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Show THE LKUIELATUHE WORK. The seasion of the legislature bus come to ft clone, and all thinns con-Biderf-d, we have nothing but words o( Commendation for the law-makers. At tho beginning ol the aeflflion much waa expected, and now at the clone there ia little cause for claiming disappointment. dis-appointment. As the result of the legislative labors many good and neceBsary laws have been enacted. Among the moat important are the revenue act, the act incroaaing the jurisdiction of justices ol the peace in criminal canes, the act confer'mg upon aldermen of cities criminal jurisdiction' equal to that of juaticea of the peace, the criminal procedure act, the act providing for official elections to fill vacancies, uio i; iur iuh picooi oi'Ramo and fUh, the aot amending the former objectionable divorce law, the act amending the law concerning irrigation companies, and the election law. Tho intent and general provisions provis-ions of all these new laws are good; and whereas some fault might be found with certain minor matters, the whole is worthy of praise. Much of the brief session ol forty days must necessarily be lost in preparation for actual work. Men cannot come from their firms, workshops or other industrial in-dustrial pursuits, and dropping all other matters, at once full into the legislative harness. There are besides be-sides diflerencea of opinions that must be harmonized and opposing measures explained before progress in earnest can begin. Hence a good portion of each legislative session passes without much being accorup lished. The latter portion of the session ses-sion juot oloeed has been full of hard and judicious work, and the result is shown in the ntw laws. The governor who holds so much power in the legislature niis nmu buowu imposition im-position to avoid daubing with tho lawmakers, but rather to work harmoniously har-moniously with them for tho general good. These two branches of the legislature were not able at timee to reconcile diflerenceaof opinion; but we believe in almost every instance of such difference slight concessions on the part of one or the other, or both, have been mude, and thus tho best possible conclusion arrived at. The governor had it in his power to nullify nulli-fy any part or all of the work of the assembly, and had he yielded to the desires and demands ol a certain class he would have exercised his extraordinary extraor-dinary power for the bad. We are pleased to think he acted for the best j interests of the public, as he under-, Btands tbem; and considering the op-1 posile standpoint to that occupied by, the lawmakers themselves, from which ho looks upon the Bit-1 uation here, the action of . his excellency is deserving of credit and commendation. It ia gratifying to reulize that so muoh haa been accomplished, and we believe we express the sentiment of the public when we say the legislators and the governor are freely accorded the thanks of the community. |