The Springfield herald., 1899-05-05

Governor Thomas Is writing soou
many veto messages these days. Fri
day lie slaughtered ten bills.
In House bill No. 103 5000 was ap-
propriated for wagon road from
Kremlin TO Steamboat Springs. 1t
was vetoed for the same reason as
House bill No. 10.
Governor Thomas has vetoed the bill
concerning salaries of officers of the
State Normal School 1t was intended
for a retrenchment measure, but he
says that it Is TOO vague.
The state will not buy Otto Mears'
wagon road. as Senate bill No. "a was
| vetoed because the Governor thinks
the state can't afford 1t. and because
the charter expires within year, any
way.
Rev. Joshua Gravett. pastor of Cal
vary Baptist church. has been elected
district missionary for the Colorado
state convention Sf Baptists. This is n
most important office in the Baptist
| church.
House bill No. 2ss. apprc7riating
81 LOCO for the publication of the re
ports of the State Horticultural Socie-
/ ty. met its end. Governor Thomas
said the measure was mcritorious, but
! funds We're lacking.
On the strength of the unanimous In
dorsement by the Bar Association,
Governor Thomas has signed tne
Parks jury bill. 1t provides that IN
civil action three-fourths of the jurors,
instead of all of them as at present.
can bring in n verdict.
On the same ground Governor Thom-
as vetoed an artesian well bill. 1t
was House bill No. 800, for $1,000
well in Baca county. With like eX-
cuse House bill No. 34i. providing So
600 for a wagon road TO Caribou In
Boulder county. was laid TO rest.
In II. b. No. no $1,000 was appro-
priatcd for n wagon road from Sa-
guache 10 Sky City. The Governor We
toed il because the money was to come
from the S15O,OOo capitol building
fund borrowed from the state treas
ury, when the bill for the return of this
money failed of passage.
Senate bill No. 900. by Senator
Schermerhorn. met its death unresist-
| ingly. Mr.. Schermerhorn fought hard
| and long to secure passage OF TINS
measure 1t provided that purchasers
/ OF stocks of goods from retailers
/ should be protected by an affidavit as
| to Just what part of the stock, If any.
| had been paid for. The Governor
| thought it unconstitutional.
Pillsbury. the great chess player, was
| in Denver the first of the week and
gave marvellous exhibitions of his skill
as player and of his wonderful mem
ory. He carried on half dozen games
simultaneously, setting where he could
not see the boards. He gave orders as
to the moves to be made and kept the
position of the pieces on all the boaros
in his mind without difficulty.
Curator Will C. Ferril of the State
Historical Society now receives $500 n
year and has no assistant. The con-
ditions will remain unchanged. House
bill iO6, raising his salary to $1,000
and providing for an assistant at 5000.
was one of the many bills vetoed. Gov
ernor Thomas admitted the meritorious
nature Of the measure. but urged lack
of funds as the excuse for its death.
The arrival in Denver Of Mr.. Cop
pell of New York. the big man of the
Rio Grande railroad. has started anew
the talk of n cutoff to the Pacific
coast. For years the Rio Grande has
been reaching northward behind the
mountains. Six years ago 1t surveyed
an air line TO Leadville. 1t is surmised
that Chairman Coppelrs chief business
here Mt this time is to discuss with
President Jeffery the fix the Rio
Grande will be in if the Rio Grande
Western or Burlington should, in some
disguise. build over the range first.
John Chetelat of Custer county has
been appointed by Governor Thomas to
superintcnd the construction of pub
lie road from Pueblo to Leadville. The
road is to be built by convict labor in
accordance with the provisions of the
Taylor bill, passed by the recent Legis-
lature. The amount appropriated for
the work was SlS.46O. This includes
the salary of the superintendent at 81 :
POO per annum for two years. Chetelat
who was formerly sheriff of Custer
county, will have the appointing Of
gang bosses, who will receive $40 n
month and subsistence. Guards fol
the convicts will be appointed by the
penitentiary warden. They will re
ceive the same salary as the gang
bosses.
1t Is stated that President and Mrs
Mckinley will probably be in Denver
as guests of Senator Wolcott. late ii
August or early in September. Vol
hurst, the senator's country place be
yond Littleton. will at once be pre-
pared for occupancy. The three-story
addition recently built makes this
home one of the roomiest and mos
sumptuously gottenup country houses
in the West The house Throughout
, will be furnished handsomely, and dec
orators are now engaged m fitting !
up. Society people are anticipating th'
> visit of the presidential party, ant
elaborate plans for its entertainment
are already being considered. Natural
ly. Wolhurst will be the center of thi
social activity.