The daily sentinel., 1913-02-07
GUARANTY BILL
WILL BE LAW
Van TiIbOrg and Weaver Father
Measures, and Senate and
House Favor Them.
J. 7. BARNETT is APPOINTED
Sentinel Special Service.

. OtntlUel special service
Denver, Feb. 7.-Senator Louis
Van Tilborg of Teller county is con-
sidered one of the strongest men in
the upper house of the Colorado leg
islature. The senator has given
much thought and attention to con-
seryatiye constructive legislation in
this session, as well as in the Sth.
He has introduced several very i'm
portant bills, two in particular-the
bank and public utilities measures.
The first is now up in the senate for
consideration and the latter is made
a special order for today.
There Is hardly question but that
both these bills will be enacted into
law by the present legislature. with
very few amendments and altera-
tions. Both are looked upon with
favor by members of the general as
sembly. 1t also is said that those who
would be affected by the passage of
the bills are offering very little op-
position to them. Objectionabl BILE fea-
lures that caused much opposition to
the bank bill when II came up in the
18th general assembly have been
eliminated from the Van Tilborg
measure, and with the exception of
the omission of the guaranty fea-
ture, ii is practically the same bill
The guaranty plan Is provided for in
separate bill.
About the state house these days
one often hears the name of Senator
Van Tilborg mentioned in connection
with the gubernatorial race two
years hence. He was frequently urg-
ed by friends to run in the late cam
paign, but he would not listen to the
opportunities of his best and closest
political friends throughout the
state. This early. however, Senator
Van Tilborg is being often referred
to as n more than gubernatorial pos
sibility. lie has assurances that the
railroad corporations, the bankers,
the laboring men and others will be
for him.
While this may be the situation.
should the Teller county senator con-
clude to enter the race two years
from now, he would have Governor
Ammons to oppose. because he
would be the logical candidate to
succeed himself, in view of the fact
that this is his first term. and he
would be strong candidate for re-
nomination. This would be the situ-
alton in case the present governor
makes good, and there is no reason
why this should not be the result
Senator John J. Tobin, progressive.
and speaker of the house; o. C.
Skinner, also progressive, have been
mentioned for governor two years
hence. There probably will be many
others with aspirations in the same
direction before the time rolls
around to announce, but these three
have already been referred to in CON
ncction with the goyernorship.
The operation of the new civil SER
vice law is not giving the state en-
ployes any great concern as yet
but ii may little later, when il gets
in smoother running order. The on
ly bad effect thus far was a delay of
four or five days in receiving Janu-
AIRY salaries. The commission was
slow in certifying TO the treasurer
and auditor the pay rolls. The fol-
lowing official notice came to every
state department this week from the
commission:
The department., offices and in
stitutions subject to the jurisdiction
of the civil service commission law
are hereby required to establish and
maintain efficiency records for each
classified employe, Showing (a), the
quantity of work performed: Cbl the
quality of work performed: (c) apti-
tude and capacity for initiative; (d)
punctuality and attendance: (e)
character and habits so far as they
effect efficiency or trustworthiness.