The chronicle=news., 1914-11-23
AMM0NS RECEIVES Strike
REPORT Of COLORADO
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
Return of Sovereignty is Recommended Urges
Issuance Of Law and Order Proclamation.
Advises Governor to be Firm in Handlinq
Situation.

I
isiativc strike investigation commit
tee. OF which Senator Samuel ]. Bur-
r,s II chairman, made an advisory
report to Governor Ammons. express
Ing the belief that the state Is now
| In a position to re-asscrt its sover-
| eighty and advising the executive tn
prepare to accept for the people oil
this state the responsibility of again
being u state
The report follows in full:
Denver. Colo, Nov. -. 1914.
TO His Excellency the Governor Of
Colorado:
I'VE, the committee under senate
joint resolution No. s. of the special
session of the Nineteenth general as
sembly. acting at this time at your
request AZ an advisory committee to
you. under that portion of the reso-
luton requiring our cooperation
with any of the executive officers OF
the state upon their request. desire to
report as follows in answer to YOU:
query as to what shor'i be do6c up.
on the withdrawal OF the federal
troops by the President of the Unit
cd States. it being understood by us
that this is his present intention.
we have given this matter serious
consideration and we believe we have
viewed 1t from every angle. While
thorough consideration still leaves
the matter very complicated. 1t Is
quite apparent to the committee that
there Is but one stand to take. We
believe we can say Without SUCCESS
rul contradiction that no governor OF
any state ifs-t!f;si i-ss-.!!su, siatrA. 10
Civil war has been confronted with
as serious problems as those you
have faced. During these troubled
peal to the President of the United
States for federal troops.
Fortunately for the people of the
state, the president came to our res
cue but. at the time OF doing SO. he
made 1t clear that the federal troops
must remain only until such time as
the state could properly reassert its
own sovereignty. We believe that
the state is now in that position and
we agree with you that You cannot in
fairness to the president plead lons9r
for federal aid, much as the same
might be desired You should. there
fore prepare to accept for the peo-
pie of this state the responsibility oil
again being Il state. We believe I
right and proper for you to make
known to the people that the federal
troops are to be withdrawn within a
very short time.
I'VE recommend that you issue
proclamation to the effect that eV-
cry person within the state is com-
manded to obey the law and to re-
frain from incendiary utterances: for
each and every one to do his part
that peace and prosperity may again
be ours In the proclamation, cali
the attention OF the people to Article
II, Sec. 1, of the constitution, which
reads as follows:
Section l. Persons subject to
service-Ths militia of the state
shall consist of all able-bodied male
residents of the state between the
ages OF ls and 40 years: except. such
persons as may be exempted by the
laws of-the United States, or of the
state
Make it clear that each able-bod-
led man between the ages of is and
40 is in fact, q member of the state
militia, and that If 1t becomes neces-
sary he will be called into active ser
vice. Make it thoroughly understood
that If it again becomes necessary to
use the state troops, they must be re-
spected. to the end that the rights of
every aw-abiding citizen will be pro-
tected.
Continue in force your orders
ohibiting the sale or importation OF
l1uuor and the sale or Importation OF
firearms. and by all means continue
to use the power Of your office to
end this industrial strife. Firmly as
sumo the responsibility which is
about to be placed on you, Use your
great power firmly and for the best
interest Of the state as We tnorou sh-
" believe the people have decided to
again make Colorado desirable
place in which to live.
Ages OF experience haye taught
that it is safest to trust the func-
tions of government to the chosen
representatives of all the people.
While every citizen has the full right
to counsel with his governor-to en-
deavor to secure the passage of man
datory law directing the course of Of
fetal policy, and even, If such citi-
zen seriously differs, he may exercise.
under the law, his privilege of recall
no citizen, whatever may be his
private view as to the final policy
adopted, should urge or justify oppo-