The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-02

Senators Seldomridge, Whitford and
Taylor, who We're appointed a commit
tee to prepare resolutions on the death
of Senator j. C. Evans of Fort Col
Inns, presented their report, which was
adopted by rising vote.
1t is stated that the Senate made
total of 200 amendments to III. Il. /, the
revenue bill. The joint committee made
240 amendments and the House made
more than fifty. The grand total is
thus about 500.
At night session, Saturday, March
23rd, that lasted until 2:20 n. IN. of
Sunday, the Senate finally finished its
consideration of House bill No. 1.-THE
revenue bill-and recommended it for
third reading and passage, as amend
ed.
The following senators We're appoint
ed the committee on the Boulder quar-
to-centennial celebration: Senators
Ammons, Barela, Buckley, Clayton,
Ehrhart, Lewis, Moore, Taylor. Whit
ford and the president of the Senate,
Lieutenant Governor Coates.
In the Senate Lieutenant Coates an
nounced that he had signed Senate Bill
No. 100, by Mr.. Taylor, to fix the rate
for legal advertisements at cents per
wide for the first insertion and cents
for subsequent insertions. 1t now
goes to the governor.
When Senator Teller appeared in the
lobby of the House a few days ago he
was captured by a committee appoint
ed by the speaker and escorted to the
speakers platform, where he made a
brief speech, complimenting the AS
sembly on its work. lie has spent con-
siderable time as n spectator of the
legislative proceedings.
The Seldomridge bill to issue bonds
to pay the states debt was passed on
third reading with only two votes
against it. The measure will now go
to the House and will be one of the
six proposed constitutional amend
ments to be submitted to the people.
This bill proposes to pay off all the old
Indebtedness of the state by an
issue of S2.70O,OO0 of bonds,
to run thirty-five years at five per cent
the bonds to be redeemed in part or
in whole after fourteen years. This
measure was twice killed in the Sen
ate and twice revived. Its final pas
sage was brought about by the joint
committee on constitutional amend
ments which recommended this bill as
one of the six to be submitted to the
people.
The resolution introduced by Sena-
tor Taylor to provide for the resistance
of the Kansas suit against Colorado
appropriation of the waters of the Ar
kansas, passed second reading in the
House and seems sure of ultimate
adoption. The resolution is to author
ize the governor and the attorney gen
eral to employ, on the part of the
state, counsel to defend the cases al
ready commenced in the United States
Circuit Court at Topeka, Kansas. No
tice has been sent through the news
papers that the suit has been insti-
tuted, but no court papers are known
to have been served on any Colorado
irrigator or ditch man. 1t is very like
ly that Senator e. T. Taylor will be
one of the counsel selected to defend
the rights of Colorado irrigators. Said
Senator Taylor: Here at the highest
point of the continent we are at the
source of all the rivers flowing either
east or west. If we cannot divert the
waters for the purpose of irrigation
we will have to move away. But l do
not think that will be the result.
feel sure that the state will win the
suits, but l do not expect them to be
settled until the highest courts have
been appealed to-