The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-12
COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AND DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL

suecial committee composed of SEN
ators Sedem,idge. Griffith and Ewing,
to investigate the House appropriation
hiilE. The recommendation OF the
committee that the contingent fund
be reduced from $4,000 met with no
opposition from the Republican mem
bers. On the contrary. 1t was Senator
Wood, a Republican. who moved that
it be still further reduced to $4,000.
and the amendment prevailed. There
was a spirited verbal combat over the
amendment to allow $1.476 for the ex-
penses of the Senate during the siege
incumbent upon the election OF a
United States senator. sThe Republi-
cans fought hard against the appropri-
alton for those expenses, while the
Senate was in committee of the whole.
but the bill was easily passed
Clarence d. Boyd. excursion agent
OF the Missouri Pacific lines. with
Headquarters at st. Louis has been in
Denver in connection with arrange
ments for the coming Christian En-
deayor convention. The lowest esti-
mate we can make for the attendance
on this convention" said MIR. Boyd.
'is 1000. and to this must be added
third more who will take advantage
and Illinois delegation Will come by
way of Chicago. All members in Mis-
sourI and the city delegation Of st.
Louis have contracted with our road.
and we can assure now at least fiye
train-loads. Too much attention can
not be given by the people OF this city
to the question OF housing these
people. l am going to see some OF the
school people to see II they cannot ar
range to have the school houses turned
into dormitories,"
There was much discussion over the
state employment agency bill, offered
by Mr. Garman, In the committee OF
the whole Of the house. AS amended by
the house 1t provides for $4,000 for s.94
aries for two years and $1,000 for ex-
penses during this period. was ap-
proved. This cuts down the Offices to
three. one in Denver. instead of two.
one in each Pueblo and Colorado
Springs. The bill was also changed to
provide that the deputy state labor
commissioner submit names to the
governor for appointment. and that
one of the two employees in charge of
the Denver Office be woman. Ac-
cordlng to this bill the agencies are
to report to the state labor bureau.
Each is to have a superintendent at
500 n month and an assistant sup
erintendent at $50 n month. Complete
records are to be kept and reports
made to the state bureau twice each
month.
The State Federation of Women's
Clubs is urging the passage of the trav-
cling library bill, which provides for
an appropriation OF $4,000, $1,000 of
which shall be paid during the year
1903 and $1,000 in 1904; also the ap-
pointment of the Colorado travelling
library commission" which shall con-
sist of FIVE members. who shall serve
without salaries. Two of these mem
bers are to be appointed by the gov
ernor, two by the state federation and
one to be selected by the governor and
the president of the federation. Mrs.
A. NJ. Welles, chairman of the travel
ing library committee of the federation.
now has eighty-two libraries. valued at
S5 900, ready to turn over to this COM
mission. The state library board has
also a bill pending, in which an ap-
preparation of $1,000 is asked to carry
on the work OF travelling libraries in
the state. and an effort will be made
to have the two bills consolidated.
Tomkins' initiative and referendum
bill, H B. No SIS. occupied the atten-
ton of the house for nearly two hours
before 1t was finally sent back to the
committee on constitutional amend
ments. which will confer with the SEN
ate committee in order to choose one
of the several measures on the same
subject for general support The prin-
cipal contest was on subdivision C
of section l of the measure, which
reads; whenever any law or part of
law shall have been declared uncon-
stitutional by any state court of final
Jurisdiction, the executive shall submit
1t to all-th electors the same as IL it
had been initiated by petition, and If
approved by majority of those vot-
ing thereon, 1t shall become law of
the state. notwithstanding anything in
the constitution to the contrary. No
law approved by the electors. by a
majority vote of those voting thereon.
shall be held to be unconstitutional.
The house passed the appropriation
bill with senate amendments Mr..
Breckenridge of the conference conn
mittee. after reading the report to the
house explained the changes that had
been agreed upon by the comm, ttee
from the two branches. He said that
the increases agreed upon by the COM
mittees amounted TO 5000. making the
total called for by the measure as
s177, ,0S3.S0. As amended by the senate,
which made increases of about ssS, 600,
the bill called for 71973.S0 In his
explanation Mr.. Breckenridge said
that the contingent fund called for
s20,3l3.09. He said that the amount
provided for the payment of senate
guards, their food and incidentals is
sl.476; house guards during the sem
atorial contest s997S0. Expenses OF
the printing Investigation were $1,000.
and the inaugural expenses $500.
Messrs- Fleming and Frewen voted