La Junta tribune., 1915-01-02
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. an epoch In the political and CONNER
. ciaI life Of Colorado. During that
time the federal troops that have
: maintained order in our strike dis
) tricts for the past nine months will
) be remoyerd; our Legislature viii
!. convene and in general way its
leaders will outline the policy u ex-
: pects to follow and new admints-
: itration will he installed: while Gov
ernor Carlson will deliver his inaus-
: uraI address. which In . measure will
: be the keynote OF hts policies for
| the coming two years. These events.
} coming as they do at the close OF
: fifteen months social. political and
I industrial unrest. will necessarily be
watched with the keensst interest.
not only by the people Of Colorado.
} but also by the residents OF the
United States In general. Already
eastern papers and magazines. tand
western ones for that natter. are
writing to their special correspon-
dents and are asking the news asen-
oies for advance matter on these
events Practically - much Interest
Is being taken In the removal Of the
federal troops n IL manifested In
the change Of administration and
the forthcoming general assembly.
During the past six weeks so much
has been written about the fear OF
violence II the troops are removed
that the sentiment OF the east az ex-
pressed In the requests for stories
seems to be that violence Is expect
ed. However. this Is not the case
with any OF the state officials or
those who were directly Interested
In the strike during the last two
months. When the strike was orig
inally called off every one felt that
! II would be mistake TO remove the
However. with the calling off of the
strike the United Mine Workers have
issued an order Withholding their
weekly allowances To the men In the
tent colonies and are reseryinE all
OF their help for the women and chill
dren. This has had a tendency TO
deplcte the tent colonies and there Is
little fear OF any violence following
the withdrawal of the troops
So far as those who are IN a posi-
tion TO watch coming events is con-
cerned. interest Is centered In the
meeting Of the assembly. the inaugur-
alton Of Governor Carlson and the
announcement OF the immediate pol
ICY. not only Of the leaders Of The o.,
I sembiy hut also Of the governor. Il
Is generally known that = number Of
the leaders have been working 10 Sc
cure the Immediate enactment of
two laws. One. reducing the state
expenses, and the other. creating a
public service commission which en-
tails the abolishmcnt Of many OF the
present boards aud bureaus and
which Law also carries general
workmen's compensation act. This
l. the proposed policy OF Governor
Carlson aud the leaders Of the party
organization. There is some oppo-
sition 10 this plan. especially to that
part Of II which reduces the state
expenses through the abolishment of
several boards aud bureaus. u H.
an easy matter for leaders Of = party
organization To create public posi-
tions which give saiaried places To
party work.rs.but u u q different
proposition to abolish public post
tions which takes salaries from po-
iitiesi workers. This feature will
represent the greatest sentiment that
will be against the policy ~ outiIn-
ed by the party leaders.
The insertion In the proposed Law
of . workmen's compensation act
which will provide certain compensa-
tion In case of Injury or death with
out having Ia resort 10 the courts.
should cause the measure to receive
the support Of the iaboias classes
Of the state.
Ia addition 10 the two general
bills. steps sre bsing taken 70 sosmu-
late and enact measures vhleh will
make the prohibition smeadmsas ef-
fective. These measures are hssng
drafted BY the Anti.Sslooa League
and its attorneys. They ineisde =
measure providlns slnss sss ths vso-
lstioa Of laws aboiishine TIE sale Of
liquor. also search end seisurs bill.
together With other messurps that
are deemed necessasy 20 put the
amendment into effect.