The Meeker herald., 1899-04-01
WHAT THE COLORADO
LEGISLATURE is DOING.

|
In committee of the whole the house
mas made a favorable report upon the
Dill permitting child Insurance.
The Senate las passed Senator Whit.
Iord's bill cutting the wages OF cour'
stenographers from $40 to ~ per day
The Senate almost unanimously
passed Ammons bill appropriating 90
wv Tor the Denver-Palmer Lake cycie
path.
The Senate spent nearly NIL Of Fri
day In discussing the Denver cnarter
bill, but postponed action until Tues
day.
The house took n vote on the Den
yer home rule question Iuesuhy;
which showed Il majority In favor. %
to 20.
The anti-scrip bill and the boycott
bill, both having passed the House,
went through second reading In the
Senate Thursday.
The Senate appointed the following
committee to represent it at the Crlppie
Creek jubilee: Ammons. Seldomridge,
Crosby. FELTON, and Newell.
The aggregate bridge. road ana Wen
appropriations of this Legislature VIII
be $4,000. of which S21 200 will come
from the internal Improvement fund.
Mr.. Dickersons bill to provide for
commission to collect an exhibit Tor
the Paris exposition has passed second
reading. The appropriation proposeA
| Is $3.50 for expenses. The commission
would he appointed by the governor.
md be composed of members OF the
various political parties.
The state institutions committee has
reported two bills relating to the SOL
| llier's home. One of them contemplates
the removal OF the boys industrial
school to the vacated quarters, and
the other the removal Of the girls in
lustrial school. No recommendation
was made and the house will take Its
choice.
Representative Canon says he is per-
fectly willing that his sparring bill be
amended so as to provide for penalty.
The author of the famous bill says he
will appear before the appropriate COM
mittee of the Senate and suggest that
such an amendment he made. He Will
then make the motion In the House that
that body concur therein.
The House has passed the following
Senate bills: BY Senator Porterfield-
To reduce the legal rate Of interest on
county. municipal and school. warrants
from 9 TO per cent. BY Senator Tay-
lor-To provide for the compiling and
publishing of the journals Of the Sen
ate and House. By Senator Parks
To provide for the combining of rail-
road corporations.
The house has made favorable re-
mort on Mr.. Hammonds bill to regu-
late the use of the public domain for
grazing as between horses. mules and
cattle on the one hand and sheep and
eoats on the other. The measure has
for its purpose the adjusting Of the diff
ficulties arising from the pasturing Of
cattle and sheep and to provide for
priority of rights in the matter Of oc-
cupancy.
Senator Whitford's auditorium bill
came 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,
including an auditorium. The emer-
gency clause was also passed, so that
as soon as the governor signs the bill
the city council may proceed to adver-
tise the submission Of the matter to
the people at the coming election. Gov
ernor Thomas signed the bill at once.
The last official act which makes
Teller county fact was performed on
the 22nd, when Governor Thomas af-
fixed his signature to Senator Am
mons bill for the division of Ell Paso
county. Eight persons stood about the
desk at 1920 o'clock yesterday morn
ing as the governor set his name to the
document upon which have hung the
hopes and fears Of Cripple Greek and
Colorado Springs for the last eighty
days. The governor performed the act
with gold pen made Of the product of
the great mining camp. 1t was pre-
sented to him by Senator Ammons In
behalf of several Cripple Greek citi-
zens.
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 H. Eaton was con
firmed in his place. Senator McCreery
had four years of his six-year term
yet to serve. but the governor claimed
he could not constitutionally hold two
offices at the same time. Mr. McCree-
ry. who founded the normal school. re-
fused to resign. because three state
administrations had decided his right
under the constitution was all that
could be desired.
Several matters Of Importance were
transacted by the house Of representa-
tivcs 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
passed second reading. Speaker Smith
announced that 1t was necessary for
the bill to get through at once In order
that the matter might be submitted tn
the voters at the coming election. The
| bill passed without debate, General