The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1961-02-02
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wondering what IL all ABOUT, ac-
cording TO what one can gather
from reports emanating from the
capitol city. and 10 be truthful,
one can hardly blame them.
No one will ever be able 10
convince me that it's possible for
our representatives TO do justice
TO their jobs. no matter how
high their l. @. is, as long as
they have only go days once every
two years TO study and enact or
disapprove the great number of
bills tossed at them.
In my estimation even the best
yersed and most intelligent at
torney in the state couldn't pos
sibIy comprehend the full mean
ing of the bills If he did nothing
else but study them for eight
hours a day during the entire
60-day period.
We receive copies of every bill
coming from the printers, and
believe me, there are many pages
Some one page, some two or
three and others more / have
one before me now, House Bill
No. So. consisting of 81 pages
printed on both sides. The bill
is entitled, IAN act providing for
the codification and general re-
vision of the laws relating to
rules of pleading, practice, and
procedure in civil cases in the
courts of the state of Montana
for the purpose of simplifying
judicial proceeding and promot-
ing the speedy determination of
litigation upon its merits, etc"
oh, brother, If il takes l34 pages
of printed revision to simplify
the original would hate
TO see the original It's no
wonder the country is full of
alcoholics ...
The above comment was writ
ten last week, but was pulled
for lack of space and 20 give
room to more important reading.
Since then. this bill passed the
House IS 70 0 /. Not one de-
senting votei We must certainly
have a group of exceptionally
comprehensive lawmakers.
We listened to two fine address
es last week, the State of the
State message by Governor Nut
ter and the State of the Union
message by President Kennedy.
Both were well presented, well
meaning and what most every
one wanted TO hear.
No one can evaluate either prop
erly nor can anyone in the mid.
dle-aged group expect to live long
enough TO see all the promises
and proposals completed, espe-
cialIy those on the national level
One thing. however. was made
clear by the President, and that
was that we will absolutely not
tolerate Communistic settlement
or domination in the western
hemisphere. This. I think. meets
with unanimous approval.
Noticeable in the Presidents
address was the lack Of the first
person promises and recommen-
datiols so fluently used by many
former presidents. In his words il
was This Administration will
recommend, this Administration
will propose, and this Administra-
ton will seek TO We liked
that II lends a feeling that Others
besides the President are a part
of this government too.
However. both speeches were
apparently designed and deliver
ed in the spirit and cause OF re-
juyenation and resffirmation, in
view Of the fact that many of the
promises and expressed hopes
were old ones offered by pre-
yious administrations, only now
busted off and shined up with
new or different adjectives i
New industry. less unemPloy-
ment. cutting expenses ard elm
mating unnecessary waste, new
peace proposals and extending
the friendly hand OF aid TO every
one. etc"
/ think II is SAFE 70 say that all
American taxpayers agree with
these proposed accomplishments
But. so they have for the
past SO years. and we have yet
70 see most Of them effected, re
CARELESS of administration politi-
cal leadership.
Our comment would be TO state
that IL either or both Of these
leaders can effect half Of their
promises or proposals, they will
become even greater men, and
we will toss them our vote at the
next election, regardless Of who
we voted for the last time.
We had winter one day duri7gl
the first Of the week: a little
snow and a little ice, but spring
has returned with a nice chinook
and the ground is again bare and
the temperature near the fifty