The Lamar register., 1899-03-01
WHAT THE COLORADO
LEGISLATURE Is DOING.

read In the House on the END.
Barrels was the only member that
voted against the antitrust bIll In the
Senate.
& The bin TO reduce county salaries =
occupying a r,>at deal of attention in
the Senate.
The senate adopted resolution 70
print 300 cupies Of the governors anu
trust mcssagc.
The bill TO abolish the position Of
Supreme Court reporter caused long
and warm debate in The : nate Friday
The biz = make eight hours a days
work In mincy and smelsers has plssss-i
rs s,~,ohd rca dins In the Senate by
vote OF ~ 90 u
The governor sent a message &c the
Legislature Tuesday dcnouucinE trusts
and urging Legislation 10 protect the
people against them
The bin requiring insurance com.
p1nits 20 pay the FUN value of pplle.f-s
whoa Insured property ls totally dc
struyed has passed the senate, hF-
Buckley led the opposition 10 the meas
ure.
The tlrre women members of 5hr
House. 10 whom was uafprresi The res
olutioa 10 permit smoking. are nnE
agreed in their report. Two II tlem
would pCrnii e. whlte the third Is op
posed
Mr. GauEhan's mechanics lian I'M
was recommended for passage - the
committee og the whole after t-.iug
slightly amended This hsll -evss 70
give mius-s l.eus upua mining prolseriy,
even though they arr employed ay
lcasers o. sub,leasrTz
pr. Judklns' lnhertancU tax biil A.
amended last Wpsa. Ia the cumUlftrf
% the whole. I5aassd Ihe Hguas -
Hcrrt-.niatiyvz Friday othry bills
passed were senator Thiifgrsf- meas
ur,s 20 reExiate thc adml~siau - wi
deucp IN clvll nctt n. and hat - Mr-
flaiiinEcF 10 allow the u,lras. " ufse %
more joint drui0r-
The Tcllct county bu nFAriy csusci
n nEhi in ihe House FFiday. tho CON
u--t arising over the puFpusItian TO
send a committee 10 Cupple Crurk -
investigate the uc.sd u new cauuty
The motbiu nnaiiy rarrisd by ene vata.
The committee app0'utad is - follows.
short Smith ~ Chatife. Rawsii. Sloan.
Burgel Casiciief Schrostie7, keu-
dr,ck. Hell
The House committee on canals and
reservoirs has reportc3 fnyuyai,ly on
the measure requesting the Inifesi
States 90 spcnd $4,000 a year for
Eve ysars IN constructing an immsns0
system of reservoirs Ia Colorado. The
point i made ;hAt government that
spends 50 much 20 improve rivers aud
harbors should crrtainty do something
Tor pepple who have urither rivers nor
harbcrs 20 improve
Everett Bells uuyi-serip bin pAsisest
the HOusr nf Representatives Thur
iay without a dsss~hslnE vote. The
suthar of ihr nr,tsurc had fhs rmerE-
sncy clause added 10 Il and beth elanse
and hill weEc pa-s'i. Mr Ben sati
the cp2l curpaTnti1Us would icst th~
sonstltuu0nality q the proposed tzW
sEd hs wanted 10 give them a early
an opportunity a. possible. The sots
stood - 70 o.
The finance committee of the two
houses hsye decided "a investigate the
demaNd " the citizens ~ Duray cuun-
y with rsssrd 20 The purchase Gf The
Menrs toll read In 'haf county. A hsIi
calling for It's purchase = lsaf0ge she
Legislature, and tire committees an
anxious Ia know the sEntlI0eufs q the
ritlxens before apprup-latlng money
for the purchase OF lhe road. also
whether The demand Is Just.
Two Uf senator Parks bills wrfr
passed by the S~usie on the 2.iui Ou.-
of them Is 10 amend the general sat
utes In regard 10 the formation of cor
poratinns- II proposes 20 give power
10 railroad comp5uies 20 lease or our
chase lines not parallel The other IS 10
tx the liability of tire insurance eaua-
pani"s In certain cases. known ~ tkr
valued policy Insurance Senator Buck
ley alone opposed It's passage,
II Is unlikely that further protest
viii be made against paying the EEK,
ces-s employees u Senate ard House,
though the representatives who made
I. the first protest sim declare the ON.
GERS have not been legally employed.
They state that they have discovered
that certain employees of The seventh
General Assembly, occupying the
same position ns the extra employees o.
the Twelfth. received warrants thnt
have been ciassed among the Illegal
+ excess warrants aud have never been
paid
/ Senatur AmHtoHs' bill creating state
railroad commission and In many ways
ysfyr11Iuffpp tha ,sanrTYtg.F -