The Glenwood post., 1911-04-29
SIDE LIGHTS ON
THE LEGISLATURE
Nothing Yet Done Except to
Fight and Spend the
Peoples Money
ADJOURNMENT MAY 6

The senate by vote of % to II
failed to pass the gambling and race
Twenty-four would have passed it
through the senate.
The first direct charge of bribery
during this session was made by Sena-
tor Bellesfeld last Friday when he
said that members of the house had
been offered cash to vote for the tun-
mel bill The house is investigating
The senate is putting through reg
istration bill even more obnoxious than
the one vetoed by Shafroth after the
extra. This one completely circum-
vents the direct primary law from be
ing effective. 1t permits repeating at
primaries in the most fragrant fashion
and is so drawn that the two political
machines can control the primary cleo
tions of both parties and nominate
whomsoever they please. Already
Governor Shafroth is receiving numer-
Gus messages demanding that he veto
this bill if it reaches him in its pres
ent form.
The two houses have agreed to ad
journ May 9th. When the last legis
lature submitted the constitutional
amendment taking the time limit off
the legislative session, it was claimed
that it would prevent rushing through
bills at the close of the session. One
hundred and twelve days have passed
Awith nothing accomplished and with
only this and next week yet to work.
witness an even greater amount of
rushing through bills than ever before.
Tp-to-d only four measures have
reached the governor, three of which
he vetoed, and the fourth was the bill
paving their salaries.
The action of the Pueblo county
convention in instructing Pueblo cou1-
tvs delegation to vote for Adams first
last and all the time and to stay out
of a democratic cautus on the United
States senatorship. will probably re
suit in blocking the election of SEN
ator. If this occurs the republicans
will have an opportunity to try FOR
two senators two years from now
A hundred and twelve days gone-a
hundred and fifty thousand dollars ex-
pended for what?
"God pity the party that places this
race track gambling bill on the staute
books of Colorado said Shafroth, and
yet IS of the members of his party in
the senate voted to place it there over
his veto. Does that not indicate that
his party as whole needs "God $
pity?"
Irrespective of the protests that
have reached the capitol against the
so-called mining inspection bill, the
house passed that measure on third
reading and sent it to the senate just
as the coal mine operators drew it.
The republicans of both house and
senate have been right during the last
week. Generally they voted to sus-
tain the governor in his veto against
legalizing gambling, and they also
voted to create coal mine inspection
department with power to prevent
coal mine disasters. They have con
sistently voted against the creation of
new boards purely to give politicians
jobs, and they have demanded that the
heads of the various state departments
show what use was to be made of
moneys before voting for appropria-
tions. They have in no manner at
tempted to block legislation by delays
and have voted regularly against an
early adjournment each day or long
noon recesses. 1t is well known that
Governor Shafroth is depending on the
republicans in both houses to help him
secure csuh appropriation legisla-
ton as will pay the states current
expenses and also heln him, if possible
prevent the calling of an extra session
1t now develops that President Taft
was fully advised and acted wisely in
dspatching troops to our southern
boundary. While few stray shots
struck people in Douglas, Arizona, with
the troops present, who could guess
Ehow many people would 'have~beer
killed, or how much American proper
ty destroyed, had not our troops beer
ehere. Those who now criticize the