The silver lance., 1899-03-10

The Senate has passed the indeter
inmate sentence bill
The bill permitting child insurance
has passed the Senate.
The Senate finance committee has re
ported adversely to the bill for state
canal No. /.
The House has decided to hold thre,
night sessions each week until the calen'
dar is cleared.
Last Thursday the House killed TWEEN
ty-three appropriation bills designed
TO aid internal improvements.
The governor has signed the bill per-
mittting Pueblo to issue bonds for
street paving and other improvements.
Senator Philips precinct option bill
mas been reported TO the Senate by tne
| Arapahoe committee without recon-
mendation.
The Senate has killed Senator Philip 5
usury bill. The measure provided a le-
gal interest rate of six Der cent. ali
above that amount to be usury.
Governor Thomas has sent to the
Senate his appointment of DR.. Chip
man, DR.. Hall and DR.. George Il. Ty-
Ter as members of the State Board of
Health
Philips precinct license bill was con
sidered by the Senate all of Thursday
afternoon. No vote was reached on
the bill and it was made a special or
der for o'clock Friday.
The three women members of the
House, to whom was referred the res
olution to permit smoking, are not
agreed in their report Two of them
would permit it. while the third is op
posed.
The House has decided against any
cut in the salaries of legislators. The
bill to cut the compensation from 81
n day to So was introduced by Mr..
Clark of Weld. and never had any
real chance for its life. Little cere-
mony was mixed with the funeral SER
vice. Mr.. Clark was allowed to make
his address for the bill. and having
observed all due courtesy the House
struck out the enacting clause.
The local option bill was defeated in
the Senate Fridayafter a prolonged and
acrimonious discussion by the follow
ing vote: In favor of the measure,
Ammons. Evans. Hill. Maxwell. Nc
Creery. Newell, Philip Porterfield. Roe.
Schermerhorn, Stratton, Swink, West
-13. Opposed, Adams. Barela, Brown
ing. Crosby, FELTON,. Fisher, Gaymon,
Harris, Parks, Smith, Stewart. Taylor,
Wheeler, Whitford-14. This vote
killed the only temperance measure
asked of the present Legislature.
The House committee on marble in
vestigation has agreed on report
that was presented Wednesday. The
report is not what the majority
wished. but is the only one that all
members would sign. 1t is looked
upon as victory for Chairman Ra-
walt, who secured the investigation
report declaring the charges un-
founded had been drawn up, but Mr..
Rawalt, Mr.. Bradley and Mr.. Kamm
refused to sign it. The document
finally agreed upon declares the evil
dence was of such a conflicting nature
that nothing could be decided one way
or another.
By vote of 35 to 20 Juan N. Pine
was permanently seated in the House
of Representatives last Wednesday
night. The debate upon the contest of
Teodore Sandoval for the representa-
ton from Huerfano county lasted six
hours, beginning at o'clock in the af-
ternoon. 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 ON the floor that
Mr.. Pine had secured his seat by his
own criminal acts. 1t was suggested
that the member should rather be in
the penitentiary than in the Legisla-
ture, and after adjournment one of the
members said there had been some tail;
of holding meeting for the purpose of
considering the question of impcach-
ment.
Mrs. Lees hill to provide for the
heating. lighting and ventilat tion of pub.
lie school houses in districts of the firsr
and second classes. came up in commit
tee of the whole Monday. and ]. Frank
Adams, Mr.. Patterson and George
Smith opposed the measure quite Wig
orously, Mr. Adams read letters from
several educational authorities which
were not favorable to the measure.
Mcssrs. Rawalt, Judkins. jefferson,
Hammond, Drumm, Dilts and Bradley
and Mrs. Lee spoke in favor of the bill.
Upon motion of General Browning that
section was ordered stricken out which
requires that no school building covered
by the provisions of the measure shall
be used after January 1. 1900, unless
II has been constructed so as to comply
with the law. After other amendments
had been accepted the bill was recon-
lnended for passage by large major
ity.
The eight-hour law passed the Senate
by vote of 26 to @ on Wednesday. The
bill reads as follows: "Section l. The
period of employment of workingmen
in all underground mines or workings
shall be eight (S) hours per day, except
IN cases of emergency, where life or
property is in imminent danger. Sec
ton 2. The period of labor of work
ingmen in smelters. and in all other in
stitutions for the reduction or refining
of ores or metals shall be eight hours
per day, except in cases of emergency
where life or property is in imminent