Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-04-21
G1tter4t,.ise.
I. FRIDAY. APRIL 2l, 1911
STATE CAPITOL NEWS

The tunnel bill has been made a special
order in the senate to follow the registra-
ton bill, and the chances are that it will
pass. Like all measures in which millions
are involved, it had a peculiar faculty Of
meeting very little obstruction in getting
to the head of the calendar. e
The re-assembling Of the various ooun-
ty conventions seems to be the order Of
the day. This for the purpose of INSTRUCT
ing the Democratic members of the as
sembly how to get out of their present
dilemma. In requesting their conven-
tions to re-assemble they thus admit
their own inability to perform that for
which they were elected. The people
found it out months ago.
The bank guarantee measure that went
through the senate does not carry the
Mutual Guarantee as promised by the
Democratic orators; neither does it carry
the Dual Guarantee as promised by Gov
ernor Shafroth. but it does carry the
Cove Guarantee. This is the feature
which Governor Thomas and other DEM
ocratic orators criticized SO severely dur
ing the campaign. AMI for which Senator
Cove was given S5ou to draft. 1t pro-
vides an individual bank guarantee equal
to the capital stock Of the bank. The
guarantee to be raised by securities plae-
ed with the bank commissioner at the
rate of ten per cent per year. That not
deposited to be covered by bonds.
The senatorial situation has taken a
peculiar turn in that the Adams people.
in order to prevent Speer from getting
control of the Pueblo delegation. called
a meeting Of the Democratic county con-
vention in Pueblo County to instruct Pu-
eblo delegates what to do. Other county
conventions are being planned and
Adams. Speer's and Shaffroth's friends
are all contemplating getting busy to con-
troll these conventions. Adams wants
instructions from them to vote for him
first, last and all the time. and not 60 into
caucus. Speer wants instructions or
dering them into caucus while the
friends Of Shaffroth are trying to secure
a resolution, ordering them to vote fol
him after a certain date. The conven-
ton instructed its county delegates ts
vote for Adams first, last and all tht
time.
Governor Shaffroth vetoed the horst
racing and gambling bill. HIS veto mes.
sage is, to use general expression, "a
hot one. The bill provided for a com.
mission to issue licenses to run hors,
races and sell pools. The Governor sale
il the assembly passes it over his veto
he will never appoint the commission un-
less forced to do so BY the highest eourt
Of the nation. meaning the Supreme Court
Of the United States. He refers to the
claim that the business men wanted the
bill and says he does not believe it. He
also says that II the business men force
a law or the statute books. whereby the
state appoints commission to conduct
horse racing and gambling, thus legally
recognizing these two evils. the busi-
ness men need not seek pity il their clerks
steal to bet on horse races. In closing,
he said. the people are tired of the long
drawn out session and tho members can
not redeem themselves in public ssnti-
ment by passing such measures as this
nd failing to enact into law the platform
pledges. He says. If they do enact this
bill and legalize horse racing and gamb-
ling in the state. God pity the party re-
sponsible for it."