The Glenwood post., 1916-10-14

Denver. The first of these provides that
the board of corrections in charge of
the state insane asylum shall accept
Denver patients on the same plan as
those from other counties. This carries
county has been Disseminated against
in regard to the care of her insane,
whereas, every other county has an
equal right to feel the same way. This
amendment is decidedly out of order at
this time in the view of the fact that
Governor Carlson administration has
now provided sufficient accommodations
to care for all of the unfortunate in
sane for many years to come, and it is
worse than useless to now burden the
statutes with law which is only de.
manded through the spite of dis
gruntled Denver politicians.
The other of this pair of SPECIAL
Denver laws is that which seeks to
abolish the present state tax commits
sion, the only body which has ever yet
been able to force Denver to pay her
equitable share of the taxes of the
state. Heretofore Denver, through her
strong political combines, has been able
to a very, great extent, to dictate the
assessment of the big utility corpora
tions to the extent which would permit
such corporations to evade the pay
ment of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars which they owed the state in taxes.
They have not been able to handle the
present tax commissions: hence they
seek to have it abolished. Unless the
rest of the state care to go on and play
tail to the Denver dog they will vote
against this measure.
The sixth is an especially vicious bill
extremely detrimental to the farming
and stock interests of the state, hatch
ed in the office of the Denver Post as
a protest against Governor Carlson for
his refusal to continue in charge of the
state land board, Brother-in-law Hog
gait who now seeks to vindicate himself
at the expense of the people. The pas
sage of this bill will paralyze the two
chief sources of Colorado's wealth,
farming and stockraising, and set the
state back many years. Land on 1t
with all your might if you are friend
to Colorado.
Number seven is a twin brother to
the "herd law' measure and provides
for the loaning of the school funds to
the settlers on dry land whom "Broth
er-in-law" seeks to induce to settle in
the arid portions of the state on lands
which cannot be made productive to
the extent of supporting family. This
is a very adroit scheme to have the
state help out the private visionary
program of the theorist and dreamer
who seeks to do that which no one has
yet been able to accomplish. Inasmuch
as the federal authorities have taken
this matter up with their farm loan or
federal reserve banks and are now max
ing preparations to loan money to farm
ers on a "safety' basis there is less
reason than ever why the school funds
of this state, the sacred heritage of
yet unborn, should be loaned
out to every Tom. Dick and Harry,
without proper safeguards, just to graf
ify the questionable ambition of the
Vol Bon Tam, triu-of ChsfHpa street.
If there is afreal demand for such a
law or a similar law, the legislature
may be trusted to pass such, law in
the interest of the people but no. as
an annex to the "herd law or in the
interests of questionable colonization
scheme fathered by a trio of Denver
blacklegs and bunco steerers whose in
terest in the people is measured by the
extent to which they are able TO milk
the people for theft own selfish uenefit
If you have read the above SDr may
probably suspect that the Post IS
not :avorabiy inclined toward the in
itiated ana referred bills thar are
placed before the people this yea. If
you want 80 make sure of doing a good
Job on election day our advice 10 you
is that you vote AGAINST eve" one
of the proposed measures and then yon
will he sure not to burden the statutes
with foo! laws which would probably
be turned down by an intelligent legis-
lature.