Gunnison news-champion., 1907-03-29
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sh~ Lsrwfseed ssesl rhS, takss fru0
ske pockets Il the tax psyers ro.nA
1sll.on or more. holding the peopls
iag the fsll fssx value of tAs ser
rsats. some 81 which were s.,ld st
forty 30 sixty-hye cents oa the dol
YER. aad .atesss, On the tosds ~ the
rsse of 3 per cent per sansm.
The s,ssl 10 fgU.pO IA excess
of the compro,nise Agr~ed on by the
holders Of the warrants two years
Aeo. when LOBBYISTS offered f2.pD
per vote for the vote Of ten men to
l'ass the bill at x6o,wo
To I.ehrrit;er of Gsnnison, one If
the leaders ON the minority side. he
longs the esedIt for bringing out the
enormity Of the graft that the as
sem5ly is attempting 10 folst upon
the state. He had inside knowledge
Of the deal from the Fifteenth gener-
al assembly, Of which he was mem
Der, and brought out the fact Of the
compromise offer of H6DO,VU. This
was denied by Speaker Breckenridge,
who, however, was convicted OF fall
slfylng by the evidence of two mem
bers Of his own party, Healy aud
Dulin.
WHu WAS THE UsE?
1t was then brought out that the
finance committee had never consid-
cred the bill 1t was reported out
without recommendation. aud some
members of the committee were not
invited TO attend the meetinG-if
sscA wss hsld d-wheu thst coarse
was AssiAsl g.. Fsesss a Ihsavss
10 chairman of tbs cosnaittss ssA
Wilder, introducer Of the bill, is .
member
Dodge Republican began TO ssk
pertinent questions at this junction,
wanting to know why the amount
was fixed at S90oOD0.
81 object to paying 100000 on
interest on this debt, said Dodge.
There enough graft in it already"
Hudgins Republican, interjected:
They tried to put the same graft
through two wears ago, but the house
on them before they could
accomplish il"
This brought Lehrritter of Gun
nison TO the front
Il was a member of the session
two years ago, he said. ''and ]
speak now from what know to be
true. This bill was introduced at
that time for $4,000 We were
willing then, as we are now, TO pay
the Just debts of the state and we
in sisted on the appointment of an
auditing committee 10 go over these
accounts and cut out the graft. And
on that memorable Saturday night.
when the bill was under discussion,
the lobbyists offered to compromise
for SGO0,OD0 Now YOU come in
with a biIl providing for bond issue
of S9O0,0o0i'
TwEEDLEpEE, TwEEpLrDtM
NO, we don't ask that amount,
said Redd of Denver The bill
plainly specifies that it appropriates
so much thereof as may be necessary
to take up these outstanding war
rants
yes, said Lehrritter, ''and the
introducer of this bill has Just
read us a letter from an officer Of
this state who says the amount of
the debt is 100000 How are you
going to make us believe that its
any less? I'll vote to pay every dol
lar of this sum that is ust and hon
est and the rest OF the Democrats on
this floor are with me. but we wish
to 60 on record against including
the graft
lodge then moved to defer action
and make an Investigation OF the
warrants. An hour later when this
motion was finally put, 1T was over
whelmingly defeated.
The debate waxed hotter every
moment. Redd became eloquent in
his appeal IN pay the honest debts
of the state