The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-20
COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AND DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL.

tiary. and Senate bill No. 49, providing
for an additional district judge in the
Eighth (Boulder) district
House Bill No. 167. Stubbs. remov-
ing the time limit from sessions of the
Legislature and fixing the remunera-
ton at $700. is gaining in popularity.
The awful waste of time and the shelly
ing of important measures is proving
better than any argument for the bill
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,O42 acres in Las Animas county; $40
acres in Adams county; 320 acres in
rostilla county; LAO acres in Sagu-
ache county
The Colorado State Federation of
Labor has issued statement calling
for action in the initiative and refer
endum bill. In the call it is stated that
the bill is marked for defeat" A 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.
House bill No. 296, 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 it. H. e. Garman of Den
yer was the only member who openly
spoke and worked against the measure.
1Y,tI, II Ct,,I, nd nj ol
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 a decision
was rendered against the estate of w.
F. McClelland, holding it for the in
heritance tax. The petition for writ
of error alleges that the law, as
adopted is unconstitutional and void,
and also that it 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
& Bro, teas. coffees and spices; John
D. 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 $4,000. OF
This the Hurlbuts sustain the greater
portion. Nearly all the property lost
was well insured.
House bill No. 5S. by Mr.. Tcmlins,
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,
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 26 to o.
A bill has passed second reading in
lie House which provides for a divls-
III of Larimer county, the part re-
naming east of the Rocky mountains
retaining its present name, while the
part west of the mountains Shall be
named Mckinley county, in honor OF
the martyred President of the United
States The contention of the resi-
dents of the part of I.arimer county
west of the Rockies is that they have
an almost impregnable barrier in the
mountains in reaching Fort Collins
the present county seat Under the
proposed creation of Mckinley county,
Walden would be the county seat of
the new county. The Van Horn meas
ure originally provided that the new
county should be named Platte, but
when it was referred to the committee
on counties and county lines it was re-
ported out with the name changed TO
Mckinley.
The following concurrent resolution
was passed by the Senate on the l2th
instant: S. c. R. No. IA. Farwell: Re
solved, by the Senate of the state OF
Colorado, the House of Representa-
tiVes concurring therein, that the State
Board of Arbitration be and the same
IS hereby requested to proceed immedl-
alely to Colorado City and make
thorough investigation into the conndi-
lions existing in those localities be-
tween capital and labor, brought about
py the strike at the reduction works
at Colorado City. the reason for the
calling out and continued maintaining
OF the militia at the latter point, and
20 offer its services ias arbitrators in
bringing about settlement of the eX-
4stlng difficulties and the Withdrawal