Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-03-22

In the Senate Tuesday. when Scna.
tor Crowley withdrew his motion TO
strike out the cnactink clause Of Sen.
aior Lewis bill. q. u. No. 81. creating
the once Of public examiner. Senator
Wood said he would make the motion
on his own account. accompanying his
statement with the remark tina, he
was willing to strike out the cnac'ins
clause os every measure pledged In the
Republican party platform. Senator
Lewis protested vchcmcn'ly. lie
asked for fair play. The motion was
lost on close vote. Senators d. Lans
and Wood voting with the Democrats
In an effort TO kill the bill. Further &C.
,ion on the bill vas postponed.
Tn. railroad bill passed third read
inE In the House on the iith. The
vote vas as follows: Ycas-Aaams.
Bick. BiaHey. bryan. Bunncy. Cannon.
Cohen. Collins piiiinsham. Dii,s.
Dodge. Dolph. Dsay. Dulin. farr. f-,.
srr. Frank. Garcia. Gfai-n. Grtahani.
HARRISON. ti.aicy. Hickman. uoyt.
Hudsins. Kelly. LA'on. Mortcii. Pal.
dock. Parrish. Redd. Smith. Tannrn.
baum. Turner. Valdez. Werner. Win.
cent. Watson. Winters. wolavcF.
youhs. Ms. speakrt-sor;y.i~o Nays
-powtcn. Bciicsfcid. nla,chford. Dol
singer. Fall. Hslicabcet. Hurd. kc,i.
Kern. Lrhrriiter. Lines. Mackenzie.
Mci.ochisn. O'coancii. Napier. Rubin.
Schmidt, waiksr-ninetecn. Absent.
excused ard not So,ins-Ebbcr;. Stew.
art. wiidcr-thrcc.
In the House Monday. Mr.. o'conncii
made q speech In support OF his bill.
providing for q constitutional amend.
mcnt 10 make smcltcfs TO be public
utilities. Mr.. O'Coaneli charged that
the smel,cre annually took hundreds cs
thousands Of dollars Of the value of
ore and made no report 10 the pro.
iucprs Of that orc. He also attacked
an interview which was credited to
Simon Cussenheim two years ago. In
which the latter gave figures on the
results TO the miners Of ore sold TO
smcl,crs. His argument was that the
smeiters should be declared public
utilities. that rates for smelling ores
should be axed by public commits
sion. An extended reply was made By
Mr.. Doiph. who quoted from the re-
ports Of numerous investigators TO
show that ili.advised legislation
AGAINST trusts has resulted In making
the trusts stronger. At the conclusion
Of the debate. which took up all Of the
afternoon. Mr.. Bolph moved that the
cnac,inE clause be removed from the
bill. Carried.
Willis 1000 people stood and sang
the successive stanzas of America
in Marble hall last Tuesday night.
Governor Buchtei sa; a. table
on the platform in front ui
them all and signed Senate Bill
No. %. introduced by Senator
Parks, making II a Law that August lst
Of 1907. and August 1st OF every year
following. shall he known and observed
as Colorado Day. The spirit Of patriot
ism has seldom been shown more en-.
thusiasticaiy in Denver than at that
meeting. In spite Of the blizzard that
was raging outside. there were very
nearly 1.0Cc people present. and many
of them had come from surrounding
towns in order TO witness the signine
of the bill. The hall had been bril-.
liantly decorated with faEs. strands of
electric bulbs IN the national coiors.
and a great electric display across the
front of the hall blazonine the word
Colorado" The platform was crowded
with prominent people. including the
governor. Chief Justice Steele, Mayor
Speer anil Hugh X. Steele. son Of the
first provisional governor Of Colorado.
The entertainment provided was bril-.
liant with eloquence. humor and fine
music. p ssident Clarence HaRar, OF
the Sons OF Colorado. opened the meet.
ing with an address of welcome. and
II was he who introduced each Of the
numbers on the program.