The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-16
INAUGURAL ADDRESS or
GOV. JOHN H. SHAFR0TH

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SALIENT FEATURES OF THE INAUGURAL
Tine % Of good honesty and
law Such law should be passed. p'
amendment may be framed states
10 erect T unted States senators by direct of the people
tor vote for each candidate Individually
law should passed guarding secrecy
ballot thus preventing corporations
IN uerano and Las Anmas counties cited
authority should be exercised to provide against violations of
the election law by county commissioners each
proportion OF election judges and allow candidates appoint
Amount Of campaign should be restricted by and
the extent Of S cents each No candidate permitted
Museums should be removed from capitol building
after the Precedent set by Oklahoma
to guarantee deposits in tn the banks Of the state
% % the payment yn outstanding and state warrants most
uniform Of accounting should be
An attract
he to develop the immense resources of the state
aw should be psea prevent railroad companies from
Recommends that amendment submitted
permitting the initiative and referendum legislation directly by
m.ndss The law relation to the National Guard should
continue federal allowance of $4,000 which
state board of
created to charge of all the penal and charitable institutions the
interest OF efficiency and economy the members of such board to
the submission of amendment providing that the
state The sna oafa Of sne m the @ co the
should be limited to involving than 81 OO0 those
volving freehold franchise.
Legislation accomplish complete
on OF officials within the territory which has be
pensve and unsatisfactory.
The
ships the people Colorado and
the state 1t claimed that the of the
ton the grazing
privileges and for the utilization the for
and to make rights of will bound a
feet retard the development of the The attorney
general the should be authorized bring such
actions he deem test the cnstutonal of the
and OF the
OPENING PARAGRAPHS.
Following the and closing paragraphs the address
Members Of the Seventeenth General Assembly:
The people of Colorado the election placed
of the this state because
of promises pledges platform
omca administration and the reforms which
the Union and if fail fulfill pledges they will
the large majority given oblivion These pledges
constitute contract between the people and and should be faith
fully fulfilled
The first requisite of
ton Graft and dishonest methods prevalent the
to OF the employees OF state Whether not
they be the newly elected officials should select for
only those who known be honest and let each understand that
methods Will not be tolerated and that graft will bring
only discharge but also criminal No employee
should become interested directly indirectly
purchase OF state lands with
Conduct of that character brings disgrace employee
da only the officers appointing such employee but the ad
ministration of which they form
We have declared against extravaganza the administration of
affairs of the state and should that guilty
expenditure
devote his entire the of the
office created continued
friend worker but let its claim
the the
1t spend other peoples We should
the expenditure OF the of the state than the expenditure
CONCLUDING PARAGRAPHS.