COLORADO: Prelude to Ruin

Three weeks ago Democratic Governor Edwin Carl Johnson addressed a special session of Colorado's General Assembly in portentous words:

"This nation will never fall beneath the conquering tread of an invader. It will never be lured to chaos and destruction by the red flag of Communism. If this Government is destined to follow the course of human history and, in the fullness of time, to fall into ruin and decay, it will perish as the result of official dishonesty and corruption within the State and nation!"

As harbinger of ruin and decay, Governor Johnson...