The Meeker herald., 1903-04-18
COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AND DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL

Adtutant General Sherman Bell has
commissioned Thomas E. NcClelland
second lieutenant in X company. First
regiment.
j. NJ Woodward, state game and fsh
commissioner. has appointed Fred A.
Gordon a. chief deputy In district No.
3, including the territory about Glen
wood.
The State Board Of Pardons at its
meeting April Sd decided to recon-
mend Q parole for John C. Campbell.
serving an indeterminate sentence for
larceny of cattle. He was sentenced
In Weld county June Z. 1902. Appli-
cations from fourteen other convicts
for pardons and paroles. considered
by the board, were refused.
Senator Lcwis introduced Joint res
olution that q committee Of two sena-
tors and three members of the House
be appointed to represent tho legisla-
tive department of Colorado at the
launching of the cruiser Denver ON the
25th instant. The resolution was
adopted by the Senate. No expense is
to be incurred by the state.
AS the closing day OF tho session
neared its end there were many rumors
of an extra session. The trouble oc-
Cured over the long appropriation bill,
the House members showing disposi-
tion not to concur in the amendments
by the Senate. The House clock was
stopped at 11:48 and the Senate clock
at 11:19. The appropriations went
to q conference committee composed OF
Representatives Breckenridge. Aitken
and Frewen and Senators Owens and
Barela. They were stjll wrangling at
midnight. 1t was reported that Gov
ernor Peabody had announced that he
would not call an extra session Of the
Legislature unless the bill failed to
pass.
Governor Peabody has emphatically
denied that he had any intention Of ap-
pointing a new fire and police board
and q new board of public works for
Denver, Immediately after the adjourn
ment of the Legislature. Il have given
no thought to the matter" said the
governor. I'm my opinion l have moth
ing whatever to do with the affairs Of
tho city. Unless some one shows to me
beyond q doubt that l not only have
the right but am In duty bound to ap-
point new boards. shall take no such
action. A legal opinion on this question
will not be sought by me, either for 1
have no desire to take any hand in mu-
nicipal affairs. AZ far as am con-
cerned, that question is settled"
The Denver News on the morning Of
April 7th says: The Fourteenth Cen
eral Assembly may not have broken
any records In the number Of bills
passed, but 1t certainly did its share
toward filling the statute books. Just
how many Of the bills passed will be-
come laws, 1t is up to Governor Pea
body to say. To begin with. there was
q total OF S04 bills introduced in both
houses. The records of the clerks OF
the two houses at midnight showed
that of this number 1876 bills success
fully passed both houses. The bills
will be enrolled and sent to the gov
eruor as fast as possible. In fact,
many of them are already there. The
records In Governor Peabody's once
last night showed that he has already
attached his signature to thirty bills,
and that nearly q hundred more are
Awaiting his signaure. The bills not
already there are in the hands of the
enrolling clerks. who are working day
and night. 1t 10 expected that the last
bill will reach the governor in day OF
two"
At the request of Governor Peabody
Representative Meserve of Fremont
county on the Sd instant requested
the House to suspend the rules and
ask the Senate to return his bill, pro
viding for the appropriation of $780,
900 for the construction of state canal
No. 1. This was done and practically
kills the measure, which is the object
of the move. Mr.. Meserve bases his
action entirely upon the position TAX
en- by the governor, who in turn de-
cided to be guided by the opinion OF
the attorney general against the bill.
When the measure first came up in
the House 1t provoked one of the most
bitter contests Of the session. II was
fought, through by its introducer and
sent to the Senate in good time. The
governors course was taken after he
had given consideration to an opinion
from Attorney General Miller, to the
effect that the construction of the ca
nal might jeopardize the states po.
sition in the suit of Kansas to obtain
a United States Supreme Court deci.
sion holding that Colorado is not en-.
titled to the waters of the Arkansas
river for irrigation purposes. After
l read the attorney generals decision, y
| that the interests OF the entire state
! were paramount to the interests OF
one section and that If the Meserve
bill would interfere in any possible
way with the states defense of the
Kansas suit 1t should not become a
law"
Organized bodies of stockmen In ali
parts of the state have come to the
assistance of the State Bureau of Ami
NAL Protection, better known as the
Humane Society, in the work of pro
tecting the live stock from abuse
through shortage of food and neg
lect. This is the result of the action
of the Colorado Cattle and Horse
Growers Association at the last an
nual convention in Denver. At the
convention Secretary Whitehead OF
the Bureau of Animal Protection
called attention to the need for coop
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