The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-16

tional law
Fetzers bill providing for a constitu
tional amendment to authorize a bond
issue OF over $500 600 to take up out
standing warrants for the period from
1887 TO 1891, was passed by the House
on third reading Monday.
Four bills by Senator Parks, relat-
Ing to telephone, telegraph and similar
franchises, occupied most of the time
OF the Senate Thursday, bringing on
some heated discussion. All of the
bills Were passed on second reading
by narrow majorities.
The House on Tue sday struck out
the enact rg clause Of the following
bills: II b l65. Redd, concerning de
linquent children; ii. b. 300. FetZer,
to amend the lien laws; II. b. 2O4, Can
non, for : paddle wheel at the mouths
of ditches, H. l5. 297, Fetzer, revenue.
The Rittenhouse insurance bill, one
OF the lol gest measures in the present
session. as read at length and passed
unanimouSly on third reading by the
Senate. The only material change
| made vs. an amendment of Senator
Booth fixing the time the act shall go
into effoG at December 81, 1907, in
stead OF .tugust. This is to give the
| compani-S opportunity to prepare Tor
the new provisions.
A bill that is beng pressed for pas
sage as one that would add to the
progress of agriculture in the state, is
/ the Taylor bill for a proposed amend
ment to the state constitution exempt
ing from taxation reservoirs built for
serving adjoining land and which are
| not used for storage of water Tor sale.
1t would place reservoirs in the same
position as canals and bitches used
for the same purpose. 1t has passed
| second reading in the Senate.
Senator Milard reported for the
committee from both houses appointed
| to investigate conditions in the. state
| house basement the committee. con
/ sisting of himself and Senator Sapp
and representatives Wolaver, smith
and Bellesfield The report recon-
| mends some important precautionary
measures relative to the books and rec
ords of the state, most of which are
stored in the basement. 1t is feared
| that there are chances for big hre
some day.
In considering II. B. No. 3G4, the
House struck out all reference to any
| land along the banks of the streams,
| thus making it reserve to hShermeh
only the beds and banks of natural
streams In its original form, 1t had
provided that hereafter the state
should reserve, on all lands sold, the
| fishing rights of all streams running
| through them. together with the rleht
! of way along banks and beds OF
streams and fifty feet on each side OF
| the stream.
The House committee on roads and
bridges has agreed to indefinitely
postpone II. b. G1, introduced by Mr.
| Dulin. This is the bill to provide for
| the appointment by the governor OF a
! highway commission of three mem
| bers. 1t was indorscd by the good
roads meeting held in Denver. The
| Chamber of Commerce and all the
| commercial bodies of the state were
also interested in the measure, having
| advocated it as likely to aid in making
the Colorado highways what they
| should be, the best in the world. Doc
tor Dulin is chairman cf the House
committee on roads and bridges. He
| Introduced the highway bill in the
| House, while Senator Drake put it on
| the Senate list. Doctor Dulin stated,
| in speaking of the action, that the In
| fiuence that killed the bill came from
| the Senate and was so strong that,
though he is chairman of the commit
tee. the majority was against him.
| Going into the committee of the
whole Saturday afternoon, with Repre-
| sentative Frank l.. Dodge in the chair,
| the Republican majority in the House
| of Representatives submitted the Re
publican caucus railroad commission
bill for the Kelly bill. which its author
claimed was modelled after the federal
commission law. The substitution was
by a strict party vote of Al to II, Nc
I.achlan. Democrat. and Winters. Re
, publican being paired The vote was
| as follows: In favor of the substitu-
tion of the makeshift caucus measure
| for the real railroad bill introduced by
Kelly: Adams. Beck, Blainey, Bryan.
Cannon, Cohen. Collins, Dillingham;.
DiHs, Dodge. Dolph, Dulin, Fetzer
Frank, Garcia. Gradcn, Grisham, Har-
bison, Healy, Hickman, Hoyt, Hudglns,
Kelly. Laton, Lines, Morrell, Paddock
Parker, Parrish Redd, Smith, Stew
art. Tannenbaum. Turr r. Werner. YIN
cent. Watson, Wilder. Wolaver, Young
Speaker Breckenridge. In favor of re
tanning the Kelly bill, said to have been
framed along the line of the Roosevelt
railroad law: Bawden. Bellesfield
Blatchford, Bolsinger, Ebbert, Fall,
Hollenbeck, Hurd. Keil. Kem Law
renee. Lehrritter Mackenzie. Napier.
O'ConnelI, Rubin, Walker. Absent and
not paired Bunney, Dray, Farr
Schmidt, Valdez.
While 1000 people stood and sang
| the successive stanZas of America
| in Marble hall last Tuesday night,
| Governor Buchtel sat at table
on the platform in front CT
them all ana signed Senate Bill
No. 81 introduced by Senator
Parks, making it law that August st
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-