The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-14
WHAT THE COLORADO
LEGISLATURE is DOING.


measure to amend the civil code. Mr..
Newelrs bill defining burglars. Fishers
municipal corporation bill. all on the
ground that they are covered by other
measures. Parks bill. to make bonds
necessary in civil actions, on the
ground that it is hardship; Mr.. Parks
bill, to punish larceny of bicycles by
two years imprisonment: Mr.. Parks
bill, to revolutionize procedure.
The House committee to inquire into
the existence of trusts has reported
rs follows relative to a coal trust:
Your committee are of the opinion
that. while the said coal dealers organ
ization may not be technically called
trust, yet from the limited testimony
concerning its operations, methods and
effects on the price of coal, that it is a
conspiracy against commerce and COM
petition of the most vicious kind and
that the consumers of coal are victim
lied of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars annually as n result of their ne
farious operations"
The Senate on Thursday concurred
in the House Teller county amend
ment, changing the new county from
the Eleventh to the Fourth judicial
district. The bill will be signed by
Lieutenant Governor Carney and
Speaker Smith without any question
and will then go to the governor. Gov
ernor Thomas will not commit himself
on the measure. He says the bill has
not yet officially reached him and he
has had no opportunity to examine its
provisions in detail. The Senate spent
the entire morning rehashing the ques-
tion of the constitutionality of the
measure.
Tine project for the draining of the
Leadville mines by three-mile tun-
mel has not been abandoned. rs some
people expected that it would be. Not
withstanding the fact that the bill of
Senator Smith approprating $4,000
for the enterprise was reported ad
versely by the finance committee and
that the report was adopted, the au-
thor still has hopes that he will be
able to resurrect that important meas
ure. THAT measure means millions
of dollars to the Lake county mining
industry says the senator, ''and in
directly to the state. 1t provides that
$4,000 shall be set apart from the in
ternal improvement fund of the state
to enable us to commence work upon
the enterprise. With such n start as
we could make with that amount the
remainder would be easy, for capital
could be induced to come in and take
hold of the scheme. All we want is a
start. and | see no reason why the
Legislature should refuse to grant our
request"
The Teller county bill passed the
House Wednesday by n vote of 81 TO
2s. and the emergency clause received
n vote of go to , n few minutes later.
The bill of Senator Ammons now waits
the concurrence of the Senate in the
amendment whereby Teller county is
left in the Fourth judicial district, aud,
lastly, the signature of Governor
Thomas. The bin was not allowed to
reach third reading without another
fierce struggle on the part of the Oppo-
sition, but they were defeated by the
following vote: Ayes: Adams, Ballinger,
Barnard, Barry, Bradley. Byron. Clark,
Drumm. Dunlavy, Elliott. Engley, Far
ris, Gaughan, Hammond, Harter, Her
mond. Hollenbeck, Judkins, Kendrick,
Kennedy tOuray), Lee. Litz, Montgom-
cry. Moore. Morris, Murray, hatcher,
OvingtOn, Patterson, Rawalr, Ryan,
Short Smith Chaffce), Steele, Turney,
Uglow, Wright. Nays: Bartels. Bell,
Briscoe, Browning, Burwell, Cannon,
Castetter. Dickerson. Diltz, Duncan,
Estes, Garcia, Hughes, Jefferson Jones,
Kamm, Kennedy Gake). Lawrence,
McLain. Pine, Reichard. Sanchez.
Schroeder. Severance. Sloan, Smith
Mesa. Taylor, Mr.. Speaker.
The House in committee of the whole
has made some material changes in
Speaker Smiths bill to limit the levy in
counties. The bill was so amended that
it would state specifically that the limit
was only in the general fund of the
counties named, including salaries, con
tingent expenses and poor fund. All
.lr 1nI
being named as school fund, road fund,
building fund and that to pay bonds or
interest on bonds, and judgment bonds
and interest on same. The classification
of counties for taxing purposes and the
limit of taxation in each class was
amended to read: First class-Arapa
hoe 2Ih mills. Second class-Weld, FL
bert and Pueblo, 3 mills Third class
6 mills. Fourth class mills. Boulder.
El Paso. Las Anmas, Lincoln, Morgan
and Saguache. Fifth CLASS mills,
Chaffee, Cheyenne Clear Creek. Hins-
dale, jefferson, Larimer, Rio Grande
and Douglass. Sixth Classic mills.
Costilla. Eagle, Garfield, La Plata.
Washington. Yuma and Delta. Seventh
class-12 mills, Grand, Gunnison, Otero,
Park, Prowers, Routt. Summit, Rio
Blanco and Kiowa. Eighth classic
mills. Archuleta, Bent, Custer, Gilpin,
Huerfano, Lake, Montezuma, Ouray,
Pitkin, San Juan. an Miguel, Sedg-
wick, Conejos, Dolores, Montrose, Mesa.
Logan and Kit Carson. Ninth class-20
mills, Baca. Tenth class-25 mills,
Mineral and Phillips. The bill, as
amended, was recommended for favor
able action.
- Vigilance Committee at Ia coma.
Tacoma. Wash, March 10.-Citizens