Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-04-04


He moved reconsideration which was
lost after long parliamentary wrangle.
Eighty Second Day.
Senate.-Immediatel after conven-
ing in the morning the Senate took up
bills on third reading. A number OF
clerks were placed at the work, and
House bills were read simultaneously.
Seventeen bills were read and passed
in this manner without division, they
having been previously agreed upon
in committee Of the whole.
The president made an announce
ment concerning state property, eau
tioning the senators particularly
against the removal of Mills Annotat-
ed Statutes from the capitol.
At the lunch recess taken by the SEN
ators the reading of bills up for third
reading was continued, SO that there
would be a clear right Of way for the
final votes upon the bills in the after
noon.
In executive session the following ap-
pointments Of the governor were con-
firmed:
Members of the state board Of den
tai examiners-R. B. Weiser, Denver;
w. E. Griswold, Denver; Murray, Gree
ley; NJ. H. Smith, Colorado Springs; j.
H. Parsons, Boulder.
Trustees State School Of Mines
Frederick Steinhauer, Denver; A. A.
Blow, Leadville; DIR. John T. Kelly,
Golden.
Member state board of health-Dr.
Hubert Work, Pueblo, vice DR.. Il. w.
Corwin, declined.
State hydraulic engineer-Horace A..
Sumner, Florence.
State board of horticulture-Mrs.
Martha Shute, Denver, and ]. G. kain,
Rocky Ford.
After the executive session the third
reading of House bills was resumed,
and thirty bills were passed, there
being little opposition or delay.
The conference committee on the
Holly bill, No. SO, reported that the
House had concurred in the Senate
amendment fixing the age of consent
at 1S instead of 21. The report was
adopted.
The joint committee on the report
Of the governor in connection with the
alleged abuses at the state reformatory
made its report to the effect that the
governor should be requested to take
immediate action in the matter and see
to the punishment of all who have vio-
lated the law. The report was
adopted.
A committee was appointed to in
quire into the feasibility of purchasing
the Ouray and Red Mountain toll road.
A resolution was adopted assigning
rooms in the basement of the capitol
for use of the State Historical and Hor-
ticultural societies and the new mining
bureau.
By evening the Senate had cleaned
up most of the unfinished business and
the senators took things easy. Confer
ence reports were listened to and hu-
morous speeches made. Senator Pease
was chosen president pro tenn. Lieu
tenant Governor Brush and Senator
Lockwood were presented with gold
headed canes by the senators.
Senator Lockwood, in behalf Of the
Senate, presented the reading clerk,
Mrs. Hibbetts, with silver-handled
parasol, and Mrs. Roberts, the docket
clerk, with a similar gift. Both ladies
responded gracefully and were heartily
applauded. Other presentations were
also made.
At 12:19 the Senate adjourned sine
die.
House.-Speaker Humphrey raped
for order at 9:1O o'clock on the MORN
ing Of the last day of the session of the
Tenth General Assembly. A quorum
answered to roll-call.
Chairman Woodwork of the special
committee presented the report Of the
Investigations conducted during the
session.
Regular orders were then taken up
and bills passed with great regularity
and dispatch, the proceedings being in
terrupted only by the reports of COM
mittees, the announcement of messages
from the Senate notifying the House
what that body was doing, and the an
nouncement by the speaker that he
was signing bills which had passed
both houses and been properly en-
rolled.
When the hour for the evening ses-
sion came there were eleven Senate
bills left in regular orders for third
reading and final passage, beside five
which had been In the hands Of the re-
vision committee.
These were taken up and some of
-JsodsIp q sBM sIsul lnq .pessBd meql
ton to fillibuster against them, and but
few got through. The House acquiesced
in the action Of the Senate in cutting
down the appropriation of the State
University to $4,000.
Speaker Humphrey was presented
with a gold watch by the members,
and expressed his gratitude.
Adjourned sine die.
After the official adjournment the
third house" was called to order, with
Minor Of Boulder in the chair, and the
members had few hours of horse
play and general fun. A permanent as
ISOLATION of the ex-members Of the
Tenth was the object sought in the
after organization.
The capitol was brilliantly illuminat-
ed during the evening and crowds of
people came to attend the closing ses-
sion.