The Bessemer indicator., 1893-02-04
OUR DENVER LETTER.
Important Bills Under Consideration. by
the Legislature.


The legislature though accepting an lnvits-
| tioa 10 visit the Deaf aud Mute Institute
| February 4th, has evidenced greater dispo-
sition TO settle down TO work during the past
week
The argument used In accepting the invita-
| tion was that as the constitutional limit for
| the Introduction Of bills will have passed at
that time, the weary Solons should be allowed
to enjoy the hospitality of Colorado Springs
| In u banquet with Manitou mineral water on
the side The members from El Paso assured
the House, with unnecessary emphasis per
hnps, that Manltou Is n mild eNhilarant Win
no intoxicating properties.
Perhaps onc of the most important pieces
of legislation vet attempted Is thr euplO,ers
liability bill, which makes employers liable
ror accident resulting from carclessness OF
eo-cmployGs
This bill has been passed to its third read
lug unanimously and while the opportunity
Tor amendment Is still presented, the present
outlook j. that 1t will become law, since 1t
was u part OF the political platforms Of all
parties to look out for the Interests OF the
l1buring man The representatives o' thr lat
ter constituency who hatr been elected from
the mining districts, arr certainly laboriug
hard 70 earn the redemption OF their prom
isos.
A Lively debate sprung up in the House To-
day over the woman suffrage bill. The com
mittec, OF which The venerable Mr Wieks OF
Pueblo, Is chairman, was divided, and as 4 re
suit two reports came Ia, The majority re
port favored the shelving Of the bill while the
minority believed the people ~ Cpiotnlc
should be allowed % say whether the ladies
should hav. e chance to vote. During the
fusilade Of motions thrown at the speaker
pending the consideration of the bill, Brom-
ley of Arapahoc, became vcrr mrch excited
at the presence at thu. dangerous and cor
! ruptirg factor in legislation, the lobbyist, and
moved with much yiGor, an enforcement OF
| the rules.
This brought number Of members TO their
feet in indignant protest against the eNclu-
| sion Of their friends ftpm the floor, and
| unanimous howl was raised against Inviting
| the ladies present to leave After good deal
VI natural cns had beer expended the ladies
\ were allowed TO remain and the minority re-
| port adopted, passing the bill to its second
| reading Representatives Iarnep and Rerton
| were cnuspicucns nA"Otates of equal suffrage
| u would seem from the action of some OF the
members as II they feared the undue influence
| of the third House, However, the debate
| put every House official rr the alert for the
| dangerous l~tty ist, and even press representa-
! 'ire. were requested to adorn themselves with
| badge as a sort Of vlnlcatiou from the bare
| suspicion of being olasscd with the ,abooed.
| In the matter of contested election. Mr..
| Wooteu, the champion of the present pcou-
| pants of the seatz, Mcs-r=. Grow. Moore and
| Mcknight, has displayed ingenious parlia-
| mentary tactics and has evidently studied the
| hook OF rules to good advantage Yesterday
| he asked fot rising vote on y motion to de
| clare them entitled to their seats. This was
tabled on motion of kilton tRcpJ, and Fitz
iarrad tPopl, asking. the cnma'ittee on
| elections to fuves,tr--tS ,Lclr right TO seats
| NJ Woolcn declared this resolution out OF
1 order and it went over until to-day Now
/ when the matter came up again Mr. W and his
| associates declared that the committee eau
not even consider the question ~ rndst Tho
| rules 4 has been ~ Ice considered and cannot
reice 40 again A warm debate on the mat
ter did not fully dispose Of the matter,
| though Wocten thinks the three mes named
| are safe,
N the Senate the finance committee recon-
mendcl that the blll appropriatlng $3.50, OoJ
to reimburse the school fund be amended 80
as to read that all rrnese revenues for 1892
and snhsc,tucnt years be devoted thereto. and
aiso inat the bill be referred TO the supreme
Court for decision rs to constltutlonelity.
Governor Waite has appointed Frank Nc
Lister warden Of the state penitentlary. and
consequently disappointed a ,e number of
applicants Mt NeiIster wac formrrly
deputy sheriff pf Lake county, and has been
mining man IN Lcalvilie lot a number OF
yeats. The appointment is considered .
recognition ~ thH Eathol!t element In thai
scctiOn as well as the X. Of L., Of which Mr..
McLi,tcr i also a prominent member. He
had the eudpr-emtn mt Of the Lake county aud
some prominent Democrats "rtsltc The
Governor uu"annrrr that he viii make nc
hiure appointments for several dnys The
winnEle over the appointment of police com
nlssI0ners for Denver Is s'ili ~ and threatens
tn bedon'' au Issue IN ihe spring election.
The passage Of the I'LL for the adoption OF
The new charter for Denver Is also a question
that !, attracting vcry general attention The
Chamber of Commerce Will make an effort tC
uare" on n Nll That viii be generally sat!sfac-
'nty N business men, and urge It's passage by
tho legislature.
The chief features Of the proposed change
are the granting of increased powers 10 the
i a ifHsI
aud the dispensing with orc tf the heards OF
Alderman. Vie urw plan i- 30 select a small
number ,ay seven, NJ large from the city
without reference To ward representation and
place the control OF the various department.
In the hands VI boards That shall act lnde
pendenlly Of the council, and the heads OF
"hlcA shall be appointed ly the mayor,
The matter Will come up In the legislature
next week whcn warm time may be expect
ed, as there i faction m Denver that II
very much opposed TO any abridsemeut oi
Tie representative plan 10 city government
tIrncy's bIll making il gu oiirn-c for ans
employer. whether individual or corporation &c
discharge man FOR running for Office wa,
merclle-sly slashed aud laid on the table
Ihc majority Of the members nf the House
sdcmed to think II wholly mpracticable
senator Newman of La Tlau Introduced
tili Tor the construction nf q wagon road by
the STATE from Dolores 10 Rico under the sup
prVi-iDu Of the STATE engineer and that bids
shall be received by u board Of construction
composed Of the Governor, -t.Ile engineer aud
boards pI county commissioners Of Rico and
Monichumn counties, and providing for an
appropriation Of Sl5, 0O0 therefor. no part OF
which shall be paid for right OF way, and
providing also TINT the road shall be main
iHncd aud kept In repair, after completion,
at the eSpcusr of the counties named. An
emergency clause Is attached
Ouray. Mpntro-e aud Delta counties have
united in q petition to the senators from the
18Th and lsth districts asking that bill be
Introduced aud passed approprating $4,000
Tor the purpose Of dlvertiug the Cmarron
river Into the southern portion Of Ouray and
Montrose and Delta counties, and represent
ing that such diversion will put under Guilt
walton over 2OCOO acres Of additional land
capable Of raising excellent fruit The cor
struciion of such ditch j. asked on the
ground that the ncompahgrc Valley has had
no aid from the State. while the Grand, Ar
kansas md other portions OF Colorado have
been favored from the internal improvement
fund. The board OF county commissioners
of Nontrosc County have been requested by
senator F, w. Smith to either prepare a bill
covering the demands or furnish the ncces-
-ary data so that such bill eau be prepared
here. As the limit for the introduction Of
bills expires on the second day of February IL
Will be seen that not much time remains for
action in the matter.
The committee on privileges and elections
Is preparing for a merry war ahen the result
oi their deliberations shall have been made
known to the Assembly. In the Senate cs-
pccially there il fun ahead as White Wings
Mckinley has ILLS war paint on and intends tn
have some ante-ciection charges Investigated.
The unscailng Of one or more members Is also
contemplated, but whether the political COM
blne can be found to possess sufficient cohc-
sivc properties on the final test Is an open
question.
While they are investigating the auditors
department, under the resolution adopted last
week, It IS proposed TO look into the charges
against Auditor Goudykunu in reference 10
his ante-electlon compact to appoint Iurd
deputy and superintendent of insurancr.
This will also furnish material for WOW
and wnmpusn and may disturb the smooth
dispatch Of regular business However, since
She appropriation bill providing for the sal
aries of members and cmploves has become n