The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-02

animals.
Enacting clauses stricken out:
II. B. 266. Young-To designate Pio-
neer day.
S. B. 81, Parks-To abolish mileage
in sheriffs' offices.
The House has passed the following
bills on third reading: H. B. 80, Fet-
zer-To repeal one CT the laws regu-
lating the number of employees of
House and Senate. H. 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. B. 191, Redd-To pro-
vide for detention house in Denver
H. B. 207, Laton-To give Denver
public administrator
The House of Representatives ad-
sourned last evening Thursday, Feb
ruary 21s) 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-
preparations had arranged trip to the
institutions in the Southern part of the
state, and many of the members would
he out of town until Sunday night. Mr.
Stewart filed a strong protest against
the adjournment, stating that the enc
mics of all bills passed from this time
to the close would attack their consti
tutionality because of the adjourn
nent. The state constitution reads
that neither House may adjourn for
more than three days without the con-
sent of the other 1t 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 au-
thorities held, would be more than
three legal days before it could reas-
semble. Those who favored the ad-
journment says the Denver Republican
claimed to have taken legal advice and
to be sure the action was perfectly
rIoper.
According to the Denver Republican
the Denver Chamber of Commerce,
supported by mining men all over the
state, will fight against the passage
OF 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 Colo
RADIO to Ill the position in an ex-officio
capacity, If the wishes of the mining
committee are carried out At meet
ing of the committee yesterday a reso-
luton was passed severely condemnlpg
the bill and recommending the direc-
.ors 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 position to one college
would create the hostility of the other
colleges, and that only one who can
devote all his time to the work should
fill the position. Mining men and
scientists all over the state are said
to be almost unanimous in their pro-
tests against the bill. Lyman White.
former state mining inspector. is sec.
rotary OF the committee, and Is said
10 voice the sentiments of a number of
prominent men. There is another bill
before the legislature, also embodying
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 Scien
tific Society and has the Endorsement
or 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 bill. Senator
Sapp condemned the bill strongly. He
said the bill was mo good" because.
first, 1t gave the commission no power
to fix rates when they were found TO
be unfair and unjust He is a master
OF md tho
tive, and for an hour he held the ma
Jority, while he excoriated the bill ard
the steering committee which had pre-
sented it, showing the entire disslm.-
larity between the Roosevelt measure
and that proposed by the steering com.
mittee after its hearing with the repre-
sentatives of the railways. He said
the long-and-short-hau clause hnc
been omitted to please eight members
of the Senate. He wanted to know why
the committee had failed to make the
proposed bill conform to the provis-
ions of the constitution, and charged
that their failure to do so was no over
sight because in the committee he had
time and again, inserted such amend
ments with the consent of the Republi-
can lawyers on the committee. He
wanted to know why no one could take
an appeal on behalf of the commission
save the attorney general. when spe-
cial counsel were entitled to take
charge of the case. His amendment to
section l was that the physical condi-
tions of short mountain roads should
be considered. but they should not be
altogether exempted, as the original
section provided. The amendment was
lost by vote OF 10 ayes to 10 nays, a
straight party vote. Senator Sapp
sought to include, the long and short
haul clause in section 4. Senator
Campbell spoke to the amendment at
considerable length, but 1t failed to
carry. The majority members took no
part In the discussion. Eleven sections
OF the bill were adopted.