The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-17
COLORADO LEGISLATURE

lively discussion IN me senate. lt
bill met warm opposition iom the mo
ment Of its announcement, and wa
finally killed by striking out the enact
ment clause.
The House adopted the joint memo
ial by Mr.. Bacr asking Congress 10 re
peal the section of tb" land laws which
prohibits stoCkmcn from fencing IN
springs and water courses on tie 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 trampling
the source of supply.
The Dodge civil service bill whent
through the House of Representative
with no amendments of any note. The
only change made was to provide that
iremen and policemen were under Its
provisions at all times. OIher officers
of state. county and city might be free
from danger OF the law when not IN
their Offices. The change was 10 more
effectually keep tircmen and policemen
from interfering in election matters.
The committee on stock OF Inc House
decided TO report iavOrabN Oh NeeZ-
ers bill to make larceny Of chickens
after dark a felony. Most Of the mem
bers confessed to having suffered from
the dcpredat ions Of the afterdark fra
ternity and were unanimous i'll the
sentiment that the pCnaltv proposed
was far short OF the CnOrHity OF the
crime. The committee did not looli
favorably upon The bill for the sup
preston of dog fighting. chicken light
! ing and similar diversions Of the
/ brutal. and the bill will be reported in
for indefinite postponemenl.
Chairman Breckenridge of the
. House committee on appropriations
/ has almost completed The work on the
general appropriation bill. The com
mittec is trying TO reduce some of the
amounts to be appropriated. on III"
] theory that the state VIII have much
less money to handle in the next two
years than it had in the two Just
passed. The appropriation COMMITTEES
is having some trouble IN making up
its estimates. for many bills carrying
| appropriations were sent to other com
mittees and there has been no means
of footing up the totals asked for.
Sections OF the short appropriation
bills signed by Governor Adams up to
the present time include expenditures
as follows: Legislative expenses. $780,
900; executive and judicial expenses,
-$1s1 l62.GS.~ State Refornatory, $12,
900; State Industrial School for Boys.
$4,000; Soldiers and Sailors Home,
$1,000; penitenilary, $4,000. The ap-
propriation for legislative expenses
was signed by Governor Peabody at
the beginning of the session. The
short appropriations Will b" charged
out of the general appropriations the
amounts of which will be fixed later.
Among the bills passed on sccont
reading in the Senate is Drake BIZ No.
49,, which proposes to require dltCh
companies, railroads, ctc to cut sweet
clover along ihc rights of way ana try
10 eXterminate il as pest. This weed
was imported 10 The state and planted
as bee pasture. II grows strong and
about five feet high. Drake and Alex
ander made strong pleas for the bill,
but the weed has its friends in the
Senate De La Ncrgne and De Long
believe that il cannot b" "Xtcrminnted
in that way. STOCK viii cat 1t and II
Is very valuable 10 the bee keepers. 1t
will thrive in a land white with alkali,
the state senators ar beginning to
show some anxiety over the situation
in regard to legislation aud ar" urging
that the meetings start at O'Clock.
Practically othinG has been done in
that house as yet in the way ol discus
sion of bills. MOI more than "A dozen
bills have passed second reading. The
judiciary committee has turned mass
,,f MI litS .t mn I I.
have never mel. There are a number
of senators who do not seem TO care
whether there is a law passed and
while not apparently blocking the work
are ready TO encourage dilatoriness
and are ever ready to propose an ad-
jourment.
The Lincoln memorial services in
lne Senate chamber al inc state house
Sunday. February 12th, We're charac-
terized by beautiful decorations and
impressive ceremonies. Under the di-
rection of Sergcan,-at-Alms Berry the
Senate chamber had been handsomely
decorated with flags and rottrl plants,
The desk of the late Senator Buckley
was draped in appropriate mourning
and a bowl of beautiful flowers had
been placed upon il. Rev. Orin Pal
mer Wright. chaplain of the house OF
representatives, presided over the
meeting. Rabbi Friedman was the or
ator of the day. His Grafton on Lin
coin WIS 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.
Inarkablc in one respect Five mem
bcrs of the Housc did not Introduce a
bill In past legislatures there have
| sometimes been Il ease where more
than one member failed to put in a
bill. but history does not record a
similar occurrence to five members
failing 10 do so The five members
to put in ~ bills were Grifith, McIn-
tyre, Mcclure. Bclaingcg and Street.