The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-05-02
GOSSIP FROM DENVER
AND THE STATE CAPITOL.

sure the retention of the building to
the parish.
The Hollenbeck-Ba Ballinger state board
of assessors bill was decided by the
| Supreme Court to be unconstitutional
! because the amendment made in the
Senate had not been printed as stated
| in the interrogatives submitted 10 the
court by Governor Thomas. An extra
session will not necessarily follow. In
fact. although one is possible, 1t is not
probable. On the subject Governor
Thomas says: "The decision of the
court on this bill does not make an
extra session necessary. There have
been no developments as yet to make
an extra session necessary. | am sor-
ry the court did not pass upon the
| question as TO whether or not such
| state board of assessors, composed in
! part of county officers, would be CON
sututional, but even deciding as it did
| on the failure TO print the Senate
amendment | will deem it my duty to
veto the bill. That statement is made
on the theory that the amendment of
the Senate was not printed. l will look
mp the record again and make Ger.
tain"
All attempts to secure home rule for
Denver have come to naught. The
| Legislature wasted n lot of time dis
| cusslng measures that were submitted
TO II and the only result was the pass
age of n bill submitting the whole mat
ter to convention of Denver people,
who should formulate n charter. This
bill has just been vetoed by Governor
Thomas on the ground that it involved
TOO much expense, he claiming that
the convention would cost the city S30,.
coo. In reply to this the Rocky Noun
tain News says that charter revision
along the lines proposed would save
the city $4,000 year in salaries. The
paper attacks Governor Thomas saw
agely for his action, claiming that it is
due to his personal ambition. In view
of the fact that Tom Patterson. the
editor, was formerly the warm friend
and partner of Governor Thomas,
makes the controversy interesting.
| Governor Thomas has signed road
and bridge bills appropriating IA total
of ST5.46O.
They We're Senator Ammons' $4,000
cycle path to Palmer Lake.
Senator Ehrrhart's S16,96O convict
labor road from Pueblo to Leadville.
\ bridge over Blue river, 5000.
\ wagon road from Wagon Wheel
Gap to Creede. $4,000.
Wagon road from Montrose to Ma
turita. $1,000
Wagon road from Trinidad to Stone
wall, backed by Senator Barela. 5000.
Senator Wheeler's bridge over the
Roaring Fork in Pitkin county, $1,000.
All these are Senate bills. The three
House bills signed We're:
Wagon road In San Miguel cour ty,
$1,000.
Wagon road mt Bear creek, $4,000.
WnDnn IN
thoud pass, $4,000.
Two other bills We're signed. One
was Senate bill No. PIT, by Senator
McCreery, increasing the state tax for
the Normal School from sixth to n
fifth of n mill This increases the an
nual income of the Normal School by
$4,000.
The Rocky Mountain News states
that a vigorous and persistent attack
upon the trusts and combines of ColD-
RADIO is TO be made by Attorney Gel-
eral Campbell under the common law
as construed by Attorney General
Griggs of Ohio. Mr.. Campbell is quo
ted as saying: "As the thing stands
now. and | have made as yet only
casual Investigation of the subject,
feel that | will have little difficulty in
| proving the illegality of trusts in gen
| ticular. We We're disappointed in the
failure of the Legislature to pass an
| antitrust law. but nevertheless we do
not feel disheartened Yes, we will
| proceed with our prosecutions under
the common law, not any particular
section. but the whole thing simmered
| down to one great principle that all
| combinations Of wealth which have
tendency TO centralize the property of
! the world in n few hands are illegal
and contrary to the spirit which ac-
tuated our forefathers when they
founded this republic and laid the
foundation of the common law ms it
exists to-day. On this subject l have
| communicated with District Attorney
Griggs of Ohio and other learned gen
| tlemen, and they agree with me in
my belief. At all events, we propose
to give the thing trial. We will test
that argument in the courts. and feel
confident that we will not do so in
vain"
The State Board of Capitol Managers
took important action a few days ago
toward the completion of the building.
1t was the original intention of those
who framed the law providing for the
construction of the capitol that only
Colorado material should be used. 1t
was charged however, during the ses-
sions of the recent Legislature that
marble and onyx from other states and
countries had been used in the floors
and walls Attempts have been made
to induce the capitol managers to
withhold part of the payment as pen
atty. This attempt has failed through
the action of the board at it's meeting
a few days ago, when the contractors
were allowed the full amount of their
claims The board went further than
that The improvements in bronze and
st. Baum foreign marble in the dome
previously announced We're formally
decided upon. The architect was in
| structed to proceed with the dome
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