The Greeley tribune., 1907-02-14

low be used by associations desiring
10 do 20. Nevertheless tho bill mot
with the favor of the Senate.
The Senate in committee Of the
whole took up Senate Bill No. 80, by
Mr.. De La Vergne and gave 1t favor
able consideration. The bill amends
The act authorizing cities Of the first
Or second-class to acquire and main
ialn parks, SO the terms OF park com.
missioners shall be two years instead
sf six years. The author of the bill
Explained that General Palmer of Colo.
.ado Springs desires to donate certain
property to that city for park usage.
and Its donation depends largely on
The park board regulations.
This Is what the Denver Republican
has to say about the proposed local op-
lion law: This Republican party
measure will first of all continue ex-
smpt from saloons the territories now
exempt under special provisions in
their charters. Next in order win be
provisions set down for the guidance
81 county commissioners In granting
saloon licenses. The "road-house" has
got TO go. The strictest provisions
will be made in dealing with saloon IL
censes on the outside. Contiguous
property will be given something to
say: and the applicant must show good
character and proper conduct in the
past. Municipal option Is to be
granted for the present.
Senate bill No. 48, Senator Harri-
sons anti-lobby act, was killed in tho
Senate, the enacting clause being
stricken out after long discussion.
Senator Scott said II lobbying was In
herently wrong, then a bill to license
1t was a greater evil. The object OF
the DILL was to prevent an evil, he said,
but It made lobbyist Of him who was
not lobbyist. He thought It honor
able, ss an attorney. to appear before
the Senate committees or the Senate.
or the individuals constituting the
Senate. in behalf of = ditch company
Or a railway. or any legitimate busi-
ness. 1T seems to me this bill is SIM
ply confession he said, "of the
moral and intellectual weakness of the
members Of this body"
Senator Woods bill in relation to
coal inine inspectors was favorably
considered by the Senate and recon-
mended for final passage. 1t IL a bill
repeating section II Of the existing
laws concerning coal mine inspectors
and substituting another section in
lieu thereof. Senator Wood explained
that the proposed change increases
the number of coal mine inspectors to
three instead Of one, and increases
their salaries and expense allowances.
He said that the output of coal mines
had increased from 100000 tons per
year to about 100000 tons, and tina:
the present once force of the state
coal mine inspector is entirely made
quate to visit the important mines Of
the state. The salaries of inspectors
were fixed at $4,000 each per year.
with necessary travelling expenses.
II the present plans of the State
Board Of Capitol Managers are carried
out. the State Horticultural Board, the
mining bureau, the war relics museum
and the State Historical Society will
have to move from the capitol The
officials In charge of these Offices are
Mrs. Martha Shute, Commissioner E.
Lyman White. Custodian w. w. Fer
guson and Curator VIII c. Ferril.
They are now preparing to fight the
expected order Of eviction. The capt.
tol board has NO objection to these
oficials in particular but 1t takes the
position that the files Of papers be-
longing to the State horticultural So
eiety. which are stored in the basement
and sub-basement, are q menace to the
whole building on account of the pos
Bibilities they offer for fire. Further
more, they argue that the business OF
the state is increasing to such an ex-
tent that the space occupied by the
exhibits of the departments named is
actually needed for executive purposes
The board proposed at an outlay OF
I'll 900 to buy the two vacant lots
across from the capitol building, at
Sherman and East Fourteenth aven'
mes, and upon these lots to erect
suitable fireproof building in which
The valuable exhibits owned by the
lour departments might be established
Giving OF bonds by surety companies
Tor public oficers and the segregating
Of the Denver juvenile court from the
County Court were the two matters
that took up the greater part OF the
lime in the House Of Representatives
Monday. The first developed some
vide differences of opinion, while the
after gave an opportunity to discuss
tfe good work done by the juvenile
court as 1t has been maintained. A
third question that developed much ar
sument was the bill proposing to IN
crease the salary of the speaker or the
House. AS only the first OF these
measures survived the ordeal through
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