Daily camera., 1901-03-12
WORK OF THE SOlONS.
Statement of Prlgress Recently Made or
Important Legislation.
Denver. March II. lodi.

Statement of Prlgress Recently Made on
Important Leg,slatiou.
Denver, March II. 1921.
The pas. week in the legislature has
been an important one as to results The
revenue bill. prepared by the Thomas
revenue commission, but as amended
has passed the house on third reading
with only seven dissenting votes. Ii
came TO the senate on Friday ard WAS
referred to the finance committee. FIJI
day evening and Saturday i, was consii
cred and the committee decided to re-
port it Monday in the form in which il
passed the house. Thi; was done be,
cause the committee were not unanim JUS
as to the disputed sections and as it was
thought nothing was to be gained by
fighting over the bill twice.
The Rush oonsolid alton bill also
passed the house on third reading and
now goes 10 the governor. AS il pro
vidss for the consolidation Of the city o!
Denver and county of Arapahoe and as
it viii 60 into sfec', if a, all, before tie
next general assembly meets. i, will be
necessary to provide government for
the balance OF Arapahoe county. II
seems likely because OF geographical
conditions that the balance of the county
will be divided into two counties with
Liuleton as the county seat of one and
Brighton of the other. Many think this
is unfortunate, but that it is the only way
out OF the dilemma. The Bucklin local
option land tax system. as modified by
the country members Of the senate, also
passed the house and now goes to the
governor. AS changed it will not apply
to any county unless the county wants it.
In the senate numerous bills passed
second reading and among them the
Seldomridge bill to refund all the out
standing state indebtedness which draws
interest at six per cent, into bonds draw.
ing two per cent. The amount of this
Indebtedness is more than two and one
half millions of dollars. Quite fight
was made on the bill because it did no,
inclu ie the disputed Graham and Weber.
Collier and Cleveland and Lawrence
seventh. G neral as ssmbly warrants.
The phllp anti ,rust bill also passed
second reading in the senate. la com
mittee of the whole org nlzed labor was
excepted from its operation and the stock
raiseis and farmers had their industries
also excepted. When the bill was re
porte d 10 the senate the politicians struck
out all the exceptions but organized
labor. Senator Ammons claimed that as
the farmers asked for protection only for
the live stock in the hands of the raiser
and agricultural and horticultural pro
ducts in the hands # the producer, such
products simply represented the wages
of the men who produced them, and that
If it were constitutional to except one
class of labor it was constitutional to ex-
clude all labor. If it was proper to pre-.
tect organized labor, it was right to pro
tect unorganized labor. He therefore
began Offering amendments and kept it
up all afternoon. losing on every vote
until the live stock exception was finally
adopted by vote of IS to I3. The next
morning an attempt was made 10 recon.
slider the motlon but it was defeated by
~ to 16. and after a half days struggle |
Ammons won his hght. and put agricul
tural labor on an equal footing with or
ganized labor. In this fight the orean.
lied labor vote stood solidly by the
farmers The constitutional amendment
bill requiring that voters shall be citizens
of the United States and providing that
no one shall hereafter become voter
unless he or she shall b: able to read and