The Holly chieftain., 1902-02-14

intends to Introduce declaring that the
only business of the special session u
| to pass a revenue law. He said last
| night that he had received encourage
ment from a ma ajority of the members.
He expects that the House will be
with him and that, unless a deadlock
! with the Senate occurs. the House and
Senate will be ready to adjourn next
Saturday.
Mr.. Bradley Of Arapahoe county has
introduced the following resolution in
relation to the controversy at the State
School of Mines: Whereas, it is man
ifest by articles which have appeared
In several OF the daily papers Of the
state that a serious condition Of affairs
prevails at the State School Of Mines
at Golden: and. whereas, 1t is alleged
that the students Of said institution
are in open rebellion against the fac
ulty thereof; and whereas; the students
of said institution allege the most
grievous abuses of their rights and
privileges on the part Of the faculty,
and numberless discourtesies; and,
whereas, the said students declare they
will cease their attendance at the insti-
tuition unless the abuses alleged are cor
! rected: and, whereas, such condition
| of affairs and the allegations made on
the part of the students of the said in
| stitution are of such nature as to de-
| mand a most searching investigation
of the charges made, and also the gen.
| eral conduct and management Of said
Institution by the faculty and its trus-
tees; therefore be it resolved by the
| House of Representatives, the Senate
concurring therein, that committee of
five be appointed, three on the part of
| the House and two on the part Of the
Senate. to investigate the charges
made against the management and the
faculty of said institution, and report
back to the General Assembly as early
as practicable: resolved, that the COIN
mittee have power to subpoena and
examine witnesses and require them to
testify under oath In order that the
investigation may be full and eff
fective."
| The House spent nearly all of Mon
day discussing the revenue bill. Judge
Schweigert resumed his speech in IA
vor Of the state board Of equalization.
He declared that the board Of assess
ors increased the assessments Of the
corporations as a retaliatory measure.
1.-The railroads made great mistake"
said he. when they ignored the assess.
ors. If they had made the proper pre-
sentation of their case, this valuation
would have been materially reduced.
You might as well attempt to pass an
act to bind the Union as to give an as
SCISSOR power outside his county.
When the individual assessor meets
with his colleagues he surrenders his
discretion and abides by the will Of the
majority. At least that would be the
effect If this law means anything, and
l am discussing 1t on the supposition
that 1t does mean something. 1t will
not be gainsaid that an officer cannot
surrender his discretion. II he does
his act is void. The Legislature could
trust the board Of equalization to make
the assessments for the next year, or
until the constitution might be
changed. He pointed out the political
advantage of going before the people
OF Colorado this fall with candidates
who would be members Of the board
of equalization, and who would stand
on platform pledging an enforcement
Of the revenue law. He concluded with
m appeal to the House to defeat the
committees amendment, and as he re.
sumed his seat he was warmly ap.
plauded. Mr.. Ballinger argued that the
decisions of Judges Dixon and Riner
were neither of them the opinion of a
court Of final resort. Eventually the
Supreme Court Of Colorado must de-
termine the validity Of the law. Judge
Riner held that the constitution did rot
authorize the assessors to do anything
outside their county, but he did not
argue that the constitution forbade the
exercise Of that power. This Leeis-
lature is not possessed of sufficient
power to compel the assessor Of Park
county to assess the private property
Of his county at full cash value, while
the board Of equalization is assessing
corporate property at 20 cents OH the
dollar. He will go to Jail. II necessary,
the county commissioners will go with
him and We will support him. Mr..
Whitelaw Of San Juan delivered nm
eloquent speech in support of entrus,-
Ing the assessors with the duty Of as-
sessing corporate property. He, In
sisted that 1t was not proposed to ere
ate board of assessors and he charged
the minority with misrepresenting the
position of the majority. He believed
the Supreme Court erred when 1t held
that the board Of equalization had as-
sesslng power.
Wants Cuban Conditions Investigated.
Washington, Feb. 1.-THE American
Beet Sugar Association, by its presi-
dent. Henry T. Oxnard, to-day sub
mitted to the House committee on
| ways and means n nafItion uroipor ,ho+