The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-06-24
CONSTITUTIONAL AID:
FOR COLORADO LABOR
Denver Union Labor People to
Submit Constitutional
Amendments to People.
Aim is to Prevent Repetition Of
Outrages Permitted by
Governor Peabody.

I'm time Of peace prepare for war"
is a wise maxim. 1t should especially
commend itself to the people of Col
orado, who have seen the abuses that
may arise from the unwise exercise of
arbitrary power by the chief execu-
tive Of the state. Believing that each
citizen, however exalted, however
humble, should be surrounded by ev-
cry safeguard for the protection Of
life. liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness the Trades and Labor Assembly
approved the proposed amendments to
the constitution herewith submitted;
and through its legislative committee
sought to have the last general assem-
bly, present them for the peoples con-
sideration at the next general election.
The contest for the governorship and
the conditions prevailing in the gen.
eral assembly made the time unfavor-
able for the agitation Of the desired
reforms, and little or nothing was ac-
complished.
Now. the amendments are laid be-
fore the various labor organizations
and reform associations, with the re-
quest that they be studied and that
efforts be made to educate the people
to the necessity Of placing in the or
ganic law of the state the limitations
upon the executive power therein sug-
gested. Free from any suspicion of
partisanship, they are based upon the
will of the people-the foundation stone
of popular government.
The changes suggested in the present
sections of the constitution are indicat-
ed in black face type.
Please keep the Trades Assembly in
formed of such action as you may take
in this matter, and give this the widest
circulation possible.
Article II, Section 81. That the priv
ilege of the habeas corpus shall never
be suspended, unless when, in the case
of rebellion or invasion, the public
safety may require it. The writ shall
be suspended only by the general as
sembly, or by the governor when au-
thorized by the general assembly, in
regular or special session.
Article II, Section 20. That the mill
tary shall always be in strict subor-
dination to the civil power; that no
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tered in any house. without the con-
annt az il1III
except IA the manner prescribed BY
law; and shall at no time and under
NO circumstances suspend the opera-
tion of the civil courts, but, when CALI
ed into service, shall aid and supp1e-
ment the courts In the administration
of justice, and military prisoners shall
at all times be subject to the control
and process Of the civil courts.
Article Nv, Section S. The governor
shall be commander-in-chie of the
military forces Of the state. except
when they shall be called into the ac-
tual service of the United States. He
shall have power to call out the militia
to execute the laws, suppress insur-
rection, or repel invasion; but such
shall be subject to the approval Of the
general assembly, which, II not In reg
ular session, NUT be convened by the
governor in extraordinary session With
in ten days !, the call to be ISSUED With
in forty-eikht hours after the militia
has been called out. The general as
sembly may be convened In extraordi-
nary session by proclamation of ma
jority of it's members, II the governor
shall fail to comply with the prov1-
sion Of this section.