The Lamar register., 1901-02-06

fefreu TO the committee which is CON-
sidering the Rush bill.
Election contests are expensive, Tho
bill for the Pueblo contest as indorsed
by the House provides for paymcnts az
follows: For the expenses Of the con-
testers, Ponchon. Hart and Park, $685.
AZ; expenses of contestecs, Renub-
licans, Keen. DOrthenback and Walk
$1S1. IL; expenses of committee. S54 S3
Attorney RiZor for the contestors and
Attorney Elwell for the contestees
were each given $500 for their fees
They presented bills for 5000, bur the
House committee decided to cut their
bills.
Among the last bills introduced in
the Senate on the last day for the intro
duction of bills, We're two affecting the
Carter Museum enterprise and like
projects. One was to appropriate S4O,-
600 for the Carter museum ana the
other to give the authorities IN charge
greater powers as to police protection
and the like. Senator Stratton came
forward with an appropriation bill for
the Girls Industrial School, which pro-
vides $1,000 to finish the purchase-of
the property now being used al d
Logan, S2S.OOO for buildings and $1,000
| for water facilities and like improve
| ments.
Senator E. NJ. Ammons. chairman of
the Senate finance committee. has in
troduced in the upper branch of the
house series of separate bills to pay
the deficiencies of the past two ad-
ministrations. He did so to get such
measure before the Legislature in all
possible forms before the time for the
introduction of bills is passed. Then
whichever course is decided upon there
will be proper bills before the Legisa-
ture to act upon. State Auditor Crou-
ter is credited with promising that If
such emergency bills are passed in
proper form he will do all in his power
to see that they are paid.
After an all day fight the employers
liability bill passed second reading in
the Senate by decisive vote which in
dicated that 1t would pass third read
ing and go to the House for rejection
or approval. The labor leaders who
frequent both houses say that they are
certain of the passage of the bill by
both houses. In the three Legislatures
previous to this the employers liability
| bill has failed. The great effort of
strong minority was to strike out the
word individuals and make corpora
tions alone, and not individuals as well
responsible as employers for injuries
to employees. An amendment to this eff
feet was lost.
One of the important measures intro
duced in the Senate is proposed con-
stitutional amendment offered by w
II. Adams and providing for the fund
ing of the $7OO,OOO of outstanding cap
itol building Indebtedness. The biz is
numbered S. b. 23S. and was rep he'd
out for printing by the joint finance
| nj .,ff fln
as received. 1t provides for taking up
the warrants. certificates of indebted
ness. etc.. outstanding against the
fund for the building and maintenance
of the state capitol and issuing bonds
therefor to bear four per cent. interest
AS the present warrants bear six per
cent. this would make n saving to the
state of two per cent, or nearly $4,000
per annum.
The provisions of the employers La
bility bill as it passed second reading in
the Senate are as follows: That every
corporation, company or individual
who may employ agents, servants
or employees, such agents, servants
or employees being in the exercise
Of due care, shall be liable
to respond in damages for
injuries or death sustained by any
/
ing from the carelessness, omission Of
duty or negligence of such employer,
or which may have resulted from the
carelessness. omission of duty or negli-
gence of any other agent, servant or
employe of the said employer, in the
same manner and to the same extent
as II the carelessnesss, omission of du-
ty or negligence causing the injury or
death was that of the employer"
Mr.. Rawalt has introduced bill
amending the McCreery law so as to
allow the House eleven more employees.
eight of whom are clerks and one
stenographer. The bill provides that
the appointees under it must pass an
examination before committeeAf the
House as to competency. In regUfd to
it Mr.. Rawalt said: I'VE do not propose
to have legislation delayed and at the
last Of the session have seven or eight
reading bills at the same time, as dur
ing the Twelfth session. Such proceed
ings are disgrace. No bear pit scenes
will be enacted this time. We want
work done in time so that proper con-
sideration can be given every bill be
fore 1t becomes law, and we must
have necessary clerks to do 1t. These
clerks will be employed only when the
House orders it and they are needed.
not before. This is reasonable and it is
business"
Senate bill No. 197. by Senator Whit
ford, provides for the construction of 4
building for the state museum. 1t au-
thorizes the state board of capitol man
ayers to purchase such site as may
be desired, but limits the location to
one of the sites in blocks adjoining or
near to the state capitol grounds, the
building to be constructed under the
supervision Of the state board of cap
itol managers and after its completion