The Ordway new era., 1917-01-26
1 Lawmakers As
erved Now
6tarS GS1ikd Week of Work With
10y In Order for Busi-
ness Run.

II entering on the third week of
the session the Twenty First session
+ a. tie Colorado legislature is ready to
get down to actual business. Not
that there has been any particular ef-
fort on the part of the members to
avoid business during the first three
weeks but this legislature is not un-
like all those that have gone before
1t took It three weeks to get the run
Of things. The only thing standing
In the way OF actual legislative work
10 appointments, but Governor Gun
ter ID anxious to get them out of the
way Just Al soon as possible and 1t is
quite likely ~ another week he will
have all names requiring confirmation
to the senate for action.
<nGbSf ~ really noticeable things
arQ1 Ne legislative halls is the
aA6otSe eeftAin so-called metropoli-
tan Daeers TO grasp some rather sem
sational angle of a news item and
create an entirely wrong impression
among the people.
The nrst day of the session a story
went out, for Instance. that Senator
Candljeh Of Leadville had bolteh The
Republican party and had openly an
uoYnced In the senate that no would
stand with the Democrats. This W IS
not The position of the Senator from
i.ake county at all. In a republican
coucHs matters came up witch he
tholsht were petty politics and ne
refused to be governed by the caucus
agreement along any such lines. he
annogns ed III the senate that he was
there to % the very best he could
for his constituency; that he was go
ing to oppose any move from the Re-
publican aide which in his judgment,
wassnot fnf the best interest of the
people and that he would sustain
anything from the Democratic side
that he thought was in the best inter-
eBt Of Tie people. That Senator Cand-
lish iaSs kept his Republicanism on
stsniGht b best evidenced by the fact
that has voted consistently for the
cae 1lqn of all of the Carlson
ap5 while other Republicans
ecng Impressions
A1J smpest in teapot was
sprun4 week when the papers
came d story that the senate
hnan69 91ttee objecting to the
appoint& of a woman as an assis-
tant attC1 general, had deliberate
ly cut c& &MNsappropriation for Miss
Ruth M01Nho has been named by
Hubbs14 fourth assistant. The
truth i4fA 1(e member of the senate
finance cor nittee or any one else for
that matter Knew Miss Mozzer was
the fonrth assistant attorney general.
In fact. the general impression was
that having been the first one named
by Leslie Hubbard. she was the first
aakf6tAnt. Hubbard asked for some
thing tetter than $4,000 more in the
shoYt Ytappropriation than did Farrar,
and The aenate committee thought he
soNg} ~ ~ able to get along with as
Ny&lG na0may as did his predecessor.
Afg MQ1of did not in any way enter
1p&4 th4 ekgument and no one knew
A&5 oIected by the cut until the
y denly discovered scheme
6A woman of her rights. II
~ does not remain an as
brney general, the trouble
N kh Hubbard and not with
committee of the senate.
bard Not Popular
little doubt the senate
weF lg to chastise the attorney
genM the truth Is he Is not pop
ulaM the old time Democratic
! a4e There is too much Benz
NO him to suit me-" is the
hinent member expressed
- day. To show Hubbard
ID not entirely the whole
pt only will he be derived
ed appropriations asked for
lrt bill, but the usual fund
appropriated to defend the
hts of Colorado this year
the disposal of the COVER
ID of the attorney general.
lastly Of Lamar. Of the mi
responsible for this move
fs NO doubt he will be we'll
BY members Of the ma
Tip Fight IN Bud
Pc sought TO start Q hight
be farming and the metal
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