The Senate met in Sacramento city;
On public morals it had no committee,
Though greatly these abounded. Soon the quiet
Was broken by the Senators in riot.
Now, at the end of their infectious quarrels,
There’s a committee but no public morals.
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The Committee on Public Morals
by Ambrose Bierce
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