La Junta tribune., 1908-09-26


The idea OF the governor going to
the auditors office and getting his
| expense account was something new
to the politician.
However. he had n good excuse for
the increased expenaes for that item.
but he took the hint and 1t never oc-
CURED again.
The same was true of practically
every other Institution In the state.
There was not one of the governor
employees but who. at some time dur
ing the two years found out that the
governor knew exactly what he was do
ing
A weekly newspaper. with circula-
tion of few hundred, went into deal
to secure some state land in n fraud
| ulent manner. The advertisement for
the land was run in the papers that
came to the state house and no others,
and the editors partner in the scheme
bought the land at low figure be-
| cause no one else knew of the sale.
| The governor "smelt a mouse" sent
| man to investigate and the district at
torney has the papers and the editor
and his friend are to say the least,
nervous"
Perhaps one of the most noted
| events In his official career that was
ever mentioned was in connection with
the San Francisco fire. The people
| 80 ~ lo npb1v
The governor, anxious to see that the
peoples contributions were well dis
tributed. sent for friend and sent
this man to San Francisco, who saw to
It that the supplies from Colorado were
properly distributed. Not word was
ever mentioned IN the newspapers be-
| cause the governor requested that 1t
be kept silent.
| An eastern railroad company under
| took to secretly put deal through the
State Land Board that would have
given them almost one-fourth Of the
: coal OF western Colorado. The man
that was handling the deal afterwards
told The Chieftain correspondent that
he would have made 100000 had 1t
gone Through Tremendous influences
were brought to bear. but they never
feazed the governor. The application
was withdrawn long before the time
for 1t to be considered.
Another noted case was on the par
don board The Republican state
headquarters had gone down the line
before the board and secured the rec
,mmenJation of pardon for man
that murdered a girl for her insurance
money. The organization did 1t in or
| der to pay the mans attorney for work
he had done for the organization. The
recommendation was made secretly,
but the governor wouldn't 20. X" 1t.
Hammer as they would, the members
| of the organization couldn't change
him. One by one they withdrew their
names from the application until none
remained and the board was compelled
to rescind its action.
An incident near the close OF his
administration shows the personal tenn
permanent Of his mind-always mindful
OF those charges of the state that are
dependent upon society for their live
lihood. His last official act was to
write letter to the chairman of the
finance committee of the House i'm
ploring him to grant unto the State
Industrial School for Girls sufficient
funds to sustain the institution and to
command the respect Of not only the
students therein but the state at large.
After the inaugural services were
over he rode at the left OF Governor
Buchtel back to the Capitol and stood
beside the newly inaugurated governor
and watched the military procession
file by. There had not been a mill
| tary parade since he had been inaugu-
| rated governor, almost two years be-
fore, and he had always declared there
would not be while he was governor
After the last trooper had passed and
the notes Of the drum had died away.
he accompanied Governor Buchtel to
the outside office, shook his hand.
wished him well. turned. bade good
bye to the five repor ters, who have re-
ported the current events of his ad-
ministration. and plucking rose out
OF a jardiniere, he turned and accom-
panied his wife out into the open, a
private citizen and yet the Roosevelt
governor Of Colorado.