The silver lance., 1899-04-07


In committee of the whole the house
mas made favorable report upon the
Dill permitting child insurance.
The Senate has passed Senator Whit
ford's bill cutting the wages or court
stenographers from SO to So per day.
The Senate almost unanimously
passed Ammons' bill appropriating 30
700 for the Denver-Palmer Lake cycle
path.
The Senate. spent nearly all OF FIJI
day in discussing the Denver charter
bill, but postponed action until 1ues-
day.
The house took vote on the Den
yer home rule question TUESDAY,
which showed a majority in FAVOR. 90
to 20.
The anti-scrip bill and the boycott
bill, both having passed the House
went through second reading IN the
Senate Thursday.
The Senate appointed the following
committee to represent it at the grippe
Creek Jubilee: Ammons. Seldomridge,
Crosby, FELTON, and Newell
The aggregate bridge. road and wel
appropriations of this Legislature VIII
be $242 600 of which S211 200 Will come
from the internal improvement 1und'
Mr.. Dickerson's bill to provide for
commission to collect an exhibit Iof
the Paris exposition has passed secohu
reading. The appropriation proposeu
Is $3.50 for expenses. The commission
would be appointed by the governor
and be composed of members Oh the
various political parties.
The state institutions committee has
reported two bills relating to the sol
1ier's home. One of them contemplates
the removal of the boys industrial
school to the vacated quarters, ana
the other the removal of the girls in
1ustral school. No Recommendation
was made, and the house will take It's
choice.
Representative Canon says he is per-
fectly willing that his sparring bill be
amended so as to provide for penalty.
The author OF the famous bill says he
will appear before the appropriate COM
mittee of the Senate and suggest that
such an amendment be made. He will
then make the motion in the House tnat
that body concur therein.
The House has passed the following
Senate bills: BY Senator Porterfield-
To reduce the legal rate of interest on
county. municipal and school warrants
from s TO per cent. BY Senator Tay-
lor-To provide for the compiling and
publishing of the journals of the Sen
ate and House. By Senator Parks
To provide for the combining of rail
road corporations.
The house has made favorable re-
port on Mr.. Hammond's bill to regu-
late the use of the public domain for
grazing as between horses. mules and
cattle on the one hand and sheep and
goats on the other The measure has
for its purpose the adjusting of the diff
fculties arising from the pasturing of
cattle and sheep, and to provide for
priority of rights in the matter of oc-
cupancy.
Senator Whitford's auditorium bill
came up in the House on third reading
and passed without objection. The
bill authorizes the city council of Den
yer to issue 3 per cent. bonds for the
purpose of erecting public buildings,
including an auditorium. The emer-
gency clause was also passed, so that
as soon as the governor signs the bill
the city council may proceed to adver-
tise the submission of the matter to
the people at the coming election. Gov
ernor Thomas signed the bill at once.
The last official act which makes
Teller county a fact was performed on
the 22nd, when Governor Thomas af-
fixed his signature to Senator Am
mons bill for the division of El Paso
county. Eight persons stood about the
desk at 1870 o'clock yesterday morn
ing as the governor set his name to the
document upon which have hung the
hopes and fears of Cripple Creek and
Colorado Springs for the last eighty
days. The governor performed the act
with gold pen made of the product of
the great mining camp. 1t was pre-
sented to him by Senator Ammons in
behalf of several Cripple Creek citi-
zens.
The Senate, twenty-five votes in ex-
ecutive session having been secured
for that purpose, has confirmed the
governors mandate to Oust Senator
McCreery from the board of trustees
of the State Normal School. Former
Governor Benjamin II. Eaton was con-
firmed in his place. Senator McCreery
had four years of his siX-year term
yet to serve. but the governor claimed
he could not constitutionally hold two
offices at the same time. Mr.. McCree-
ry, who founded the normal school. re-
fused to resign. because three state
administrations had decided his right
under the constitution was all that
could be desired.
Several matters of Importance were
transacted by the house of representa-
tives yesterday. Senator Whitford's
bill to permit the citizens of Denver to
vote on the proposition to issue bonds
for the construction of an auditorium
passed second reading. Speaker Smith
announced that it was necessary for
the bill to get through at once in order
that the matter might be submitted to
the voters at the coming election. The
bill passed without debate. General