The Springfield herald., 1907-01-25

Europe. He will be gone about four
months. during which he will visit
most of the countries of Europe.
The pure food bill introduced by
Representative Kelly in the House is
drawn in conformity with the national
llaw covering the same subject. 1t has
been drafted with great care, in order
that all legitimate enterprises may not
suffer from Its operations.
President Harper of the Senate has
appointed Senators Campbell, De La
Vergne and Lewis to serve on the joint
committee of seven. which will inves
| tigate the estate of the late Winfield
S. Stratton. This committee will be-
gin its inquiry at the earliest possible
date, as 1t has but thirty days in which
to work.
Senator Stephen introduced a reso-
luton to have ] 500 copies of the mes
sages of Gov. Jesse F. Mcdonald and
Gov. Henry A. Buchtel printed in Eng
lish and 500 in the Spanish language.
They are to be prepared and distrib-
| uted by members of the Assembly.
| Upon motion of Senator Barela the
rules were suspended and the resolu-
tion adopted.
|
vestigate the status of the Winfield S.
Stratton estate came back from the
House with two amendments. one al
lowing travelling expenses and another
extending the time of the inquiry to
thirty days. instead of twenty. The
resolution was then passed as
amended and will so to the joint COM
mittee.
| Senator DeLaVergne's proposed
conference of legislators from mining
counties, to consider bills affecting
that interest has been adjourned to n
later date. There seems to be gen.
eral agreement that such measures are
most. needed, which will result in
concentrated action to secure the leg
islation but the members wish to look
further into the proposed bills, and to
confer with their constituents.
A movement is on foot to have the
salaries of the justices of the Supreme
Court increased from $4,000 to $500
per annum. The cost of living affects
the judiciary, too. Judges must live.
bill will be introduced for the pur-
pose of raising the salaries. 1t is held
that under the new conditions the sal
aries are not large enough and fall
short of almost every other state, and
that under the present conditions, with
living expenses high, the time has
come to raise them.
Legislators of the state of Kansas
have assured Representative Parker
that Kansas will appropriate an
amount equal to that given by Colo
RADIO for the erection of n memorial
hall building on BeecheT island, site
of the last notable fight with Indians.
The two states have already collabo.
rated on the erection of suitable
monument. In accordance with this
assurance Mar. Parker introduced bill
for an appropriation to pay the Colo
RADIO share of the cost for the memorial
building.
Representative Werner introduced a
bill to provide for the erection OF
many additional reservoirs at points
where flood or surplus waters can be
gathered during the times of plenty
to be used for purposes of irrigation
The bill permits companies to build
reservoirs on public lands. giving six
months time for completing the work.
The company that has constructed one
may then go to work upon another in
the same district under the same con
ditions.
Some of the Denver druggists are
alarmed regarding the effect of the
pure food bill which is making such
rapid progress through the House. At
meeting held on Saturday night it
was determined to have it amended il
possible. The assertion is made that
| 1t creates a doctors trust" and that
under it no drug or medicine could be
sold without physicians prescription.
Owners and dealers in proprietary
medicines are also on the anxious seat.
Those responsible for the measure in.
sist that honest druggists and dealers
need have no fear. that all that is
sought is a square deal to the con-
sumer in drugs, liquors and solids.
| Representative Fetzer has presented
| bill aimed at all kinds of hazing, but
having particular reference to the
practice in schools and colleges. I'm
der the bill hazing is made misde-
meanor, punishable by a fne of up to
$50 But the measure goes much fur
ther, making college faculties respon-
sible for suppression of such acts.
Students convicted, by trial. either in
the public courts or by college facul-
ties, must be suspended or expelled,
according to the grade of the offense
Its object is to class hazing where it
1 DtlOH6S. dlilOHS lHe pTdC-
tices of the mean and brutal. But col
lege students alone are not included
in the penalties TO be enforced Any
similar acts of taking advantage of the
weak, helpless or those rendered help
less may be punished just as in cases
of college pranks.
Two hundred boxes of books belong
ing to the Colorado Travelling Library
Commission are scattered over the
state and the commission has no
money to bring them back to its head
quarters in the capitol building. The
work of the commission is virtually at
a standstill and unless the State Leg
islature comes to its aid it will have
to be either abandoned entirely or car
ried on as an auxiliary of the Colorado
Federation of Woman's Clubs. The
immediate cause of the trouble is the
refusal of the railroads of the state
to furnish free transportation for the
books, as they did before the new
bill went into effect. The commission
has bill presented in the Legislature
which calls for an appropriation of So
900 for the next biennial term. This
is $4,000 in excess of the money re-
ceived from the last legislature but