The Arvada enterprise., 1917-03-29
Did Senator Staley Make
Good With Constituents?

Did Senator Staley make good
in the 21st general assembly?
His promises in the campaign
were few. He said he would do
his best to enact the Pheasant
Bill and the Bridge Bill, which
Governor Carlson vetoed. He
said he would use his best efforts
that an effective Prohibition law
be passed. The Pheasant Bill
passed both houses and when
signed by the governor will be-
come law. The Bridge Bill was
first introduced in the House and
killed. Senator Staley then in,
troduced q duplicate Bill in the
senate and passed it with only
six votes against it and was in
hopes to get it passed by the
House but in the rush of the last
days it went with hundreds of
others to the damp. The Prohi-
bition bills after several weeks
of argueing, amending and work.
ing over of both the Bone Dry and
Limitation measures were all ia
ken away from the senate and
referred to a special committee
on Temperance of which Senator
Staley was made chairman. The
special committee drew a bill
from the good parts of all bills
turned over to them, which was
satisfactory to all including Gov
ernor Gunter, except the Bone
Dry" faction. The governor will
sign it in thirty days. Senator
Staley is very proud of the law
and that he was a party to draw
ing the Bill. He took his stand
from the first with the w. G. r.
U. and with what he believed to
be the wishes of a majority of
the people of the state and hopes
that his constituents will give
him credit for being honest and
earnest in his efforts whether he
was right or wrong.
He stood for the Millage for
the educational institutions of
the State and made the fight of
his life for the School of Mines at
Golden. standing alone with the
Governor againt the full commit
tee absolutely refusing to report
out any bills without the School
of Mines Bill was included as
per agreement. when the COM
mittee afterward tried to cut out
the School of Mines and the Guni-
son school. He also got an APP
preparation for a building and
improvements for the Home for
Mental Detectives which was the
only building allowed in the state
He got within $40, 600 of all the
appropriations asked by the Boys
Industrial school at Golden, and
named the new member of that
Board, Chas. w. Owens Of Gold
en-. He lost the building asked
for by the Girls school at Morn
ison, but not until after a long
hard fight.
He stood for all administra-
ton measures that had been
promised the people in the Demo-
cratic platform, stood for the
Firemens' Pension fund bill, the
State free employment agency
bill, the vocational training bill,
the Pueblo State Fair bill, and
others which tend TO help the
people who most need help and
against all freak legislation.
He stood Loyalty by Governor
Gunter and was considered one
of the substantial members of the
senate in all matters where good
sound judgment was needed.
In the first place the positions
on the various committees were
those carrying responsibility and
he acquitted himself in "A manner
that justiiics his constituents in
being proud of him.
II is true he has been criticised
by the Bone Dry"elcmcnt in the
Prohibition ranks. but Senator
Staley took the stand that if the
people Of Colorado had wanted to
stake the future Of the temper.
ancc cause upon a Bone Dry"
measure they would have done so
in the initiated bill. He took the
ground that the Bone Dry" bill
would have proven obnoxious
while the limitations allowing
two quarts Of whiskcy or six
bottles of wine or a case Of beer