Gunnison news-champion., 1920-01-02
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TOP AND ASSAULT STATE
PURSE WITH HUGE oILLA


TOP AND ASSAULT STATE
PURSE WITH HUGE olLLA
10y the Democratic stats Central
committse.)
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The armed guards In the corridor be-
fore the governors office snapped into
position.
Swinging around In his $3.50 special
brown mahogany armchair from his
800 special brown mahogany rolltop
desk to his $3.50 special brown mahos-
any flattop desk. Governor Shoup faced
the visitors who were seated In the
seven special brown mahogany arm
chairs 81, 500. dipped his pen in the
$3.50 special brown mahogany double
lnkwell set and affixed his signature
to the call for an extraordinary session
Of the Twenty-second General Assem-
bly,.
In pursuance OF the call thus elabo-
rately promulgated. the legislators met
solemnly In extraordinary session and
added &SS7. 900 to the total Of approx
mately $500. 900 which the ordinary sss-
sion left In appropriations In excess Of
the estimated revenues Of the state for
the biennial period. making q total
over-appropriation Of &1.337. 900. In
other words, before the extra session
the state had agreed to pay out $780,
900 which It has not and cannot get.
and now II has agreed to pay out 31,-
3S7. 900 which II has not and cannot
get. There IL also another, trifle Of
$4,000. constituting the expenses Of
the session. which must come from the
states treasury.
II ID not to be wondered at that in
all that splendor Of special brown ma
hogany furniture and that saturnaiia
Of spending money which the state has
not and cannot get, q two-fisted bill
aimed at the profiteer and designed to
reduce the cost Of living had few
friends and died by the waysidc, with
mono % poor to do II reverence" It
passed the Democratic Senate with a
whoop, but when It got into the Re
publican House OF Representatives. II
dIeG quiet death by suffocation,
Speaker Allyn Cole administering the
anesthetic. II is an era Of prosper
ity" Of the good. old-fashloned Repub-
Iican type. in which money 10 thrown
to the winds with no thought for the
day Of reckoning which always comes.
The state has just emerged from one
mlllionaires' campaign and 10 just en-.
ter1ng on another. so why waste any
time on petty little measures like an
anti-profiteering bill7 Why waste time
trying to bring down the cost Of living
when every millionaire has oil the
money he needsf
Only two measures which were
passed during the extra session did not
carry appropriations, and Of those two
one was the woman suffrage resolu.
tion-the ostenxible issue foR which the
extra session was called-and the 9TH
er was q proposed constitutional
amendment to raise the salaries of
governors and judges. the former prob.
ably % that no future governor will
have to sit In rags In the midst Of bis
special brown mahogany splendor.
OF the other measures, one appro-
priated 1927 900 for the state reforma-
tory. another $35. 900 for the asylum at
Pueblo, another 10000 for the indus
trial school. another $4,000 for the
School Of Mines, and another gave
$4,000 for maintaining the National
Guard during the coal strlke-total,
&5S7 900. and the state already was
about $500. 900 over it, income for the
tsFmi That means only one thing
higher taxes, but there wasn't tima 70
help the little fellow stretch his pay
check from one Saturday night - A.
other!
The Investigation Of the constable
larry, which promised to furnish the
state with some interesting and sur
prising revelations concerning its
armed prohibition forces, was the one
thing the administration didn't want.
It passed the Senate, but when II got
into the camp Of its friends in the
House the Republicans promptly
knitted It and laid It away. A real H.
vestigation would have been interest
ing to the public. and Z grand jury In
vestigation might help some to bring
the facts to light.
The theft Of the rich mans auto
mobile Ii more important than the
theft Of the poor mans pay-cheek in
this age Of millionaire politics. 70 the
anti-automobile theft measure went
through on wings while the anti-prof-
lteering measure was strangied 10 the
HOUSE.
The net cost Of furnishing the gov
ernor's rooms In the capitol, ~ shown
By vouchers on fIls In the auditors sf-
flee. was approximately $3.50. after
dsducting tie discount which the state
10 allowed - all purchases. The or
dinaHy fellow. who = fighting day By
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