Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-09
WHAT THE COLORADO
LEGISLATURE is DOING.

shall not apply to saloons or other
places where spirituous, vinous or malt
liquors are sold.
Section 3. Any person or persons in
terfering with the privileges and rights
of the people us conferred by this act
shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined
In n sum Of not less than fifty dollars
$50 nor more than five hundred dol
lars (S5OO or may be imprisoned In the
county Jail for period of not less than
ten nor more than ninety days.
Senator Taylor presented the follow
ing resolutions on the death of Rev.
Myron W. Reed. which were adopted
by u rising vote:
"Whereas, The earthly and transit
tory life OF Rev. Myron Reed, formerly
chaplain OF this Senate, has lately
passed by transition into the life eter-
nal; and
"Whereas. Our departed friend and
brother ever exhibited the beauty and
power OF his life in simple faith In
God; In loving kindness to men; In
hope and high endeavor for the great
uplifting of the human race; therefore,
be II
"Resolvcd. That we here record our
admiration for his superior intellectual
power, wide sympathies and devoted
life, rs shown by his persistent and
aggressive lnbors for better conditions
and higher ideals OF human life. Let
1t forever remain written Of him: He
served his generation, and fell asleep
to await the resurrection Of the just
"Itcsolved, That these resolutions be
spread upon the journal Of this body,
and that an enrolled copy be sent ia
his family"
Mrs. Barry. representative from Pu-
eblo, is preparing to appear before the
judiciary committee and speak for her
bill, H. B. No. IT'S. which would pre-
vent either husband or wife from mort
gaging community property without
the consent of the other party. The
port against the bill because It is con-
trary to public policy" and would
bring on frequent lawsuits. 1T seems
strange to me-" said Mrs. Barry, that
n committee of lawyers would report
against such bill because 1t was like
ly to bring on lawsuits" A committee
of women Is prepared to argue the bill
before the committee II given an Oppor-
tunity. One OF the prepared argu-
ments is the story of n poor woman
who did washing and finally earned
enough money to buy small home.
She put the title in the name of her
worthless husband. and he mortgaged
the home without her knowledge. The
home was lost through this proceed
ing. The women will maintain that n
law that would prevent the husband
from committing such acts would pre-
serve many homes intact.
The discussion over the county sal
aries bill, which was before the House
Saturday morning. did not close with
the adjournment of that body, nor until
the most of the members had gone to
their homes In the afternoon. One of
the greatest objections urged was that
the assessor was left absolutely in the
ha III, OF the county commissioners.
Members claimed that boards of com
missioners, having the power to fix the
pay of the assessors assistants. held
over the officials head this club to
compel him to assess as they directed.
II the commissioners directed that GER
tain classes OF property were not to be
assessed higher than a certain sum he
must either agree to do as they direct
ed or they would cut down the pay of
his assistants. Again, IL any county
officer was thus to be under the thumb
of the board they declared that every
county officer should be in the same
boat. The salaries were also freely
discussed. After the Arapahoes had
cussion they took up, in committee, the
question of Harter's salary bill. They
agreed to vote us n body against any
reductions except for two offices. They
were willing that the clerk of the Dis
trfct Court should have his salary
paid and that deputy sheriffs should
get 81 200 instead of $1,5OO. All other
proposed cuts they agreed to solidly
resist, giving thirteen votes against
them.
The marble investigation of the
House committee Is Mt an end, says
the Denver News. ns far as any work
of the present committee Is concerned,
but 10 report has been prepared and
there Is no immediate prospect of any
being made. Three times resolutions
have been drawn up for the signatures
of the members of the committee, and
each time some member has blocked
the same being signed. All meetings
of the committee are executive. so that
the dissensiOns may not be given to the
public, but each time tie proceedings
become fully known. Some of the
members are eXnsperated and have
threatened to withdraw from the CON-
mittee, bring up tile threat Mt each
session, but all remain. Frequent trips
to the corridors 10 get fresh air or
walk OFF heated temper have marked
the proceedings. 1t is now definitely
decided that n unanimous report Is
imnossibe. Some of the Arapahoe
members favor finding that nothing
has been proven, which is the general
sentiment of the committee. Chair
man Rawalt. however, represents the
people of Gunnison, who have been an
gered by the reported failure of the
contractors to use the product from
their county in the floors of the capitol.
He seems firm in the belief that for
eisr marble has been used, and pro-
fcsses a belief that a continued In
vestigation after the close of the legis-
lative session would result in some
thing tangible. and having this belief.