The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-22
ASK EXCLUSION
OF LOBBYISTS
Laborlng People Send Letter to Gov
ernor Adams of Colorado.
PRECEDENT SET BY FOLK
ADAMS AGREES AS TO THE
NECESSITY.

Denver. Feb 21.-The executive board
OF the Denver Building Trades Coun-
Gil has addressed a communication to
Governor AIva Adams asking him to
exclude from the a2ItoI the lobbyists
who are said to be -endeavoring to in
huence members of the legislature to
decide the gifbernatoriaI contest in ia
Vor OF former Governor Pea body. The
letter is a reply to Governor Adams
address to the public, advising against
-the proposed labor demonstration on
March ?, when the joint convention of
the general assembly is to receive the
report OF the contest committee
Voice of Labor.
Following is the text of the letter to
! the governor:
Dear Strive have read your letter
to the public and readily see the wis
dom of your position in this matter
But we ask you in ali fairness is it
just that the working people of Den
YER should be denied the right e peace
fully assemble and petition the govern
ment for redress OF our grievances
when the representatives of the cor
porations have made the state capitol
q home?
We submit that you. as governor.
are vested with extraordinary RESPONSE
! bilities, which are compensated at least
us the right to be heard, then we beg
that you exercise your constitutional
right as governor of Colorado and close
the doors of the capitol against the
we'll known hired lobbyists who are
moving heaven and earth to disfran-
chise US by accomplishing your down.
fall. Folk, governor of Missouri. con-
trolls the third house by virtue of his
Office. We hold it to be more danger
Gus TO peace, orderly procedure and
constitutional government than all the
hosts OF the working people OF the
state.
Exclusion OF Lobbyists.
I'VE believe in the law. They defy
It. We uphold it. They subvert it. We
respectfully petition you to exclude
them, as you have virtually excluded
US by your public statement. Yours re-
specially.
The executive board of the Denver
Building Trades Council
- J. TORPEY, Chairman.
Il r. HERMANN, Sec'y.
u. T. BUTLER
''W. H. SCOTT
HENRY BRICKHAM -
Adams Agrees With Them.
Il think the suggestion of the Build
ing Trades Council is wise. and shall
look into it." said Governor Adams to-
day, but it is hard to single out any
special lobbyists. We may know them,
and think we know what they are
doing, but it is a different matter to
prove il and to exclude them The leg
islatiye bodies themselves can bar
them out if they so desire A law
should be enacted that will bar them.
AS general rule. lobbyists are far
more dangerous around legislative halls
than workingmen. Working people
have far more right around the legis-
lature than lobbyists, speaking broad
~"
Griffith's Charges.
The legislative committee appointed
to hear evidence in the Pea body Adafns
gubernatorial contest held an execu-
tive session today. It is reported that
Representative Thomas offered a reso-
luton providing for a committee to in
vestigate charges alleged to have been
made by Chairman w. H. Griffith TO
the effect that he had been approached
by persons representing Governor Pea
tC make certain changes in the trans
oript of evidence taken before the com
lnittee- However, it is said that Chair
man Griffith made a satisfactory expla-
nation.
to- report, that it was not within the
province of~tlle committee to investi-
gate any charges concerning attempts
to influence the committee. and further.
explained that he was not approached
directly, but through the secretary of
the committee. The resolution was