Gilpin observer., 1902-02-06
PROCEEDINGS OF THE EXTRA
SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE

chaplain of the House.
BY vote of 3S to % the House de-
feated resolution looking to re-
organization of that body.
The effort to investigate Mr.. Ham
mond's connection with the Gunnison
Tunnel Commission has been indet-
nitely postponed.
A resolution has been introduced In
the Senate to investigate the manner in
which the last Senate journal was COM
piled. 1t is said to be full Of blunders.
The Senate adopted Senator Taylor's
resolution ,applauding the action of
the Maryland Legislature in eXpung-
ing from all state libraries the third
volume of Maclay's United States His
tory, wherein he defames Admiral
Schley.
The State Supreme Court has been
asked to pass upon the right of the
Legislature to repeal any or all of the
constitutional amendments which will
be voted upon by the people this fall.
The matter was presented to the court
Friday by Senator Taylor.
A resolution by Senator Rush was
adopted, holding that the term of Of
flee of the Thirteenth General Assem-
bly, employees terminated when the
A<SS tHeIepy SlNihS
the extra session a free hand to elect
whatever new employees it saw fit.
Representative Luebers has a resolu-
tion up his sleeve that calls for an in
vestigation of the governors contin-
gent fund. The chief executive is al
lowed a certain sum each year for in
cidental expenses in connection with
his office. He is not expected to make
an accounting to any one. He is to
use it as he thinks best, and for what
he thinks is proper.
There is feeling that the Senate
may place itself upon record as OPP
posed to an endless number of bills.
That will be done by the adoption of
resolution introduced by Senator
Farwell limiting the business of the
Senate to the consideration of the
revenue bill, the Worlds Fair bill,
the employers liability bill and the
Gunnison canal and ditch bonding
proposition.
A petition was presented from Gree
ley, asking that the mineral lands be-
lOnginging to the land grant companies
be taxed. These corporations dispose
of large areas. but reserve the right to
work valuable lodes thereon which
may later be discovered These reser-
'aliohS CONSTITUTE asset.
and it is probable that the revenue bill
will be so amended as to place them in
the assessors schedules.
Mondays debate was the liveliest so
far heard in the House. Speaker Mont
gomery denounced Judge Riner and his
decision in the revenue case and de-
clared that the Wyoming jurist was
mot actuated by an honest desire to
determine the law. but by n wish to
please the corpora ations." He made
lengthy defense of the law and de-
clared that he would sooner consent to
recognize the state board of equaliZa-
ton as an assessing body.
Senator Buckln has received word
that his report on the Australian tax
system had been Incorporated in the
Congressional Record and would be
franked to all parts of the country.
Senator Ben Tillman of South Carolina
has manifested much interest in the
results of Senator Bucklins visit to the
antipodes, and is responsible for put
ting 1T in the record. Within the next
month or two it is expected that it
will be sent to every voter in Colorado.
Two important memorials to Con-
gress were presented in the House
Thursday and will be passed as soon
as the rules will permit. One was by
Madden of Weld asking Congress not
to reduce the tariff on sugar, and repre-
senting that such action would cripple
the sugar beet industry of this state.
The other was by Harris of Morgan,
and urged Congress to make appropria
tions for the construction of storage
reservoirs for the irrigation of the arid
region.
The Senate committee for investigat-
ing the theft of the roll-call on the
third vote on the employers liability
bill held a meeting Wednesday, imme-
diately upon the adjournment of the
Senate. Senator Moore, chairman of
the committee, states that the gentle
men have decided to conduct the re-
search behind closed doors, believing
that they will be more likely to arrive
at n solution of the mystery in that
way. The committee is thoroughly in
earnest. and means to find the guilty
person or persons.
The Senate Tuesday adopted the fol-
lowing: "Resolved, That from the sum-
nit of the Rocky mountains the Cen
tennial State Senate sends greeting
and congratulations to the Senate of
the state of Maryland for its patriotic
action in ordering stricken from the
public libraries an infamous volume
that attempts to traduce the honest
name Of Rear Admiral Winfield Scott
Schley one of the worlds greatest pa
val heroes; and. Resolved. That an en-
rolled copy of this resolution be sent to
Admiral Schley and to the Moryland
State Senate"
The governors message was pre-
sented to the joint assembly at .
O'plOrk 'TnaSInv uftarnnnn nxvtnr IN,
the indisposition of the governor, Lieu
tenant Governor Coates read the doe
ument. 1t deals with all the subjects
embraced in the call, but designates
the revenue bill as the principal topic
for consideration An important