Index :: 1913 United States Senators

Assembly Ready to Ratify Choice of U.S. Senators

(Thomas and Shafroth Would Confer over Jobs to Be Given in State)

The election of United States Senators Thomas and Shafroth November 5, will be taken up for confirmation by the General Assembly January 14, in accordance with the provisions of the United States constitution.

The heavy Democratic majority in both houses of the legislature makes it improbable that the newly-elected senators will have any difficulty in securing majorities on the first vote.

Should either house fail to return a majority for either, a vote in the joint session would be necessary on the second day.  If majorities were not returned then, joint sessions would continue on each successive day until the close of the session if they were not secured before.

A meeting of the newly-elected congressmen and the senators, Shafroth and Thomas, has been called to consider the patronage expected to be extended them for appointment of Coloradoans to national positions.  It was postponed because of the slight illness of Senator Thomas and the matter will be dropped until the Colorado national representatives get to Washington.

It is expected that several consular offices, foreign diplomatic and numerous federal positions will be awarded to Coloradoans and the congressmen and senators from the state intend to secure as many as possible for their friends.  Senator Thomas will seek to secure a position in the treasury department for his son-in-law, W. P. Malburn, who at present is a member of the law firm of Thomas, Bryant, Nye, and Malburn.

It was expected that the general assembly would take up the confirmation of Thomas’ election after convening, but Governor Shafroth says that the law provides that it shall not be done until the second Tuesday in January, unless an extra session is called, which he declined to call in December.