Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-01-24
COLORADO LEGISLATURE
Twelfth Day.

Twelfth Day.
In both house and senate every gal
lery was crowded all morning. Men
and women went early so as to secure
good seats in anticipation Of the voting
for the election Of a United States SEN
ator.
The nomination of the candidates
gave the members of the house good
opportunity for speechmaking, and,
In the noon hour, the audience, which
seemed to forget about luncheon, was
most inspiring.
Mr.. w. R. Sopris of Las Animas arose
after the order to proceed with the
election of United States senator.
and in an eloquent speech nominated
=. o. Wolcott.
Mr.. Minor of Boulder was recognized
by the speaker at the conclusion Of the
nominating speech of Mr.. Sopris, and
placed Hon. Lafe Pence in nomina-
ton.
Both nominations were seconded by
several members. The roll-call fol-
lowed and Wolcott received Al votes
and Pence %.
Recess was then taken.
| After the usual preliminaries in the
| senate several minor reports were re-
ceiyed and message was received
from the house that house bill No. 13,
| for an appropriation to meet the ex-
penses Of the Tenth General Assembly
had been passed. The bill was read
and referred to the finance committee
Senator Boyd presented a resolution
from the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union of Denver protesting
against the election of man to the
United States senate whose life was
not the embodiment Of purity and NOR
nlity. The resolution went over until
tomorrow. A recess was then taken
until II o'clock, in order that the Pop
ulists could caucus on their candidate
for United States senator.
The senate recOnvened at II 80 and
the Populist members entered the room
in body, accompanied by Senators
Leddy and Adams. The resolution
adopted by the Equal Euffrage Asso-
citation with reference to the qualifica-
tions Of the United States senator to be
elected was presented.
Senator Drake's joint resolution of
yesterday, calling for the appointment
of special committee for the investi-
| cation Of prevailing loose methods in
the state offices as charged by the
newspapers, was read and discussed
until IL o'clock. A ballot was then
taken for senator and resulted as fol-
lows: T. NJ. Patterson, 10; q. o. VOL
colt, 15; G. 8. Thomas, 2.
Thirteenth Day.
In joint session to-day Senator VOL
colt was reelected, the vote being as
follows: Wolcott 81, Pence 80, Thom-
as 8.
The Senate appointed a number of
new clerks.
The message from the governor con-
tained the nomination of G. M. Moses
of Pueblo to be adjutant general, and
Mrs. e. f. Routt and Alva Adams to
be members of the State Board of Ag-
riculture. There was no difficulty in
securing confirmation Of these appoint
ments, the Populists and Democrats
gracefully voting for their Republican
friends. The vote in open session for
confirmation was unanimous.
A few new bills were introduced.
In the House a petition was received
from the Equal Suffrage Association
Of a corporation attorney or q man of
immoral character.
In the afternoon the consideration of
q bill by Mr.. Malchus, to prohibit the
recovery of Indebtedness for spiritu-
Gus liquors sold by retail dealers was
taken up on second reading and dis
cussed at length. 1t passed second
reading.
A bill by Mr.. Patchen to Increase the
number Of employees allowed the legis-
lature was next taken up. The Senate
gets an additional clerk, two addi-
tional assistant sergeant-at-arms, a
matron and the same number of door
keepers The employment of an in
terpreter and two official reporters is
also authorized. The bill passed Sec
ond reading.
Fourteenth Day.
The Senate proceedings were emily
ened to-day by a continuation Of the
exhibition of feeling engendered by the
resolutions presented by the w. g. T..
Denver, concerning the election of
United States senator. Senator Felix
er's reference to these ladies' who pre-
sented these resolutions as "hatchet-
faced women" was the primary cause
of the disturbance. His remarks con-
sisted chiefly of denials of the express
sions attributed to him, but when goad-
ed by some very unpleasant charges
from the opposition he felt compelled
to apologize, which he did by with
drawing the opprobrious term "hatchet-
faced women" and substituting in its
stead ''battle-axes."
mover also withdrew it. Senator Boyd
presented his report on State Canal No.
/, which was ordered printed.
Some Of the senators took this as an
added insult to the women and de-
scended upon the senator from the first
| in wrath Senator Pease favored lead
| ing the culprit out of the Senate cham
ber by the nose and kicking him down
| the steps of the capitol. Senator Boyd
| declared him to be man Of lecherous
mind, and said he ought to be COM
PEELED to apologize to the Senate for the
stain he had cast upon It Senator Bare
la thought charges should be preferred
against Senator Felker and that he
should be reprimanded.
Tho discussion attracted everybody
in the capitol and the galleries were
crowded early in the debate, which
consumed nearly the entire afternoon.
Senator Blakey's resolution to ad-
journ the legislature on February II
brought out strong opposition, and
after warm debate was tabled. Sen
ator Drake's resolution for a special
committee on canals and reservoirs
touched the feelings of the committee
on agriculture and irrigation and its
The House passed the bill to Increase
the number of employees Of the legisla-
ture, and discussed the question of
whether divorces should be made cas-
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