Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-01-18
SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF
THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE

of capital punishment for assault COM
mIttcd upon children under twelve
years OF age. lie does not believe In
hanging. nor Is he strongly In favor
OF cIectrocutlon: he believes In an air
tight cell that could De- 80 charged with
carbonlc acid eas as 10 cause instanta-
ncous death. This would relieve the
warden and guards of much OF the hor-
ror Of their 4,rcsent grncsoinc task.
=. II. - provides FOR n constliu-
tIonal amendment consolidating cleo
tIons. so that county and stat. Ollie
ials shall bc chosen nj the same time.
This would do away with the elec'
tIons occurring next fall. FOR Instance.
for county officers. The cost OF every
general election is somewhere near
SaJu.U1. 80 this measure would OF It.
self bc u great assistance as n relief
to the ovcrfaScd revenues OF the state.
House Bill No. III. 10y Mr.. Burwcll.
proposes to Impose n line Of SO ON any
person who offers Ia frcli, treats or
accepts u trat In any saloon. drug store
or other public place whcr. liquors are
sold or given away. similar biii by
the Durango man was defeated Two
years ago. Another hill 10y Mr.. Bur.
well will arouse discussion when u
comes up for second reading. II pro
iInry convlcis ON county roads nj the
request OF county commissioners.
Three Republican members from
Pueblo wcrc uh-cnicd In tile House
and three Democrats Installed In their
places. The new Democratic members
are Harry Hart. ". e. rociion an ! An
drew Park. The committee found That
oil ballots marked Bryan ticket
We're Intended FOR the straight Demo
cratic ticket. and were thus markell
under u misrepresentation occnsionci
by false statements III circular s''n'
out To voters In the county. These h1l-
lots were sufficient TO change the re-
! suit.
The BARRIERS license hill has been
drafted and viii bc Introduced Into IN.
| House this week. II Is patterned after
| III. Minnesota law aud provides Tor the
| appointment by the governor OF
board OF barber examiners OF thfrc
members. one to hr recommended by
the journcymcns unions. on. To hc
shop owner. aud the other practIcihs
barber. The examiners arc To give
| bond Of 5000 each and bc paid 81
day for their services AMI 10 cents
mileage. provided the compensation
! does not come from the state treasury.
| Senate Bill No. 70. 10y senator stew
art. provides that every corporation IN
! the state. except railroad companies.
shall pay i,s employees twice every
month: and that rnilroaI companies
shall have Mt least one pay day IN each
month. The bill further provides pen
nltics for the violation OF the act. FOR
| the collection Of wages due nficr mn ciii-
ployc IL discharged and FOR the nppli-
| cation OF the law To work let out to con-
tractors This hill was considered in
/ committee Of the whole In the Senate
! and mn attempt To Kill II by striking
| out the cnncting clause failed. after
which II was referred back To the labor
| committee.
4 report has been presented from
! Orln l.. Adams. u. W. Robbins. q. i.
! Nash. e. =. Aidrirh and Il. II. Wallace.
I the commission appointed two years
| ago to consider the proposed removal
! Of the Soldiers Home from Monte VS.
| ta to Denver. Colorado Springs. Pueblo.
! Golden 1f brighton. The rpori rccom-
! mcndcd that no change he made. Tie
| only institution that could he given TO
the people OF Monte Vista in return Is
the Industrial School for Boys ut
! Golden. and Monte Vista people did
/ not favor the exchange. The commits
! sioi recommended the repair OF the
| present buildings OF the home. The re-
| port was referred to the committee on
| state Institutions.
Senator TAYLOR. who presented the
first congressional rcdistricting bill,
| which provides for thc three congress
men. has also computed from official
| sources the strength Of the Fusion and
Republicans In the different districts as
divided. In the First district the popu-
lation Is 11g.ISi. and the vote cast In
November OF this year was: Mckinley.
81 .oJG. and Bryan. rs. I93. THE popula-
ton in the Second district Is 1S1.5'5.
and the vote east last November was:
Mckinley. 33.Gjl. and Bryan. 3I,2iI.
In the Third district the population il
lIS,GI1. The vote was: Mckinley. 2S,-
3GO. and Bryan. iG.g93. Another scna-
tor has in preparation bill for rcdis-
tricting the state.
In the House. Mr.. Harris introduced
n joint resolution mcmorinlizing Con-
grcss against the pending Grout bill.
which places n tax Of 10 cents pound
on olromargarinc. The memorial re-
cites that this tax would prohibit the
manufacture Of ulcomnrgnrinc in the
United States and thus ruin nn indus
try of great Importance to raiscrs OF
cattle and materially cripple the cattle
industry. to the great loss and dctri-
mcnt OF those who are at present en-
gagged IN 1t. Il further states: We be-
licvc 1t to be to the best interests of
the people of the United States and to
the direct interests of the cattle own
crs of this country that said bill shall
not become n law and that its passage
would directly affect the poorer classes
by denying to them the use of u whole
some substitute for butter and thereby
advance the price of butter beyond the
reach Of millions OF our people, and
believing that said act is class lcgis-
lation detrimental to the masses and
beneficial to the few. the honorable
Spunte and honorable House of Repre-