The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-02-24
OUR DENVER LETTER.
Tho Legislature stiii FritterinE Away Its
Time.-The Governor Holding Oniciais
to Strict ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF some
Things Colorado VIII Exhibit to tho
World 1t Chicago.

Things Colorado VIII Exhibit to the
World At Chicago.
DENVER, February 10, 1903.
The legislature Is not getting down to work
with that celebrity and certainty that the pco
pie have q right to expect Wrangllng ovci
points Of order and reports Of committees
amendments to bills and resolutions of one
kind and another appear to constitute the
bulk Of business transacted. A number Of
bills have passed one or the other Of the two
branches Of the assembly and are on theii
third reading In the last stages Of considera-
tlon, but as mater OF fact up to date bu
two bills have become laws; one, the World,
Fair appropriation and the other the ont
making the appropriation for payment OF
mileage and per diem Of members aud EN-
ployes Of the Ninth General Assembly.
Governor Waite has begun to probe int
State affairs with sharp stick and In thil
respect Is waking up some Of the slumberins
officials rather rudcly. Dr. Hughes, secretary
and treasurer Of the State Board OF Medica
Examiners has been formally notified Of hi
removal for malfcasancc In Office because o
his failure to turn In the receipts OF the So
clety to the state treasury AS provided by law
He has rendered an account, on request, O
recc...,ts and disbursements, but failed to turr
. the money over and have the expenses audited
by the State. While no one believes tn,
Doctor guilty OF any Intentional violation o
law, 1t really looks as II he were technical.
guilty, and demand has been made upoI
him TO restore to the state t tre.iary the money
paid but Ny i ih
B. 8. LaGrange, a member OF the State
Board Of Agriculture, and one OF the trustees
OF the Agricultural College, who was appoint
cd as long ago as 1884 by the State Land
Board to select State lands has also been notl-
fed Of his removal for malfeasancc In office
In that he has selected inferior and ineligible
lands. for the State when alternate sections
could have been taken OF far greater value.
The Governor In personal letter, noted for
Its courteous Formally yet direct and forcible
indictment, dismlsses the delinquent official
lands by him.
AT the request of the department OF state
the governor has secured report from Dis.
trlct Attorney Merriman Of the Twelfth judi
clal district In reference to the treatment OF
the Holland colonsts who were invcigled by
false representations TO the San Luis Valley.
The report is very direct and concise and
charges that the "Netherlands-American
Colony was never entitled to do business Ia
Colorado, no; having complied with the law
In the filing Of It's articles Of incorporation.
1t Is shown that they not only undertook to
seil lands to the Innocent Hollanders to which
they had no title, but that they obtained
money from them which was only recovered
after legal process The district attorney
says that he can furnish proof Of the crook
edncss Of the agents and representatives OF
| the colony II required. As the investigation
was made upon request OF the minister from
the Netherlands, It is likely that the smooth
| gentry who undertook TO make America
| field for swindllng their countrymcn will be
duly punished by the home government.
Meantime the location Of two hundred addi-
tional colonists near Sterling by the same
| company may be somewhat hlndcred by the
| investigation.
Tho New Mexican legislature has come and
| gone and conquered. A banquet and gen.
| eral sightseeing programme were among the
| attractive features that served to make Colo
| RADIO and New Mexico better acquainted. The
| Colorado assembly purpose returning the
visit on the 25th inst, when return round Of
festivities at the ancient capital OF Santa Fc
may be expected Though night sessions
| have been held by our legislature with view
Of making up for lost time past aud prospcc-
tive 1t IL very evident that no real work has
been the result.
A bill has been Introduced by Senator
Israel that possesses merltorlous features. II
Is 10 provide for n single beard of control for
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