The Holly chieftain., 1903-02-27


| The Senate committee of the whole
reported favorably Senate Bill No ll3
by J. F. Adams, prohibiting the hiring
of carriages on election day by polit-
ical parties and candidates. 1t extends
only to towns and cities having over
1000 inhabitants.
The Senate passed the Adams bill.
which prohibits the use u carriages to
carry voters to the polls on election
day. Senators Ballinger, Barela, Born,
jefferson. Kennedy. Wood and Adams
of Conejos voted against it. Those not
voting were Farwell, Graves, Owen,
Pryor, Hallett and Mcclure.
Governor Peabody has granted an
unconditional pardon to William Tins
ley, sentenced by Judge J. l.. Russell
of the Sixth district to four months in
the La Plata county Jail for adultery
Judge Russell recommended the par
don because of the health OF the pris-
oner, Tinsley is a sufferer from heart
disease ard epilepsy. and his condition
is growing worse daily.
A lady Senate reporter tells of the
petition addressed to Senator Lewis by
some forty Silverton bachelors pray
ing, entreating and beseeching him to
defeat the pernicious bachelor tax bill
even while somewhat inconsistency
claiming that single blessedness would
be cheap at twice the proposed tax
If the bill was not slain they wanted
II amended so as to compel any woman
refusing to marry any bachelor to pay
his tax Tor him, also in such fashion
as to provide for the fine and impris-
onment of any woman with hand
painted complexion or hair that didn't
grow on her own head
The Senate Feb. 21st passed on third
reading the bill introduced by Corn
forth, No. III. for the vacating of land
for public highways on petition of two
thirds of the owners of land affected;
S. b. No. 6. by Taylor. otherwise
known as the Torrens land bill, for the
registration of land titles; s. B. No. 5,
by Taylor. for the election of county
attorneys instead of appointment by
county commissioners, and classifying
the salaries to be paid county attor-
neys; S. B. No. 55. by Drake. permit
ting division of school districts
where citizens so desire and where the
assessed valuation of the proposed new
districts may be above $4,000 and
there are at least fifty school children;
S. B. No. G3, by HILL for school cleo
tons in school buildings: and house
Dill No. 60. by Aiken, appropriating
$4,000 to pay claims for care and
maintenance of the capitol.
The Judiciary committee of the Sen
ate. after discussing the many anti
trust bills presented and hearing ar
guments from John W. Springer, pres
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citation, who has made study of the
trust question, decided to recommend
for passage Senator Ballinger's bill.
No 229, drafted on the plan of the
Texas antitrust statute The bill de-
fines the words trust" and monopoly"
and designates the classes of business
corporations and companies that are
to be adjudged trusts for the purposes
of prosecution. 1t then declares that
any such corporation organized under
the laws of Colorado. or doing business
under state charter, which shall at
tempt to fix or maintain prices by pool
or otherwise, shall be deemed guilty of
conspiracy to defraud. Upon con-
viction the corporation shall violate its
charter rights. All companies doing
business in the state shall annually
certify under oath to the secretary of
state that they are not members of any
trust or combine.
1t is provided that there shall be no
registration at the county clerks Of
flee except where change in residence
is made. A new registration must be
made before every election, either city
or county, and this registration must
be made by precincts. Each county or
city committee furnishes a list of three
names of canvassers for each precinct
From these lists two canvassers are Sc
lected, one from each political party.
and these canvassers, who are consti-
tuted deputy clerks for the time being.
must make a house-to-house canvass
of their precinct for the purpose of
registering all voters. They must go
in company and every registration
must be made in the presence of both
and both must act as vouchers for the
voter registered. These canvassers
are given five days in which to canvass
the precinct. Members of family are
empowered to register voter in that
family If he be absent. provided he Is
known to both canvassers. Any voter
not so registered is notified by card
left at his residence that the canvassers
will sit as a board of registry on one
certain day. from noon until 3 p. m,
at some place in the precinct, for the
purpose of registering those voters
missed on the house-to-house canvass.
The right of former State Auditor
Crouter to retain possession of $685.
900 he collected from the corporations