The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-08-30
RESOLUTION OFFERED IN
HOUSE BY TORBIT OF
Ell PASO COUNTY

| Ell PASO COUNTY
Just before the special session ad-
journed, Representative Torbit of Ell
Paso County offered the following
resolution to the House and asked
that it be spread upon the Journal.
The request was granted without an
objecting vote The resolution speaks
for itself and is campaign platform
that will come in handy in the aext
election. The resolution follows:
WHEREAS, the Twenty-first Cen
eral Assembly convened in Extraor-
dinary Session is now about to COM
plete its labors and be disbursed. and,
WHEHEAS, the Republican MEM
bers of the House, under somewhat
unusual and trying conditions, have
taken an active part in the legis-
that the constitutional authorities
be not embarrassed in time of great
national stress and local peril.
NOW THEREFORE BE 1T RE-
SOLVED. that the Republican men,
bers of the House, assembled in eau
Gus, while deploring the fact that the
call converting them in Extraordinary
Session was not sufficiently broad in
its scope to allow the consideration of
certain matters by them deemed of
great Importance, particularly,
"a the reasonable regulation of
food. fuel and other necessities of life
so as to prevent the dispoilation of the
General Public by unpatriotic specu-
lators in those commodities:
(2) such changes in the Absent
Voters Law as would enable our sold
iers now about to be sent beyond the
borders of our state, to vote: and
(3) the diverting of funds already
raised or provided for by mill or levy
or otherwise from their present ap-
plication wherever advisable, and di-
recting their application to the pay
J ment of expenses incurred on account
of our present unusual necessity, but
mindful of the prerogative vested in
the Governor of our State, whereby
it is his peculiar function to circum-
scribe by proclamation the activities
of the Generay Assembly in, Extra
ordinary Session, do hereby declare
and pledge anew, at parting, their
faith in those great principals of Rep
resentative Government WI ereby
those in authority by popular will,
, must be respected and obeyed, in or
der that the law may prevail and be
justified regardless of persons, and
pledge their continued support to
constructive program of law and or
der at all times.
During the closing hours of the spe-
cial session of legislature, Senator De-
Busk of Trinidad, the man who placed
Julius C. Gunter in nomination for
Governor, on the floor of the Senate,
said the present Governor went into
| office under the most favorable cir
cumstances, but he will go out the
| most discredted man who ever held
that office, with one exception. This
remark came because Governor Gun
ter was demanding bill for state
police as he could preserve law and
order in Colorado. In marked con-
trast to the language of DeBusk was
that of Senator Fincher of Brecken-
ridge, who was, in fact the majority
leader of the session and who, by ex-
ceptionally brilliant work, won the
Governors program. Senator Fin
cher arose, as DeBusk sat down, and
said:
81 would be wanting in fairness did
l not take this occasion to rise to my
feet and publicly thank the Repub-
lican members of this body for their
fairness, their patriotism and their
loyalty in an emergency. Facing a
crisis, we have been called here by the
Governor to do certain things. l re-
gret exceedingly that members of my
own party have seen fit to play petty
politics and give more heed to prom
ises of future political reward, than
they have to the voice of their Cover
nor. Yet it is pleasure to note the
minority members of this body, those
who did not support this man for Gov
ernor with their votes last fall, have
overlooked petty politics, and honeyed
lords of agitators. and have been fair,
loyal and patriotic. wish again to
thank them"
The recent special session Of the
legislature with strong working
Democratic majority, passed bills