The Delta independent., 1891-05-14
STATE NEWS.

Colorado Springs has new $40. 900 |
Baptist church.
The Pueblo mineral palace will be
opened July lst.
Another Episcopal church has been
organized in Pueblo.
The bodies OF the men killed near
Crested Butte by snow slides are being
found.
A woolen mill has been started a.
Denver. 1t will employ fifty hands and
can turn out fifteen dozen garments per
day.
The State Convention OF the Young
Peoples Society of Christian Endeavot
was in session at Pueblo on the 1th and
Sth
The body OF n dead man was found
near Monument on the ,th. There was a
bullet hole through him. Supposed muir
der.
Fred. Emerson, u boy left in charge
of private lake near Arvada, was beaten
into insensibility by two men who wanted
10 fish there.
The body OF Ferdinand Kries was
found in the Platte at Denver on the
9Th He had been killed and thrown into
tho stream.
Mrs. L. +. Kokowshy will be secre-
tary of the school board at Silver Cliff tor
tho next three years. Her plurality over
the three gentlemen was sixteen.
Leadville has OF late enjoyed the
honor OF having two rival police depart
ncnts, Republican and Democratic.
Judge Goddard has Just decided in favor
OF the Republican faction.
Another accident occurred in the
western end Of the Busk. .Ivanhoe tunnel.
man named John Flicker was employed
near tho air drills, when the drill rod Ge,Y
out and struck him In the mead. He died
afew minutes later.
Work has been commenced on the
road gp Bear Creek canon TO Lake Mo
raine. 1t is the intention OF the company
building the road 20 have It completed
within the next thirty days. The cost Of
the roSd will b abOu, sl5 900.
Professor Hesdoen, OF Denver. to
whom was assign cd the task OF examining
the body OF tne late Mrs BarBaby for
poison, reports that he ends arsenic The
"orrels, OF Beaver, and tho mysterious
DIR. Graves will be called To Deaycr L;
once to testify.
Ex-Governor Cooper heads n novel
corporation, entitled the "world's Fair
Savings and Transportation Company
The purpose Of the company is 10 provide
IN economical and safe manner Of trans
por.atiou from all points in the State to
and from the Worlrhs FAIR a, Chicago,
providing such porsons. while in attend
ance al tho Worlds Fair with hotel ac-
comriodanoas. Such trans spor,ation and
accommodation are 10 bo paid for on the
iustal!Tien, plan At the rate OF - cents per
wcck.
II was discovered few weeks ago
that the legislature had made n grave
mistake in estimating the revenue and
expense accounts for the coming two
years aud that the amount OF tho appro-
pria'ions would exceed the revenue by
nearly sioO,ooo. As there will no, be
enough money In the treasury TO pay all
appropriations the auditor Is in an cmbar-
RAISING position, as 10 which 10 pay first
He will probably decide to draw warrants
in favor OF bills which first became laws.
leaving those last signed to go withou,
Governor Routt has vetoed the bill
passed by the Legislature TO pay number
of warrants on account OF Collier &
Cicavcland and others which are claimed
by some to be illegal. Tho Goyorpor
says; "A large number OF those war
rants were issued on account of services
claimed to have been rendered 10 thu
State under contracts. tho validity of
which has been the subject OF much di,-
cussion and some litigation; and c;sers
were drawn and issued in payment for
services OF employees of tho Seventh Con
cral Assembly, the Legality OF the employ
ment OF such servants ociug also n matter
Of controversy; and the state treasurer
having raised the qdestion us TO the valid
ity OF those war; ants and as to the binding
effect thereof IN the State, do not con-
ceive that II is proper for tho legislative
departing. 1T TO assume to pass upon the
questio ds which were so raised, and, in
TACT as l am advised, 1t Is extremely cues.
uc.aablc whether the Legislature posses
ses constitutional authority to take any
such nction In the promises. In view OF
tho doubt Us their legality aud in view Of
the fact that the financial condition Of the
State 10 such Us to require the most rigid
economy aud retrenchmont,i 1t seems to me
that TO permit the Legislature to pass un
act instructing tho payment of claims of
this character by the treasurer without
regard to the question OF tho validity
thersof,o or as to whether the State received
value 10 the Issuance thereof, would bc
, setting dangerous precedent, and ono
which might In tho future cause irrcpar-
ablo injuries to tho State; and inasmuch
ns tho entire population OF Colorado has
IN interest in the funds which are sought
TO bc thus disposed Of, and the executive
officers OF tho State are acting simply as
tho trustees Of the people in the proper
disbursement thereof, am OF tho opinion
that these warrants should no. bo puid by
tho treasurer until their validity has been
established In tho method pointed out by
the district court md beyond any quos-
tion.n
The amount paid out in Colorado