Show fh 11 J J Carelessness or r Cussedness u fy i Some persons through carelessness cussedness or deliberate malice malice nullified the action of the legislature in regard to the Airey bill for the establishment of the state home for the reconstruction of fallen women The legislature passed the measure an and it was ready for the governors governor's signature but then it was discovered that I somehow the enacting g clause had been eliminated in the engrossing i and as the legislature had adjourned the mistake could not be rectified and so the bill died The question naturally arises who w was s to blame Was there I carelessness partially excusable perhaps because of the rush durt dur- dur 4 t ing the closing days of the legislative session or was there thee a deliberate att attempt by some sonie person to nullify what the legislature t had ad done don The matter certainly demands an explanation r The Airey bill was constructive and progressive legislation ft it was designed to provide a ho home ne where th the women outcasts might be e cared for taught taught some some useful o occupation or profession and given another real al chance chance to make good Its failure therefore to 1 come a law i IS s to be re retted and two years hence when the legislature IJ meets again gain it should be for consider consideration tion |