The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-03-04

ty that the work couldn't have peel
done for that money. We doubt If IL
conld have been done for less than twice
the sum President Baker has spent,
must have spent. we'll nigh as much
from his own pocket for the states bene-
fit as he asked the state to pay. And
this is the man at whose accounts these
lobbyists would sneer.
Let us take another bill. Two years
ago last fall the people of Colorado, for
their sins. afflicted themselves with the
governorship of the Reverend Henry
Augustus Buchtel, chancellor of the
Denver university. He bore the title of
the states executive He drew his pay
from the states treasury. But never
for one moment did he rise above the
sentiment of partisan chief of par
tisan school. His inaugural address was
punctuated with spasms over the baleful
effects of state education. His farewell
address was job lot of misinformation
as to the merits of his own school, and
the demerits of the State University. In
between, he lobbied constantly to injure
the university which he had sworn to
guard, and his Vaccinations were SO
far successful as to keep the medical
school from being brought to Denver.
What was the state university to do
when put up against deal Of this Kink!
Should it lie down and be slaughtered,
or should it stand up and fight? The
regents and faculty of the, university
decided to fight; and the News believes
that any other decision should have
earned their summary removal. Dr.
Pfeiffer and professor Ira De Long lob
bied. if you please, to keep the governor
| of the state from utterly wrecking the
states own school. They could not get
the medical school bill through, but at
least they we're able to ward off the fur.
ther crippling of the great college whose
inter ests were intrusted to them. Here
is professor De Longs expense account
for the twenty-five days he was in Den
yer on this business:
To % days lodging. .S25. Oc
To n meals for self and 8 guests .2S'7C
| 10 railroad fare. ..... ~
10 street car fares. ........ 2 "
To daily papers. .26s
To telephone service. $500. .4.4t
To messenger service. &C
No other items Of the bill are at hand,
but the lobbyists give the total charge
at S77.65,
The News has had plenty Of reporters
who wonld spend that much in one week
on an important assignment, and com
plain bitterly the while about beng
cramped for funds. The average ex'
penses of professor of the State Uni
versity in the capital on an important
mission were just trifle over three
dollars per day. Our cub can get away
with more than that, and has beer
kuown to do it. The tin colonels of the
militia, whom Governor Buchtel 80 much
admires, when in town on the court
martial of General John Chase, turned
in hotel accounts in which single lunch
cons were checked at $500, rooms al
| 81. 90 per day, with extras for cocktails
and champagne. Professor DE Longs
average expenditure per meal seems tt
have been the sum of 33b cents.
Enough of this. The slander is toe
silly and too sickening to pursue any
farther. And now, what of the animus
of these attacks, and what are the peo'
ple of the state going to do about ity
The animus is plain. Mr.. William e.
Evans has for some years been the nam
stay of the Denver university. For this