Show k- k 0 I kj j I Another Echo c i in its deliberations de- de deliberations deliberations CALIFORNIA'S ALIFORNIA'S C CALIFORNIA'S legislature paused liberations to make Charles R. R Mabey chief executive of Utah ridiculous in the eyes of of the nation The display is not to be attributed so much to the California assembly as to the narrowness of our own people who fight for legislation which invites and land gets nothing but ridicule in the outside world i On account of the fool tobacco law I which Utah has just amended in part th the I California lawmakers treated Governor Mabey more like a a foreign potentate than the executive executive I tive of a free born liberty loving American state In honor of Governor Mabey's visit the California assembly 5 suspended ifs is rules which h permitted the lawmakers to smoke The windows were opened so 50 that every particle of smoke would be gone when the Utah executive arrived The action of of the legislature was admittedly to conform to a ridiculous law which once held sway vay in Utah Uh and which prohibited smoking in public It savors sa vors too much of ridicule to 10 be accepted c as an honor by the liberal thinking people of Utah The California courtesy was given national attention extending the agony period of the Southwick law which has just been materially amended Incidents lik like this should serve to warn ivarn the people of Utah against restrictive laws which only make our people look ridi ridi- culous ulous |