The Springfield herald., 1907-03-08

Friends of the Drake bill claim that
the Kelly bill is so worded that IL
does not apply to Denver.
The ant:-pass section of the original
Mccarthy bill was introduced, which
precipitatec considerable discussion.
Senator Scott offered an amend
ment, lowering the rate per mile to
three cents and abolishing passes at I
the same time.
An amendment of Senator Mccarthy
giving the commission rate fixing pow
ers was lost He also substituted por-
ton of his original bill to take the
place of section 10, but this was lost
The House has passed on third read
ing: S. B. Z. Anfenser-Applicntio
of real estate to widows and orphans
allowance s. B. 8, Anfenger-Det"r-
mination of heirship in settlement OF
estates. S. B. 81, Parks-To establish
Colorado day
The Senate adopted the favorable re-
port of the committee of the whole on
S. b. No. 5S the railroad bill, Friday
after a debate lasting through the Ell
tire afternoon. The morning session
was given over to other matters. The
railroad hill was put through, aiter
adopting an amendment Strengthening
the right ol individuals TO recover dam
ages sus5a;ned in addition 10 the de'
murraSe charge of 81 per day.
In the House last Friday the railroad
bill was reconsidered. Senator Bard
well offered an amendment strengthen
ing the damage section so that snip
pers may recover all actuat damages
for failure on the part OF the railroau
to furnish cars. is well as Ihe aelhuf-
rage of ST per day. Adopted. Senator
Mccarthy moved to strike out that part
of section /, which eXempts certain
mountain railroads from the Workings
of the law. The amendment was lost
The amendments were voted upon
separately and both lest. The commit
tee rose and reported favorably TO the
Senate. On the motion to adopt the IA
yorable ,eport. Senator Clayton at
tempted to substitute the Sapp bill
again. bur this was defeated by vote
of twenty nays 10 thirteen ayes. Sena-
tor Campbell thsn substituted the orig
inal Mccarthy bill. The amendment
was lest by a vote of seventeen nays 10
fourteen ayes. Senator Mccarthy Ia
vored it.
S. B. No 20, Snpp-Providins for
| commission to examine the courses or
| study at state educational institutions
| and eliminate Implications so far as
possible, was taken up on third readir
| In the Senate Friday. Senator Clayton
| opposed the measure. He satd the
| State University and other institutions
| had been able to save certain sums out
| of their maintenance funds. and the
cost of teaching the various studies
| was not too great. He defended the
| kindergarten and training departments
at the Greeley Normal school, stating
| that such departments We're necessary
The bill carried by the exact constitu-
tional vote of eiehten ayes. ending one
of the sharpest fights OF the session.
The vote was as follows: Ayes-An-
| fenger. B7rdwell, Barela, Bohn. Booth.
Burger. Button, De La Vergne. De
Long. Harrison, Lewis. Mccarthy,
Parks. Robertson. Sapp. stephen. To-
| bin. wood Nays-Adams, Alexander
| Campbell. Clayton, Crowley. DrakH,
Ehrhart. Fry, Harris. jefferson, Ken
nedy. Millard. Scott, Taylor
The Republican legislative caucus
took action on the railroad bill Mon
| Gay. A delegation, headed by its pres
| ident. from the Colorado Manufactur-
| ers' Association, appeared before the
"steering" committee of the Repub-
|
sJch plea against rate making pow
ers in the proposed railroad measure
that this committee reported to the
| caucus against such n step. and as a
result section 10 was amended 10 elm
| mate the rate-making power, The
| law to be Lassed will not have rate
| making section as has the Roosevelt
federal law. but will only give power
ic adjust railroad made rates as he
tween different shippers. The Pull
man lines and private passenger
coaches are also eliminated from the
| bill. giving these interests special
privileges. The power given in the
| first caucus hill to appoint commits
sion which would last six years wns
tal I away from the governor. He
| is to appoint three men to serve until
| after the next state election. at which
| time three men will be elected. There
was section in the first bill that APP
| reals of rate commission decisions
should take precedence in the Supreme
| Court so that people could quickly OBJ
tain relief. This was cut out. There
was a section providing for the COM
r!on use of terminal facilities by all
| Iona fide railroads. but this section
No. 81, was cut out in its entirety.
| leaving not even "A suggestion that it
ever was in the proposed law.
Senate Bill No. 20. by Sapp. provid
ing for commission to determine the
branches of study to be taught in the
various educational institutions and
making it unlawful for one state insti.
| tuition to duplicate the studies of an
other. was discussed by the Senate
Monday Senator Drake moved to
strike out the enacting clause. Sena-
tor Sapp could not understand the
change of heart on the part of Sena-
tor Drake. Two years ago he favored
the bill, when it passed the Senate
without opposition. He spoke at some
| length on this subject, calling atten-
| ton to the fact that the members from
educational districts seem to have
| Joined in opposition to the bill. He
| called attention to the necessity for
more information concerning the at
| tendance at state educational institu-
| tions. He said the report of the state
superintendent of public instruction
| contains nothing TO show how many
| kindergarten students in Greeley are
attending the State Normal School at
| the expense of the state and not at
the eSpense of the people of Greeley.