Show FREAK LEGISLATION The Tho need for greater care in tho the enactment of or laws which the tho public Is supposed to obey obe becomes moro more apparent dally dati Reformers bring pressure to bear against unsuspecting legislators a n new statute no matter Low how unreasonable becomes In force and ond is promptly forgotten until as time timo passes posses and nd litigation grows It ItIs Its itis Is s dug up from somo some musty must shelf Rhel and used for a purpose for which it newer never was Intended The rhe Butte Butto News in calling attention to lo this evil says SaR SaRThe The making of laws should be bo a science Instead it Is a 0 joke jole The Tho makers of oC laws lawo should bo be men trained art n the tho work worl for years ears Instead they the there aro ro re usually usual men who never thought of oC ouch Inch grave responsibilities until unU tho ho hazard of oC politics made m them mem members bers ers of DC legislative bodies Texas and Kansas have havo set act a pace n 1 i freak l In Kansas a law prohibits any an but Individual cups to too o 0 used at drinking fountains As At a n sult the tho cup is taken away awa from Crom rom all allwater water ater coolers on trains when the tho orders Borders oC of Kansas aro reached and the Hie traveler may mn die of oC thirst if Ir he goes not nol carry a tin cup Clip In his Inside Another Kansas fanatic aided and abetted by b his be col colleagues I leagues succeeded in placing on tho books of or tho Sunflower slate 1 law prohibiting physicians from in alcohol In n their prescriptions Of course legislators 1 not doctors doctor know inow what Is best for the sick In New Mexico a man who drinks must take tako out a ti license paying there for lor 2 a n year ar and this thin must he be shown lo to tho bartender blU before heroo he ho can be The Thc proceeds from this unique source go to lo the educational fund rund rundIn fundIn In Porto Rico hero thoro is a n law mak making ing tho the wearing of clothing compulsory compulsory sory sor ThIs sounds absurd but it Is II not nol entirely entire an unnecessary law The Tho natives s aro inclined to emulate Gar Garden Garden den of Eden Ellen garb or lack of or it Simi Similar lar methods were enforced in Hono Honolulu lulu tulu lul i to lo tho distress of the Kauaka who ho contended that clothing was ruinous to health Iowa is contemplating a law where whereby whereby by 11 the state will pay a 11 bounty of H 11 1 for every eo child chUd born In the state After Arter each election an nn army Is sent forth to lo engage in tho the making of or laws whose mental capacity is 18 more adjusted to tho making of railroad ties tics |