, 1905-01-13
FRIDAY. . -. 1905.
LEGISLATIVE SHORT TALK.

S >~Ny ~" .O0BCS y Dill WnlCh
promises to be of great value to the
people Of the state. II will provide
that all persons sentenced to death
shall at once be taken to the state
penitentiary and that the penalty of
the law shall there be carried out.
Pending appeals to tAs supreme court,
murderers will be coaAned In the state
penitentiary, whsrs 4 10 considered
they ear be confined 1t less risk and
at less expense. 1t is the purpose OF
the bill to have the time Of death left
unknown, at least within q week. I'm,
der the present law 1t is discretionary
with sherifs bet,, cen certain hours.
1t is the intention to have as little
publicity 3 possible attending the ex.
ecution. which will be performed by
an officer Of the state At the peniten.
tiary. The expense would be less than
under the present law. and at the same
time the narrowing details now given
to the public would to = great extent
be eliminated. The Republican will
give a more detailed recount of Sena.
tor Schnitger's bill when It is intro
duced in the legislature.
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Judging from the moves thus far
made in the Legislature Il is the pur
pose of the secretary of state to make
all grand stand plays and kicks
through the medium of the democratic
party. The nrst play. although under
stood to have been backed by Mr.sleep
or. was actually performed by MI. Uhler,
democrat. from Crook county. This
act was in the form Of = motion to
invite the retiring governor" to de
liver . message bsfoeea Joint session
Of the legislature. II was killed with
little ceremony.
In the senate. when Justice Potter
was about to administer the oath of Of
nee to. the ney senators assembled,
Senator Bramea. democrat. from Al
bany county. entered : protest. urging
that the senate had not been organic.
ed in proper form. I. 10 understood
that Judge Bramel was Of the opinion
that the, senate should have been call.
ID to order by the secretary of state
- wa the case In ~ house of repre-
sentatives. and 1t II said by those on
the inside that bis attention was call.
ed to the matter BY the secretary
hence the protest. The senate. being
= continuous body. Il. called to order
by its president I'd interim. who in
this case was Hon. =. h. Levers OF
Uinta county, and mot By the secretary
of state. There IL one thing about the
democrats of the iegislAtnre, they can
be called together without much trou-
BILE. The elevator Of the e public
building is sufficiently large for them
to hold . meeting In.
A gentleman from Uinta, just what
neck o'woods we are unable to say,
took his oath Of once before a Justice
Of the peace before going to hi state
capital. 1t was ali right, OF course.
but a trife irregular. He just simply
didn't say a thing about it when it was
called to his attention In the chamber
Of the house Of representatives. and
took the oath again. He can frame
that oath he took before the justice
and hand it down to generations yet
unborn.
Two years ago the honorable secre,
tary of state assisted in making a con
tract for the care and maintenance OF
the state prisoners for a period of
eight years. Now he appears to be of
the opinion that the contract he was
then in favor of is all wrong and that
it should be abrogated. il possible, by
the legislature. II this cannot be done.
says the secretary, then steps should
be taken looking to 4 change in the
manner of caring for the prisoners six
years hence. He does not say VIA
has caused this change OF heart. but
we surmise 1t Is because he now looks
at Hon. Otto Gramm out of the other
eye. 1t makes a big difference some
times.
A Laramie county stockman OF
wealth and distinction remarked to
the writer the other day that he was
of the opinion that there should be
no appropriation for wolf bounty. He
believed that Just ~ many wolves
would be killed by the stockmen with
out the payment Of bounty and that
they should in any event bear the
burden of protecting their hocks and
herds. The oppositiop 70 . wholesale
raid Upon the treasury for wolf bounty
purposes is growing.
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Although the secretary q state fav-
ors the cutting down ol III couttngent
funds for the next two ysnss. he act
ually does not mentions - met that
he sued the state Tor $1,000 salary
and drew the salary q 1efstary and
governor too for all tAepstsod he was
in the governors ome& Ihis he did