The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1911-11-16

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district court House Bill No. 200
which had for it's object the trans7
ferring Of the internal Improvement
fund over to the state highway COM
mission for expenditure was not les-
ally enacted into law AS a result OF
this ruling Judge Bliss declined TO
Issue naandamps compelling State
Auditor Leddy to honor vouchers
drawn by the state highway commits
sion against this fund. Judge Bliss
holds that the constitution is manda-
tory whore It says rhar The names Of
assembly members voting aye and
may" on third reading must be spread
on the journals Of both houses. 1t
viii be remembered that the senate
journal does not show third read
ing roll call on the enactment OF this
bill. Testimony was introduced to
show that the third roll call was had
but Judge Bliss held that oral testi-
mony cannot suppiant official rec
ords.
The case was brought on a suit for
mandamus by county officials Of
Prowers county. They announced they
will appeal to the supreme court
Judge Bliss Is one OF the best district
judges in the state and the supreme
court has never yet reversed one, OF
his decisions. The sentiment is gem
eral that It will not reverse this OPP
inion. II the opinion stands it means
that the last assembly through fac
tional jealousies failed to properly
provide for the expenditure of this
fund which amounts 70 s25o,ooo and
which should be used on the roads
Of the state during this biennial per-
iod. This Il the same fund that was
appropriated in what was commonly
termed the -pork barrel bills which
were vetoed BY Governor shafroth-
1t was generally admitted that the
enactment Of the bill on third reading
In the senate was SO manipulated by
the speer Democrats a. 70 nuiltfy Its
passage. They claim Governor Shat
roth promised them II they would en-
act this bill with . provision that II
| do not take effect until amer 1919
he would sign the pork barrel
bills. The latter bills were enacted
frst and then the speer Democrats
got wind Of the fact that the governor
intended to veto the PORK barrel"
bills. House Bul 200 was 20 far ad-
vanced they could not vote against IL
without stuitifying themselves Defore
the people. They knew that Cover
nor shafroth was preparing 70
doubie-cross them SO as to get the
money for immediate use for his own
political machine through his high
way commission. SO they proceeded
to either forget to have the roll called
on third reading in the senate or to
have the records fail to show that II
was called. Governor Shafroth clip
ped the wings Of several Of the mem
bers when he vetoed their Individual
road and bridge bill appropriations
and they in turn clipped his winEs
when they "nolle prosscdr his bill
giving the expenditure OF this money
to his state highway Commission. In
cidentalIy, however. both Of them
contributed equally to the enforced
neglect OF colorado's public highways
for two years.
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The State Bar association has
brought suit in the state supreme
court against the court OF appeals cre-
ated by the last Legislature ard APP
pointed by Governor shafroth, to
force the members of that court to
show csuse why they claim the right
to render opinions on cases that were
originally appealed to the state sp-
preme court The law under which
the court Of appeals was created
seeks to transfer certain cases from
the supreme court to the court OF ap-