Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-03-01
DOlNGS AT DENVER.
Itsras Of Interest From, the city and the
state Capitol.

Ten delegates appointed by Governor
Thomas la attend the puE. food ana
drug congress In Washington. March
9Th. have declined To attend for vari-
Gus reasons. Most OF them say that
they cannot arrange To 90. Acting Gov
crnor Smith was notified OF the de-
cislon OF the delegates 10y the commit
tee arranging FOR the congress and ap-
pointed Ia their places lie n-inis.rs of
the Colorado delegation In the isiiional
Senate aud House. Senators l.. u. VOL
colt and II. N. Teller aud Congress
men John q. He'll and ]. i. ShafrOih
to represent the state.
After an investigation III several days
ai the Canon city pcnlicnilary. Stat"
Labor COMMISSIONER Smith has come
out In favor of Attorney General Camp
bcil's plan OF working 'Onvicts Ia
TIn-s. This he viii cmioiy as res
oinmcniaiion la his annual report. Tn.
labor commissioner says union men In
all parts OF the state favor III. plan.
and he Il convinced that II II practic-
able. THE .onvicis are doing hut very
little work In competition with union
men now" said Mr.. Smith yesterday.
"a little stone work "n III. grounds
and few other minor matters. Many,
OF them ar. clearing up the new tract
of land recently bought by the lnstiu-
ton
One OF the first results OF the open
door policy Of the Chimes. cinpir. IL
the granting OF concessions for mining
and other purposes To u syndicate OF
American capitalists, at the head or
which l. Samuel Ncwhou-c of this city.
which comprises one of the largest rn-
icrpri-..< ever undertaken In this coun.
try. Several rich New York men are
associated with Mr.. N.yhousc. Three
concessions have been granted to the
company by the Chinese government.
First. the exclusive right 10 mine FOR
the precious metals and precious stones
In the district OF Jchol. In northern
China. 100 miles north of rckin. cover
Ing an area larger than that OF the
state OF New York. Second. the cSclu.
sivc right To operate the coal mines NJ
Shisll. Mch-Chai. on the east coast or
China. Third. all the timber nnd nll
the mining rights. FOR the precious met
ais. iron and coal On both silcs OF the
Salu river. For more ilnn year Mr..
Ncwhousc aud his associates have been
at work on this project. and now that
the concessions have been secured no
tim. Is being lost In making the neccs-
anr,y Inyts j igi.i iJns Of the vnst tcrsi-i
tory covered by the grant. a corps Of
engineers being now on the way 70
China.
Governor Thomas seems TO be the
only state official. elective or appoint
i've, who can leave the state and lose
his salary for the time absent. says the
News. While he Is away Acting Gov
crnor Smith draws the governors sal
AIRY. bu, In other departments. the Of
ticrrs can go where they Will and stay
as long ns they will and still draw full
salary. The lieutenant governor. who
Is also. away. draws his full salary.
Richard II.tt. state boiler Inspector.
who has just returned from Europe.
was absent two months. The records
In the auditors office show that he
drew full salary. SOS per month. while
away. II. IL. Eddy. deputy insurance
commissioner. has just returned from
u two-wpCks' stay In Missouri. He
gets full salary. The state treasurer
seldom approaches the capitol. but
draws $500 per month. Various state
officers and employees leave for n few
days ut time frequently and the sal
aries 20 on. but the governor gives up
his money when he leaves the office In
care of another. 'lt does seem singu.
lar" said Auditor Temple recently.
but that is the law. The other state
officers have deputies who can take
care Of the work while they are gone
and might 90 away for six months at Il
time and draw pay just as If present."
In response to an overwhelming SEN
timcnt Of the people. expressed In var
ious ways. the Fire and Police Board
on Wednesday issued an order direct
Ing Chief of Police Farley to close all
gambling lOu<rS aud 10 exert every rf-
fort To keep them closed. The order
came after the board had been In con
ference for an hour and Il half with
committees of ministers from the Meth
odist. baptist and Presbyterian
churches. In regard to closing the s;i.
looms ut midnight. the board says that
its policy Is unchanged. According TO
members at the hoard aud the chief of
police. all policemen have been iu-
str,rctcd To seq thai saloons on their
beats are closed promptly nt midnight.
Failure 10 do this viii result. 1t is al
Legged. in the discharge of the officer
Orders were sen, to the proprictOT~ OF
all gambling houses in Denver notify
ing them that their places must be
closed at midnight last night and re
main closed In the future. The gam
hlcrs say they will obey the order. but
they only look on II ns creating n sort
of II vacation. These orders have been
issued before" said the proprietor of
one of the prominent gambling houses
Wednesday. ''Thcy keep us shut up
for Il couple of weeks and then the OK
citcmcnt blows over and everything is
all right again" Other men interest
rd in the question say that cobwrbs
will gather on the roulette wheels ana
the dust will hr deep on the faro
tables before they are again put in op-
Grafton Members of the board say
that although their IDEAS are I'M
changed regarding the policy they
have pursued. public sentiment seems
20 he against open gambling. and in
response TO this sentiment they wi
keep the gambling houses closed 4;
long as they are in power. Rev. Il. )
Chase of the Anti-Saloon League say
that he has Il mass of evidence agains.
the gnmblers Which will probably not