The Elbert County tribune., 1899-03-02

|
BnreIa was the only member that
voted against the antitrust blu In the
Sennte.
The bill to reduce county salaries Is
occupying great deal or attention In
| the Senate.
The Senate adopted n resolution to
print 300 copies OF the governors anti
trust message.
The bill to abolish the position of
Supreme Court reporter caused long
and warm debntc in the Senate Friday.
The bill to make eight hours n days
work In mines ana snelters has passed
its second reading In the Senate by
vote OF 10 to ..
Legislature Tuesday denouncing trusts
and urging legislation to protect the
people against them.
A bill has pnssed the Senate provid-
ing that graduates OF all universities.
colleges and normal schools who have
taken certain courses may teach on
the strength OF their diplomas.
The bill requiring insurance com
panies to pay the full value of policies
when insured property is totally de-
stroyed has passed the Senate. Mr.
Buckley led the opposition TO the meas
ure.
The three women. members of the
House, to whom was referred the res
oiution to permit smoking. are not
agreed in their report. Two of them
would permit II. while the third Is op-
posed.
Mr.. Gaughan's mechanics lien bill
1lU
committee OF the whole after being
slightly amended. This bill seeks to
give miners liens upon mining property.
even though they are employed py
leasers or sub-leasers-
DIR. Judkins inheritance tax bill, ns
amended last week In the committee
1 of the whole, passed the House or
Representatives Friday Other bills
/ passed were Senator Whitford's meas
ure 10 regulate the admission of evil
dencc In civil nctidns. and that of Mr..
Baliinger to allow the release of one or
more joint debtors.
The Teller county bill nearly caused
n fight In the House Friday, the CON
test arising over the proposition to
send a committee to Cripple Creek to
Investigate the need OF n new county.
The motion finally carried by one vote.
The committee appointed Is as follows:
Short, Smith of Chaffee, Rawalt, Sloan,
Burwell, Castetter, Schroeder, Ken
drick, Bell.
The House committee on canals and
reservoirs has reported favorably on
the measure requesting the United
States to spend $2OO,0 ,0G0 a year for
| five years in constructing an Immense
/ a pef .,f tt.r rAIAra1.. ftfhA
point is made that government that
spends SO much TO improve rivers and
harbors should certainly do something
for people who h We neither rivers nor
harbors 10 improve.
Everett Bells anti-scrip bill passed
the House of Representatives Thurs
day without a dissenting vote. The
author of the measure had the emerg-
ency clause added to 1t and both clause
and bill We're passed. Mr.. Bell said
the coal corporations would test the
constitutionallty of the proposed law
md he wanted to give them as early
nm opportunity us possible. The vote
stood 30 to. 0. -
The finance committee of the two
houses have decided to investigate the
dpnaap ef aii5d rs 5i4f7aes 4f7aes fr tq}asau uf
Mears toll road In that county. A bill
calling for its purchase is before the
Legislature. and the committees are
anxious TO know the sentiments of the
citizens before approprlating money
for the purchase of the road, also
whether the demand Is just.
Two of Senator Parks bills. were
passed by the Senate on the 23rd. One
of them is to amend the general stat
utes In regard to the formation of cor
porations. 1t proposes to give power
TO railroad companies to lease or pur.s
chase lines not parallel. The other Is to
fix the liability of fire insurance COM
panles in certain cases, known as the
valued policy insurance. Senator Buck
ley alone opposed its passage.
1t is unlikely that further protest
will be made against paying the Eek
cess employees of Senate and House,
though the representatives who made
the first protest still declare the Off
GERS have not been legally employed
They state that. they have discovered
that certain employees of the Seventh
General Assembly, occupying the
same position ns the extra employees of
the Twelfth. received warrants that
have been classed among the illegal
excess warrants and have never been
paid. s
Senator Ammons' bill creating q state
railroad commission ald In many ways
regulating the conduct of transporfa-
tion corporations has encountered a
snag In the Senate committee on cor
porations, and the ultimate disposition
of the measure is In doubt The COM
mittee held meeting Thursday even.
ing, and 1t was told afterward that
apa F.
Ammons' account. 1t is well under
stood that there will be two reports on
the measure. II Is said that the COM
mittee Is pretty evenly split upon the
proposition.
Sitting In the committee of the whole
last Thursday the House took up the
bills OF Mr.. Engley and Mrs. Wrigh,
to restrict the employment of children
The House sat until after @ o'clock try
ing to agree on an age limit but. failing
to do so, let the question go over. The
opinions of the members as to the
age of restriction varied from ten to six
teen years. Mrs. Wright and Mr.. Eng
ley both leaned toward high rather
than low limit. Those taking the 9th.
er side argued that there Were many
widows who We're forced to depend In
a measure upon their children as soon
as they We're able to work.
Representative Harter's bill to reduce
salaries of county officers and others
was passed ON first reading by the Sem
ate, yesterday. Several amendments
mere adopted, and, as the bill will go
through the Senate, il Will carry a re-
duction of about S12O,0OO a year. A
computlon of the saving to be affected
by the bill is as follows: District at
torneys, SI.4OO; deputy district attor-