Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-16
WHAT THE COLORADO
LEGISLATURE is DOING.

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proval Of the committee ns means o,
preventing the unlawful killing o.
game.
The House committee on finance md
ways and means have decided to rec
ON mend for consignment to the table
four House bills, including that intro
duced by Mr.. Estes, providing for ths
issuance Of state bonds to the amount
OF $1.4OO.OOO for the redemption OF the
I states excess warrants; Mr.. Balling-
er's bill creating n committee to inves.
tigate the existence of and cause for
the excess warrants: Mrs. WrIghts
measure levying poll tax of 80 cents
for the support OF the state Institutions.
and that of Representative Bnllinger
leyying 81 poll tax for the same
purpose. The poll tax bills are deemed
by the committee to represent imprac.
ticable and undesirable legislation.
A delegation OF district Judges ap.
peared before the Senate committee
on judiciary last week to protest
against the passage of the bill reduc-
Ing the number of judicial districts In
the state. Judges Dixon. Armour.
Overs and johnson. from Pueblo
Leadville and the Thirteenth district.
were present and all protested agninst
the bill. Ex-senator Painter led a del.
l
protest against that district being
abolished and Its five counties added
to the Arapahoe district. All speak
ers, including Senator Adams, were
against the bill. The committee. how
ever. favors 1t and is likely to make a
favorable report.
The finance committees OF the two
branches held joint meeting Tuesday
night. The appropriations committee
OF the House presented Il report show
ing how much the members expected
for roads, bridges. reservoir sites and
other similar Improvements. A SINH
lar report was submitted by the finance
committee OF the Senate. Both Were
considered together, and with an eye
only to the conservation OF the finnn-
cinl resources OF the state and the max.
imum benefit to the different counties
Interested. To nppease n demand of
over S1.7OO,OOO there Is about $2OO.OOO
available In the internal improvement
fund. At this time the exact sum in
the fund is S163.578.54. With the mt
ural increase this will probably be In
creased by $4,000. The Senate report
of the finance committee showed that
bills have been introduced asking np.
preparations for Internal improvements
to the amount of 81, 10000. In nddi-
| tiOn to this sum the members of the
House demand $54S.7OO worth of i'm
provements. This has no connection
with demand for $0i5,081.55 by the
House from the general fund. The
prevalent sentiment in the committee
was that several Of the larger Hppro-
priations asked for should not be con.
sidered, such as that for state canal
No. 1. for the Paris Exposition and for
extensive road projects, such rs Sena
| tor Taylor's for a state boulevard from
Denver to Grand Junction. 1t was al
so emphasized that none of the internal
improvement fund shall be spent for
improvements or additions of any of
the state institutions. The committee
went on record ns rigidly adhering to
the principle that the internal improve
ment fund shall be reserved exclusively
for the purposes for which 1t was Gre
ated.
The Sunday amusement bill Of the
House came back from the Judiciary
| committee with two reports. The ma
jority asked that 1t be referred to the
committee of the whole, without rec
ommendation. This was signed by
Messrs. Hammond, Murray, Hollen-
beck, Ballinger and Bartels. The mi
nority report was lengthy document,
as follows: !:
"The undersigned members of the
committee on judiciary. to which was
referred H. B. No. 81, "a bill for an act
declaring the first day Of the week,
commonly called Sunday, legal holi-
day and day of rest, recreation or
amusement; to repeal all laws In con-
fiict herewith and providing penalties
| for violation Of the provisions of this
act,' beg leave to submit the following
minority report:
ave recommend that further considI
Grafton Of the said bill by the House
be Indefinitely postponed. because
"First-It Is against the general and
social welfare of the people.
"Second-lt would destroy the value,
of the sabbath as day for rest.
| ..Third-It is against the interests of
the laboring masses of the people,
tending to ultimately rob them of their
only day of rest.
| "Fourth-It would bring day of ex
cess and exhaustion rather than day
of rest.
| "Fiftll-The opening of all places of
amusement would ultimately result in,
the opening Of all work shops and 9th
er avenues of toll and bring all to
common level Of universal profaneness
and continuous toll
"Sixth-It would be injurious to and
have malignant influence on society.
"Seventh--It would encourage and,
promote unbridled license and OPEN
wide the gates of immortality.
| "Eightll-The result of the holiday
Sunday in other lands has been detri-
mental to the general welfare, the NOR
al and physical condition and prosper
| ity of their people.
"Ninth-The physical well-beng of
| the people of the state justifies the le
gal protection of day of rest and
their moral welfare justifies the guard
| ing of day of rest.
"Tenth-Religion and morality being
Indispensable supports of popular gov
ernment, without which the political
Institutions of this country can long
\ be sustained. the abolition Of our Sab