The Holly chieftain., 1905-02-17
COLORADO LEGISLATURE

lively discussion in the Senate. The
bill met warm opposition from the mo
ment OF its announcement, and VIA
finally killed by striking out the enac,
ment clause.
The House adopted The john memo'-
ial by Mr.. Baer asking Congress 10 re-
peal the section of the land laws which
prohibits stockmcn from fencing In
springs and water courses on the pub.
lie domain, but to provide ;hat wheG
springs are so fenced in the water shall
be conducted TO the outside, where
stock could drink without trampline
the source OF supply.
The Dodge civil service bill whent
through the House of Representatives
with no amendments of any note. The
only change made was to provide that
tiremcn and policemen were under its
provisions at all times. Other 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 iiremen and policemen
from interfering in election matters.
The committee on stock OF the House
decided to report favorablS on Kee2-
er's bill TO make larceny Of chickens
after dark felony Most of the mem
bers confessed TO having suffered from
| the depredations of the afl.r-dark fra
ternity, and were unanimous in the
sentiment that the penalty proposed
| was far short OF the enormity of the
crime. The committee did not look
! favorably upon the bill for the sup
1 preston of dog fighting, chicken fight
| ing and similar diversions of the
| brutal. and the bill will be reported in
for indefinite postponemert.
Chairman Breckenridge of the
| House committee on appropriations
| has almost completed the work on the
| general appropriation bill. The com.
| mttee is trying 10 reduce some of the
amounts to be appropriated on the
| theory that the state will have much
less money TO handle in the next two
years than it had in the two Just
| passed. The appropriations 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, 500,
600; executive and judicial expenses,
| $iS4 ,1G2.GS; State Reforna,ory, $12,-
600; State Industrial School for Boys.
! $4,000; Soldiers and Sailors Home
$4,000: penitentiary. $4,000. The ap.
preparation for legislative expenses
was signed by Governor Peabody at
the beginning of the session. The
oh nj, ,l.,ps II
| out of the general appropriations, the
amounts of which win be fixed later
Among the bills passed on second
| reading in the Senate Is Drake BIZ No
! 1877, which proposes to require ditch
| companies, railroads, etc. to cut sweet
| clover along the rights of way ana try
to CXterminate il as pest. This weed
was imported to the state and planted
! as bee pasture. II grows strong and
about five feet high Drake and Alex
ander made strong pleas fol- the bill,
| but the weed has its friends in the
| Senate. De La Nergnc and De Long
| believe that II cannot be eXterminated
| in that way. Stock viii eat ii and II
is very valuable 10 the bee keepers 1t
! will thrive in a land white with alkali
| The Republican says that some Of
| the state senators are beginning to
| show some anxiety over the situation
| In regard to legislation and are urging
| that the meetings start at 3 o'clock
| Practically nothing has been done In
| that house as yet in the way Of discus
| sion of bills. Not more than dozen
| bills have passed second reading. The
| judiciary committee has turned mass
| of bills, but some of the committees
have never met. There are number
of senators who do not seem 10 care
| whether there is 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 at the state house
Sunday, February 18th, were charac-
teriZed by beautiful decorations and
impressive ceremonies. Under the d.
rection of Sergeant-at-Arms Berry the
Senate chamber had been handsomely
| decorated with flags and pottSd plants.
The desk of the late Senator Buckley
| was draped in appropriate mourning
and bowl of beautiful flowers had
been placed upon it. 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 oration 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
bers of the House did not introduce
bill. In past legislatures there have
sometimes been a case where. more
than one member failed to put in a