Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-02-11
COLORADO LEGISLATURE

| The House In committee a the
whole took up the Frewen medical bill
and after considerable debate on the
section referring to . state board of
instruction for BARRIERS. that section
| vas stricken out.
Auditor Bent has issued an order
that hereafter printing for his once
shall 70 through the handa Of The STATE
commissioner OF printing. Heretofore
the ordering OF these supplies, which
amount TO t5. 900 . year. has been done
4 by the auditor himself.
Auditor A. f. Bent has announced
the appointment of Morris Lehman of
Telluride 10 be chief clerk OF the insur.
ancc department This position pays
&175 q month and formerly was Alled
by w. s. Daniels. who vas promoted
10 be 4 deputy auditor at the begin
ming OF the biennial term.
The town OF Edith in Archu,eta
county will be divorced from Colorado
and become q portion of New Mexico
and Colorado will lose eight square
miles or Its southern boundary II a
/ bill presented by Representative Ne
Even In the House 10 passed. The bill
I calls for tn adoption Of the recent
| United States geographical survey
which nullifes the survey Of 1866 10
! the cisadyantAxe OF the state Of Colo
rado Action by the State Legislature
adopting the survey OF the government
Ia necessary before the survey Ia rec
| ognized as offcial.
Chairman Breckenridge of the
House committee on appropriations
has almost completed the work on the
general appropriation bill. The CON
mittee Is trying to 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
I years than Il had in the two Just
passed. The appropriations committee
is having some trouble In making Up
! its estimates. for many bills carry Ing
appropriations we're sent to other com
mittees. and there has been no means
OF footing up. the totals asked for.
The House committee on temper
anee. medical affairs and public health
has been giving hearings on local op
tlon bills. Speaking before the CON
mittee Bishop Lawrence said: Thirty
nine states have some kind OF prohlb
itory leg station. In Tennessee pro
hihitory legislation prevails in all
parts OF the state. except eleven cities
The bill presented to the COLORADO
Legislature contains the result OF 100
years OF study OF the question. Mrs
Wilkinson, president Of the Florence
Crit,enton home. urged the passage o.
the bill or Of any measure that would
restrict the sale os liquor. In the Crit
tenton home IL was found almost i'm
possible to save those girls who had
acquired the drink habit.
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 paG: legislatures there have
sometimes been q case where more
than one member failed TO put IN a
bill. but history does not record
similar occurrence to 1--WE membt rs
| failing to do so. The nve membesS
to put In no bills were Grifiith. McIn-
tyre. Mcclure. Bolslnger and Street.
Mulqueen, O'Conneil, Neidez. Johnson
and Sherwin put In one bill each. On
the other hand. Bromley Introduced
thirty-nve bills. keeEer thirty-three and
Thomas thirty-one. Three members
thus introduced ninety nine bills OF the
<0s put In. almost one-fourth Of the to
tai And all three Of these members
were from Denver.
A labor bill introduced by Senator
De La vergne and said to have been
drafted by President J. c. Craig OF
the citizens alliance contains some
very stringent features. The empow-
ering Of Incorporated unions to make
| binding wage contracts With
em ployers, with penalty for
violation OF contract. and the
compelling OF Incorporated unions
to disclose proceedings as secret meet
/ ings. when called upon to do so by en-
pioyers. are some of the features Of the
bill. Certified copies OF the true min
u,es OF q meeting must be furnished
corporations employing any number of
men belonging to the union when such
demand is made. II an incorporated
union violates . wage contract q for
feiture Of 800 or any larger sum
agreed upon must be made. Agents
for Incorporated unions who attempt to
act for the Incorporated union may be
punished by q fine OF from ss5 to $500
and imprisonment from ten days to
six months.
BY special order. at 1850 a m. on
the 7th inst. the Senate paid tribute
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 Flf-
teenth General Asse mbly. pause in our
discussions. our deliberations. our dif-
4 ferences. and IN the discharge OF our
duties. to bear witness to the worth,
the integrity. the manhood and the
citizenship Of our departed brother.
As . friend William S. Buckley was