Show The Utah Legislature unchangeable standard for testing the tho character character char char- A AX acter of leb legislative bo bodies ics has never been established except that of investigation in of th the work the they do or lc leave c undone Measuring them by bythe bythe the thc gauge of results the meritorious legi legislation lation the they enact gives gi them no greater claim upon public esteem than the foolish h statutes e proposed and Hated It is often a task of great proportions especially in a period of fervid public sentiment to prevent the passage of foolish measures and time which should have been devoted to constructive work is not infrequently occupied in preventing pro destructive destructive de movements I The Tho tenth session of jh Utah Legislature has I just closed A survey of the measures which h ran the gantlet g of both houses and has hus been heen signed by hy the Governor or are arc in his hands await awaiting lb the cx exercise of his bis executive option is encouraging because so 0 many ninny proposed statutes that were inimical to the best interests of the thc people were defeated Many Ian measures of cX exceedingly ledin l. l doubtful adv advisability were were proposed and close scrutiny was so imperative e that mu much h of the Legi Legislatures Legislature's valuable time was exhausted in iii negative neg work the result of this is not when one Donders th tim measures that tha were e e enact enacted cd but hut it was of i infinite I ff it importance The tenth Utah L Legislature must be bc commended rather for what it did ditl not do than what it really accomplished It is true trite that measures of prime prim consequence to th top people were presented and L number of th them m should have ha been enacted into laws law's it is equally true that mischievous ous measures which a 1 less competent legislative body might have hav approved cd were unable to withstand the fire o of criticism and were fortunately kill killed cd In summing summing up UI the result achieved ed by the session just closed the acts of omission as well as of commission mus must be considered This Legislature is the thc first since statehood to finish its session within the time lime limit fixed by he hc constitution and for that it should be bc commended In obeying the fundamental law of the state the hc lawmaking bod body r has set an excellent example as the branch of government which makes the laws i it could not afford to disobey toe tie supreme authority |