Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-30

The docking Of horses tails.
In committee of the whole the house
has made a favorable report upon the
bill permitting child insurance.
The Senate spent nearly all of Fri
day In discussing the Denver charter
Pill, but postponed action until Tues
hay.
The house took vote on the Den
yer home rule question Tuesday,
which showed majority in favor. "s
10 20.
The anti-scrip bill and the boycott
bill. both having passed the aouse,
went through second reading IN the
Senate Thursday.
The Senate appointed the following
Committee to represent 1t at the CripP.e
Greek jubilee: Ammons, Seldomridse'
Crosby, FELTON, and Newell.
Mr.. Dickerson's bill to provide Tor
Commission to collect an exhioit 10.
kbe Paris exposition has passed second
reading. The appropriation proposeu
Ms $3.50 for expenses. The commission
would be appointed by the governor,
Ind be composed OF members oi tne
various political parties.
The state institutions committee mas
reported two bills relating to the SOL
HERS home. One Of them contempihtes
the removal of the boys industrial!
school to the vacated quarters, ana
the other the removal Of the sirIs in
klustrial school, No Recommendation
was made, and the house Will take its
ehoice.
Mr.. Burwell's bill to prohibit treat.
ing was under discussion on sec0nu
readIng in the House Monday. Inc
,ommIttee of the whole recommended
khe measure by vote Of % to ~. put
ahe Horse in regular session Killed the
report by a vote OF 32 to 2I. This was
Home when n greater number OF the
members were present than attehueu
kluring the debate.
The house has made n favorable re-
mort on Mr.. Hammond's bill to regu-
Late the use of the public domain Tor
urnzinr ms between horses. mules ana
rattle on the one hand and sheep and
<roats on the other. The measure has
Tor its purpose the adjusting of the dir
acultics arising from the pasturing OF
cattle and sheep, and to provide Tor
priorlty Of rights In the mntter OF oc-
tcupancy.
Senator whitford's auditorium bill
[camc up In the House on third reading
and passed without objection. The
{bIll authorizes the city council of Den
yer TO issue per cent bonds for the
|purpose of erecting public buildings,
nm auditorium. The emer-
repcy clause was also passed, 80 thnt
ms soon us the governor signs the Dill
1.-THE city council may proceed to adver-
|tisc the submission OF the matter to
l,p election. "
fernor Thomas signed the bill at once.
Several matters of Importance were
transacted by the house OF representa-
/ |tiycs 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
passel second reading. Speaker Smith
announced that 1t was necessary for
the bill to get through Mt once In order
thnt the matter might be submitted to
the voters Mt the coming election. The
| hill missed without debate. General
Browning's bill to provide for a COM
mission to consider the revision Of the
banking laws also passed second read
ing, after an hours debate.
The last official net which makes
Teller county fact was performed on
the 22nd, when Governor Thomas nf-
fixed his signature to Senator Am
mons bill for the division of El Paso
county. Eight persons stood about the
desk mt 1920 o'clock yesterday morn
ing us 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 Crent mining camp. 1t was pre-.
septed to him by Senator Ammons In
behalf of several Cripple Creek citi-
Zens. ..s--.-.-
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-
tirmed in his place. Senator McCreery
had four years of his slx-year term
yet to serve, but the governor claimed
he could not constitutionally hold two
offices Mt the same time. Mfr. McCree-
ry. who founded the normal school, re-
fused to resign, because three state e
administrations had decided his right
under the constitution was all that
could be desired.
In committee of the whole on the
25th the SENATE acted favorably on
the following bills: Mr.. Burwelrs
House bill for a $1,000 In Plata county
wagon bridge: Uglow's $4,000 road
from Lake San Cristobnl to Animas
Forks; Taylor's House bill carrying
II 5000 road for his district; Dilts'
bill for n $1,000 road from Basalt; Sen.
ntor Maxwell's Boulder county road
over Buchanan pass, with n $500 mp.
propriation; Kamm's House bill for n
Garfield county road; Smiths (Mcsa)
bill was for bridge across the Gunni-
son river above Whitewater; Knmm's
hrtesian well, near Antlcrs, $500. 1t
VIII be the first artesian well on the
wpStnrn sInna IN Senator