Gilpin observer., 1919-01-30
STATE CAPITOL.
NEWS
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Western Newspaper Union News Service,
Denver.-Governor Shoup has issued
proclamation in memory of EXPIRES
ident Theodore Roosevelt which calls
on Colorado to observe February as
day set apart by the act of Con-
gress for memorial services, as fol-
lows:
whereas, The people of our nation
mourn the loss of Theodore Roosevelt,
patriot, soldier, statesman, and
President of the republic, who depart
ed this life on Jan. s, 1919, at an hour
when not alone our nation, but the
whole world, most needed the aid of
his fearless and powerful mind in the
period of reconstruction following the
Great War; and
Whereas, Irrespective of creed or
political affiliation, this great citizen
| enjoyed the affection and respect OF
all our people to a degree unexcelled
by any man in the history of our ma
ton, and because he stood foremost as
an example of true Americanism,
maintaining the dignity of America at
home and abroad, and as an exponent
Of the highest private and public vir-
tue; and
Whereas, Our people universally
desire to give expression to their sor
row and to do appropriate honor to
his memory;
"Now, Therefore, I, Oliver H. Shoup,
as governor of the state of Colorado,
do hereby, in accord with an act OF
Congress, proclaim Sunday, the ninth
day of February. A. D., nineteen hun
dred and nineteen, as day set apart
In our homes, in our churches, in our
public and private councils, and in the
hearts of our loyal citizens for me-
mortal services to the memory OF
this great American
in witness whereof, l have here
unto set my hand and caused the
great seal of the state to be affixed at
the state capitol, Denver, Colo, this
twentieth day of January, A. D.. nine
teen hundred and nineteen.
OLIVER II. SHOUP,
ATTEST: Governor of Colorado
JAMES r. holland,
Secretary of State"
Complications which the House
Democrats provoked in the final con-
sideration of the short appropriation
bill over the civil service wrangle are
now squarely up to Senate Democrats
to undo or fight through to the bitter
end. The house passed the money
bill for four months salaries, but, ow-
ing to strict party lines, the Demo
Gratis bested the Republicans when it
came to putting the measure into i'm
mediate effect. The bill required
thirty-three votes-a majority-for
passage. This was granted. The
emergency clause takes forty-foui
votes. or two-thirds of the member
ship. The result was 80 to 90, four
members being absent-Hall and
Kelly of Chaffee, Republicans, and
Mayer of Eagle and Sweinhart, Demo
Gratis.
The state of Colorado can make all
the necessary provisions for a farm
for every returning soldier with the
expenditure of little money, accord
ing to the plan proposed to the Colo
rado Legislature by DR.. Elwood Mead
head of the soldiers service branch
Of the Department of the Interior.
DR.. Mead recommends a bond issue
for the purpose Of purchasing land
and preparing 1t for settlement by
the soldiers, the settlers themselves
to repay in fifty years the principal
and interest of the bonds, leaving II
to the state to give its credit and the
advantage of organized and skilled
direction. Secretary Lanes recon.
mendation to Congress for practical
federal aid for the returning soldiers
dous Significance" said DR.. Mead to
the Colorado legislators, but you
ought not to depend on Congress
alone. The state of Colorado should
take affirmative action before her sol.
diers come home. We have 100000
men withdrawn from the ordinary pur.
suits of life. and the problem of read.
justing to conditions of peace our in.
dustries which are arranged on war
basis is before us for solution. Many
of the soldiers will refuse to return
to indoor life, and the state must
make some provision for them" DR..
Mead cited various examples of sol.
die- settlements established in Calf.
ornia, where 100 to 200 soldiers with
their families were being located in
each settlement Cooperative buying
and selling of commodities was i'm.
proving conditions and making the
farming success. Senators and rep
resentatives Joined in discussion fol-
lowing DR.. Mead's address, Of feasible
plans for state aid for Colorado's re-
turned soldiers. Representative ]. r..
RAIDER Of Denver expressed the opinion