The Lamar register., 1908-10-28
DEMOCRATIC RECORD
in COLORADO
A Series of Ridiculous Bluadsrs. in Law
Making Which Brought Expense and
Humiliation upon tn. People Of the State
of Colorado.

were to be- regulated. A bill was
passed arranging for the obsequies
OF COWS killed by railways. Railways
are operated Ly corporations, you
know.
l almost forgot to mention the rev.
anl legal talent of the party was
brought to bear upon this bill. Day
, after day and night after night it
( was ohawed and paved over. In the
s-ress of the contest the basic law
was again forgotten and after the
session was over it was found that
the revenue law was passed three
hours after the general assembly had
ceased to exist under the constitution
aad WAS therefore invalid.
But this was not all. Dol't you
rem emher that when the senate vot-
ell upol and adopted the report OF
the conference committee on this bill
you democratic statesmen somehow
got it into your heads that in doing
this the bill had passed the senate.
which of course it had not? So. if
the bill had been passed before the
session closed, it would have been
mere mess of words-not a law?
Moreover, "Honestiohn" your law
! makers and state officers did not no
lice these blunders ali actually unde
took to put this imaginary law into
| effect; bat as usual the supreme
lrt was forced to pat 1t out of
business.
Isn't 1t al outrage. "Hoi stjohn."
the way the constitution has inter
fered with the democratic party?
Governor Ormal then called spe-
with copy OF the contribution. and
asked them to make the laws pass
cd at the regular session conform
to 1t.
Again yoI democrats took alvan-
tagc of al extra session to pass
some ringing resolutions regarding
the Admiral Schley controversy. Phil
ippilc war. foreign labor. irrigation.
the Congo Free State. etc. etc.
| Bat your statesmen were still un-
able TO concentrate their minds up
on the CO lst.tut.oi, for the flat tax
part o. this revi5,d revenue law was
found to be ulcol5titutlo ali
republican legislature had to revise
It.
This oversight wolld have been
overlooked perhaps If Governor Or
man had not il his excitement for
gotten to authorize III his p-oc!ama-
tiol the special session to pass an
] appropriation providing for its own
expenses.
| Being in the ho,c, he appointed
Il inns ,lf a committee OF the whole
and deliberately miIaopropriated the
funds provided ty the session to get
Governor Thomas out of the hole by
oaying the debt of honor for the
mo1ey he hal borrowed from his
r!elIs to run the state. This didn't
| usturb Governor Orman; but Cover
lor Thomas grew tart. testy and
.austic. in his comments upon the
matter, as did also your journalistic
Importers, the Denver News. Times
AID Post.
The constitution also undertook to
Interfere when the governor unlaw-
,ully authorized the payment for the
Worlds Fair exhibit out of the gen
,ral fund; but "Honestjim' won.
Democratic governors have some
lights that even the cols.itution has
sos to respect.
wish l had time. "Honestjohn'
o list al the absurdities and He
,alities of the democratic law-mak-
,rs and administrators in this state
out It would make this letter too
olg. But there is enough here to
enable you to tall the people why
hey should not elect democratic
legislature in Colorado.
Yours very truly.
E. E. RlTTENHoUSE.