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Show H IT seems that some men never out- H grow their "kiddishncss," but nre al- H ways ready for nny kind of "horse- B play" and Tomfoolery. We have a 1 fow of this class of nonsensical gent- B ry in the Utah Legislature this sea- B. son, who nro more at home in fnrce- H t comedy at the state capital than they H arc with the real business of law- H making. This truit is exemplified in H the persons of Parley P. Christcnscn B" and David II. Morris, who nro tho U stnr actors in tho little theatrical pro- Hl duction that tho fusion party has H staged for the amusement of the The people as n rule have no ob- H' jeetion to a little frivolity, if not car- H ricd to the point where it is likely to H injure somcono else. Many of us were H boys once. But seriously wo do ob- H jeet to paying a body of law mnkcra H the regular price per diem out of our H hard earned tax money to fritter their H time away in such nonsenso; for not v only uro they wasting their own time, H t but they nre obstructing the progress H' of those who would work if given a chance. If there is nothing for them H to do, why not adjourn the session H nnd save tho pcoplo somo expense. B Furthermore, it strikes us that there should be nt least n small show of dignity in the position of a lcgis- B lator, nnd that such pranks as have H been staged during the enrly days of H , the present session aro hardly in kecp- H. ing with the importance of the ofllce. H Of course, in their own exalted H opinion, they aro doing something cs- H, pccially brilliant, but when thoy are B"t through with 'the antics how much Hi shall they have gained? Supposo By they should porsist in the nonsense H until out of slinmo for tho whole, the H opposition, which is conceded to hold H i a majority, allows them to namo one H or two of tho ofllcials of the house? H Thoy aro there to represent and work H for the interests of the whole state, H nnd how would the state have profited H. by their bucccss? The man who plnc- B, uh party or petty personal triumph H uhead of tho interests of the whole H people is not fit to serve in any law- H making body. H The Salt Lake papers refer to the H proceedings as "Rump" sessions. H Just why they spell it with u "u" in- H stead of an "o" we uro not prepared to 1 say. Except that in our opinion n B. good fence ruil applied with emphasis H to tho part named mlgtit have u sal- H utory effect. |