North Park union., 1901-02-08

pasaed by the Senate on third reauins
with nm emergency clause attached. II
10 by Senator Ammons and proSues
for the appropriation of $4,000 for Tue
state capitol board deficiency.
Senator w. L. Clayton Of Greeley
made a strong plea for precinct op,ion ,ls,,,
in the Senate, urging that the fhi!p
precinct option bill which apphes "
Denver alone be amended SO as 10 aP
ply to the entire state.
Mr.. Martin has introduced Dill
which provides a trustee to take e.l.e
of real estate which may remain un
claimed by heirs or devlsees after au-
ministration of an estate mas peen
closed and final report been Hlaue.
This trustee will make regular repor's
and use means to find heirs, II tnere
be any.
Tho state senators are CLASSIFIED by
occupations thus: Eight lawyers, four
stockmen. five mining men, three Iar-
mers. two physicians, two merchants
n dentist. a banker, Il commission iner-
chant, telegrapher, an insurance
agent, an operator of pumping stA-
tion. nm Ice maker, carriage MAKER
lumber man, a newspaper man anu
contractor.
Mrs. Hearth proposes to Apply ue
principle of equal civil rights OF inen
and women to practical purposes. nei
II. B. 243 requires consent OF Doth nus
band and wife to any incumprahce VI
property exempt by law from eAeeu
tion. Several states have such laws
INT In those states consent of both hus-
band and wife Is necessary TO convey
IN
whether exempt as homestead or not.
Election contests are expensive. Inc
bill for the Pueblo contest as indorseu
by the House provides for payments as
follows: For the expenses OF the CON
testers, Ponchon. Hart and Park, S-oS.-
~; expenses Of contestees, hepup-
lIcans. Keen. Dorthenback ana Maih'
S1S1. IL; expenses of committee, So4.e1:
Attorney Rizor for the contestors ana
Attorney Elwell for the contestees
were each given $500 for their fees.
They presented bills for $500, but the
House committee decided to cut their
bills.
One of the important measures intro
duced In the Senate Is proposed con
stitutIonal amendment offered by w.
II. Adams and providing for the fund
ing of the 100000 of outstanding cap
itol building indebtedness The Dill is
numbered s. b. 23s, and was reported
out for printing by the joint finance
committees of the two houses as soon
as received. 1t provides for taking up
the warrants, certificates OF indebted
ness, etc. outstanding against the
fund for the building and maintenance
of the state capitol and issuing bonds
therefor to bear four per cent interest
As the present warrants bear six per
cent. this would make saving to the
state of two per cent, or nearly $lo'oOU
per annum.
Senator James W. Bucklln before the
joint constitutional amendment com
mittees of the Legislature and an audi
ence of perhaps 200 people, spoke for
two hours on the night Of January
2Sth on his proposed amendment to the
constitution, giving cities and counties
local option in taxation, which Is IN
tended to make possible the adoption
Of the special tax on land values now
in force In New Zealand and most OF
the colonies OF Australia. He stated
that where this tnx has been adopted
there has never been any effort FOR Its
repeal The amendment would also
permit counties to encourage manufac-
tories by exemptIng factories. machin-
cry, etc. from local taxation. The
measure il emil odied In Senate Bill
No. i.
Senate bill No. 191, by Mr.. Mcclure,
which was ordered printed, provides
that hereafter, when the sale Of any
property is made. by virtue OF the
terms OF any deed of trust, or other in
strument of like purport, or any sale
Is made by virtue OF an order OF fore
closure entered by n court OF compe-
tent Jurisdiction, the price bid at any
such sale shall be taken to be an
amount equal to at least the sum due
on the debt secured by said deed Of
trust or other instrument of like pur-
port, or by said mortgage, and the debt
thus secured shall be considered as
fully satisfied and paid when such sale
is made and when title Is conveyed
thereby. The provisions Of the act on
" apply to debts contracted and secur-
ity given. from and after the date Of
the going Into effect Of the act.
In the discussion of the Stubbs elec-
trocution bill in the House. Mr.. Mont
gomery is reported us saying: II am
surprised Mt the bloOdthirsty alacrity
with which the advocntcs OF this bill
want to put their man-killing machin-
cry in motion. This is not q matter for
hasty action-it is matter of life, and
of death. l may say that l am op-
posed TO the whole brood Of man-kill-
ing bills, and will oppose all Of them.
but l at least want time TO look over
and see which is the most horrifying.
My friend from Gunninon says that he
represents the sentiment OF the state,
hut he just bases that on the burning
Of the little niger down Mt Limon-and
they are sorry for that now. l am not
trying to smother the bills. though IL
might to do, would do 1t right quick
1y. All ask is little reasonable de-
lay"
Senator Cashmere Barela has intro
auced bill for n constitutional con-
'entlon. He says: 1.-The constitution
rs in sad need of amendment, and the
thirty amendments now proposed in
both houses attempt to correct many
evils, real or supposed. Now, since
six amendments alone can be proposed.
some Of those which may be among
the most desirable must be left out,
because of the limit imposed by law.
OF the half dozen to be submitted to
the people, it is quite possible that
some will be defeated. Thus, even af-
ter the next state election there will
be many needed changes in the state
charter. The election for decision of
the people on the six amendments to
be proposed will cost fully 100000,