The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-22
SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF
THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE

Representative James @. DuhiaN!
and Miss Ruth Loke Mccoy We're ma,
ried at Trinidad on the IAN lns.uia,'
1t was n church Wedding ana there was
Il large attendance.
| Frank Bond. o, the office of lrrlsa-
| ton investigations left Cheyenne rev
| days ago for Louisiana. where ne WI
| attend the annual meeting oil the soulh-
ern Rice Growers Association.
The House passed the bill provldihs
for the pure and unadultereu loous'
with regulations to secure the same
and the bill providing for the con
struct:on of n hospital at the state soi-
| dierS' and Sailors Home at Cheyenne.
The invitation to the Utah Legisla-
| t,lre to visit the Colorado Legislature
has uncovered another plan. Ihat Is
| for the Colorado Legislature to WISH
the Utah Legislature. The plan may
not be sprung until the Mormon advent
| in Denver.
The House passed the Senate bill to
| create n commission to adJudlcate the
| claims of United States citizens against
Spain. which the government OF the
[, United States assumed by the frenzy
of Paris, after having amended the plll
so as to refer the claims to the Court Oh
Claims instead of to commission.
! L. Bailey is forming stock COM
pany to run telephone line between
Lander and Casper. 1t is proposed 10
have the line follow the old stage road
via Wolton There will be several sta
tions along the route. 1t is estimated
that the line will cost between Sl2,ooo
and $4,000.
Both houses of Congress have passed
the bill permitting settlers owning
hOmesteads on the Fort Fetterman res
eryntion. Wyoming. shall be emitted TO
ownership at S1.25 per acre. not more
than n quarter section of the pubic
lands on the sections adjoining the en-
try as pasture or grazinz lands.
The apportionment bill WAS killed in
the Senate by indefinite postpunement.
1t is not thought likely any other bill
on the matter will be introduced TINS
session, as it could not muster enough
friends to make Il hard tight Tor l.
Laramie county is hurt the most as II
loses two representatives and one SEN
ator by the defeat of the bill.
In the chamber of the House on the
evening of the 18th inst. c. NJ. Hobbs
delivered his illustrated lecture on
COLORADO and Switzerland Contrast
ed" The grandcst 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-fight law failed of passage in the
House by vote of 80 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 if that tribunal decides it to
. be unconstitutional previous lesisla-
ton on the subject will stand.
. Mr.. Insley's H. B. 80 ought to dlscour-
I; age bicycle thieves. 1t 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
committed discovery so difficult and
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-tingered 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. G. Beaman
, paid his respects to the rule of the
, Twelfth General Assembly excluding
, lobbyists from the floor. 81 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 consttu-
ents. When a Legislature passes a
rule shutting itself off from all COM
: munication with constituents, and max
!. ing itself a sort of exclusive body that
knows more than it can be told, then it
, 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-
5 er and prepare 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 diSested evidence
as to the southern fields When both
subcommittee reports are ready, the
entire committee will meet and COM
bine them in one general finding.
T. Mrs. Hearth. the only woman in the
f Legislature has introduced two i'm
$ portant bills to further protect the
t property rights of women. One of
these is House Bill 1872, which reads as
. follows: Section l, All property ac-