The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1901-02-23
SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF
THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE

Representative James C. Dunlayy
and Miss Ruth Locke Mccoy were mar
ried at Trinidad on the l4th instant
1t was church wedding and there was
large attendance
Frank Bond. of the office Of irriga'
tion Investigations. left Cheyenne few
days ago for Louisiana. where he will
attend the annual meeting OF the South.
ern Rice Growers Association.
The House passed the bill providing
for the pure and unadultered foods,
with regulations to secure the same.
and the bill providing for the CON
structon of a hospital at the State Sol
diers' and Sailors Home at Cheyenne.
The invitation to the Utah LegislA-
ture to visit the Colorado Legislature
has uncovered another plan. That is
for the Colorado Legislature to visit
the Utah Legislature. The plan may
not be sprung until the Mormon advent
in Denver.
The House passed the Senate bill to
create commission to adjudicate the
claims of United States citizens against
Spain. which the government OF the
United States assumed by the treaty
of Paris. after having amended the bill
80 as to refer the claims to the Court OF
Claims instead of to n commission.
l.. Bailey is forming a stock COM
pdny to run a telephone line between
Lander and Casper. 1t is proposed to
have the line follow the old stage road
via Wolton. There will be several sta
tons along the route. 1t is estimated
that the line will cost between $4,000
and FL, 900.
Both houses Of Congress have passed
the bill permitting settlers owning
homestends on the Fort Fetterman res
ervation, Wyoming. shall be entitled to
ownership at S1.2j per acre. not more
than a quarter section of the public
lands on the sections adjoining the en-
try as pasture or grazinz lands.
The apportionment bill was killed in
the Senate by indefinite postponement.
1t is not thought likely any other bill
Oh the matter will be introduced this
session, as it could not muster enough
friends to make a hard fight for IL.
Laramie county is hurt the most as 1t
loses two representatives and one SEN
ator by the defeat Of the bill.
In the chamber of the House on the
evening of the 10Th inst, C. NJ. Hobbs
delivered his illustrated lecture on
Colorado and Switzerland Contrast
ed" The grandest scenery Of Switzer-
land and then of Colorado was given
In large and naturally colored stereop-
ticon views, which have been seen and
enjoyed In many of the towns of the
state, and are never stale. no matter
how often the entertainment may be
repeated.
The Senate bill to repeal Cannon's
prize-f1ght law failed of passage in the
House by a vote of 30 to "a. 1t was
shown that the effect of the repeal
would be to wipe from the statute
books all legislation on the subject.
leaving Colorado with no laws at all
concerning pugilism. On this showing
many voted to strike the enacting
clause from the repeating bill. The
Cannon law is now before the Supreme
Court. and II that tribunal decides 1t to
be unconstitutional previous leGisla-
ton on the subject will stand.
Mr. Insley's II. B. 90 ought to discour-
age bicycle thieves. 1, provides that
the stealing of bicycles shall be deemed
grand larceny. 1t passed second read
Ing in the House without any opposi-
ton whatever and it will doubtless pass
third reading in the same manner. A
penitentiary sentence will certainly be
deterrent. The crime is SO easily
the penalty so light that theft Of BIZ
cycles has become an almost daily oc-
currence in every city of the state. A
law such as is proposed by this bill
will render this particular crime unpop-
ular with the light-fingered gentry.
There are two ways Of looking at
things. While speaking on the en-
ployes' liability bill before the labor
committee Of the House. D. C. Beaman
paid his respects to the rule of the
Twelfth General Assembly excluding
lobbyists from the floor. II have al
ways understood" said the Judge.
that the members of the Legislature
were not only willing but anxious to oc-
casionally confer with their constitu-
ents. When a Legislature passes a
rule shutting itself OF from all COM
munication with constituents, and max
ing itself a sort of exclusive body that
needs close watching"
The committee of the Legislature ap-
pointed to investigate the coal strike
has divided by mutual consent into
| two subcommittee. One committees is
composed of Senator Charles B. Ward.
Senator Tanquary. Representatives
Kennedy and Bradley. 1t will consid-
ar and prepare a general report on the
situation in the northern fields. The
other committee is composed of Sena-
tor Frank A. Moore and Representa-
tives Martin and Raney. 1t will pre-
pare the findings and digested evidence
as to the southern fields. When both
subcommittee reports are ready. the
entire committee will meet and COM
bine them in one genera finding.
Mrs. Hearth. the only woman in the
Legislature. has introduced two i'm
portant bills to further protect the
property rights of women. One of
these is House Bill 1872. which reads as
follows: Section 1. All property ac-
quired or accumulated after marriage
by either husband or wife. or both, ex-