The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19
COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AND DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL

tiary and Senate bill NO. ~, proViuihB
for an additional district judge in the
Eighth tBoulder) district.
The State Land Board on March 4th
granted leases on the following lands;
Seventeen hundred acres In Routt
county; 932 acres in Saguache county;
1.Ol2 acres In Las Animas county; $40
acres in Adams county; $40 acres In
costilla county: LAO acres In sagu-
ache county.
The Colorado State Federation Of
| Labor has issued a statement calling
| for action In the initiative and REFER
endum bill. In the call II Is stated that
| the bill is marked for defeat" brief
review OF the situation in both houses
| is given. 1t is said that four stand by
the bill and that many in the legisla-
ture are lodging the vote. People are
urged to write their representatives
urging them to work for the measure.
A special committee composed OF
| Senators Campbell and Cornforth and
Representatives Aitken. Kinsey and
Dolph. and Chief of Police G. G. Bird
sail OF Colorado City, called on Cover
nor Peabody March 10 with petition
signed by 700 citizens of the town,
asking a withdrawal of the troops. The
Governor stated that no militia would
be withdrawn until Sheriff Gilbert In
formed him the soldiers were NO
longer needed.
House bill No. 296, by Watson. 70
provide for local option by city. county
or precinct as to whether saloons
shall or shall not be permitted.
was passed by the House on second
reading on the 18th inst with but three
votes against It. IL. e. Garman OF Dem
yer was the only member who openly
spoke and worked against the measure.
He. with C. Il. Stubbs and Daniel De-
laney. furnished the three votes In op-
position.
The Inheritance tax sections OF the
revenue law have been attacked in
petition for writ of error filed In the
office of the clerk of the Supreme
Court. In the lower courts decision
was rendered against the estate of w.
F. McClelland. holding IL for the in
heritance tax. The petition for writ
of error alleges that the law, as
adopted is unconstitutional and void.
and also that 1t is In conflict with the
fourteenth amendment to the constitu-
tion OF the United States.
Mrs. James H. Peabody has become
interested in the work that the women |
of Denver are doing. At meeting of |
the City Improvement Society at which |
the annual election of officers took |
place, Mrs. Peabody was chosen presi-
dent. The planting OF trees on side |
walks, clean alleys and backyards are
some the the things the society will |
work for the comingyear. The placing of |
small tables about City park where |
cheap refreshments may be secured is |
another thing that is approved
The great grocery store of the Hurl-
but Grocery Company in Denver was
burned on the morning of March 11th,
almost completely destroying the stock.
Other sufferers were w. s. Sanderson
q Bro. teas. coffees and spices: John
ID. Ross. tobacconist. damaged by
smoke: Drs. Bennett and Bagley, fur
niture and fixtures. and several Offices
and roomers on upper floors. The loss
is placed at approximately $S5.000. or
this the Hurlbuts sustain the greater
portion. Nearly all the property lost
was well insured.
House bill No. 5s. by Mr.. Tcmkins.
was practically killed in the House
when on adjourning at noon the ma
jority refused to ask leave to sit again
to discuss the bill, thus throwing the
measure to the foot of the calendar,
where IL will remain buried until the
session ends. At the afternoon session
Stubbs tried to have the report Of the
committee of the whole amended so
that the bill could be taken up again,
but the majority. principally Republi-
cans. refused to allow this and the bill
was killed by vote of &c to 81
The injunction against Charles W.
Crouter. formerly auditor of state. re-
straining him from paying over to the
state the money paid him on account
of the fat tax, was dissolved by Judge
Carpenter on the 9th inst. The in
junction was issued several months
ago at the instance of the United
States Reduction and Refining COM
pany, which plaintiff was later Joined
by other corporations in an action to
test the validity of the fiat tax 1t was
ordered that none of the money COL
lected under the new tax should be dis
posed of until the case was settled. 1t
has now been agreed that the whole
fiat tax receipts. about s3S. 900, should
not be tied up. Mr.. Crouter immedi-
ately paid into the court the actual
amount involved in the suit. which is
s12 ,36s.64.
The Senate on the 18th inst passed
on second reading Senator Wards
bill authorizing two-fifths levy for
the State University at Boulder and
recommending that it be read IA third
time and passed. The revenue expect
ed under this levy will be about Sl25.-
900 year, or double the amount re-
ceived by the university during the
last two years. when the revenues were
secured from a one-fifth mill levy. The
university asked for an appropriation
of about 100000 for new buildings and