The Delta independent., 1895-02-20
Thirty.seSenth Day.

Scnate-S. II. No. %. Boyd, abolish.
ing capital punishment. was called up
on third reading. Senator Boyd said
that the bill ought to be amended In
certain portions, and he moved that the
measure be referred to the committee
of the whole. Agreed TO. The Senate
then went into committee Of the whole.
with Senator Fulton In the chair.
$. II. No. -. Moody. regulating the
employment OF deputy sheriffs. was
taken up. Senator Moody explained
that the bill was intended to prevent n
sheriff from going anywhere In the
state and raising an army. II such
powers We're given the sheriff. there
was no use OF having militia. The bill
was intended. the speaker said, to per-
init only the employment OF electors OF
the county In which the appointment
is made. A motion to strike out all
amendments and leave the bill rs orig
inally introduced was carried and the
bill was recommended for passage.
=. II. No. III, Graham. amending the
statutes relative to ballot boxes. was
taken up. The committee on privileges
and elections recommended as n sub
stitutc for the first section of the bill
providing that ballot boxes may have
one or more glass sides and shall be
iaNath'h Wy tHt ltth. alttT tut DHl-
lots shall have been counted they shall
be sealed in an envelope and delivered
to the county clerk. avoiding the cx-
pensive transportation OF the bulky
ballot boxes, which are frequently
broken while being conveyed over the
mountain roads The bill was finally
referred to the judiciary committee for
amendment.
House-The church taxation bill was
very much In evidence in the House
In the morning. Immediately after the
reading OF the journal. petitions in ia
ror OF and against II began to pour in
Mr.. Collais presented one from Colo
rado Springs twenty-scven feet and
one inch long against the bill. Mr.
Minor presented one Eve feet long for
It from Boulder. Mr. Warren and Mrs.
Klock presented petitions in favor Of
the bill from citizens of Denver. Mr..
McWilliams presented a petition in IA
vor sent him by his constituents. and
Mr.. Woodwork one from the students
of Colorado college on the opposite
side. Three memorials were also pre-
scnted by Minor in favor of wagon
road through Buchanan pass.
ii. II. 106, the church taxation bill,
then came up for Its third reading.
Mr.. Whittier said that 1t had been as
serted that the justice OF the measure
could not be denied. This was untrue.
for 1t was tnx on bcnevolence, upon
educational Institutions, religion aud
patriotism. He would not except n
single church. They all taught as
pure patriotism as any q. A. X. post.
He belonged TO both the q. A. Il. and
the church, and he knew. He made
long and fcrvcnt speech against the
bill, claiming that the churches We're
purely charitable institutions, and
that the bill was n direct thrust at
the poor and suffering OF the state. II
betrayed n sentiment like that which
animated the French revolution.
Mr. Minor said the bill did not suit
him In every respect, but he believed
It would be properly amended, and lie
would vote for 1t because be believed
the principle was right. Church prop
crty was free from taxation up to ST.
300, since the tax rate Is made on one
third of the taxable property. He be-
Iieycd tho little churches, the poor
churches aud the Salvation army, with
no church at all, did more actual good
among the people than the great
church societies. Twenty churchss