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Show THE COLORADO RUMPUS. Alamosa Independent Journal: Why do legislators w furiously rage together, and why do they imagiue parliamentary laws a vain thing! Leadville Dispatch: It really looks to an impartial observer as if the Eigtbth Generally Assembly intended to play a star comedy engagement. Idaho Springs News: In disgusting sceues and futility iu accomplishing needed legislatio n for tho people, the Eighth Ueuoral Assuiuply is a world-beater. world-beater. Pueblo Chieftain: It is the foolklller aud uot thu State militia whose services are needed just uow iu the house of representatives of the eighth geueral assembly of Colorado. Trinidad Advertiser: Colorado is bound to distance all competitors in the way of nrilllant legislatures. The last aggregation made a record for opeu handed plundering of the treasury that has never been equaled, while tho present bids fair to make a lighting record that even John L. would not be ashamed of. In the meantime the people peo-ple pay the bills. Colorado Graphic: The legislative situation is uot very "deplorable," after all. The light is between two republican re-publican factions. The democrats, in the minority, must take one side or tho othnr. They could not divide. Today is as opportune as tomorrow to decide the quarrel. The expense is trifling compared with the excitement and the good results to follow. Colorado Springs Republican: Tho war at Denver goes merrily on. There has beeu such a thing as legislative body beiug prorogued when their ac tious passed all bounds, aud there are people in this State who are beginning begin-ning to thing and say that the governor should shut up the legislature and call a new election. The people of this state are not going to stand this thing much onger. Colorado Springs Gazette: The amount of it is there is no gang or anti-gaug anti-gaug about the present coutet; it is law aud order on one side aud revolution on the other; party loyalty on the one side and party treachery on the other; decency de-cency ou the one side and personal spite aud ambition on the other. These are the dividing line of the two parties now warring in our legislature. Grand Junction Star: Colorado has had a sufficiency of crooked legislation. It has been robbed by dishonest men and has been a target for many unsavory un-savory deals. The people have bad enough of this kind of work aud want good honest legislation that will be above tho breath of suspicion. There is but ono way in which the Eighth General Assemply can clear itself, and that is by unearthing and punishing the bribers. Trinidad Advertiser: The presece of an armed force of Pinkerton men in the legislative halls of a state like Colorado Col-orado seems to be an unwarranted proceeding, pro-ceeding, and one that is likely, to bring serious trouble. Such a state of ullatrs cannot help but make the blood of high-spirited men boil when they realize real-ize that the armed men are there to force them into subjection. It would not be at all surprising should there be a most serious conflict as a result, but we trust that good sense will prevail. |