The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 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 a good excuse for
the increased expenses for that item,
but he took the hint and it never &C.
Cured again.
The same was true Of practically
every other Institution in the state.
There was not one of the governor s
employees but who, at some time dur
ing the two years foui out that the
governor knew exactly what he was do
ing.
A weekly newspaper, with a circula-
ton of few hundred. went into a deal
to secure some state land in a 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 a 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
of Colorado were responding nobly.
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 a word was
| ever mentioned IN the newspapers be-
cause the governor requested that it
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 it
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was withdrawn long before the time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
)mmeniation Of a pardon for a man
that murdered a girl for her insurance
money. The organization did it 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. K" it.
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 a 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, babe good
bye to the five repo1 ters. who have re-
ported the current events of his ad-
ministration, and plucking a rose out
of jardiniere, he turned and accom-
panied his wife out into the open, a
private citizen and yet the Roosevelt
governor of Colorado.
PAYING DEMOCRATIC DEBTS,