The Springfield herald., 1902-02-28


The Buckley canal bill was taken-uP
Whole. de The fTsat ,sa; iniii6flinntsAsied edd-
mtnt was the striking ont the,;pertion
of the bill that permits the employ
ment of convict labor, so; that the tHn3; ,,
mel must be constructed, by free labor.
Another change provides that If the
board employs a! superintendent. he
shall have n competent mining engi<
neer of at least hre years. experience.
Senator Arthur thought that if the
state was in no way liable. tlfere' was
no reason why the governor and audit
or should Sign the certificates and
asked for information. Senator Ward
explained that the governor received
monthly reports on the construction OF
the tunnel. and if any time he found
any reason for doing so. he might with
I hold his signature. Senator Stewart
objected to the considering of the bill
at all He thought 1t Should have
been left out of the call and that tie
members We're going to get into seven
|, different kinds Of trouble If they were
not careful. He wanted to amend the
the bill so as to let the board be ap-
pointed from any part of. the state.
Senator Buckley made a strong appeal
to the members to grant this almost
the first request the western slope had
.ever made. ;"Democracy for the west
ern slope" he went on, "is before the
bar OF the Senate, and by the dictates
of this body it will rise or fall: Too
long have we been beggars at the
lidoors of the great parties Of the state.
Too long have we asked in vain of the
people of the eastern portion of the
state. The people of the western slope
have seldom asked anything of the
state of Colorado, If this were the reg
ular session. ana the appropriation bill
not passed, you would not dare to op-
pose this bill for fear of n combination
from the western Slope, and you seem
to think we will never be here again"
Senator Ward followed in the same
strain, reminding the senators from
| Weld, Pueblo and 4ArapHhoc (Senator
Rush) that the senators from the west
| ern slope had stood by lthem last year
| in getting their appropriations. He
thought. If for no higher motive. it
was the best kind of politics to pass
| the bill. which was asked by all cit
| izens of all parties from n
section that had hitherto asked
nothing from Colorado. He again
explained the valne Of, tho COVER
nor's signature and its, Significance as
| check and guarantee that the re-
ports of the work were satisfactory,
| while. the bill expressly stated that the
state ASSUMED no liability. The sig
nature would be withheld if the gov
ernor had reason to. believe that
there was any reason for doing
| So Senator Rush held that the sig-
nature of the governor and. auditor,
was mandatory and he, was entirely op-
posed TO the use. of their. names to
| 'flant what he considered HI plhuly lacnl
matter. He thought that more and
Better land. near .trisasst.. .eg!lIfla VI = hf' hf
reclaimed for less money. lie quoted
Honorable Frank Goudy as saying it
would cost from S2.0OO.000 to $500
| 900, to build the ditch and it's lntTals:
!, If the state was going Into business
| IT shonld do it.fbsolutely and. pwA:a apd
I,control the ,ditci, .Tbe soyeiEer Eh9.t
| enough to- do without running q priy-
ate irrigation scheme. -'t.sr.'s f:-e-.s :<
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