La Junta tribune., 1899-03-18
WHAT THE COLORADO
LEGISLATURE is DOING.

/ ne plN permitting cnlu insuEunee
has passed the Senate.
The bill arpropria,inc $1,000 for an
! artesian well in Cheyenne county has
been recommended for passage in the
I Hcuse.
| The governor has signed the bill per
niittilDg Pueblo to issue bonds for
street paving and other Improvements.
Senators Wheeler and Taylor had n
! spirited controversy Friday night. AID
( mad TO be separated 10y the sergeant-at'
arms. No blood was spilled.
In the course of n rather warm de-
/ bate the other day. Senator Wheeler ac-
I cused Senator Taylor Of having amb!-
tons 10 succeed Senator Wolcott.
The Senate has passed the bill intro
dnced by Mr.. Parks providing that In
all civil cases Il verdict agreed TO by
tiree-fourths of the jury shall be valid
bill approprinting $500 for con
struct.ng good road over the sand hills
OF Yuma, Morgan and Washington
counties Is receiving favorable consld-
Grafton.
Senator Smiths bill to force assess
ment companies TO print in red ink ut
the top Of their policies: This con-
tract is issued on the assessment plan
and its cost is not fixed" has been
killed.
Without the emergency cause the in
determinate sentence bill, drawn by the
State Board Of Charities. and intro
duced by Senator Stewart. was finally
passed by the Senate Tuesday. The
/ vote was q to l3.
The Senate finance committee has
, recommended that the bill for q wagon
road along Green lake TO Clear Creek
sulch pass. Ii also recommended for
passage Mr.. Seldomridge's bill for the
paymen; OF the mobilization OF troops
IN The present war.
From the committee Of the whole the
House has favorably reported the biil
nrproprintiDc money in aid of the state
Home for Dependent Children. The bill
contemplates the erection and equip
ment OF new home on a new site. ana
the appropriation of $4,000 therefor.
The people of Cripple Creek are pre-
pairing ! lot OF medals for the mem
bers of the House who stood by the
Teller county bin and banquet is
proposed for Saturday night next
week. The opponents Of the bill are
talking OF getting twenty seven leath-
er medals.
The House was amused the other day
by J. Max Clark. who asked permission
TO sit with his hat on. The Weld coun-
~ member said the room was SO chilly
that he could hardly endure II. His re-
quest was granted and throughout the
morning he wore his hat. In the after
noon he merely wore his ovcrcoat.
Mr.. Barela's Mexican war joint reso-
luton has been passed 1t provides
for an address to the national Congress,
asking that guns, field pieces aud ban
ners captured by the United States dur
ing the Mexican War be returned to
rlEit country. Mr.. Barela urged that
Colorado should take the lead in this
movement.
By parliamentary coup Mr.. Can
non forced his medical council bill
through the House on second reading
Saturday. Only two-thirds Of the
members We're present. and the friends
Of the bill had a majority OF about 4.
The opponents of the bill say they
have no fear but that they can defeat
the bill on third reading, when all the
members are present.
The general appropriation bill will
appear in the House. ii Is expected,
early next week. The committee has
been gathering statistics from all the
state departments for the past several
weeks, and comparing them with the
bill Of two years ago. The work Is
nearly completed and Clerk Henry
Wood expects TO have the bill drawn
, up by Monday morning.
Senators Hin and Taylor and Attor-
ney General Campbell and Attorney
Bryant appeared before the judiciary
committee of the House Thursday
night to argue the points OF Senator
Philips antitrust bill. 1t was pretty
| generally agreed that the exception OF
melon and fruit trusts from the pro-
visions would vitiate the bill. The ju-
dietary committee will try to cure the
defects.
Senator Taylors bill for n wagon road
from Denver TO Grand Junction occu-
pied most Of Saturday. and for the pur-
pose Of pushing It through the senators
held an afternoon session. The at.
tack on the measure which caused all
the trouble on Friday night was re-
newcd by Senator Wheeler. He was as
sisted in his fight by Mr.. Adams and
Mr.. Stewart. The motion to make a
favorable report carried.
Mrs. Carrie Kaiser is confident that
the people Of Cripple Greek will ask IN
investigation Of the reported scheme to
dope" members Of the House who
favored the Teller county bill. She
says her connection with the matter
was simply to discover what the plans
were and expose them. The result
placed her in a light that is not at all
agreeable. She has asked nm investiga-
tion that will prove her exact connec-
tion.
Speaker Smith thinks the question
raised In the House that the bills mp
propriating money from the general
fund for roads and bridges was with
out n knowledge Of existing conditions.
Tho recoYam end tioua Of Tho x,<,,,ax..ix