The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-08-14

to the fact that of the thirteen
pledges we made the people of
Colorado during the two campaigns
in which we were successful, not
one of them has been redeemed and
our campaign orators can this year
rehearse their speeches of four
years ago, and redeliver them, thus
saving to those orators the time
and trouble of learning other
speeches. Under our efficient leg
islative record and especially un-
der the initiative and referendum
ais enacted by us. name factories
can be established whereby citizens
of our state can become enriched
islative petitions without fear of
punishment for forgery. Likewise
under our initiative and referen-
dunn. proposed laws without number
can be submitted upon forged
names and the secretary of state
must advertise those laws even If
he knows the signatures to them
are forgeries and that they will
not stand the test of correctness
following their adoption.
1--WE call the attention of the
people of Colorado to the efficient
registration law recently enact
ed by our assembly and signed by
Governor Shafroth. Under its pro-
visions $1,000 false names can be
registered during one election In
the city of Denver and voted for
Democracy without any danger of
the registrars or the voters being
brought to the bar of justice.
1--WE also call the attention of
the people OF Colorado to the mag
nificent primary law we have writ
ten upon the statute books OF our
state. Under its provisions a can
didate must expend more money
than his entire salary will total be-
fore he gets the nomination from
his party and he must make a half
dozen trips either to Denver or
to the county seat of his county In
order to perfect his political party
organization and submit his plat
form to the people. thus guaran-
teeing to the rest of the state a
great amount of prosperity from
money expended by candidates. AL
so. under its provisions no poor
man can secure nomination or
election to any office unless he
first shall have promised his Of
fetal support to some corporation
that will pay his campaign ex-
penses. Especially do we call at
tention to that feature of the pri-
mary law which provides for the
various political assemblies. Any
one having a few days to spare and
desirous of seeing a hemaphrodite-
political-montrosity in action Is In
vited to be entertained at one of
these so-called assemblies.
1--WE are extremely proud of the
fact that instead of passing a good
bank guaranty law as we promised
the people, we have secured the
submission to the people of four
proposed bank guaranty laws. not
one of which. If enacted. would pro-
tect single depositor in the
state. Thus have We left this |
promise open to be made again and |
campaigned upon this fall.
1--WE call the attention of the |
shippers in Colorado to our amend
ments to the railroad commission |
law. These amendments so changed |
the law that whereas the supreme (
court held that the bill as passed
by the Republican legislature was
effective and could be enforced;'|
now it is non-effective and non-en-
forceable; thus giving to the rail-
roads and the shippers another Op,
portunity for two more years of
quarrels and disturbances over
freight rates and services.
I'm traversing Colorado either
by automobile or buggy. we re-
quest the traveller to notice the
fact that we have not expended one
dollar on the. roads of the state,