The people's voice., 1957-01-11


cuses all over the place
Monday: Gathering in the Legislative
halls for swearing in ceremonies
Judge Bottomly swore in the House
and outgoing Chief Justice AdaIr
swore in the Senate. The Governor at
tended Senate ceremonies and gave
short speech, as former member ana
associate of many of the present sena-
tors. Judge Adair spoke few words
mentioning he was exchanging the
robes of chief" to move down with
the braves.
There were early-days-of-the-ses
talk about unity-no isle-honey-
incoming, ETC., which fills time, but
has little relationship to the reality OF
legislative assembly.
If Democrats had said 1--WE have
program and a phiosophy-for this
we came to the seats of government
by vote of the people. This program we
will promote. We want to carry clean
fight, but fight we will.
That would have been closer to real
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people Of Montana more, | think.
But then I'm an incurable dreamer.
And when I dreamed l thought OF
the Republicans saying, I'VE are
minority, our philosophy is different
from yours on many things we
will disagree but this is a demo-
cratic process and though it may take
US a while to get used to this minority
stuff after IS years we accept the
challenge and will keep you on your
toes"
That is why we have a two party
system for heavens sake.
Tuesday: The Governors State of
the State address. He did a real good
job on delivery appearing before his
8rd legislature at the beginning Of his
second term
He started out on a confident and |
optimistic" note about the future of
Montana. He said, Montana is on the |
20" without music), but he had a |
DOGGY man up his sleeve that he |
brought out early in the message.
He wagged the bOgey man face out
urned him around-stOOd him on his
lead-hung him in effigy-beat the
;tuffing out of him-and finally re-
lived him turned him over to the Leg
stature and called him SALES Tax.
Then he brought gloom and doom
nto the picture when he talked about
ur financial plight. He said we are
n a lonely cabin-a bowling wind
ages Outside-wolves are bowling at
ur dOOr-and in the nick of time our
abin catches on fire. We have a
hoice-dO we burn to death or give
urselves to the wolves? Our fate is
4 the hands of $50 legislators. What
ill they do? Should we feed the ,
'olves so they will stop bowling or be {
ogs in the manger and burn to death? ,
Naturally it wasn't possible for ev-
ry phase of state government to be {
Overed in single message, but it $
eemed top heavy with the more ma
erial things like highways, state
arks, state forests, fish and game,
nd, on brucellosis, he pointed out, c
ore than 80 counties have been GER b
fled as free Of-at a cost of some v
10 thousand dollars spent in two a
ears, but he didn't mention the state {
)ard of health and the need for funds r
; eradicate tuberculosis. He did say v
her state boards are getting along t
ne without any particular pressing s
oblems" a
There are sighs of suffering in Mon il
ma that must surely reach the ear a
the Governor and will as surely r,
ach the legislature, not the least a
which are the Indians on Hill 81 tt
important as licenses for amateur fl
dio operators. al
Human values are as paramount as fu
5hWays. 1t is to be hoped they will ir
t have to come around after the a,
lives finish and sit on the embers. e,
Four years ago and last year the "t
'gan of the Republican Governor was in
substitute business for politics in if
vernment, but in his message he &c