Gunnison news-champion., 1912-11-01

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needs. Tae constitution has fixsa a
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pa-pOses a; fosr Ezills 90 she solls<
ana i cannot be exeess.aa IN siass of
Sasae- TIE tsa ~ aaas eo.5nsiss 10
slrty 10 furty mis.s Oh the sollar. Gf
saica ne stats gets .naas iossT Eai'.s.
aaaoe sns tsses on property f0r state
ssrpsses have never ssen inSrsssse.
80 mater Ros lasgs shs spyropria
.iaas Eass bees.
lt Is the tendency Of al iegisls sFes
70 increase Appropriations. In INA
Hois. a me close u the ieg slatfse sss-
sIoH OF last year, tae appFapr,asl0as
exeeeasa the essimased FeveHass b.
over eight million doIlaSs.
se.oss Of Appripriss,on eiiis.
Governor shafFo b was e0mpolled 10
veto bills appr9priatiHg over sl.2so.-
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appropriations near 10 The amount OF
tRe estimated revenues. his Beiieses
la the revenues 10 be collected viz
ue st.fl icieHt % me,t all Of the appro.
prialions Tor tRe lirst three ciasses.
which constitute the important needs
uf The state. bat this eaHRat be deter
mined win certainty HHtn November
aeth. 1912. the end vi tee biennial
term.
Extra Burdens Borne by tne Shsfrosh
demonstration.
Ii has been very difficult to deter
mine as to the pay ment of all the ap-
Propriations because Of the additional
Leeesaary burdens placed upon the
present administration, never borne
by that Of any other.
The people. in November. 1919. vot-
ed to pay the warrants issued in ex
cess of the revenues by past RepHbli-
can administrations, by the issuing OF
state bonds to the extent of S2.1l5. 900.
biennial period amounts to sI26,000,
ana must be paid out of the general
revenue before even the salaries of
state officers.
The people voted. in November,
1910. to increase the salaries of the
legislators, which takes S3T 900 add
Iional moneys.
There was a universal demand for a
Court of Appeals. as decisions could
not be obtained on appeal for three
or four years; such delays in the cases
Of poor people unable to wait. consti-
tuted q denial OF justice. The bill ere
ating the Court of Appeals was passed
unanimously by each house, Republi-
cans and Democrats alike recognizing
the necessity. An appropriation Of
$4,000 for the biennial term was
made. which constitutes q burden not
borne by other administrations.
There was Q universal demand for
the establishment and maintenance of
a Home for Mental Detectives. If there
is class of people in this state who
need assistance, it is these poor, un-
fortunate mental detectives. The state
for years has been behind other states
in that work. An appropriation of
s117.o00 was voted for by every Demo
erat and Republican in the legislature,
and constitutes a burden which has
not been borne by other administra-
tons.
The national government Offered to
give the state of Colorado the Fort
Lewis reservation, consisting of build
ings which cost over s250,000 and c.
600 acres Of land, underlaid with coal
deposits, estimated to be worth many
millions of dollars, providing the state
would maintain a school at that place
IN appropriation of 100000 was made
by unanimous vote of the Democratic
and Republican legislators. This ap-
preparation constituted burden nevsr
borne by any former administration.
An appropriation for a new Normal
school at Gunnson was made by the
Seventeenth General Assembly, to
meet the demands for such an institu-
tion on the Western slope and to re-
deem a pledge made by former legis-
lature in an act to establish a school
at that place provided the citizens of
Gunnison should give land for the
campus. They donated beautiful
site of forty acres eight years ago. A
$50. 900 building has been constructed
and paid for and the school opened
last September. 1t required an appro
priation of s35.O0O to maintain this in
stitution. which was a burden never
borne by any former administration
The legislature unanimously appro-
pria,"d Sc Geo FOR the ss5a 5llshment
of pEblgc at counta1ey b1-cau 1y
which II. books Of every staIe ard