The Springfield herald., 1899-02-10


tory life Of Rev. Myron Reed, formerly
chaplain of this Senate, has lately
passed by transition into the life eter.
nal: and
Whereas, Our departed friend and
brother ever exhibited the beauty and
power of his life in simple faith in
God; in loving kindness TO men; In
hope and high endeavor for the great
uplifting of the human race; therefore,
be it
"ResoIved, That we here record our
admiration for his superior intellectual
power, wide sympathies and devoted
life, as shown by his persistent and
aggressive labors for better conditions
and higher ideals of human life. Let
1t forever remain written of him: He
served his generation, and fell asleep
to await the resurrection of the just
"Resolved, That these resolutions be
spread upon the journal of this body,
and that an enrolled copy be sent to
his family"
Mrs. Barry, representative from Pu-
eblo, is preparing to appear before the
judiciary committee and speak for her
bill. II. B. No. IT'S. which would pre-
vent either husband or wife from mort
gaglng community property without
the consent of the other party. The
judiciary committee has prepared a re-
port against the bill ''becnuse it is con
trary to public policy" and would
bring on frequent lawsuits. "lt seems
strange to me-" said Mrs. Barry. that
committee of lawyers would report
against such bill because it was like
ly to bring on lawsuits" a committee
of women is prepared to argue the bill
before the committee if given an oppor-
tunity. One of the prepared argyll
ments is the story of a poor woman
who did washing and finally earned
enough money TO buy n small home.
She put the title in the name of her
worthless husband. and he mortgngcd
the home without her knowledge The
home was lost through this proceed
ing. The women Will maintain that II
law that would prevent the husband
from committing such acts would pre-
serve many homes intact.
The discussion over the county sal
aries bill, which was before the House
Saturday morning. did not close with
the adjournment of that body. nor until
the most of the members had gone 10
their homes in the afternoon. One of
the greatest objections urged was that
the assessor was left absolutely in the
hlld' o! the county commissioners.
Members claimed that boards )f com
missionerS, having the power 10 fix the
pay of the assessors assistants, held
over the officials head this club 10
compel him TO assess as they directed.
If the commissioners directed that GER
tain classes of property We're not to be
assessed higher than n certain sum he
must either agree to do as they direct
ed or they would cut down the pay of
his assistants. Again, if any county
officer WINS thus to be under the thumb
of the board they declared that every
county officer should be in the same
boat. The salaries We're also freely
discussed. After the Arnpahoes had
gotten through with their charter dis
cussion they took up. in committee. the
question of Harter's salary bill. They
agreed to vote aS body against any
reductions except for two offices. They
were willing that the clerk of the Dis
trict Court should have his salary
paid and that deputy sheriffs should
get 81, 200 instead of $1,000. All other
proposed cuts they agreed to solidly
resist. giving thirteen votes against
them.
The marble investigation of the
House committee is at an end, says
the Denver News. as far rs any work
of the present committee Is concerned,
but no report has been prepared and
there Is no immediate prospect of any
being made. Three times resolutions
have been drawn up for the signs lures
of the members of the committee, and
each time some member has blocked
the same being signed. All meetings
of the committee are executive, so that
the diSsensions may not be given to the
public. but each time the proceedings
become fully known. Some of the
,1,Trr tr.J n,,I
threatened to withdraw from the COM
mittee, bring up the threat at each
session, but all remain. Frequent trips
to the corridors to get fresh air or
walk off n heated temper have marked
the proceedings. 1t is now definitely
decided that unanimous report is
impossible. Some of the AraDahoe
members favor finding that nothing
has been proven, which Is the general
sentiment of the committee Chair
man Rawalt, however, represents the
people of Gunnison. who have been an
gered by the reported failure of the
contractors TO use the product from
their county in the floors of the capitol.
He seems firm in the belief that for
eign marble has been used. and pro-
fesses Il belief that a continued in
vestigation after the close of the legis-
lative session would result in some
thing tangible, and. having this belief,
has been able to prevent n report
which would show that nothing had
been accomplished.
A determined effort will be made by
the Legislature. says the Denver Re
publican. to devise means to meet the
deficit in revenue which Is staring the
state in the face. The finance commit
lees of both houses think that some
thing must be done to meet the expect
ed deficit of about 100000. for the fis-
cal year 1S99-190O, as well as to raise
funds necessary to carry on the depart
ments of the state government. The
first step was taken when the finance
committees of both houses met with
State Auditor Temple. Attorney Gen.
eral Campbell and Assistant Attorney
General Reed. The object of the meet
ing was to learn. approximately at
least the condition of the finances of
the state and devise some method
whereby needed funds might be raised
sn that the machinery of the state
could run along unhampered. Assist
ant Attorney General Reed went at
length into the question and quoted
figures to show that some action was
imperative If the state institutions