Gilpin observer., 1905-02-16
COLORADO LEGISLATURE


ceeding $10,0O0.
The Taylor bill, preventing appeals
being made to the consolidated Su-
preme Court when the amount in
volved is less than $500, occasioned
lively discussion in the Senate. The
bill met warm opposition from the mo-
ment Of its announcement, and was
finally killed by s:riking out the enact
ment clause.
The House adopted the joint memor-
ial by Mr.. Baer asking Congress to re-
peal the section of the land laws which
prohibits stockmen from fencing in
springs and water courses on the 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 Representatives
with no amendments of any note. The
only change made was TO provide that
fremen 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 to more
effectually keep firemen and policemen
from interfering in election matters.
The committee on stock of the House
decided to report favorably on Keez
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 after-dark fra
ternity, and were unanimous in the
sentiment that the penalty proposed
was far short of the enormity of the
<pfr.n No ton ,Df l<N01y
favorably upon the bill for the sup
preston of dog fighting, chicken fight
ing and similar diversions of the
brutal, and the bill will be reported in
for indefinite postponement.
Chairman Breckenridge of the
House committee on appropriations
general appropriation bill. The com.
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
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, $780,
900; executive and judicial expenses,
$IS4, ,1C2.6S; State Reformatory, $12,-
900: State Industrial School for Boys,
$12,000 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
short appropriations will be charged
out of the general appropriations, the
amounts of which viii be fixed later.
The Lincoln memorial services in
lhe 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 potted plants.
| The desk of the late Senator Buckley
was draped in appropriate mourning
and bowl of beautiful flowers had
been placed upon it. Rev. Or'n Pal
mer Wright, chaplain of the house of
! representatives, presided over the
meeting. Rabbi Friedman was the or
ator of the day. His oratlon 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 a
! bill. In past legislatures there have
| sometimes been a case where more
than one member failed to put in a
bill. but history does not record a
| similar occurrence to five members
/ failing to do so. The five members
to put in no bills were Griffith. McIn-
tyre. Mcguire. Bolsinger and Street.
Mulqueen, O'Connell, Veldez. Johnson
and Sherwin put in one bill each. On
| the other hand. Bromley introduced
thirty-iye bills. Eeezer thirty-three and
J Thomas thirty-one. Three members
thus introduced ninety-nine bills of the
40S put in. almost one-fourth of the to-
tai. And all three OF these members
were from Denver.
| BY special order. at 1880 a. m. on
the 1th inst. the Senate paid tribute
| to the memory of the late Senator
Buckley. The resolution adopted was
| in part as follows: Realizing the IT,
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 Eff.
teenth General Assembly, pause in our
J discussions. our deliberations. our diff
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 a friend William S. Buckley was
true. steadfast and reliant. A vigor
Gus partisan. he fought from the open
with honest. manly weapons. As a
husband and father. Senator Buckley
/ approached the domain of the perfect
man. In the world of affairs the word