Proposed Colorado Constitution Amendment on State Debt Limits
The text outlines a proposed amendment to Article XI Section 3 of the Colorado Constitution regarding public debt limits and bond issuance. It specifies annual debt caps, bond terms up to 1.2 million dollars, interest rates not exceeding four percent, and allocation of interest and principal across state funds and public schools. Voters will see ballots marked For the Amendment or Against the Amendment. Signed and sealed in Denver on August 3, 1. The document reflects formal gubernatorial transmission of the amendment for statewide vote.
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A. D. Bees
State of Colorade
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State of
Denver
State politics in Colorado muddled by rival silver tickets
A caustic critique outlines four rival state slates aligned with McKinley era camps the populist silverists and democrats. It describes alleged bribery and faction fights, lists ticket leaders from Canon City Pueblo Denver and Leadville, and mocks the claim of principled motives while urging voters to choose among the rival silver tickets.
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McKinley
Denver
Patterson
Judge Bailey
Canon City
B. Clark Wheeler
Rat Printer’ Fame
Tom Patterson
Ikey Stevens
Joe Williams
Joe Elwell
Pueblo
Davis H. Waite
Cour d’Alene
Leadville
Adams
Simon Guggenheim
Sheeney
Tramway
Union Water
Martin Corrigan
A. M. Stevenson
H. H. Eddy
Otto Mears
Letter on free silver and wage effects from M. R. Madison
A Denver letter from M. R. Madison of Gates New York argues that free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 would lower labor costs by reducing wages, allowing more to be bought with two days work for the price of one, and cites price declines in food and clothing to support the case.
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Denver
M. R. Madison
Gates
New York
Bryan
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