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SATl'UI'AY. I >Kt' KM IIKIt L’l. IH1S
LEGISLATURES SOON TO MEET
Legislation having to do with the
transition from war to peace condi
tions will, in a large measure, occupy
tie lawmakers in the various state
legislatures which will open their se>
s'ons during (hr first two weeks o'
January, 1919.
Among the measures to lie present
< ci to the California slate legislature
at its forty-third biennia! session,
which opens in Sacramento on Janu
ary ti, are: A resolution to ratify the
National “dry" amendment, a propos
ed law to make memberships in the
industrial Workers of the World or
ganization unlawful, and measures
providing for economy in state gov
ernment. The state council of de
tense lias been charged with the re
sponsibility or shaping legislation
relating to the rehabilitation and re
education ot maimed and crippled
soldiers, and the industrial readjust
ment resulting from demobilization.
The twenty second biennial session
of the. Colorado state legislature fn
likely to develop a partisan contest
on the enactment of the civil service
i ommission hill The ratification ot
the toderal prohibition amendment
early iii tli" session is considered a
i ertainty. Possibility of the passage
1 \ congress ot a statute embodying
Secretary of the Interior Lane's plan
lor making state lands available t(
return.eg soldiers through irrigation
<b veloi au nt, is expected to influence
legi' fat 'mi bearing on after-war de
wlopim nl The legislature must first
decide whether existing statutes en
-III- the state to take advantage ol
in .am plan. The session will In
hi first in ilie history of the stati
, i v. id appropriations for the stati
i dm tin. si institutions will not torn
a pan i- the legislative program, the
twenty ti t assembly having placet
all institutions on the mill levy basis
The Wyoming state legislature
v.hah (imvrni ol) January If, is ex
pei '. I to i.ivi precedence to statute!
\ot to' i m prohibition amendment
i;11» H ato onstitulioli. The stati
big! it i ommission will father a hi!
de igui d to place the exclusive
mill o' it for highway construction it
tit. ii in it;- own hands, taking thi:
uithority from the county commis-1 1
doners. Provision for the returning! :
soldiers will be given much attention.
Kfforts will be made during the ^
coming session of the New Mexico
state legislature, which opens Janu
ary 7, to submit a woman suffrage ;
amendment to the state constitution, j
to obtain the Immediate adoption of
the national prohibition amendment!
and to revise the election laws. Other
legislation which promises of passage
includes:
Stringent provisions for the en
forcement or the Statewide prohibi
tion amendment, which became effect
ive October 1, 101*.
The establishment of a state de
partment of health, of agriculture and
statistics.
A blue sky law.
A $.7,000,000 road building plan.
The principal measures to be con
sidered by the sixteenth session of I
the Washington state legislature,
which convenes January 13, are ex
pected to be reconstruction, highway
building bills, and possibly insurance
and tax acts. It is believed there will
be several measure to place returned
soldiers and other men on Washing
ton's idle land governor Krnest Lis
ter. it is thought, may recommend the
organization of some form of state
police. Washington women, through
the state Women's Legislative Coun
cil, hope for the. enactment of mens
tires they will introduce, including
bills for vocational training, compul
sory physical training in schools, non
partisan elections, creation of an of
fice of public defender, establishment
of an industrial home for women, and
the construction of a home in west
ern Washington for the feeble
l minded
Among the more important raeas
I tires to engage the I'tah legislature
which convenes January 13 is a pro
ne,-ed amendment to the workmen's
I
compensation law which would make
lit compulsory to insure in the state,
land the increased taxation on mines,
j The first proposal is said to have the
support of organized labor in the
state, while the latter is expected to
develop strong opposition. A bill pro
' viding for a non parisnn judiciary, a
' blue sky law to govern the issuance
and salt; of all securities, improve
, ment of state highways, ratification
of the national prohibition amend
ment. reclamation of arid lands, and
also legislation for tin- regulation of
private irrigation projects are being
j spoken of.
Idaho legislators are expected to
;tal;e some action in the matter of
the state primary law over which
I there has been growing dissatlsfac
I tion. It is believed there will be a
I modification of the present law so
that the integrity of present party
lines will lie guaranteed, or to guar
antee this result by a return to the
.convention system. Administration
i legislation will lean strongly to farm
interests, according to 1>. \V. Davis,
republican governor-elect Radical
changes in the farm markets bureau,
enlurgment of its functions, and a
system of bonded warehouses are
some of the items said to be especial
ly favored by the new administration,
i An appropriation for the organization
j of a regiment of militia to replace
the second Idaho, sent to France, will
lie asked. I.and board legislation may
; be submitted.
With Oregon definitely in the bone
I dry column, ratification of the federal
prohibition amendment is expected
without hitch. The legislature, which
convenes January FI. is not expected
to produce legislation of any special
, importance, and nothing of a partisan
nature is expected to raise an issue
A proposition to simplify the stati
government by doing away with it
large number of offices, and it re
grouping of the duties of others, is b
io reported upon to the legislature hy
i committee appointed two yearn
ago. Interest may center on the con
sideration of this ]ilan which, how
ever, is not conceded to have much
•hance of adoption.
♦
THE LESSON FROM RUSSIA
That we should not relax in the
dightest degree our efforts to save
nod is the only conclusion to be
reached when we read of the condi
tions facing a large nation like Russia.
With almost twice the population of
the United States, Russia has over
wice as large a population engaged
in agriculture as any one other coun
try in peace times.
Their farmers, however, have not
been able to get any supplies or farm
implements since the third year of
the war. Ports in the Baltic and
Black seas are closed. The White
sea is blocked with ice. Vladivostok
is open, but it can not take care of
all the. necessary supplies, as It is
through this port that we must sup
ply the allied troops in this section.
What Russia will have to face this
winter is not a pleasant prospect. Rs
inhabitants who depend absolutely
upon the agriculturists are bound to
lie hard put to it for food, as the
farmers have not enough for their own
use. North and South Russia, where
the Hun is in full possession, and
Siberia, which is cut off by railway
disorganization and civil war. It is
inevitable that we must think first of
feeding the allied nations; at the
same time must must not forget other
nations which are suffering. We must
do something for them as soon as pos
silile. With this in mind, can anyone
believe that the need for food con
servation is not greater than ever be
fore?
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