The Springfield herald., 1905-02-17
COLORADO LEGISLATURE


half the estimate of the board Of capi-
tol managers.
Auditor A. e. Bent has announced
the appointment of Morris Lehman of
Telluride to be chief clerk of the insur-
ance department. This position pays
$l75 month and formerly was filled
by w. 8. Daniels. who was promoted
to be deputy auditor at the begin
ming OF the biennial term.
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
firemen 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
RI mt
favorably upon the bill for the sup
preston of dog fghting. 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
has almost completed the work on the
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 1t 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.
Among the bills passed on second
reading in the Senate Is Drake Bill No.
1877, which proposes to require ditch
companies. railroads. etc, to cut sweet
clover along the rights. of way and. try
to exterminate 1t as pest. This weed
was imported to the state and planted
as bee pasture. 1t grows strong and
about five feet high. Drake and Alex
ander made strong pleas for the bill.
but the weed has its friends In the
Senate. De La Vergne and De Long
believe that 1t cannot be exterminated
in that way. Stock will eat 1t and 1t
Is very valuable to the bee keepers. 1t
will thrive in land white with alkali.
The Republican says that some OF
the state senators are beginning to
show some anxiety over the situation
in regard to legislation and are urging
that the meetings start at O'Clock.
Practically nothing has been done in
that house as yet in the way of discus
sion of bills. Not more than dozen
bills have passed second reading. The
judiciary committee has turned mass
of bills, but some of the committees
have never met. There are n number
of senator's who do not seem to care
whether there is law passed and
are ready to encourage dilatoriness
and are ever ready to propose an ad-
Juurment.
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 case where more
than one member failed to put in
bill. but history does not record
similar occurrence to five members
failing to do SO. The five members
to put In no bills were Grihlth, Mcln-
tyre, Mcclure, Bolsinger and Street.
Mulqueen, O'Connell, Veldez, Johnson
and Sherwin put in one bill each. On
the other hand Bromley introduced
thirty-five bills, keezer thirty-three and
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 IL: 80 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 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 Fif-
teenth General Assembly, pause In our
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 friend William S. Buckley was
true. steadfast and reliant. A vigor
ous partisan, he fought from the open
with honest. manly weapons. AS
husband and father, Senator Buckley
approached the domain of the perfect
man. In the world of affairs the word
of Senator Buckley was his bond. Re
spected and honored by his associates.
and beloved by his employees, his large
business interests moved onward with
out friction or failure. AS senator he
strove for the right as he was given to
see 1t. He labored necessarily for the
welfare of his district and for the good
OF his state. Although sorely afflicted
with the insidious malady that caused
his death. he was always at his post o.
duty. performing the tasks his position
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