, 1900-12-31
COULD NOT AGREE
MANY OPINIONS AMONG COLO.
RADIO HUNT
ERS.
Frequently Changed Front-Conven-
ton Passed Resolutions and Re-
considered Them Very Freely and
the Result 10 Not Clear Even to
Delegates.

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convention. which has been in session
the past two days. There were many
men of many minds, and despite all the
arguing, pleading and threat-making
which was INDUCED in, it was impossi-
BILE to bring them all to one mind. Fin.
ally some action was taken. but it was
by no means unanimous and If it was
enacted into a law by the Legislature
it would raise a bigger howl yer the
| state than any law that was ever put
on or wiped off the statute books. Many
of the delegates left in disgust before
the convention had adjourned and
members OF the Legislature who were
delegates to the convention got up and
denounced the proposed amendments
to the law and at the same time an
nounCed that they would fight tooth
and toe-nail if they were ever brought
before the legislature.
The ball was set rolling by the intro
duction of the following resolution.
presented by Judge Beaman:
Resolved, That in order to save the
big game of this state from speedy de
struction consequent on the great i'm
%provement in guns and ammunition
and the enormous increase in the mum
bers of hunters, it is necessary that the
law be more strictly enforced thar it
has ever been before; that funds for
that purpose be provided and that the
seasons and limit be changed. There
fore, be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature about
to convene, be requested and urged to
make the following changes in the
game law:
censes n fees:
(a) Hunting licenses as follows:
Nonresident, good all over the state,
s25; resident, good all over the state,
So; resident. good only in the county
where the licensee resides, 81.
90 Professional taxidermist H.
cense, $40.
(c) Professional guide license. s..
2. To close the season on deer and
antelope on September 80, leaving it
TO begin as at present, on August 10.
8. That the limit for one person dur
ing one season be n elk or one deer
or one antelope, and no more.
To n,p1yA ON prnr cnocnr pr ,naln
mountain sheep, with horns, from Oc-
tober % to November 8, with a limit
of one to each person.
5. That provision be made for the
granting of permits to scientific socie-
ties to take game for specimens.
8. That the commissioners be ex-
pressly authorized to take and trans
port game from one part of the state
to the other for propagating purposes.
The preamble passed muster with
out arousing any hot talk. but that was
about the only thing that did pass.
They were all agreed that the game
would come to a speedy end if the law
protecting it was not better enforced;
They all agreed that more funds were
needed, and they all agreed that
changes were necessary, and then they
quit agreeing.
The part of the resolution which pro-
vided for licenses proved to be an
enormous field for contention, and al
though it was passed in the shape pre-
scented, more of the delegates were op-
posed to it than favored it, bur the
question got so tangled up with amend
the table and to reconsider, thai the
delegates did not know what they V
voting upon and kept waking up 20 tue
situation gradually during the re.uain
der Of the meeting. The Denver bird
shooters thought it was an outrage
that a visitor from the east would be
forced to pay n license of s25 if he
vented to go out and shoot ducks for
q few days, while passing through Den
yer, and the ranchmen in the southern
and western part of the state were also
outraged because the resolution pro-
viGed that a fee of 81 would be taxed
every man to hunt in his own county.
Efforts were made to increase and de-
crease the amount of the tax on foreign
sportsmen and also to separate the
tax on quadrupeds and birds. All
seemed to be in favor of the last prop
o%sition, but it was never brought to a
vote. Members of the gun clubs are
very indignant to think that a friend of
theirs from the east would be forced
to pay a $25 tax to shoot ducks. The
81 tax on residence hunters with privi-
leges all over the state was considered
satisfactory and vent through all
right. An effort was made to abolish
the county tax and also reduce it to
% cents, but neither effort was sue
cessful, and the ranchmen in the west.
ern part Of the state declared that II
that provision ever became a law they
would shoot holes in any hunter WHO
ever attempted to cross their property.
The license on professional taxider.
mists was thought by some delegates
to be too low. and a proposition was
mode to place it at $500, but this was
voted down and the resolution passed
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