, 1890-02-02
FEE BILL COMMITTEE.
The House Partisan Action De-
nounced in the Council.
Two Democrats and a Republican
on the Question.
There Will be no Joint Committee
on Salary Bill.
THE CRIMINAL CODE.

THE CRIMINAL CODE
The council convened promptly at 10
o'clock Yesterday with all the members
present except Mr.. McGill. Mr.. Murphy
introduced two bills. The first specifies
the manner of procedure in criminal
cases where a surety desires to deliver up a
defendant during vacation time of courts.
1t provides that the defendant may be
surrendered to the Judge OF the court. the
sheriff of the proper county, or it no
Indictment has been found, to a Justice OF
the peace of the proper county. All
such surrenders shall be made in the court
house and the prisoner committed to jail
unless he enters %surities for his appear
pearance at the next term of court. Mr..
Murphy's bill recites that all o~ffenses
shall be bailable except capital crimes,
and that no person shall be admitted to
bail after an indictment has been found
against him for a capital %offense.
CAPITOL EENTAL.
Hr. Hunters bill relating to the rent
ing of rooms at the capitol building
passed the council. The bill gives the
capitol building commission authority to
rent, for a period not exceeding two
years, to the county commissioners of
Laramie county the rooms in the capitol
building known as the supreme court
room, the supreme judges room and the
clerk of the supreme courts room. The
amount of rental agreed upon is to be
paid quarterly.
BoUNTIEs.
In the committee of the whole the
house substitute for Mr.. Reels bill re-
garding bounties on wild animals was dis
cussed and referred to the printing COM
mittee for printed copies of the substi-
tute.
PARTISAN POLITICS.
The house amendment to council Joint
resolution No. 4 relating to the appoint
ment of a joint special COMM ttee with in
structions to prepare a bill for the adjust
mens of salaries of county officers, created
considerable discussion.
Mr.. Hunter clearly and briefly reviewed
the history of the resolution and showed
that the house of representatives were en-
deavoring to drag party spirit into legis
lation which should be free from partisan
ship. The house raised no objection to
the officers salary bill going to a joint
committee composed of the ways and
committees of both houses although the
representatives from each house on this
Joint committee would have been the
same number, five members. but when
Mr.. Campbell, who asked to get
the matter into the hands of a
less cumbersome committee proposed
a Joint committee of three from
each house, the house immediately re-
ieotel 1t and returned the resolution with
the amendment that the committee be
composed of three members from the
house and two from the council. The
object of this move was apparent. The
house ways and means committee was
composed of five Republicans, not a sin.
gle Democrat being placed upon it, Will,
In the council the same committee was
composed of three Democrats and two
Republicans. The house was evidently
unwilling hat the council should have an
equal representation In point of numbers
before a Joint committee to consider this
question, unless it could be sure of hav-
ing the CO nmittee overwhelmingly Re
publican, and the speaker favored drop.
ping the matter and advocated taking up
Mr.. Campbell's bill relating to officers
salaries, and allow the house to do the
same with any bills on the same subject
which had been introduced in that body.
Mr.. Reel was of the same opinion. He
advocated leaving politics out OF meas
ures of this kind when the interests OF
the whole community, regardless OF poll.
tics, we're affected, but was emphatic in
the belief that a stop should be put to
the partisan spirit displayed in this mat
ter by the house. He contrasted the
more important committees of the house
which were not accorded a single Demo
cratic representative. with the same com
mittees in the council where the Repub,
licans were in all case given places.
Mr.. Galbraith made a forcible speed
on the question. He agreed with Mr.
Reel on the quest ion of legislating OF
this question without regard to party
His county was looking for an adjustment
Of the county officers salary question
and he favored the quickest way of get
ting to work upon it. The result wa.
that the house amendment ives rejected
the council voting in favor of Mr.. Hun.
ter's motion of non-concurment.
Mr.. Liggett's bill relating to coroners'
iuries was considered in the committee o.
the whole and recommended for passage.
The bill reduces the number of Jurors
from six to three, and the iuries on in
quests upon persons killed in coal mints
shall have one practical miner upon the
Jury, instead of three as in the last,