North Park union., 1901-02-01
SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF
THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE

ne SENATE 0dS Ilisseu A'<oA
Inns bill to cut down the rate OF inter
est on outstanding state warrants from
six per cent. to four per cent
The judiciary committee set good
example by recommending that ceftain
bills be laid on the table because tney
cover ground already covered by exist
ing statutes.
Up to January Goth there have been
1856 bills introduced In the Senate anu
1SO In the House. but there is yet CON
siderable time to introduce bills Witnin
the thirty days limit
A bill In to be introduced making an
appropriation for the decoration OF tne
House chamber above the line OF tue
galleries. 1t Will also provide Tor tne
decoration Of the main halls ana corri-
dors Of the building.
Senator Buckley secured an inden-
mite leave of absence on the twenty
second inst. He goes to Wisconsin,
to his old home. where his mother -
lying at the point Of death. He Will
probably be absent for week or
more.
The total amount paid In salaries and
mileage to the members and emuJ"Ees
of the Thirteenth General Assembly on
the first pay day last Monday was *lI,-
900. Members only received mileage,
which made up the greater portion sf
the sum total.
In the Senate Senator ]. Frank Ad-
ans bill allowing the city OF Denver
to accept charitable bcquests was pass
ed. as was Senator Seldomridge's Dill
MI In he, mil ia Government
site for a public building at Colorado
Springs.
Among the bills that have passed
first reading in the house, is II. Is. No.
10, by Mr.. Meredith, to improve the
Normal institutes by providing Zee
of 81 for n teachers examination. ana
that the money be placed In the Nor
NAL school fund.
Senator Moore's bill in relation to
hours of employment for railroad em-
ployes was agreed to in the Sennfe. 1t
provides That when railroad man mas
been on shift of sixteen hours dura-
tion he cannot be ordered to work
again until after a rest of at least ten
hours.
II. ]. NJ. G (AIontgomery) memorial
izes Congress to defeat the ship sub
sidy bill. The memorial asserts that
the decline OF our carrying trade Is
not due TO n want of subsidies. but to
an unwise departure from shipping
laws formerly In existence. and rec
ommends IL return TO the old system.
Ex-Governor Baxter Of Wyoming.
now member OF the Colorado State
Board of Capitol Managers. is in Cali
fornia. Otto Mears is in Washington,
Charles ]. Hughes. Ir.. is Ill. This
leaves only two members of the board
In Denver-Governor Orman and Mr..
Thatcher. No board meeting can be
held, us there Is no quorum.
Some bills "for the relief, etc." are
echoes OF the publication of constitu-
tional amendments during Governor
Waite's term in eNtemporaneous
'dailies" for which the publishers have
not been paid. The committee on mp
preparations Is wrestling with some of
them at present, but has not arrived
at any conclusion except n recommend
alton to print.
A radical change in the practice of
courts In contempt cases Ia contcnp-
lated by MIR. Raneys IL. B. G6. 1t
porvides that the power of courts to
strued to extend to any cases except
mIsbehavior OF any person In their
presence or so near thereto rs to OBJ
struct the administration of Justice" j"
This does away with constructive
contempts," under color OF which per-
sons have been found guilty for
words spoken or printed or acts done
or omitted outside the court room and
not near 1t.
The House passed long resolution
In regard to the death OF Queen Vic
toria. One clause is rs follows: ''Vic-
toria was n consistent friend of peace.
1t cannot be forgotten that during our
Civil War and while many of her min
listers We're conniving towards the dis
solution of the Union, that her infiu-
ence alone saved the United States, at
critical time, from serious break
with England. With n ministry which,
like most of the cabinets of Europe,
were openly antagonistic to the North,
Victoria stood almost alone in be-
friending this government and 1t was
her own peremptory protest that pre-
vented her prime minister from taking
the step which might have precipitatet
war and gravely imperiied, II not de
feated. the success Of the Union
cause"
In the House Mr.. Stubbs made n long
argument In favor OF his bill to pun
ish capital offenses by electrocution.
He pointed out that the option given
the jury as between the death penalty
and life Imprisonment disposed of two
arguments against capital punishment,
because there would be no difficulty in
securing n verdict In the first degree,
and there would be little danger OF kill
ing m innocent mnn or one OF whose
guilt there was the slightest doubt. Mr..
Stubbs went at length into the electri-
cal method of execution, citing author
tiles to show that 1t was at once the
most humane, the least revolving and
the most economical method OF execu-
tIon, while Its deterrent effect was
greater than that .of the moose. Mr.
Stuhbs' speech WAS the longest yet
made in the House.
Senator Ammons introduced S. ]. NJ.
3 as follows: To Hon. Ethan A.
Hitchcock, Secretary OF the Interior
Washington. ID. c.: Your memorial
ist. the General Assembly Of the state
of Colorado, represents that the graz
Ing permit system which 1t Is proposed
to enforce In the Plum creek and
South Platte forest reserves is wholly
unsuited to local conditions, imposes
unnecessary hardship upon the set
tiers and is useless for the protection
OF the reserves. Therefore. your me-
,rnrlnlIst ro,rantT,lIr rnruaytv that