Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-02-24

! charged by me that certain members
were intimidatcd with reference TO
their votes On House bill No. i: and
the same made by me is without
foundation or truth. ar! that I have
no evidence to present to your com
mittee In proof OF the same.
lSigned) &C. E, STREET"
Senator Cornforth's bill. No. G1. In
crcnsins the salary of the attorney gen.
erai. was passed Cn third reading In
the Senate.
Upon motion of Senator owen. House
Bill No. 1i;. which provides an appro-
priation of 900 for the maintenance
of the state capitol building. was
placed Mt the top Of the calendar. and
was adopted unanimously on third
reading.
A bill introduced by Representative
kccxcr provides for the erection of
monument to the memory Of members
of the First Colorado volunteers. Army
OF the Philippines. TO be erected In the
state capitol grounds at u cost not es'
ceeding $4,000.
Senator Cornforth's bill TO Increase
the salary Of the attorney general. was
lost on third reading. The bill pro
posed To increase the salary Of the at.
now. which In not ns much as some de-
partmcnt clerks get.
Sections Of the short appropriation
bills signed by Governor Adams up to
tho present time include expenditures
NJ follows: Legislative expenses. &c.,
900: executive and judicial expenses.
Nsi. .lG:.GS: State Rcformatory. $l:..
900: State Industrial School for Boys.
Si3 900: Soldiers and Sailors Home.
Si2 900: pcnitcntinry. 10000. The mp
preparation for legislative expenses
was signed by Governor Peabody Mt
the beginning Of the session. The
short appropriations will be charged
out Of the general appropriations. the
amounts Of which will be fxcd later.
The Lincoln memorial services In
the Senate chamber ut the state house
Sunday. February 18th. wore charac-
tcrixcd by beautiful decorations and
impressive ceremonies. Under the di.
rection OF ScrHcantat-Arms Berry the
Senate chamber had been handsomely
decorated with fags and pottcd plants.
The desk Of the late S@nator Buckley
was drapcd In appropriate mourning
and n bowl Of beautiful flowers had
been placed upon IL. Rev. Orin Pal.
mcr Wright. chaplain OF the hy.sc 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 House committee on counties
and county lines has hung up the
Platte county bill. not for all time. but
until the similar bill introduced In the
Senate shall be acted upon by the
higher body. The Senate bill provides
that the county shall be called Mckin.
ley. The House committee on counties
and county lines also agreed TO report
back House Bill No. So, TO provide that
n majority OF rnc voters of county
may move county seat. with two
amendments. One provides that 1t
shall effect only counties of the fourth
class, division Il, thus affecting only
about nine of the counties OF the state.
and the other that elections shall not
be held oftener than once in four
years. a bill to affect the salaries OF
officers In counties of the third class
also will be reported favorably. This
will AFFECT Boulder, Weld. Las Animas
and Lake counties.
The bill room clerk took an order
to Chief Clerk Harper Of the House
recently that asked to have delivered
to the bearer all the printed bills re-
turned that day. Although the order
bore the signature of the chief clerk.
the writing was not his. and the dis.
covery was made that extensive for
geries of orders had been made in
order to get bills from the clerk. The
order in question was found to have
been written by one of the messengers
of the House. There was n hot inter.
view between the chief clerk and the
mel senger after which all odds laid
were that the chief clerks name would
be forged to no other orders during
the session. Others of those who dc.
maud bills each day are understood
to forge the names of members to
orders to get the required documents.
Early in the session the House made
rule that bills should be given out
GERS of the House.
A lively debate came up on the third
reading of Senator Hills bill which
provides for interest on damages fol-
lowing personal injuries. I; seeks to
have interest begin in case of accident
where damages are secured and run
to the conclusion OF the suit. a SINH
lar measure was killed in the Four.
teenth General Assembly. Senator
Hughes spoke at length against 1t as
being unjust. He stated that interest
is now paid from the time Judgment is
secured, and this would be Iu,ioie in
terest. He held that the jury alone
could assess damages, and that the
Jury takes into consideration interest
in its findings. Senator Hill declared
that he believed the bill constitutional.
1t would tend to force corporations to
compromise and not hight suits in the
higher courts. Senator Owens de-
nounced the bill as freak legislation
and declared 1t about time that Colo.
rado ceased having experiments of this
kind dumped on her. The committee
arose before the consideration of the
bill had ended.