The Meeker herald., 1899-02-18

thAt the amount claimed IL not In en-
cess of the amount OF money actually
spent.
Engley's Sunday bill. which has
aroused the ire of the church people. is
as follows: Section ]. That the first
day of the week, commonly known as
Sunday, is hereby declared to be legal
holiday, and as such, a day for the rest,
recreation and amusement Of the
people.
Section 9. All places Of moral amuse-
ment mny keep open on Sunday the
same as any other day of the week;
provided. that the provisions Of this act
shall not apply to saloons or other
places where spirituous. vinous or malt
liquors are sold.
Section 3. Any person or persons in
terfering with the privileges and rights
OF the people as conferred by this act
shall. upon conviction thereof, be fined
in sum of not less than fifty dollars
$50 nor more than five hundred dol
lars $500 or may be Imprisoned In the
county jail for period Of not less Than
ten nor more than ninety days.
Senator Taylor presented the follow
ing resolutions on the death Of Rev.
Myron w. Reed. which were adopted
by rising vote:
Whereas. The esrthly and transi-
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 a simple faith in
| God; in loving kindness to men; in
hope and high endeavor for the great
uplifting of the human race; therefore,
| be II
'Resolved, That we here record our
| admiration for his superior Intellectual
power, wide sympnthies 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 td
his family"
| Mrs. Barry, representative from Pu-
eblo, is preparing to appear before the
judiciary committee and speak for her
bill. ii. Il. No. 17S, which would pre-
vent either husband or wife from mort
gaging community property without
the consent of the other party. The
judiciary committee has prepared a re-
por, against the bill "becaufe 1t is con-
trary to public policy" and would
bring on frequent lawsuits. "It seems
strange to me" said Mrs. Barry. that
n committee of lawyers would report
against such bill because II was like
ly to bring on lawsuits" A committee
of women is prepared to argue the bill
before the committee II given an oppOr-
tunity. One Of the prepared argu-
4, ments is the story Of n poor woman
who did washing and finally earned
ReuS Sit 9eeH f1e fts II huH The name ss or her
worthless husband. md he mortgaged
the home without her knowledge. The
home was lost through this proceed
ing. The women will maintain that a
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 to
their homes In the afternoon. One of
the greatest objections urged was that
the assessor was left absolutely in the
hl 1I1 o. the county commissioners.
Members claimed that boards If com
missioners. having the power to fix the
pay of the assessors assistants, held
over the officials head this club to
compel him to assess as they directed.
II the commissioners directed that Ger
tain classes Of property were not to be
assessed higher than certain sum he
must either agree to do as they direct
ed or they would cut down the pay of
his assistants. Again. II any county
officer was 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 Arapahoes had
gotten through with their charter dis
cussion they took up, in committee. the
question Of Harter's salary bill They
agreed 10 vote MS a 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 $1,000 instead OF $1,000. All other
proposed cuts they agreed to solitily
resist, giving thirteen votes against
them.
Inc IhdrDie iHNestlRAtlOn OF the
House committee is at an end, says
the Denver News. MS far as 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 signatures
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 dissensfons may not be given to the
public, but each time the proceedings
become fully known. Some of the
members are exasperated and have
threatened to withdraw from tho com.
mittee, bring up the threat at each
session. but all remain. Frequent trips
to the corridors to get fresh air or
walk OFF heated temper have marked
the proceedings. 1t is now definitely
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