The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-02
LEGISLATIVE NEWS AND GOSSIP
House Proceedings.

House Proceedings.
In committee of the whole In the
House Feb uary 2ist the following
bills Were perfected and recommended
Tor final passage:
II. B. liz Heaiy-To permit the Uni-
versity of Colorado TO do away with
is preparatory department
Ii. b. 3lS, Kelly-To have public
trustees appointed by the governor in
stead of the Supreme Court, and to re-
duce the terms of office of such trus-
ttes from three wears to two years.
II. B. 345. Collins-That district at
torneys shall be paid all expenses nee
sssarily incurred in travelling from
county to county in his district.
S. b. IL. Anfenger-ln relation to
almony
S b. 20. Anfenger-In re iation to the
settlement of estates of deceased per-
sons
S. B. IS. Parks-To cut off mileage
and salaries of boards of control OF
STATE Institutions.
S. B. So Parks-Amendins law In
reference To admission to the bar.
II. B. l57. OConnoll-To prevent
,ivisection and other mistreatments OF
animals.
Enacting clauses stricken out:
II. Il. 266. Ioung-To designate Pho
ncer day.
S. b. 81, Parks-To abolish mileage
in sheritfS' Offices
The House has passed the following
bills on third reading; II. b. 50, Fet-
! zer-To repeal one of the laws reeu-
| 1ating the number of employees OF
House and Senate II. B. 1874. Dray-
Permitting governors to take holidays
without losing pay. The provision at
| tempting to raise the salary of the
| governors private secretary was
stricken out. H. E. l91. Redd-To pro-
| vide for Il detention house in Denver.
| H. B. 207, I.aton-To give Denver a
public administrator.
The House OF Representatives ad-
| .ourned last evening tThutsaay, Feb
ruary 21st to Monday morning, an
action that it has declined to take on
| previous occasions when members de-
sired to rest from Thursday night to
| MONDAY. The action was taken, it Was
claimed, because the committee on ap-
| prnnriatsCns had arranged trip to he
| ms 'itutions in the Southern part OF the
state. and many of the members would
lie out Of Town until Sunday night. Mr..
Stewart fled Il strong protest against
!
| 1nieS of Ill bills passed from this time
10 the close would attack their consti-
tu:ionaltv because of the adjourn
| lnent ThN state constitution reads
that neither House NAV adjourn Cor
rlore than three days without the con
sent of the other il had been held
that an adjournment of three days
would be construed by the courts just
as such is construed in law cases,
when three days means that the ac-
ton contemplated must be within that
limit. If the Legislature adjourns for
three full days. the time. these lu'
thorities held. would be more than
three legal days before it could reas
semble. Those who favored the ad
| lournment says the Denver Republican
claimed to have taken legal advice and
to be sure the action was perfectly
rloper.
According to the Denver Republican,
the Denver Chamber OF Commerce
supported by mining men all over the
state, will Asht against tho passage
o. the bill, now pending before the
Legislature providing for the creation
of the Office of state geologist
and the appointment of the professor
OF geology at the University of Coo
lado to n.l the position in an eX-officic
capacity, if the wishes of the mining
committee are carried out. At q meet
ing of the committee yesterday a reso
lution was passed severely cOndemntng
the bill and recommending the direc
t1rs of the chamber to use every
means in their power to defeat It
The committees opposition to the
measure is based on the grounds that
the giving of a position to one college
would create the hostility of the other
colleges. and that only one who car
devote all his time to the work should
fill the position. Mining men and
scientists all over the state are said
10 be aim. st unanimous in their pro
tests against the bill. Lyman White
former state mining inspector, is sec
rotary of the committee, and is said
20 voice the sentiments of a number OF
prominent men. There is another bill
before the legislature. also embodyine
provision for the appointment Of a
state geologist, but an expert who
holds no other position is asked for
1t was drafted by the Colorado Scian
tifc Society and has the Endorsement
oi those who oppose the other meas
ure.
Wednesdays sessions in the Senate
were spent in working on the railroad
bill, which is the committees substi
tute for the Mccarthy bin. Senator
Sapp condemned the bill strongly. Ee
SAID the bill was no good because
first, it gave the commission 10 power
to fix rates when they were found tc
be unfair and unjust. He is d master
of sarcasm and the most cutting inTec
tive and for an hour he held the ma
jority, while he excoriated the bill az
the steering committee which had urs
sented it. showing the entire disstm.
larity between the Roosevelt measure
and that proposed by the steering cor,
| miliee after its hearing with the repre