
provision for their services could should be made in
All this of elementary The supreme court of
recent decision question related to the issue
of securing funds to the services of state institutions
the duty of the state legislature and other
agency funds for the maintenance of the state hos
pta the and the training school Boulder that
had responsibility of the legislative assembly under
the provide the funds needed for these mas
the representatives had been informed of the
needed Nowhere in the decision of the court inferred
any might be resorted in the dilemma
Let indulge in realistic reasoning
First let admit that it would have unquestonablyI
worked hardship of the elected representatives of
the people to have been called into special session remedy
of their failures Should that probability influence any
justify seeking ortuou of evadng the estab
lished rules of society? Can anything justify it?
We proud to call of these elected representa-
tives friends whom special session would have work
ed real hardship We respect their ability their and
their integrity But the simple fact to be that all of
the elected by the people of the
Der that sought the office None of them drafted
against their will In presenting themselves candidates
the office they made reservations in regard the
sbiles they prepared to They elected
for two years sixty days service
1t SINNERS down a question then per
sona interests against the interests of the public and the
state and obligations and responsibilities willingly assumed
We believe that the legislature failed many ways
discharge responsibilities its failures
on its leadership apparent fact that the majority
concerned with protection of
tain small but powerful the state than with the
eral welfare of all But living democracy
This majority of reactonary representatives the
choice of the majority of the voters So citizens be-
lievng in majority rule cannot pick few and all
Of the blame them The people of the state cannot avoid
their responsibility having selected majority of representa-
tves who lacked the intelligence the understanding
the ability to discharge the duties which the electorate had
given them to do.
There would have been complaints the expense
which special session of the legislature what failed
do would have entailed But certainly who voted
for of the members whose actions demonstrated the lack
Of understanding of his responsibilities could justly complain
about the added caused by his her
failures do the job he supposed the
nearly so cent of the people who failed ALL
tainly would not be justified in complaining.
Perhaps education that the people state
should have had to pay for. e
the last of The Voice. called attention to the
plan which then under funds of the
Board for the needs of the state Institutions
call attention to the dangers inherent that
now been abandoned. is
Now forced to criticize again. the probable
for endeavorng avoid special
the effort to to the extent where
simple and previously accepted organized
violated Can the state special avors
las and still retain its Independent sovereignty Assuming
the sake of that the individuals contributing the
private funds to the of the state acuated by the high
most aruisc motives the question nevertheless
why state with its would place itself