Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-03-27


The Colorado State Federation Of
Labor has issued a statement calling
for action in the Initiative and refer
endum bill. In the call il is stated that
the bill is marked for defeat" A brief
review OF the situation in both houses
Is given. II is said that four stand by
the bill and that many in the lssisia-
ture are dodging the vote, People are
urged To write their representatives
urging them To work for the measure.
House bill No. 200. by Watson. to
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 IL. IL. l.. GaEman OF Den-
Yer was the only member who openly
spoke and worked against the measure.
lie. with q, r. Stubbs and Daniel De-
laney. furnished the three votes in op-
position.
On Monday, March 10th. a resoiu-
tIon Nns Introduced In the Senate by
Mr.. BallingeE that the Legislature ai-
iouTn sine die on Saturday. March 2lst.
A good many of the senators had re-
sardsd the resolution in the light OF
blum, introduced for the purpose OF
compelling them to get down To busi-
ness, but when a motion To table IL
was lost by vote OF ID to 10 u was
evident that. the situation was serious,
Senator Rush. who had opposed the
resolution. insisted on a call of the
Senate. The absentsea cam. In and
the fisht pro and con upon the r.soiu-
tIon was resumed and eoniinued hotly
for half or thrse-quar;ers OF an hour.
a..F
luton among the Democrats were Sen
ntoE nailinscr and Senator W. IL.
Adams. The first because he thought
nothing was being done. and the latter
because nothing needed to b. done. ess
c.pt Ia pass tho general appropriation
bill and there was plenty OF time TO do
that. The Republicans who wanted TO
guilt and so home were Senators Drake
and DE I.nns. The. former was tired
Of the wilful waste Of time and didn't
believe there was an intention To do
anything. The motion was defeated
by vote OF . TO 81.
The Senate on the 18th inst. passed
on second reading Senator Wards
hill authorizing two-nfths levy for
the State University Mt Boulder and
recommending that II be read third
time and passed. The revenue expect
cd under this levy will be about sia5.-
600 n year, or double the amount re-
cciycd by the university during the
last two years. when the revenues were
secured from on--fifth mill levy. The
university asked for an appropriation
OF about s30O.OO for new buildings and
the arguments which friends on the
floor of the Senate advanced for the
doubling of the levy Included prom
L.. ,kas Aa ha
would 70 finance the institution ON
this amount that n sum would remain
each year beyond maintenance expense
which could be diverted to building
fund. Senators Ward. Buckley. Taylor.
West. Roberts. Jefferson and Farwcll.
of the finance committee. signed the
majority report recommending the bill
do pass I'm committee OF the whole
Senators Hill. Lewis. Griffith. Clayton.
Mcclure and Pryor. in n minority re-
port, recommending indefinite post
poncment of the bill for the reason
that its enactment into law would pro-
duco n complete revolution In the
financial arrangements Of the state
Attorney General Miller proposes
that tho officers OF all the state insti-
tutions shall hereafter be required to
give an accounting OF every cent re-
cclyed and disburscd. He says that his
investigations show that the state gov
ernment has been conducted from year
to year without knowledge by anybody
OF the exnct expenses Of each depart
ment. Succeeding Legislatures made
appropriations nearly conforming to
the demands and recommendations OF
the officials holding these Offices. the
basis having been what was spent In
the preceding two years. The appro-
priation bills directed the moneys sp-
priated to each department might be
checked out by its head and he was
not compelled to give an accounting OF
its use. 'In the next appropriation
bill.' says Mr.. Miller, Il have
advised that specific provision
be made for the keeping of an
expense account by each department.
1t must contain an account OF every
cent disbursed. Then, possibly. when
the next Legislature attempts to dis
cover what has become of the peoples
money 1t will be n comparatively easy
task and the responsibility can be
placed where 1t belongs for any mis-
application of funds. Heretofore when
the Legislature did make these inves-
legations the responsibility was in
doubt"
In the Senate on March 18th the
Sanford medical bill was further
amended during debate on n motion to
adopt committee of the whole report.
As recommended by this committee
Christian Scientists are to be exclud
ed from practicing in cases of contag-
ious and infectious disease. Senator
Ballinger led fight against this pro-
hibition, which he said was unjust. He
declared they had right to treat can
Ger, diphtheria, scarlet fever and
tuberculosis. He recalled instances of
cures of those diseases accomplished
by Christian Scientists. He charged Sem
ator Rush with having broken faith
with the scientists in his recent fight
against the bill as it was originally
drafted Senator Rush denied this i'm
plication and declared that he didn't
believe in turning people loose to prac-
tce in cases of contagious and infec
tious diseases if they could not pass
an examination provided in the bill.
Senator Seldomridge offered an amend
ment which was accepted, permitting
Christian Scientists to practice in cases
of tuberculosis. but efforts of Senator
Ballinger and his supporters to remove
the inhibition against their treating
Contagious and infectious" diseases