Pueblo chieftain., 1921-03-13

The Spot Light
SUNDAY. March 13, 1921.

various reasons, including the .ab-
senoe Of passes and the High Cost
of Travelling, my trip has been un-
avoidably delayed. But at last am
able to assure the Spotlight readers
that the Twenty-third General Assem-
bly, is still getting together, with varl-
GUS interesting results of these en-
eoun.ers,. between House and Senate,
or between individual members.
The first thing | noticed after i
entered the Capitol building was the
omission of most important piece OF
legislation. Among the thousand or
more bills introduced at the begin
ming of the session, nobody thought
TO propose an appropriation to sup
ply lunches for those waiting to see
the governor. This is sad over
sight. The chairs in the governor S
office arc comfortable and invite to
placid repose. Tho view of the
mountains from the windows is
superb. But how can these waiting
visitors tell the Governor how to gov
ern when the chief burden of their
sub is, When do we
eati An appropriation of S25o,ooo
bv the state, to match an equal
amount that the city of Denver would
be glad to supply, would give the
Governors visitors light lunch, or
a near-light-lunch, increase the num-
ber of The Governor visitors, and
add to Colorsdo's reputation for hos
pitality.
Then when at last you get next TO
the Governor you could meet him on
equal terms, for the Governor has
the appearance, SO to speak, of being
we'll lunched, an appearance that does
not at MI alter the fact that the
Governor is on TO his job. What
ever may have been the case IN his
first term, when the politicians on
one side and the graftrs on the eth
ar, or the two of them on both sides
at once, may have been able to "slip
ono over Oliver" as the proverb
SAYS, anyone in Colorado now who
knows what he is talking about and
tells it straight. will say that Gov
crnor Shoup knows what he is trying
to do and is doing It.
Colorado Is fortunate in having n
governor at this particular time who
has Just two things IN his mind. Ono
of these is to give the people of
Colorado the best possible state gov
crnment, and the other Is to unif,
and strengthen the Republican party
ss much as possible. And the Gov
ornor has the idea that there is a
close connection between these two
purposes, and that the best way to
strengthen the party is to give the
people good government.
Oliver Shoup isn't the first man or
the first governor who has had that
same idea, but the interesting thing
about the present situation Is that
Cdorado's present governor Is 50
fixed that he can carry his idea into
actual practice. / don I believe that
anybody in Colorado, or outside of IT,
could offer this governor anything
that he wants bad enough to make
him forget his duty to the people of
Colorado, and the fact that Governor
Shoup doesn't have to worry about
some of the things that most other
men do worry about, and Is naturally
inclined to be politically indepcnd-
ent as well as financially unimpres-
sionable, works to tho advantage of
a governor who is trying to give the
people genuine business admins
tration. and of the people who arc
fortunate enough to have that kind
of governor.
The governors main idea is that
tho Republican state platform IS a
contract with the people; that having
promised to do certain things IN or
der to get the votes, and having re
ccived the votes upon that promise,
1T is now up to the party in power
TO do what it said it would do. That
may be startling proposition to
some persons, in or out Of the cap
i.ol, but it looks TO me like pretty
straight business ard pretty good
politics, and think that most of the
people of the state will back the
governor in that proposition.
And want to say, too, before the
space runs out, that with few cNccp-
tions, the state officials and the sen
atcrs and the representatives ap-
provo this general policy and arc do
ing their parts in making 1t effective
in administration and IN legislation.
Unfortunately, there are some dis
turbing elements. After | left the
governors office and went upstairs,