The Meeker herald., 1893-02-11

| depTedatlons unanimously adopted. H.
F. Hunters resolution in favor of holding two
| night sessions beginning next week, was
| adopted by 30 to % votes.
The Funderburg resolution TO appoint an
| other committee 10 inquire into the Goody-
| kuntz-Hurd-Gcorge scandal was called up.
Several member. thought that the Senate in-
vestlgating committee was sufiicient Alter
| "a long debate the resolution was adopted,
| The House unanimously adopted the fesou-
ton approving the passage OF the bill IA Ia
vor OF tie Kindergarten being part of the
| common schools and OF the bills approved by
| the Denver Trades Assembly.
The bill TO require employees to pay their
| men every two weeks was taken up again
! The substitute to except railroads was defeat
| cd
Mr. Page said he was farmer and repre-
scnted au agricultural constituency. IL
would cause hardshlps TO the farmer In it,
present form. He suggested that IL be made
to apply to men who worked by the naI' ION
yard or piece. Hc would like 10 vote for the
bill because its provisions would heneht a
great many people, An amendment embody-
ing this resolution agreed to. Then Sir
Thomas offered a substitute that yiolators be
mulcted In damages TO twice the amount due
| and that employers have written notice oil "A
demand for wages This was adopted. The
bill was then reported to the House fayorably
by vote Of 30 to %. a large number oil
bills were introduced.
Fen. l-SEsArE.- Editor Paddock was
called before the bar of the Senate under the
| charge Of contempt and read statement ia
which he declared that the charges madi,
In HIS paper that the White Wing Democrats
had been paid 5000 TO remain In the held In
the late campaign were based solely on hear
say evidence and that lie did not intend any
contempt IN refusing to give the name Of the
man who had made the statement to him.
lie also refused to answer several other qucs.
lions. After some discussion OF the matter,
MIR Paddock was discharged from custody
The memorial to Congress urging the annex
alton OF the Sandwich Islands was adopted.
House Joint memorial No. |, by Bouyngc
mcmorialzlng Congress 10 pass n bill for the
| free and unlimited coinage OF silver at the
| present ratio, was adopted
J. w Browning Of Denver and j. II. Lewis
! OF Monte Vista were confirmed commits
| sloucrs Of the Soldier, and Sailors Home,
| A message was received from the governor
J announcing his approval OF the Worlds Fair
| bill.
New bills Wheeler, to pay expenses Of
delegates to the meeting Of the B-Motalllc
League; Swlnk. to pay huuntIcs for beet
sugar. Armstrong, extending the right OF
| suffrage to women and submitting tho act TO
vote u, the next general election; 10 prssen,
! commission; MeGoyncy, approprlating sl00,-
J 600 for completing the State Capitol.
| HoUsE.-Complaints were made against
, several committees because they had not re-
ported bills of importance. The adverse re-
! port on the bill To require iiiCu companies Ia
| destroy noxious weeds along bitches was not
| agreed to. and the bill wilt be considered Ia
: committee of the whole.
Mr. Hyues' bill to license steam engineers
was considered In committee Of the whole
The whole afternoon was spent In the discus
sion without action.
! New bills: kiltun, requiring railroad com
panlcs TO pay full damages for stock Killed
TO grant woman suffrage; Bouynge, to nuent
the registration law, TO remove nAmcs Of vot
th. no, At Non,
election, Drake, TO protect fish and game
Lennari, requiring county officers TO tGrI
their fees over to county treasurer
Fen. 2-SESATE.-Senator Israel Of III,
special committee investigating the salaric
OF offices and clerks, reported that rs n gen
eral rule the offices seemed well managed. II
number there were too many clerks. Tn,
presidents Of educational Institutions wcr,
receiving very large salaries The subordinate
3 teachers were not receiving too great salaries
Quite number of other committee tcport'
, were made and the remainder of the day was
devoted to the introduction of bills. As thi'
! was the last day on which bills could be in
| troduced senators made n great effort 10 gc
their measures In, and the result was that II,
, were fled.
IlousE.-The resolution favorlng the an
nexation OF Hawaii was adopted. Mr.. Donatl
introduced resolution to the effect that only
the committee on state Institutions and The
! committee on appropriations visit the stat,
institutions and the committee on approprIn
Z lions visit the state Institutions, and that ne
I appropriations be made until these commit
tees reported. Mr.. Donath said when til,
whole legislature visited an institution no in
q formation could be obtained, and 1t was .im
: ply so much time wasted. This was evidenced
by the visit to Golden last Saturday. Scyera
I members objected 10 curblng their privilege
of n junkct, and the resolution was delicate,
: by n large majority.
The bill to punish coal dealers for glvlnl
short weight was favorably reported MIR
| Cannon's bill To amend the attachment Law
so that attached property should be divide,
| pro rata, was brought up, but laid over for I
! few days.
The bill forbidding child labor was defeatet
on the ground that 1t was already covered b,
statutes that were not enforced Nearly tive
hundred new bills were introduced. 1t wa
agreed TO visit the state Institutions at Colo
RADIO Springs tomorrow.
FEB. 3.-SENArE.-A committee OF three
was appointed to investigate duplicate bills
so that only one need he printed. The reso
luton adopted by vote of IL ayes to l.
noes, despite vigorous protest on the part o
Senator Barcla. Two messages from tn,
governor were received and the Senate wen
into executive session. The nomination o
| DIR. Henry Paul member of the board o
control OF the State Industrial School at Col
den. and that of Israel G. Berry as warden o
the state Reformatory at Buena Vista, weri
confirmed. A communication was receive,
, ! from the board OF capitol managers In respcc
to the Senate concurrent resolution, stating
that the cost Of finishing the interior of The
building in marble would be about S5O,O00 In
excess of the cost OF finishing it in wood. Tn,
communication was referred the committee
on finance.
The committee report on the Jones-Grahan
election contest was taken up and after som,
discussion the case referred back to the
committee again.
, HousE.-Thc Benton re solution, in favor o.
| the government completing the Nicaragua
| canal, but opposed to Its guaranteeing bond,
for the construction by private individuals
was adopted after minor amendments hat
beer agreed to.
A statement was received from the Capito
Board, that 1t would cost 5000 more tC
finish the capitol with marble than viii
wood.
Mr. Hynes' bill requiring engineers to Sc
cure licenses from q state examining bo1rd
was taken up In committee OF the whole, and
the discussion lasted nearly all day. After
being amended the bill was defeated by a vote
| of IS to 90
| Mr.. Kilton's bill TO exempt from taxation
bitches. canals and fumes used By the owners
( exclusively for irrigating purposes, property
of municipal corporations, public libraries
md cemeteries not held for profit. Its OBJ.
jcct was to amend the present law SO as to
I allow the taxation OF church property. The
bill was defeated BY large majority.