Show STATE legislatures one day lat week neek the salt lake tribune contained an editorial commenting neof apon i the inefficiency of state legislatures generally and assumed that much better results i bould be secured by the selection of a much smaller body of experts composed of perhaps fifteen members speaking of tle the average legislator it claimed that ho be is not broadminded broad minded that he be judges everything from his own provincial and narrow standpoint and that it would require years of education to fit him for a seat in a deliberative body to frame the laws of a boveri soverign n state the question arises where would these broadminded broad minded allaround all around human dias come from and would their terms of office last for life from what avenue of life would they be chosen does the lawyer doctor minister banker fa firmer riner scientist or mecha mechanic nii I know dow what is best for the government of 01 the rest of humanity with ite it varied and numerous interests te or is it not true that the present system which gathers its lawmakers law makers from every walk of life is best calculated for the conservation of the rights and liberties of all Is not initial le legislation isla a matter of experiment anyway to be amended and remodeled as experience of its operations may su suggest est it is claimed that whole 7 legislatures have been bought if this be true would it not be much easier to bribe a working 0 majority of the fifteen Is the work crork of experienced perien ced legislators as exemplified in the upper branches of the legislative bodies of tile the limited monarchies of europe find and to a great extent in our own L U S senate so much superior to that performed in the lower houses the majority are fresh from the body bidy of the people and are generally tyros in the art of legislation and possibly novices in tho the science of civil government Lover Dment we ve believe that history nill ill substantiate the truth of the assertion that it is not that reforms hive generally been inaugurated by the direct representatives of the people and the majority majo lity of beneficent laws lawa introduced trod by bv them the democratic theory of a adov government of the people gy by the people and for the people would certainly be overturned by the adoption of sucha such a system and representative government would be at an end while such a body might 0 acquire much knowl knowledge knowledg of th the e technical forms of legislation ts the laws they would make would almost certain certainly lv favor favo r classes they would gain g experience but lose that sympathy wit with h the body of the people which is so BO essential in ascertain in their needs and directing their civil government for their benefit all can not possess the wisdom of a solomon the statesmanship of a befler son eon or webster or the omniscience odthe of the almighty but with all its mistakes all its sins fins and commission we believe the present system of popular government the best that could be devised |