Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-09

IouHueu llau Deen drawn up, but MI.
Rawalt, Mr.. Bradley and Mr.. Kamm
refused TO sign 1t. The document
finally agreed upon declares the evil
dcnce was of such n conflicting nature
that nothing could be decided one way
or another.
By vote of 10 to 20 Juan y. Pine
was permanently seated In the House
of Representatives last Wednesday
night. The debate upon the contest OF
Teodorc Sandoval for the representa-
tion from Huerfano county lasted six
hours, beginning at . o'clock In the af-
tcrnoon. One of the chief incidents of
the day was the Introduction of MI
nority report by Messrs Montgomery
and Moore and Mrs. Lee, also the
charge made openly OH the floor that
Mr.. Pino had secured his seat by his
own criminal acts. II was suggested
that the member should rather he In
the penitentiary than in the Legisla-
turc, and after adjournment one OF the
members said there had been some tall;
of holding meeting for the purpose of
considering the question Of impcach-
ment.
The bill to enable corporations to
extend terms of their Incorporation
was put on third reading. The point
was raised that It might possibly ap-
ply to franchises. An amendment Of
fered by Senator Evans eliminating
toll-road companies from the list
specified in the bill was tackled on by
unanimous consent. Senator Wheeler
first objectlng, but later withdrawing
his protest. Opinion seemed to be
unanimous In favor of the amendment
1t was stated by Senator Evans and
the statement was cOrroDorated by
Senators Roe and Buckley, that the
Crecde and Ouray toll roads are bur-
densome to the people and should not
be allowed to remain in possession of
the companies longer than the twenty
years for which the companies were
incorporated. The speakers agreed
that those roads should revert to the
state. The vote on the final passage
of the bill was 81 for and 5 against.
The project for the draining Of the
Leadville mines by three-m!le tun.
mel has not been abandoned, ns some
people expected that 1t would be. Not
withstanding the fact that the bill OF
Senator Smith appropriating $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, land 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
start, and I see no reason why til,
Legislature should refuse to grant our
request
Amid scenes of the utmost confusion
Senator Ammons' bill, for the creation
of Teller county, passed second read
ing in the House of Representatives at
$50 O'Clock this morning. The vote
stood 33 to 81, some of the minority
having grown tired and gone home.
The 33 members appear 10 present
solid phalanx, which 1t seems impos-
s:hle to shake. and the friends of the
bill do not doubt now TINT the meas
ure will have smooth sailing through
the rest of Its course. The vote in de-
tail stood as follows:
Ayes-Adams, Barnard, Barry, Brad
ley, Byron. Clark, Drumm, Dunlavy,
Elliott, Engley, Farris, Gauglan. Ham
mond, Hermond, Hollenbeck, Judkins,
Kennedy (Ouray), Lee, I.itz,
Montgomery, Moore, Morris, hatcher,
Ovington, Patterson, Rawalt. Ryan,
Short. Smith (Chaffee), Turney, Uglow,
Wright-33.
Nays-Ballinger. Bartels, Bell, Bris-
coe, Browning. Burwell, Cannon. Cas-
tetter, Dilts, Duncan, Estes, Garcia,
TaA
nedy Iake), Lawrence, Mclean. Pine,
Rejchard, Sanchez, Schroeder, Sever
ance, Sloan, Smith (Mesa), Mr.. Speak
er-27.
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
named, Including salaries, con-
tingent expenses and poor fund. All
other funds were specially excluded,
being named as school fund, road fund,
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 clnss-Arapa-
hoe, 2k mills. Second clnss-Weld, Ell
bert and Pueblo, s mills. Third class
0 mills. Fourth class-7 mills, Boulder.
FL Paso, Las Animas, Lincoln, Morgan
and Saguache. Fifth class-S mills,
Cheyenne, Clear Creek, Hins-
dale, Jefferson, Larimer, Rio Grande
and Douglass. Sixth classic mills,
Costilla, Eagle, Garfield, La Plata. /!
Yuma and Delta. Seventh |
CLASSIC 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. San Miguel, Sedg-
wick, Conejos. Dolores, Montrose, Mesa,
Logan and Kit Carson. Ninth class-2O |
mills, Baca. Tenth class-25 mills.
Mineral and Phillips The bill, AS