The Glenwood post., 1915-03-27
SPEAKER STEWART
o)lMGluS HOUSE
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his demands, he threatened to "get"
them, too. The issue wss squsrely
made - to whether this body was work
ing for the people of the state or
whether 1t was working for the Denver
Post. I stepped on to the floor Of the
House and moved the expulsion of Mr..
Mitchell for the res.ainder Of the ses-
sion, which was carried without dis.
seoting voice anoag either Democrats
or Republican,. Following this . eau
Gus was held of Republicans and Demo
Gratis separately. Without . dissentipg
voice in either caucus every member
Of the House decided that they could
not submit without protest to the atti-
tude of this Newspaper. The foaaowing
resolutions were unanimously adopted
by both caueuses:
WHEREAS, The Denver Post has in
various and sundry issues BY insinu-
alton and false charges reflected upoa
the character Of the menbers Of the
House Of Representatives, Of the 3Oth
general assembly and persistestly ques.
toned the integrity and honesty Of
purpose Of said body. and
WHEREAS, The Dsaver Pest has
interfsred with and attempted BY direct
threats 70 eoatrol The setio.s Of . asa.
partisan committee Of the honss, sp-
pointed 70 Investigate the conduct Of
one Of its member while aid invssti-
Cation was still in prsgrsss, sad,
WHEHEAS, in The Issue Of tAs Dsn-
yer Pest under date Of March 10, 1918
the proprietors Of said paper openly
charged the members Of the assembly
with indecent and wanton conduct, aud
WHEREAS, the Denver Post did in
Its issue Of March 10, untruthfully
charge the house with direlection Of
duty and wanton carelessness in the
difficult and highly responsible duty
of investigating fellow member
charged by rumor with serious Of
fense, and
WHEREAS, the Denver Post Of the
Same date has published untrue and
malicious statements about and has
sought to heap disgrace and contumely
upon the house of representatives and
the committee appointed by the house
to investigate the rumors relative 20
the action of one of its members for
the reason that said committee declined
to give out advance information rela-
tive to the work of the committee, and
WHEREAS, it has been hitherto i'm
possible for the committee to get at
the facts in the said Investigation be-
cause of the refusal of certain news
pepper men to divulge the sources of
their information, and the committee
have been otherwise unable to make
more rapid progress without the aid of
evidence brought out by the diligence
Of the district attorney and the grand
jury of Denver recently sitting AMI
sadesvorins to bring out the truth iu
reference to these rumors, and
"AGAGsnSt tno bSlO SOnMltto0 u
The house is making . thorough Hsa-
partisan Investigation epen to every
ess in the conscientious effort to arrive
At the exact truth, and
WHEREAS, the hosss Of repeessa.
tatives has full faith s.A eoaAds.es II
tAs homer aad integrity Of said esa-
aittse, and rsssnts tAe statsnsats a1i
reflections unjsstly cast sPea tAsa,
NOW, THEREFORE, BB II Re-
BOWED, that for tAs remainder sf thi.
session, Tie Dsaver Rsst b dsaied the
privilege Of . representative q n,
porter within the chamber.
1 neved the adoption Of this resola-
tion, Mr.. Fincher, minority leader, see
onded the motion, and without . dis
senting vote TIE resolution was uoaai-
meusly adopted. The Denver Post re-
Psrts - Deoeerat voting for this reso-
lutioa asd oaly . caue.s-beasd Repub- |
keaa vote east fer II. Every Denoe,at
vsted fer It sad every RePsbiieaa
vstea fer it. TAs issse fer psblie spiA- |
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