The silver lance., 1899-02-17

Engley mas passed the House.
The bill making an appropriation to
complete State Canal No. 1 has been
killed.
Protests against Mr.. Engley's Sun
day amusement bill are pouring in
from all quarters.
In the Senate everyone voted in ia
vor of the Ell Paso county division bill
except Senator Seldomridge.
The bill to rearrange the judicial dis
tricts of the state is being fought most
energetically by many of those inter-
ested.
The bill compelling the county COM
missioners to publish report of their
proceedings has been ordered printed
by the House.
Senator Ammons has introduced bill
appropriating 5000 for the construc-
ton of bicycle path from Denver to
Palmer Lake.
Lieutenant Governor Carney and
Senator Schermerhorn had rough
and tumble tussle for the possession
OF the gavel few days ago.
The mileage bill, to curtail fees of
public officers. is still in the air. A
pronounced opposition to many feat
ures of the measure has been devel-
Ope.
\ bill permitting towns to tax de-
partment stores occupied a large por-
tion of the time of the Senate last
Wednesday. 1t finally was favorably
recommended by the committee of the
whole.
Representative Dilts has secured the
signatures of a large majority of SEN
ators and representatives to his peti-
tion for a session of the United States
District Court at Glenwood Springs
each year.
The following special committee has
been named to take charge of the
Thomas bill to redistrict the state:
Thomas, Newell, Barela, Ammons,
Gaymon, Harris, Annear, McCreery.
Taylor. Porterfield, FELTON,, Adams
and Hall.
A careful canvass of the House on
the part of the friends of the Teller
county bill leads them to declare the
bill will pass. No figures are given.
and they do not care to show the list
of the faithful. Opponents of the
measure are as sure that 1t will be de-
feated.
The Senate has passed Senator / ell
toms bills to regulate the duties of in
spectors of horticulture in the de-
struction of plant pests. Horticultur-
lists who, when notified, fail to destroy
these pests. are to be fined IS to $100
The inspector is empowered to give n
formula for the destruction of the
pests.
Mr.. Turney, chairman of the COM
mittee on stock of the House of Rep
resentatives, has received petition
from citizens of Brush favoring lib
eral appropriation for bOunties on coy
otes and other wild animals. The petit
tion says one resident has lost several
hundred dollars worth of stock
through the ravages of animals within
the last thirty days.
The committee has reported adverse
ly on Mr.. Estes bill to submit to the
people a constitutional amendment call
ing for the creation of a bonded in
debtedness to refund S1.410.00O out
standing obligations. The committee
gave as reasons for its report that one
constitutional amendment had been
passed. that the people had already
twice voted down similar propositions.
and that another bill was before the
House to provide a better method of
dealing with the question.
1t Is reported that the Senate COM
mittee ON fish. forestry and game has
about concluded to recommend for pas
sage S. b. \. 14S. the measure drawn
up by Judge ID. C. Beaman. The COM
mittee members Were at first almost
unanimous against the bill, but more
thorough knowledge of its provisions
has won them over. There will be
some few amendments to the bill. but
not to materially change it. The IL
cense feature especially meets the ap-
proval of the committee as n means of
preventing the unlawful killing of
game.
Senator James w. McCreery is be
tween two fires. The governor. know
ing that the senator is a member of
the board of trustees of the State Nor
NAL School. has raised the question
that n man cannot hold two positions,
and has asked for an opinion from
Attorney General Campbell on the
subject 1t is said that such an opin-
ion has been prepared and submitted
to the chief executive. but it is thought
that it will have little influence with
Governor Thomas in rendering his de-
cision. it having been called for more
as matter of form than as a guide
Filibustering is to be done away with
in the State Senate if the rules COM
mittee is able to have adopted a most
important amendment. 1t was con-
ceded that under the existing rules a
minority cannot be deferred from put
ting paramount obstacle in the way
of legislation whenever occasion of
fers. The result of that thought has
been the preparation of a rule giving
a motion for the previous question
precedence over all other motions. BY
the adoption of this rule a vote upon
a question may be had whenever de
sired. The committee will report