Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-14

, shortly before twelve the Incoming an
outgoing governors walked into the bi
hall. arm in arm. the legislature 70
lowing, they were greeted with grea
applause. Directly after the cerems
nnies-and the swearing in of the otf
er state officers, the new governor r.
turned to the capitol and took posses
sion of the chambers occupied by Coy
ernor Buchtel during the last tw
years.
In his inaugural message Governo
Shafroth said In part:
To the members of the Seventeenth
General Assembly:
The people of Colorado at the re
cent election placed us. as the repre-
sentatives of the Democratic part,
in power in this state because of tn,
promises and pledges contained in oul
platform. They will continue to in
trust us with that power SO long as
we give an honest, economical admin
istration and enact into laws the re
forms which we advocate. The citi
zens of Colorado are politically the
most Independent OF any nthe Union
and If we fail to fulfill our pledges
they viii with the same large majority
| given us, consign Us to oblivion. These
| pledges constitute a contract between
the people and us and should be faith.
FULLY fulfilled. The first great requi.
site OF good government is honest
administration. Graft and dishonest
methods are prevalent In the many
states of this republic and accusations
of that character have been made as
to some OF the employees of our own
state government. Whether ore not
they be true. the newly elected state
officials should select for employees
only those who are known TO be honest
and let each understand that question
able methods will not be tolerated.
and that graft will bring not only GER
tain discharge, but also criminal pro.
secution
No employe should in any manner
become interested. directly OF indi.
rectly in any purchase or lease of
state lands. or in any contracts with
the state, Conduct of that character
brings disgrace upon the empioye and
scandaliZes not only the officers ap-
pointing such employe, but also the
administration of which they form a
part. We have declared against ex.
travagance in the administration of the
affairs of the state, and we should see
to ii that we are not guilty of un-
necessary expenditure of the public
ccnies. Each employe should be re-
quired to devote his entire time to the
service of the state. Let no office
be cheated or continued because 1t
gives remunerative position to some
friend or party worker, but let its
claim to existence rest upon its re.
Quirement by the public service Let
us remember that while in the cam.
paign We represented the party. we
now represent the people. 1t is easy
to spend other peoples money We
should exercise more care in the ex-
penditure of the monies of the state
than in the expenditure of our own.
The new governor demands of con-
gress the right to elect United States
senators by popular vote. He has
much to say about political campaigns
and adds: Let us remember that while
we are in the campaign, we represent.
ed the party; we now represent the
people. II is to spend other peoples
money. 1t is time that Colorado should
require higher qualifications for her
voters. The citizens do not contrib
ute willingly to campaign funds; they
have to be solicited and coaxed. A
great portion of large campaign
fund usually finds its way into the
hands of INSCRIPTIONS politicias. What
Colorado needs for the proper develop
ment of its resources is greater popu-
lation. There is suspicion in the
minds of the people that the issuing
of free transportation to officials in.
fluences their action in dealing with
such corporations. AS we are certain
to become in wealth, power and popu.
lation, one of the greatest states OF
the Union, we should In legislation
strive to become one of the most pro.
gressive.
The governor recommends: Practi-
cally the enactment into law of the re-
fern measures of the Democratic state
platform, including the bank guaran-
tee, election of senators by direct
vote. initiative and referendum, con.
solidation of city and county of Den.
yer. Stringent Legislation to prevent
continuance of election frauds in
Huerfano and Las Animas counties.
A law prohibiting corporation or indI.
yidual contributions to campaign funds
except by candidates, the state to
make up the bulk of the fund. A stat.
ute prohibiting the giving or accepting
OF railroad passes except to or by en-
ployes. State immigration bureau for
the official promotion OF the expansion
OF Colorado. Resistance against the
National Forest Reserve policy to the
extent Of appealing to congress or
testing Clifford Pinchot's orders in the
courts. Non-partisan board of control
Tor the. conduct of the eight penal and
charitable institutions. The governor
opposes the erection of a new wing
10 the state capitol and advocates con-
stitutional amendments, to permit of
the selection of non-partisan land
board.
lie also recommends limiting ap-
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