Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-02-17
COLORADO LEGISLATURE

of the First Colorado volunteers, Army
OF the Philippines. TO be erected in the
state capitol grounds at cost not eK-
eseding 10000.
The Taylor bill. preventing appeals
being made TO the consolidated Su-
preme Court when the amount in
yoiyed is less than $500. oecasioned a
lively discussion In the Senate, The
bill met warm opposition from the mo-
ment Of It's announcement. and MAS
finally killed ~ siriking out the enact
meht clause
The House adopted the Join, memor'
ial by Mr. Basr asking Congress to re-
peal the section OF the land laws which
prohibits stoekmen from fencing in
springs and wafer courses on the pub
lie domain. but To provide that when
springs are so fenced in the water shall
be conducted to the outside. where
stock could drink without tfampiiag
the source Of supply.
The Dodge civil service bill Nhent
through the House Of Representatives
with no amendments of any not.. The
only change made was To provide that
iiFemen and policemen were under It's
provisions Et all times. Other ofheers
OF state. county and city might bs free
from danger Of the law when not In
their ofiees- The chang. Was To more
.nectually keep fifemen and policemen
from interfering in election matters.
Tho committee ON stock of the House
decided to report fayoFabiy on kecx
-r's bill to make larceny Of chickens
afIer dark n felony. Most of the mem
beers confessed to having suffered from
the dcprcdations of the afterdark fra.
t.Tnity. and were unanimous In the
sentiment that III. penalty proposed
WIS far short of tn. enormity OF tho
crime. The committee did not look
fayorably upon the bill for the sup
precision Of dog fighting. chicken night
Ing and similar diversions OF tn,
brutal. and the bill will be reported In
for Indefinite poStponcmcnt.
Chairman Breckenridge of the
House committee on appropriations
has almost completed the work on tho
general appropriation bill. Tho com
mIit.c II trying To reduce some OF the
amounts to be appropriated. an the
theory that the state will hay. much
l"ss money TO handle In the next two
ycars than Il had In III. two Just
passed. Tn. appropriations committco
IN having some trouble In making up
Its estimates. for many bills rarryins
mIttccs. and there has been no means
OF footing up tn. totals asked for.
Sections Of the short appropriation
bills signed by Governor Adams up to
tn. present time include expenditures
as follows: Legislative expenses. &c.,
600: executive and judicial expenses.
sIst t.lCs.GS: State RcformRtory. Si:,-
600: State Industrial School for Boys.
GntA
81, 900: pcniicntinry. 10000. The Ap.
preparation for legislative expenses
was signed by Governor Peabody at
the beginning OF the session. Tho
short appropriations will be charged
out of the general appropriations. the
amounts Of which will be nxcd later.
Tho Lincoln memorial services In
the Senate chamber at the state house
Sunday. February l2th. were chnrac.
tcrizcd by beautiful decorations and
impressive ceremonies. Under the di.
rcction OF Scrgeantat.Arms Berry tho
Senate chamber had been handsomely
decorated with flags and potted plants.
The desk OF the late Senator Buckley
was draped In appropriate mourning
and "A bowl Of beautiful flowers had
been placed upon II. Rev. or.n Pal.
mcr Wright. chaplain OF the house OF
Representatives. preEided over the
meeting. Rabbi Friedman was the or.
ator of the day. His orat!on on LIN.
coin was declared to be one OF the best
ever delivered in Denver.
The statistics OF bills introduced In
the House show that the Fifteenth
General Assembly will be most re.
markable In one respect. Five mem.
bcrs OF the House did not Introduce n
bill. In past legislatures there have
sometimes been case where more
than one member failed to put In a
bill. but history does not record q
similar occurrence to Ave members
falling TO do SO. The five members
to put In no bills were Griffith. McIn-
tyre. Mcclure. Bolsinger and Street.
Mulgueen. O'Connell. Veldez. Johnson
and Sherwin put in one bill each. On
the other hand. Bromley introduced
thirty-five bills, Ecezer thirty-three and
Thomas thirty-one. Three members
thus introduced ninety-nine bills OF the
40S put in. almost one-fourth of the to.
tai. And all three of these members
were from Denver.
BY special order. at 1880 u. m. on
the 7th inst. the Senate paid tributs
to the memory Of the late Senator
Buckley. The resolution adopted was
in part as follows: "Realizing the ir-
reparable loss resulting to the Senate.
to the constituency he represented ard
to the state at large. from the death
of Senator Buckley, we. his colleagues,
members of the Senate of the Pif.
teenth General Assembly. pause in our
discussions. our deliberations. our diff
ferences. and in the discharge of our
duties. to bear witness to the worth,
the integrity. the manhood and tho
citizenship of our departed brother.
AS friend William S. Buckley was
true. steadfast and reliant. A vigor.
Gus partisan, he fought from the open
with honest. manly weapons. As n
husband and father, Senator Buckley
approached the domain of the perfect
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