North Park union., 1902-02-14

chaplain Of the House.
Tho Senate Wednesday expressed
Its opposition to the State Board Of As
SCISSORS feature OF the revenue bill by
vote OF % to 8.
The effort to investigate Mr.. Ham-
mond's connection with the Gunnlson
Tunnel Commission has been indeh-
nitely postponed.
Senator Whitford has introduced an
amendment upholdlng the students OF
the School Of Mines In their controver-
~ with the faculty.
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 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 fali.
The matter was presented to the court
Friday by Senator Taylor.
A petition was presented from Gree
ley, asking that the mineral lands be-
lonRinging 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-
vations constitute an important asset.
and It Is probable that the revenue Dill
will be so amended ms to place them IN
the assessors schedules.
Mondays debate was the liveliest so
far heard In the House. Speaker Mont
AAn M
decision In the revenue cnse and de-
clared that the Wyoming jurist was
mot actuated by an honest desire to
determine the law, but by wish to
please the corporations" He made a
lengthy defense of the law and de-
clared that he would sooner consent to
recognize the state board OF equaliza-
tion as an assessing body.
Senator BucklIn 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 Bucklin's visit to the
antIpodes, and is responsible for put.
ting 1t In the record. Within the next
month or two 1t is expected that II
will be sent to every voter In Colorado
Two important memorials to Con-
gress were presented in the House
Thursday and will be passed MS soon
as the rules will permit. One was by
Madden of Weld asking Congress not
to reduce the tarin 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 main feature Of the Senate pro
ceedings Tuesday were the hearing OF
| the Supreme Court decision and the
debate on the State Board Of Assessors
| feature of the revenue proposition
This arose out of an amendment tC
the Whitford- Graves bill for a consti
| tutional amendment proposing to sub
stitute such a board for the State
| Board of Equalization. The feeling ir
the Senate Is very strong against the
board of ffty-seven assessors. The In
| tangible property assessment feature
was also discussed for a time.
There is said to be a kind Of tact
agreement that the Senate will oppose
| the reconsideration of any of the pend
ing constitutional amendments, holding
that the fact that they have beer
printed In the session laws Is par'
Of the printing which precedes theii
submission to the people. The oppon
ents of the measure-some OF them, a
least, in both branches-are willing t.
withdraw any fight at this time, oil
the understanding that the bill is MOI
made a party measure, and that thu
platform of the state convention mex
fall shall not be in any way hamperet
thereby.
A number of the Senators Saturday
drew their mileage. The voucher OF
Senator Thomas Annear of SilvertoI
calls for Is cents per mile for 1,OO(
miles, amounting to $780, Senator Geo
Copp comes next with 9OS miles; b,
lives In Durango and draws $136.2O
Senator l.. r. West lives In Golden anl
draws IS cents on fourteen miles eacl
way. In the House w. A. Taylor ant
w. 8. Bucklin, who live in Telluride
are entitled to Is cents mile on 1,16s
miles ]. T. Whitelaw of Silvertor
comes third, with 1000 miles. F. E
CarrInger of Golden draws for only
twenty-eight miles.
The lower house of the General AS
sembly Is determined to leave the as
sessment of corporate property in the
hands Of the assessors Of the state. Or
Monday by the emphatic vote of 35 t.
10, 1t adopted a resolution by Mr.. Bal
linger of Park asking the Supreme
Court to render an opinion on the con
stitutionallty of provision creating {
board of assessors to be composed oi
all the assessors in the state. This !,
the section as originally championet
by Speaker Montgomery during tht
regular session and which was changed
against his protest while the bill wal
in the Senate. This latter body author
lied the assessors to delegate the pow
er to assess corporate property to 6
board Of thirteen assessors. Judge
Riner has decided that the board OF
thirteen Is unconstitutional. The speak
er and his friends insist thnt the mis-
take was made In curtailing the powers
OF the total number of assessors.
All adverse reports upon the pending
constitutional amendments will gt
over until a decision is received from
the Supreme Court as to the power o1
the Legislature to reconsider these
amendments. Senator Rush introduced
a resolution asking the Supreme Court
to state, II these bills can be reconsid
cred, what vote would be required. II
Ia nOt customary for the Surname Court