Show rV V THE LEGISLATURE r The legislature will convene today l t and it has a number of important matters mat-ters to consider besides the election oft of-t a United States senator There is some I danger of everything else being overlooked over-looked at first in the excitement of the contest but there will be some members mem-bers who will remain coolheaded from the start ready to cast their daily ballots bal-lots and go ahead with their legislative labors as if nothing unusual had happened hap-pened V V There will be a week of preparation for the fray and something in the way t of presenting measures for the consjd eration of committees may be started before the senatorial election comes off V Today will be occupied in the organization organiza-tion of the two houses the selection of employees and the customary preliminaries pre-liminaries of a session It will require mother day to arrange the different V committees no easy task by any means Then there ought to be a little V work done on the third day In the third state legislature are men V who have served in similar assemblies and new members who may learn from the experience of others and from the examples set by former legislatures some valuable lessons One of the most difficult to impress upon legislators new or old is the prime importance of none but necessary neces-sary blls Men have so many plans outlined and V so many pledges to fulfill that they are apt to burden the statute books delay the session complicate existing Javi s and involve the state in many ways unless they are very careful V To frame a bill covering an appar i ent necessity to introduce and urge V its passage constitute only a portion of the obligation resting upon a member mem-ber in carrying out some idea of his o rn or pronne to a constituent The matter should be oarefully considered V not only In its relation to present laws but as to the absolute need of such a neasure There ere not many reforms the need of which is so pressn that legislatures should devote a great amount of time to their discussion And needed changes are entitled ti all tne time that members desire in deliberating de-liberating upon them A few firstclass laws and several slight changes in the code are far inpre desirable than a multiplicity of nsatisfactory laws Bills have been introduced heretofore as if members were trying to comply V with every request made upon them and to please every lobbyist who took up their time These have consumed a vast amount of precious time and smothered many good measures It is therefore important that legislators legis-lators should resolve to introduce no bill for any purpose whatever unless he is in full sympathy with its provisions 1 pro-visions or feels the urgent need of its adoption V Whatever of prosperity the people of Utah now enjoy is due largely to their industry and economy They have learned from experience to use care and practice frugality in their private affairs The business of the state V should be conducted along the same lines There are a number of propositions to look out for and there will be the usual claims to Inspect But every V thing essential to the welfare of the state ought to be done long before the expiration of the sixty days no matter how long drawn out the senatorial fight becomes The minority is comparatively small in this legislaturenot so small as it was last session but too small to belied be-lied responsible for any of the results sccomp ished V There is therefore noV i no-V occasion for partisanship and every reason Why the minority members should be treated with the utmost consideration con-sideration and respect The sooner the members of the legislature legis-lature can dispose of the senatorship enact its laws make its appropriations and adjourn the better the people of he state will be pleased and the cleaner clean-er Will be the record they will leave V |