Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1901-03-22
Summary Of the
.oa Colorado Legislature

IN. amendment offered by Senator
Stewart To sscti"n twenty Of the rNy.--
nu. hill provides for Il saloon tax AMI
is very full In its details, III. auditor
a. stat. il designated as the officer io
ss.. that what nf- 'o h. known m 'fsir
room registers ar- usrti 10y all .aiooHS
aud SELLERS al liluors. Sellers OF liquors
nr- to register sales on these res
lister. and To pay Z" the stat. taxes H-
follows: Malt liquor. half pint or
less =. cent: monr than on--haif pint.
cent: alcoholic liquor and wiii.-s. -H
CENTS OH is~ss than half pint. and theme"
ranging gradually up I" ~ cents on -
gallon.
Grani Army officials nr" particularly
anxious to secure the passage OF two
hills now before the state Senate.
Ih.s., bills ar. =. u. rs. to nppropri'
at. $4,000 for improvements ai ih"
Soldiers and Sailors Home. aud =. u,
a51. providing $1,000 !oE the main''''
nance OF tia. home for the present hi'
-nnini period. Th. PROPOSED amend
mcuts nrt. In addition To- all sums to i-'
| provIIl-i by the federal government
for this hoin.. Department Command
or II. NJ. DraiIooi. Colonel Thomas !.
Rooic and Colonel Marshall ;. cTnw-
| ford nr- circulating petitions Tor I'll"
massage OF these bills and they arc Ia.
Ing signed by nil old soldiers.
The S.nn, ,c has passed tho PHILIP anti
trust bill. which as amended reads ns
| follows: "Ail arrangements. trusts or
| combinations between companies cor
| payutIons or persons, mad" with view
| 10, or which do. restrict full and IRE"
competition In III. manufacture. IN
portniion. transportation or snlc OF any
article or articles 6f commcrc. or cot
| sumption. or rates or commissions OF
Insurance. shall h. deemed and Ar"
hereby declared to l." unlawful for any
company. corporation or persons TO ch'
ter Into, or cSccnt" any contract, or
agreement. by which they shall bind
| themselves not to hny. or dispose or
| any article or commodity. or commerce"
| or consumption. or rates or couiiiiis-
sions OF Insurance. where. by reasons
OF said contract. they shall preclude or
| restrict competition II " provided
that trnnsrrcssion against this nct
shall be known as conspiracy. Any
corporation violating this act shall for
felt its charter and It's franchise. lts
corporate existence upon violation ot
thI. act shall end ut once 80 FAR ns
Colorado Is concerned. The attorney
general shall enforce the law. The finc
for any violation OF this nct on the pirt
OF any OF the individuals engaged -
such n Conspiracy against trade ~
from 500 to 5000 and the iInpFlsnh-
mcnt sentence for individuals may bo
made from one to ten years. a clause
is Inserted making the following oN-
cmptions: provided. however, that
nothing In this act shall bc construed
to apply In any manner 10 the orShhl-
zation OF laborcrs: neither shall this act
apply to live stock In the hands OF the
raiscrs thereof. nor TO agricultural, nor
ttc,iltural. or aplculturnl products re-
naming In the hands OF the producer
1t is claimed by Its opponents that
these exemptions Will render the hlcas-
. IRE unconstitutional. .a
House bill No. 3G. 10y Mr.. Judkins,
for n constitutional amendment a,,-
thorizing the initiative and rcfcrch'
: dun. was defeated In tho House by n
vote OF SO for to 10 against. not rccciV'
! ing the necessary two-thirds vote. ten
members being absent, excused ana
; not voting. The vote was announced
ms follows: Ycas-Ballingcr. Bolsinr-
. cr, Bradley. Burwcll Galley. Chisholm.
Cunningham. Davidson, Dunlavy, Faii,
German. Hammond. Hart. Hearth,
Hollcnbeck. Insley, Judklns, Kennedy.
Madden. AIanion, Martin. Mcclure,
Meredith. O'Conncll. Ong, Park
Pitschkc. Pochon, Rancy. Rawnlt,
smith, Spraguc, Weldon, White, VIII
lets. Mr.. Speaker-3d. Nays--Adams
Bartels. Beatty. Bell, Brscoc. Cannon,
Carringer. Dickcrson. Eachcs. Garcia,
Harris. Lewis. Mclean. Norris. Plau,
; Riley, ScLwcigert, Taylor. Twomb!cy
; 10. Absent. excused and not voting
: Davis. Dinkcl. Gabrin. Lorbcr, LII
bers. Lyttlc. Necley. Sanchez, White
law-1O. Mr.. Morris voted no for the