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Show Colorado has arather peculiar problem prob-lem on her hands. The legislature that met two years ago was very extravagant, extrava-gant, while the departments of tho stato government were conducted in such a manner that enormous raids on tho stato treasury were successfully made. I'pon the advice of the attorney general, tho treasurer refused to pay some of tho warrants that were issued for some of the exorbitant bills, and the same have been a subject of controversy contro-versy ever since. It has been held that tho warrants should bo paid to protect the credit of t! state. All those who were in sympathy with tho men who controlled the offending legislature have taken this ground; and the influence of this class was strong enough in the last assembly to secure the passage of a bill providing for the redemption of tho warrants. This was supposed lo settle the matter, but Governor Koi rr has interposed bis veto. The governor declares that tho subject is one that should be left to tho courts for settlemont. His veto message mes-sage has renewed tho newspaper discussion, dis-cussion, and the old argument regarding regard-ing the credit of the state is being rigorously plied. Tub Times is of tho belief that Governor Routt is right. The question is one for the courts; and if the warrants shall bo held to bo illegal, thu stato does not want to have anything to do with them. The injury to tho credit of the commonwealth from rcpudiatson of these warrants would not be half as great as would follow from publication to the world that the stato stood ready to endorse theft in high places. |