The Grit-advocate., 1903-02-27
COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AND D0INGS AT THE CAPITAL

The Senate judiciary committee
agreed to report favorably a civil-serv-
ice bill in which will be included the
best features of the Lewis and Graves
bills. 1t will. provide civil service
among civic employees in all cities hay
ing 10000 population and over.
Thomas j. DowEen of Pueblo has
been appointed as member OF the
board of control of the State Industrial
School for Boys at Golden. Mr.. Down
en- is a real estate man and has resld-
ed in Pueblo for many years. He has
always taken an interest in the moral
training of children. and it was for
this reason that his appointment on
the board of control was urged.
The State Land Board at a recent
meeting acted on the advice of Attor-
ney General Miller. took decided
stand on the question of renting culti-
waited state school lands, raising the
price of rentals 100 per cent. 1t is es-
timated that these cultivated school
lands in the northern part of the state
at Greeley, Fort Collins, Fort Morgan
Loveland and other points, aggregates
about 10000 acres and the rental price
has been raised from 80 cents year
per acre to 60 cents.
w. II. Sweeney, Jr., who has just
been appointed assistant adiutant gen.
eral. has been member of the Ma
tional Guard since April %, 1889, and
served as second and first lieutenant,
commissary and quartermaster OF
Company C, Second Colorado infantry.
He became first lieutenant of Company
e, Colorado volunteers, at the com
mcncemeat of the war with Spain, and
was promoted to be reSimental adju-
tant. becoming chaplain May l. 1900,
and on April 16, 1901. was appointed
to be colonel and inspector general.
The House committee on elections.
after careful hearing, decided TO re-
port favorably the registration bill in
trOduced by Perry Keen of Pueblo. The
speakers at the hearing We're Deputy
Attorney General II. J. Hersey, J. C.
Starkweather, w. d. Howland and Mr..
Keen. The bill provides for a bi-par-
tisan precinct registration on the house
to house plan, and is claimed to do
away with padding. carrying over a
list of dead names" and other former
registration evils. 1t is also alleged
that it will cost less than the present
method. Mir. HowlaDd in his talk
showed that last falls registration and
purging of the lists cost the county
$11 $50 while the political parties spent
at least $20,0O0 on registration work in
addition. The bill applies TO cities of
the first and second class, or to any
city of over 1900 in population.
Game and Fish Commissioner Wood
ard, Governor Peabody's new appoin-
tee. was at the Office in the capitol yes
terday afternoon and received eight or
nine applications for the position of
game warden One of these applicants
is Miss Emma Kellogg of Routt coun-
ty. She wants to be game warden for
district No. 2, embracing ROutt and
Rio Blanco counties, and a small por-
tion of Larimer. She says she knows
every trail in this district and has
come to Denver to camp on Commits
siOner WoOdard's trail until she gets
the coveted appointment. She says the
men are afraid to do their duty in dis
trict No. 2, but she is not. She can
ride the range, bust broncho. Or
cinch pack like a man, and believes
she can give an influence and tone to
the office impossible with men. Com
missioner Woodard has not named any
wardens and will not announce any
names until the latter part of March.
He will have the appointment of five
regular game wardens and about 35o
specials without pay.-Denver News