The Greeley tribune., 1907-02-07

| veterinarian, AT tne TequeSl Va .he so'
ernor. The necessity for :hts bill VIII
be apparent" says Goveruo' bucntei'
when facts like the following are con.
sidered: Dean Carlyle anc Doctor
Glover, and Dr.. c. G. Lamb visited,
| incovnito, one OF the small slaughter
ing houses in Colorado, md were
present when the tubercu!ar animals
were butchered. When the knife was
driven into the neck OF one nf these
animals a sack of tuSercular puss, at
least half gallon in quantity. was
| openad, The knife was not even wiped
| off while the but tcher went forward
| with the work OF dressing the car
| cass The carcass was then hung up
| in the cooler, awaiting a customer
The troubles that will environ lob.
byists in the House were eNemplihed
Yesterday. says the Denver Republi.
| can, when q citizen appeared al the
| door in response to the invitation Of a
member to appear before committee
! in behalf of a bill in which he is per.
| sonally interested. He was refused
admission to the chamber. nor would
the doorkeeper carry his card to the
| member Under the rules. which the
speaker had ordered strictly enforced.
he was a lobbyist, as he wished to
urge the passing of a bill and he was
therefore barred from all privileges.
A lusty kick" was made. but that was
all that came OF il, for the doorkeeper
was large and firm. No lobbyist has
vet complied withe the rules requiring
registration. There has been no
ticeable decrease in the number of per-
sons applying for admission to the
floor, and those who did get in relig,
iously refrain from even expressing
knowledge that bills have been intro
duced.
which has passed the House, was con.
sidered by the Senate Monday. 1t was
denounced by the Colorado Editorial
Association and is bitterly opposed BY
the editors of the state. Senator Har.
ris took the floor against the bill. ITO
boil it down." he said, this bill has
for its purpose the muzzling OF the
press | am in favor of free press and
free speech, and shall not lend my
voice to vote away the liberty of any.
one. l don't think the Sixteenth Gen.
eral Assembly has reached the pass
yet where we are ready to vote away
the right of free speech Senator
Scott moved that the enacting clause
be striker from the bill, which he said
had been denounced by the Editorial
association Of the state, and changed
every rule practically of the law Of
evidence in criminal cases. "If this
law should be enacted" he said, there
could not be ordinary criticism
of public officials" He stated fur.
ther that it was the Penny.
packer" law of Pennsylvania, which
had for its purpose the covering up Of
the frauds and corruption of that state.
and If the bill had meaning it was to
say that there should be no criticism OF
public persons or corporations. Sena.
tor stephen said he was absolutely op.
posed to the bill. He had been
brought up to believe in an untram.
meled press, and while he had himself
been vilified and maligned, he had left
1t to the people and his constituents
had done him justice. Il believe in q
the people be the jury" he said.
That's all l want to say about this
BILL" Senator Clayton thought the
measure much too drastic, and one that
no progressive Legislature could afford
| to consider favorably. He had been mis-.
represented at times, but he hadn't any
hard feeling toward the newspapers,
| and would be sorry to see the state
take step backward. Senator Booth
thought the bill good one, and in the
interests of the press, which would be
elevated by its passage. The bill was
passed on second reading by vote OF
| II to 13. When the committee arose
another effort was made to strike out
the enacting clause, but 1t was de-
| feated by the same vote. 1t cannot
pass on third reading with out eighteen
votes, and will have to wait until that
number can be secured
The members of the State Agricul
tural College faculty, who hold posi-.
tions at the experiment station, and all
experts In horticulture and entomology
in the Fort Collins district, are using
every opportunity to say 4 good word
for House bill No. 311. introduced by
Representative Hoyt of Mesa county.
This bill has for its object the protec-
tion of the horticultural interests OF
the state. 1t is known as the horticul-
tural inspection bill, and provides for
the inspection OF all nursery stock
coming into Colorado for the purpose
of keeping out SO far as possible iniu-
rious insects and plant diseases that
Wv liot al tdus OCGul uSTe. 1 he Dill also
provides for the determination of in
sect pests and fruit disease that are
likely to be disseminated to the injury
of fruit growers wherever they may be
found in the state. The bill makes the
entonologists of the agricultural col
lege. state entomologist, and makes it
his duty to look after the enforcement
OF the inspection law within the state
1t provides for horticultural inspectors
in the various counties of the state
where fruit is grown, the duty of the
horticultural inspectors being to carry
out the provisions OF the act in their
respective counties. The inspectors
are appointed by the county commits.
sioners in each county. The bill fur
ther provides for the inspection of al,
the nurseries within the state for the
purpose OF preventing them from send.
ing out to purchasers any dangerous
insects or diseases that may be found