The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-22

taken on the question in any county
The third amendment makes a 2-min
limit on the extra taxation of fran
chises. rights of way, etc AS amended
the bill was ordered reprinted and rec
commended for third reading and final
passage.
Mrs. Heartzs bill. known as House
bill No. Dab, which has been favorably
reported to the House. is entitled "A
bill for an act requiring the consent of
both husband and wife for the mort
gaging or sale of property exempt by
law" 1t reads as follows: Section /.
Any chattel mortgage upon property
exempt by law shall be void unless
both husband and wife join in such
mortgage. Section =. Any sale by
chattel mortgage. pledge, bill of sale
or otherwise of any personal property
which is by law exempt from sale By
execution or attachment shall be void
unless the same be executed by the
wife Jointly with the husband' This
bill is urged on the ground that per-
sonal property most commonly mort
gagged is that in constant use by the
wife and in which she has therefore
superior rights because of her greater
interest.
Senator Charles B. Ward of Boude2>
looked at the calendar in the SenatW
Yesterday and distinctly remembered
that Just thirty-one years ago yester-
day he was born in old Missouri. He
went out and purchased fine stock Of
cigars, pre-empted n cloak room, and
entertained himself and his friends
with the true story of his life. After
he had lived in Missouri long enough
to "be shown" on all occasions, he
moved to Texas. From Texas he came
TO Colorado. where he studied for the
bar and was admitted to practice seven
years ago. He was elected TO the Sen
ate last fall for n term of four years at
81 day while in session, voted for
Thomas NJ. Patterson for United States
senator and lived happily ever after
wards. There is only one member of
the Senate younger than Senator Ward
and he is Senator Hume Lewis of Pu-
eblo. Senator Ward, however, has
done nothing TO impress upon his fell
low senators the fact that he is so
young.-Denver Republican.
The proposed joint memorial to Con-
sress. introduced by Mr.. Seldomridge,
of Colorado Springs. was defeated in
| the Senate. The memorial criticised
severely the action of the government
in regard to the Philippines closing ms
| follows: Your memorialists think
that a simple promise of ultimate indie
| pendencc would bring about an imme-
| diate and honorable peace and would in
some measure at least redeem the hid
eous national blunders of the past two
| years" Lieutenant-Governor Coates
ruled that the memorial should have
been introduced within the thirty days
| limit MS n bill. but that while it would
| be impossible to introduce n bill at this
| late date. memorial could be intro
| duced by suspending the Senate ruleh
which requires memorials to take the>
same course as a bill. 1t would require
n two-thirds vote to do this. Although
there We're only four votes against sus-
pension. owing to the absence OF many
members it was impossible to muster
the two-thirds of the Senate in its sup
port.
Legislation is not all play. Sometimes
it is very hard work. The Denver Re
publican of the 18th instant says:
Chairman Ammons. chairman of the
senate finance committee, and Represen-
tative Mcclure. chairman Of the House
appropriations committee, remain
ed at the state capitol yesterday morn
ing after the joint committee had work
ed nearly all night and completed its
report and had passed upon all the i'm
portant features Of the bill They were
still there aiding the clerks in making
out the amendments in proper form
when the committee members again
appeared for the caucus at $50 O'Clock
in the morning. when the entire work
was formally agreed to again just as
it had been decided upon before adj
iournment Mt 2 o'clock in the morning.
Both men remained hard at work with
the committee clerks until late in the
afternoon without any sleep whatever
and about o'clock the bill as sent out
from the joint committee was turned
over to the appropriations committee of
the House. according to agreement"
Under the provisions of Mr.. Martins
registration BILL elsewhere noted new
voters sign an affidavit setting out the
necessary facts. All the data required
by the present law is noted. The pre-
cinct books have stubs. which are torn
off and delivered to party chairmen!
The books themselves are delivered to
the county clerk. who corrects his per
manent registration books thereby. The
bill provides that when Il dispute
arises as to who is county or city chair
man of a political party. the state
chairman makes final decision. Be
cause of opposition of some members
from Arapahoe county the bill was
amended so it does not apply to cities
under special charters. The amend
ment was vigorously opposed by
Messrs. Bartels, Cannon and Dicker-
son, who favored the bill as it stood,
but the amendments prevailed. Inc
measure is urged as one of the most
important in the House. Its friends
claim that it simplties registration.
greatly reduces the cost and etfectually
prevents fraudulent registration.
There was n spirited debate in the
| InuSn nHnr n amendments III Il. oil.