The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-02
WOMEN IS
Record or tho Three Rcnaie Members or tho
Colorado LEGISLATURE.

DENVER April 2S,-Tho Colorado Legislature
which recently adjourned will be known in local
history as tho "Seven-Come-Eleven," being tho
Eleventh General Assembly since the State Con-
vention was adopted and moro notorious than
the famous F" Robber Seventh" In this Legisla-
trrc, as In tho preceding one Of two years ago.
were three women members representing tho
city OF Denver in tho lower branch. These
women had been suggested in the makeup Of a
FUSION ticket for tho purpose of securing the sup
port OF certain interests. Mrs. Olive G.. Butler
was supposed TO represent the Ladies' Relief
Societies OF the g. A. Il. and Mrs. Martha A. b.
Conino the many wcmen's clubs OF the city,
while Mrs. Evnngeline Hoartz, wife OF a brick
layer prominent in tho local Trades Assembly,
was selected TO obtain tho friendship OF Tho or
gonizcd labor voters.
or these three women. only one, Mrs. Conine,
had any previous knowledge Of parliamentary
usages. She had learned something about them
In directing the North Side Woman's Club, of
which sho was President for two terms. Conso-
Quently Mrs. Conine appeared upon the floor OF
the Legislature full of confidence. 1t was not
long before she made herself known. She
had joined in the preliminary caucus.
Ing ovor organization and the parcelling
out OF committees, and clerkships, and she
had Jared very vol. But when y was an;
been slated as SerReant.at-Arms, Mrs. Conlne
broke over the traces and announced that the
women would not countenance such a man for
the place, and rather than see him installed she
would bolt the caucus. As her vote was needed,
throw Bat oSerboaSrd. to hi his ' supreme e disgust He ISL.
hat got even by turning lobbyist, and by the
s s1%' O. q m sas csFs %Sid 6sshhs s look hs had %i,s s0S SI% % Z ss ne Sa
the event. Just as he left he confded to a friend
the story Of an attempt to bride certain Senators.
Mrs. Conine soon had another trouble on her
the reforms which the women had been long ad.
sFsl aiaSbs an s the sstSr% asP1 freeiy 70 0 int shs sew,
with tho reporters. Some Of her remarks were
This was the beginning OF her total eclipse.
Mrs. Heartz offered only one bill. This was to
BY Mrs; Hearth after the Trades Assembly had
auccd in tie senate and Mrs. Hearts, bili was
laid aside. The idea became a law and a Board
Hearth was conservative and discreet. She sci:
dom spoke, took no active part in lobbying. but
sGMas Ps. Olive vSt {. R 9n fee Jisas siss' a fund of good
nature, was easily influenced, and was conse-
1 %"tssF Of !%i n9HSSac %RSP bi f. t os w RSsIshIn sSs Sa IA n t6s
for some of the most vicious !" cinch' bills that
RADIO Assembly. These were designed to so
annoy insurance companies that representa-
have them defeated. Mrs. Butler went no fur.
Their than to introduce these measures, and 1t Is
doubtful IL she yet knows lust what their i'm
port was. In most matters she took the advice
OF. her associates, voting on matters as she was
told. to vote. She introduced and took q very
lively interest in n bill to establish the office
of State Dairy Commissioner, defining his du.
ties. and regulating the manufacture and sale of
the Governor vetoed the bill after adjournment.
and took occasion to state his reasons ex-
plicitly. Just how much satisfaction the
Governor took in defeating Mrs, Buffers
pet measure, Of course. It is difficult to
aynoeR1 rnrtpin efTorta mnnn nv the frianha Of
the Governor to secure her vote In the organiza-
ton of the House. ii Is surmised that tho veto
was not an unpleasant duty. That some shady
work had been done in relation to this bill there
Mrs. Butler was kept in ignorance of such
action. In his veto message the Governor
stated that "a a careful study of the bill leads to
the belief that 1t will protect and promote the
sale OF bogus butter to the injury and detriment
port Of his opinion, Gov: Adams included in his
veto messagea copy of a letter signed by a Denver
lawyer which had been sent to q manufactures
OF oleomargarine in Chicago. This letter was
plainly a bid for money to assist in the effort to
draft for $50" Gov. Adams concluded by re-
marking: Tho Executive and the dairy inter
ests Of Colorado are fully justified in regarding
with suspicion any measure that 10 so entirely
makers and vendors, and which is encouraged
in its legislative rambles by the influence limited
at In the above letter."
The result Of the second experiment OF having
women in the State Legislature cannot there
fore be said to have been an unqualified success.
Of tho male members Is true. They were better,
probably, than some, but there seems to be a
strong sentiment that they are entirely out of
place In legislative matters.