The Monte Vista journal., 1899-01-14

u Representative tlnO Tor an inter
prefer.
Mr.. Montgomery of n Paso has been
elected permanent chairman Of the
Democratic caucus.
Three hundred copies Of the COVER
nors message will be printed. No
Spanish version will be published.
Senator Gaymon has introduced =
bill for an appropriation for bridge
over the Blue. In Summit county.
Senator Taylor has introduced q bill
for the construction Of a state wagon
road from Denver to Gienwood
Springs.
Senator Ammons believes Il impos-
sible to complete the work of the SEES
sion In forty-five days, as Governor
Adams recommended.
Both houses adjourned over from the
9th to the 9th. nt which time Speaker
Smith ls expected to name the standing
committees OF the House.
Park county people have instructed
their representative to tight the pro-
posal to add n portion Of Park county
to the new Cripple Greek county.
Senator Taylor does not like It be-
cause the Journal Of the loSt legisla.
ture was not printed, and has had n
resolution adopted asking the secretary
OF state the reason for the omission.
The Introduction OF bills In the House
commenced on the 9th. A member Of
\ mathematical turn Of mind estimates
the probable number that will be intro
duced this session nj GOO. an average
OF about ten bills 10 each member OF
the House. In 1897 595 bills were in
troduced.
dispute developed In the House
over the selection of n chaplain. The
'usionists had decided on three minis
tiers for the Office. but the minority
party desired n representative also.
The fourth chaplain was refused. As
/ now stands there will be three chap
'ains who must divide the salary be-
tween them.
Senator Whiiford has introduced n
bill to amend the Denver city charter
In reference to giving to the mayor and
city council the right TO submit to the
voters the question OF whether bonds
shall be issued for the franchise or
erection OF water plant At present
the power OF submission Is in the
hands OF the board of public works.
Three election laws have been intro
iuced. one by Representative Clark.
who seeks TO abolish cmblcms on the
ballots. and two by Representative
smith Of ChafYec county. The latter. In
one. seeks the abolition Of the cmblcms
md the prohibition Of the use OF ma
ional party names In municipal elec-
tons. In the other he aims 10 cstab-
lish the voting machine in municipal
elections.
A bill which seeks to rcflx the num-
Der OF officers and employees In the
executive and judicial departments OF
the state government and 10 reiiN their
salaries and the salaries OF the heads
OF bureaus has been introduced by
Representative Clark OF Weld county.
Beginning with the governors SALARY
the bill fixes that. together with those
OF the five other leading state officers.
nt 5000 year. and the total amount
OF yearly salaries which II will give to
the state officers and their employees is
slO2.3OO. In II number OF Instances the
salary Of nm officer is raised. but the
number OF employees who are dropped
makes the general average much small
er than at present.
Twenfy-six more employees have
been put on the pay roll by the House
mt M aggregate expenditure OF <sai. -
n day. They are assigned ms follows:
Assistant scrgcant.a,-nrms. day. 81 I:
chief engrossing clerk. 81: chief en-
rolling clerk, So; chief printing clerk
s.: four assistant printing clerks, each.
81: messenger. 81: telephone page
&li5: two janitors. committee rooms,
each. 81; two janl'ors. cloak rooms.
each. 81; mntron for ladies' gallery. 81 /:
clerk judiciary committee. 81: clerk re-
vision and constitution committee, 81:
clerk finance. ways and means. So:
clerk corporations and railroad COM
nittec. xI clerk appropriations and
expenditures. fees and salaries, 81: six
nssignable clerks, each, 81.
Speaker Smith announced his com
mittecs Monday. Twelve chairman.
ships were given to the Democrats,
eleven TO the Populisis and ten to the
silver Republicans. The names of the
chnirmcn are ms follsw: Finance. Ell
iiott: judiciary, BELL: appropriations.
Briscoe; mines and mining. Ovington:
public lands. Sloan: stock. Turncy:
agriculture and irrigation. Harter: edu-
cation. Dilts: public buildings. Barry:
elections. Kennedy Of Lake; state nf-
fairs, Dcnmin: corporations and rail
| bouaNs Faihh VI 6u'Nu. 1--WE uhu h@itu-
ries. Bradley: state Institutions by.
ron: pcnitcntiary. Hawaii: counties and
county lines. Morris: Indian AMI mill
iary Affairs. hatcher; roads aud
bridges. tglow: {. dernl relations. Mont
gomcry: printing. t;nughnn: engross.
ment. Hughes; fish. forestry and game.
Jefferson: rules, Burweli: enrolment.
Dunlnvy: insurance and banking. Es-
ties: house expenses. Jones: revision
and constitution. Balilngcr; temper.
nnce. medical affairs and public health.
Judkins: labor. Smith OF ChnfY.:
towns ana cities. lIollcnbcck. canals
and reservoirs. Clark. mercantile and
manufacturing. knmm; Denver city
charter. Browning.
Bills to create the new county Of
Teller have been introduced In the Zen.
ntc by Ammons and In the House by
Montgomery. The new county will bc
about twcnty.nin" mile. north and
south and from eleven 10 fifteen miles
cast and west. Cripple Creek II named
ms the temporary county seat. and of.
fccrs of II Pnso and Fremont counties
will hold ONCE until present term ex.
pircs. Provision is made for thr.S,
terms OF the District Court In Fcbr,i.
nry. May mud September. All suits and
proceedings. civil md criminal. In the