The Springfield herald., 1905-03-03
COLORADO LEGISLATURE

ported favorably on the bill to estab-
lish .Beecher Island park, cutting the
amount of the appropriations from $5,-
900 to $500.
Representatives of the Denver
schools. n former state superintendent
| of public instruction and others ap-
| peared before the House committee on
! education yesterday to urge a favora-
BILE report upon the bill providing for
the pensoning of school teachers, The
bill was pushed through the House
two years ago to meet with defeat in
the Senate.
The elections committee of the
House agreed to report out nearly all
the bills concerning election laws in
order to give the members the oppor-
tunty to compare them and select the
best. Both Mr.. Keezer and Mr.. Thomas
introduced bills providing for great
changes in the manner of conducting
elections and in the punishments to be
inflicted for frauds upon the ballot.
A bill Is before the Legislature pro
viding for state forester whose duty
shall be the protection and preserva-
ton of the timber on the public lands.
This bill is in line with the policy of
the national administration, and the
bill as presented represents the meth.
ods which have been found most CON
ducive to skillful and scientific work
for the timber culture of the Nation.
In the House the bill to provide for
the state to construct an oil refinery
was reported in from the committee
on finance, ways and means, with the
recommendation that the House pass 1t
speedily On the floor of the House
the author of the bill and others stated
that private capital was ready to build
the refinery at once. If the state would
throw its protection over the enter
prise.
A voting machine, the use of which
Is provided for in bill by Representa-
tive Frewen, was recently on exhibit
tion In the House and attracted great
deal of attention. 1t is the property OF
the United States Voting Machine
Company. Attorney G. l.. Hodges, rep
resenting the company, was present
and gave practical demonstration of
the operation of the machine. 1t is
said to have worked very successfully.
Senator Taylor introduced a concur
rent resolution in the Senate thanking
Simon Guggenheim for his splendid
gift of $4,000 to the State School of
Mines for an administration building.
Guggenheim on the birth of son,
recently. The resolution was adopted
unanimously. In preparing the resolu-
tion Senator Taylor remarked that he
is not acquainted with Mr.. Guggen-
helm and his object in making 1t was
that such gifts should be encouraged.
When the Booth registration bill was
under discussion in the Senate there
was some criticism of the clause which
provides that women need not tell their
exact age to the registration commit
tee. II don't think ladies' should be
compelled to tell their ages" said Sen
ator Campbell, who came gallantly to
their rescue. Il don't know why some
of the ladies refuse to tell their ages,
but they do, and we should not inquire
why" The; clause was retained, al
though there were few votes against
1t.
h The stock committee of the House
has reported favorahly on Representa-
tive Baer's bill giving the State Board
of Stock Inspection authority to COM
pei the dipping of cattle for mango or
other infectious diseases. If this bill
becomes law 1t will assist the State
Board greatly in IT'S efforts to stamp
mango out of Colorado The law will
give the board authority to gather all
the cattle whose owners refuse to COM
ply with the law and dip them, selling
as many head as may be necessary to
pay the expense.
If bill now before the Senate be-
comes a law. the present method of
committing the insane of the state to
asylums or hospitals will be changed
completely. The bill was introduced
by Senator Robertson, but was drafted
by DR.. Hubert Work of the Work san
itarium of Pueblo. The chief features
in which 1t differs from the present
law is in the creation of a commits
sion to pass upon the sanity of per-
sons, and in the provision for appeal
from the decision of this commission
to jury in the County Court.
The committe on agriculture and
irrigation of the House listened to a
statement from State Engineer Car
penter on the urgency of doing every
thing possible to support the Colorado
side of the controversy over the irri-
eating water of the Arkansas river.
Mr.. Carpenter explained that the suit
was not between the bitches of the
states named, but was brought by Kan
sas to prevent any use of Arkansas
river water for irrigation purposes.
Tie committee will report strongly in
favor Of maintaining the Colorado posi-
ton.
A meeting was held by the commit
tees on education and finances from
both houses of the Legislature for the
purpose of discussing the bill which
proposes the establishment of a nor
NAL school on the Western slope. Sem
ator De Long presented the claims OF
Grand Junction and Delta as suitable
for such an institution. Senator Sapp
put forth the claim of Gunnison, while
Senator Taylor, Mr.. Parkinson. presi-
dent of the Glenwood Springs chamber
of commerce, and Attorney Darrell of
Glenwood Springs argued for the
Springs.
There are twenty-five sections in the
registration bill that was prepared by
Judge Lindsey and presented by Sen
ator Morgan. The state Senate had
the bill under discussion for the sec
ond time and managed to digest four
sections. No very strenuous opposi-
ton developed to the bill. BY an
agreement the section limiting the act
to cities OF 25.000 was reduced to cities
of 5000 population. Senator Lewis
moved to reduce the limit of populia-
ton Senator De Long said that he