The Delta independent., 1889-04-02
THELEGISLATURE.
CONDENSED ACCOUNT OF THE
PROCEEDINGS OF THIS
BODY.
SATURDAY, MARCH 20.


SBNATt-The Senate held but one session.
A number of bills to establish judicial dis
tricts and define terms of court, ETC., were
reported by the Judiciary Committee and
recommended for indefinite postponement
Page Bradford was dismissed from furth-
er service on account of his "supreme con-
tempt for the legislature The rest Of
the morning was spent in Committee of the
Whole and at noon the Senate adjourned
until Monday.
HoUsE-Mr. Grafton moved to reconsider
the vote by which Senate Bill No. los, to
allow the Board of Capitol Commissioners
TO pay for material used in the Capito
building.
Motion prevailed. Bill placed on third
Speaker Eddy moved to reconsider the
vote by which the recommendations of the
Committee of the Whole that Senate
amendments to House Bill No. SO, for the
construction of a bridge across the Grand
in was lost. Carried.
Mr.. Eddy then moved that tho first
amendment, increasing the appropriation
from t35, 600 to t45,OO0 be concurred in
Carried.
Senate Bill No. 112, to authorize edu-
tational institutions to confer degrees
Passed.
Senaty Bill No. 255, to repeal an act en-
titled '.An act to prevent discrimination in
the sale or delivery of news items, news
punishment therefor" Approved April
4, 1887 Passed.
Senate Joint Memorial No o, to estab.
lish terms of the Federal Courts of Lead
vile, Colorado. Passed.
Senate Bill No. 1ss, granting a pension
and other relief to Richard CaHrey, late a
private in the Colorado National Guard,
and who received permanent injury in the
Ute war; so called, while in the line Of
Senate Bill No. s3l, authorizingthe Board
OF Capitol Managers to lay out ornament
and beautify the grounds Of the Capitol
building of the State of Colorado, and for
an appropriation therefor. Bill passed
but the emergency clause waa lost
MONDAY, MABcH Is.
SESArE-House Bill No 81, to make an
appropriation for the Supreme Court IL
brary, was passed unanimously.
House Bill No. l16, TO modify the law re-
lating to conspiracy, was passed.
House Bill No. S37, TO establish the coun-
" OF hiowa and the county seat thereof at
Sheridan Lake, providing for the appoint
mcnt Of its precinct and county officers,
fixing the term Of court therein, and attach
ing the same to Tenth Senatorial and
Third Judicial District, was passed with an
emergency clause by an unanimous vote.
House Bill No. al, TO create the county
| OF Comanche was killed.
Senator Kinkaid moved to reconsider the
! motion whereby Willie Bradford was dis
charged from his position as page.
The motion TO reconsider was adopted.
Senator McCreery moved TO lay the mo.
ton TO discharge the boy on the table and
said that il WAS for the sake of his rela-
| uves. Adopted.
A message from the Governor was re-
ceivcd and the Senate then went into ex-
ecutive session TO consider the nomina,
| tiops Of the Governor.
Senator X. B. Weiser was confirmed as
ide-de-camp on the Governors stan. with
out reference TO any committee.
tx Senator Charles f. Stubbs was CON
hrmed as . member of the State yeterin-
ary and Sanitary Board, without reference
To any committee. The Senate then ad-
| iourIed-
Housr-Thc following bills were passed
House Bill No. $50. TO suppress and eradi.
cate foul brood and other infectious and
contagious diseases Of bees.
House Bill No. las, to establish the
county Of Sedgwick The rest Of the day
was spent in Committee of the Whole.
many important bills being under consid
GRAFTON.
TUESDAY, MARCH &c.
SESArE.-The bill to build q bridge a,
Glcnwood Springs was passed unanimously
a. was the one appropriating s2a,0oO for
the construction of the Fourteenth Street
vtnduct in Denver. House Bill No. "a,
which was defeated in the Senate was
rcsurrected by "A motion to reconsider, and
| its friends being present,it was passed. and
goee 70 His ESeellency the Governor for
his signature. The bill providing for the
inspection of metalliferous mines was
passed.
Senate Bill No, 3l3,to improve the water.
courses OF Coal Creek, to check the damage
from hoods by constructing u reservoir at
the head of Coal Creek upon or adjacent to
sections 20, IS or "a, township 4 south,
| range Is west, In the County of Arapahoe !:
| To appropriate 10000 for the payment of
the same and for the purchase Of a site
therefor and TO provide for the regulation
| OF the How of water therefrom was passed
HOUSE, The House indefinitely post
| poned House bill No. 3l6, which proposed
to substitute salaries for fees for the
county officers of Arapahoe County. The
pill was introduced by Colonel Baliinger
by request, and when the measure came
up he stated that as il only applied 10
Arapahoe County he had no interest in it.
No member of the Arapahoe delegation had
| anything to say in favor of the bill and the
motion to postpone II was agreed to, as
House bill No. l5i, which covered substan-
tally the same ground.
The House did large amount of work
at the forenoon session and killed n great
calendar was entirely cleared before the
noon recess, and when tho House met at
] 30 IL was the Intention to take up We'd
nceday's calendar and dispose. OF ut least
| portion OF IL. A matter which IL was
thought had been disposed of in the fore
noon was, however, again called up and
tho entire afternoon taken upin tho most
| interesting parliamentary contest of the
session over this question. The measure
which occasioned the struggle was Senate
bill No. lo4, proposing to locate q
State normal school at Greeley and ap-
| propriating &, 900 for that purpose. When
the bill came up in Committee Of the Whole
In the forenoon, its passage was favored by
Mr.. Davidson, Mr.. Eddy, Mr.. Reed and
Mr.. Grafton, while Mcesrs. Huribut, Par
cish, Cranst on nnd Metcalf opposed Il. No
long speeches were matic and nothing was
said to indicate that there was 70 b any in
tcnsc or bitter fight over the rieAsure. The
arguments urged against the passage Of
| the bill were simply that such an institu
tion was not q public necessity and that in
the present condition OF tho State finances
no appropriation could.be made for that
purpose. :.
The result of tho discussion was that the
Committee of the Whole agreed to recon-
mend to the House that tho consideration
ofthc bill be indefinitely postponed. Whom
tho committee rose to report, however, tho
friends OF the measure succeeded in having
| the motion to indefinitely postpone voted
down and sent II to tho revision COMMITTEES
with RECOMMENDATION that II DO passed.
When tho House mot in the afternoon,
thoaa, opposed to the mcssurc determined 10
mako another effort to kill IL and had the
vote by which IL waa recommended for
passage rcconsidered Mr. EDDY then
asked that IL be laid on tho table, from
which u could at any time have beon taken