The Glenwood post., 1911-05-13

The Eighteenth General Assembly ad-
iourned sine die Sunday morning at
80 with the hands of the two clocks
pointing to mid night. The immediate
hours preceding it IS adjournment were
given over to the enrolling OF the hun
dreds of bills that had passed during
the preceding seventy-two hours aud
to the signing of these bills by the pre-
siding officers of the two houses.
The assembly dissolved without hav
ing selected successor to the position
made vacant by the death of Senator
Charles J. Hughes Jr., and it also dis
deemed single platform pledge. Re
ferring to the latter. the assembly aid
enact registration bill. and a bank
guarantee bill, but the platform men
admitted that the registration bill is
really "big mitn bill; drawn for
the purpose of controlling primary elec
tions through padded registration. The
bank guarantee bill contains four guar
antee sections, all of which VIII be
submitted to the people through the
referendum for them to take their
choice. Thus, while these two bills
will reach the governor, the one is not
what was promised, and the other viii
not go into effect until after the people
have voted on it two years from now.
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not pledge was redeemed.
AS to the senatorship, the assembly
failed to elect because of the terrific
bitterness existing between Senator
Patterson and Mayor Speer. Had
either of the two been willing to give
up personal hatred. or had either Of
them been willing to concede an inch.
the fight would have been settled
within fifteen minutes after such
position had been announced. Not 50,
however, with either one. The rancor,
the hate, and the malice that has cha.-
acterized the actions of the two men
since they became enemies, prevailed
unto the last. One of the closing in
cidents of the long drawn out struggle,
was an effort on the part of several
well-wishers of the democratic party 20
have both Adams and Speer withdraw.
Speer would not, and Patterson would
not let Adams yield an inch.
The closing scenes of the contest
were thrilling in the extreme. Under
an agreement, seven ballots were TAX
en-, after which the presiding officer de
clared the joint session adjourned sine
die. At the end of the seventh ballot,
an attempt was made to stampede for
Senator Thomas ]. MeCue. But all to
no purpose. Lieutenant Governor fitz-
garrald prevented the announcing of
the vote for over an hour in the hope
that something would happen, but IL
did not, and he was finally compelled
to announce the last result and declare
the session adjourned.
The republicans of Colorado owe their
everlasting thanks to the republican
members of the assembly for this re-
suit There were times when, if four
republicans had yielded and gone to
Speer, he could have been elected. The
democrats offered the official positions
of the city of Denver as an inducemeut
to secure these four votes. Early in
the session. the republicans caucused
and decided not TO accept. From then
on, the threats and intimidations of the
corporations, the lure of promised of
fetal positions the threats to kill their
bills, the pleading of friends, nor any
thing else could swerve them from the
stand they had taken. They remained
true to the trust. They said that there
were a dozen good men in the republican
party, either of whom was worthy OF
the honor. They complimented all of
these men with their votes and left it
an open field for two years from now.
In addition, by refusing to enter into
the Speer combination and accept the
offices of the city of Denver for their
party, they prevented the election Of