, 1905-02-09
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1905.
LEGISLATIVE SHORT TALKS.

CGlolLAllNE SfOhl lALNS. |
Senator Johnson Is proving a valu- |
able member OF the upper house. He
is not an orator, but keeps a close
watch Of all matters presented to the
senate and when he say anything II
is given careful consideration by his
fellow senators. On Tuesday he in
troduced senate file No. 81. 1t pro
vides for the transfer of the peniten-
tiary grounds to the state university
for agricultural college purposes. There
will be little opposition to the bill and
it will doubtless "a at an early date.
On the same date he took the floor in
advocacy of the automobile bill. He
urged that the rights of all the people
should be considered. If the present
reckless condition was continued some
one would be killed and it would prob
ably be the automobile man. The bill
restricts speed in country to twenty
miles an hour and in cities to twelve
miles an hour. The claus. that pro
voked the most discussion was the one
that requires persons in charge of auto
mobiles to get out and stand by their
machines in case "a team becomes
frightened thereat. This objection to
the clause was so strong that the sen
ate killed the bill by a vote of Is to Z.
The wolf bounty bill was amended
in the senate to $4,000 and in this
form it will doubtless pass and be
signed by the governor. In all proba-
bility this sum will carry he law
through for two years. The bounty is
fxeda at one dollar for coyotes. three dol
lars for wolves and five dollars for
lions. The bill requires that the lower
Jaw of he animal shall be submitted
with the pelt. This does away with
the possibility of bringing in a large
number of hides of animals killed pri,
or to the passage of the act. Under all
the restrictions and the great reduc-
ton of the bounty. it is highly pro able
that not more than thirty thousand dol
lars will be required to meet the ex-
pense The remainder will then be
turned back into the general fund.
1t didn't take long to pass a joint
resolution through the legislature urg-
ing congress to pass the Monde.l act
opening to settlement the Wind XIV
err reservation. Our people are a unit
on the proposition, but there are al,
WAYS fellows in congress who persist
in standing in the Dad of meritorious
legislation.
Representative Hose is opposed to
race suicide. In commenting upon a
bill introduced by the Albany county
solon, the Cheyenne Leader says:
The author of house bill No. 1876
possesses qualities that would endear
him to the hearts of Theodore Roose'
welt and Der Kaiser auf der Water
land as the measure in question is
TO encourage reproduction and to pre-
vent race suicide. While the bill
doe not quite provide for a bounty
on babies, it prepares the way fol
the ultimate passage of such a meas
ure. In brief. it provides that ate
a couple have had six Children three
boys and three girls, the next little
visitor, if it should be a boy, shall DC
educated free Of cost at the wyoming
agricultural college and that the state
shall expend the sum OF Two hundred
collars per ahhuhi " p''p'iH H"
I'm view OF the fact that the lntro
Queer Of the measure comes IRON
Laramie. 1t has been maiiciousis sus
gested that this is a heroic attempt
to secure students for the eouca'ion
al institution at that place.. Inc ~
in its laudable attempt 10 increase .he
population OF IL young ana sio"'
state, Is amentaoiy iacAins Z" wv
feature@it fails utterly 10 pio
special prizes Tor tripae's' quaui
and quintettes. 10 an uhoaiseu PC
son 1t wOuld seem tnaL SUCH ehoi'o