Pueblo chieftain., 1921-03-24
The Republican Party in Power Must
Keep the Pledges Of the Republican
Party Platform

| The time has come when the individual Republic
cans of Colorado have both the right and the duty to
insist that the Republicans of the legislature shall full
f the pledges of the party that made to the peo-
pie in the Republican state platform of 1920.
The men and women of Colorado, in the Republican
party or outside of party lines, not seriously
cerned about the appointment of any individual Reub
lican any poston neither they greatly concerned
about the personal ambition of any member of the
ate the house of representatives But they great
lily concerned about the future welfare of Colorado and
its people
The Twenty-third general assembly has been
in session nearly three months. To this date not
snge constructive has reached Governor Shoup
for his signature. That is disgracefu record and it
is record that is already serious injury the Re-
publican party.
Not minutes delay fairly be charged to
the Democrats of either house. They have given Re-
publicans full sway in both houses, and have by
motion, speech datory tactics of any kind hndered
legislation To degree quite unprecedented they have
not taken advantage of any situation along the line of
narrow partisan maneuvering.
The delay in legislation in this assembly is charge
able directly to the Republicans and the people of the
state, at least many of them correctly in
formed of what is going in the capitol, know this.
Last fall the Republicans promised certain constructive
legislation if the people by their votes would put the
legislative power in the partys hands That power
given to the Republican candidates and thus far they
have not used it for the fument of those promises
Many constructive have been introduced
in both houses Some have gone thrr, one house. and
thru the other, but they all quietly reposng
in the secuson of the desk of chairman of
committee and Of them has reached the
The chief for this shameful and dangerous
condition is factional quarrel appointments The
governor and the house hold opinions that contrary
to those held by the senate The and the house
have pounded the senate beyond the limits of what the
senators think they should be pounded The senate has
delayed consideration and passage of measures that
should have been approved long ago, has gone to
extremes in expressing its disapprova of nominations
and of legislation recommended by the governor
Matters have progressed to a point where the
platform pledges of the party in danger of repuda-
uon and where serious split in the Republican party
is imminent If such factional split comes it may be
many before it is healed and the party interests
will be dangerously imperiled
Are the Republican men and women who supported
the party in good faith the last election and the
thousands of independent voters who trusted that the
Republican promises would be kept, to be betrayed
ties and selfish nterestsf
If the majority party, occupying such position of
advantage as no party has held in Colorado for many
years. is riven asunder, the Republicans the capitol
who hold the positions of party responsibility as well
of public power will have to bear the blame for that
division.
The future of the Republican party of Colorado
and the political welfare of one hundred and ffty tbou
sand men and women voters of the state not be
ruined by the inability of less than hundred elected
officials to agree upon the details of program the
essential featuro of which outlined last Septeber
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! There must be, and there is some wry of escape
from this unhappy condition. The responsibility for
finding that rests with the legislature the governor
and the state officials of the Republican party
i Republicans generally not grea, concerned
over whose name appears the head of law as its
author over the personal prestige of champion of
progressive idea in government but they are interested