The Dolores star., 1907-02-01
LEGISLATIVE NEWS and GOSSIP

Representative A. b. Hoyt intro
duced a resolution. which was carried,
| that souvenir book canvassers and
others Of kindred calling be prohibited
from plying their trade on the door of
the House at any and all times, and
that the sergeant-at-arms be instructed
| to see that this is carried out.
A bill to reorganize the state mill
| tia. in compliance with the terms OF
the Dick law, passed by the national
| Congress four years ago, was pre-
/ scented in the House by Mr.. Kelly. The
bill seeks also to take some Of the
weight on the top of the state guard,
30 that 1t will not be SO much an affair
of officers. The regular army has dis
carded the brigade formation, which
is retained by the Colorado guard,
making the latter a subject Of criti-
cism whenever officers of the two
meet to discuss military affairs.
Should the bill become q law, the ad-
jutant general would be the recognized
head of the guard. 1t also provides
for the organization Of an ordnance
department
When H. B. 29, the pure food bill.
came up for third reading IT. the House
Mr.. Wilder moved its recommitment
for purposes Of further amendment
His objection, he said, was to section
4, which provided that actions under
the law could be commenced only by
the secretary or members Of the State
Board of Health He believed that any
citizen Of the state should be permitted
to bring actions. Mr. Kelly replied
that the same matter had been passed
upon by the House twice. and had been
voted down both times. There was,
| therefore, he said, no good reason for
recommitment. The House refused to
agree to the motion. The bill was
therefore placed on third reading and
final passage, going through without
a vote being registered against it.
Two bills by Senator Parks which
have gone through the Senate may
meet with opposition in the House.
One is to abolish the salaries of MEM
bers of state boards and commissions
placing all in an honorary position
and requiring members to draw moth
ing more than their actual expenses.
This Is Buchtel proposal and should
have easier sailing. The other affects
county officers, and, 1t is estimated,
would bring saving of from $50, 900
to $4,000 per annum to taxpayers.
1t is to keep down the expense ac-
counts of county officers to actual out
lay. Under the law they can charge
10 cents a mile as mileage, even when
they travel on passes. Under the pro-
posed measure the maximum charge is
3 cents per mile when fare is paid and
nothing when passes are used.
An effort to railroad the Werner irri-
cation bill in the House brought vigor-
GUS objections from Stewart of Dou-
glas, VINO submitted two letters
asking that action be deferred
until the irrigation interests could
be heard. One letter was from
r. A. Meredith, chairman of the
executive committee of the Irrigation
congress, and the other from Frank C.
Goudy. AS explained by Collins Of Ell
Paso. the object of the measure is ito
legalize execution of a large reservoir
scheme without the necessity of begin
ming work on all of the reservoirs at
once" In other words, that when To-
Gator shows reasonable diligence" in
executing work on one reservoir he
shall not lose his rights on the whole
plan. providing the proper plats and
maps are filed with the state engineer.
The Senate Thursday, in committee
OF the whole, took up the long-deferred
local option measure, s. B. No. 40, by
Senator Drake. Senators Jefferson.
Wood and Adams led the sharpshooG-
ing against this measure. Senator Ad-
ans offered an amendment to change
the words 'anti-saloon territory" to
"anti-liquor territory" If LIQUOR could
not be sold in saloons, he didn't want
1t sold anywhere. He professed to be
perfectly honest in his attitude, as did
Senator Wood. Defenders of the
Drake bill, including Senator Booth,
said the object of the bill was to al
low the people by popular vote to set
aside certain territories where saloons
could not operate, and that substitu-
tion of the word "liquor" for saloon"
would destroy the effect of the entire
measure. The motion to substitute
was lost, being supported only by nine
votes
Archuleta county comes to the front
with new method of forcing the leg
islature to make better provision for
the care Of the states insane. Repre-
sentative Wilder introduced a bill ask
ing>an appropriation of $2,O13.15, as
reimbursement for Archuleta county
lor sums paid out In private institu-
tions for the care of the county's in
sane. Since. 1897 the state asylum
has refused to receive patients from
Archuleta, on the ground that the asy-
lum is overcrowded. At a recent meet
Ing OF the Board of County Commits
sioners resolutions were adopted urg-
Ing Representative Wilder to secure
refund from the state of the amount
specified and also IN uso his fnfu.
ence to get larger appropriation for
the insane asylum, SO that counties
will not be obliged to continue bearing
a double burden OF caring for the in
sane at their own expense and con-
tributing to the support Of the state
asylum.
The voting machine commission ap-
pointed by Governor BuchteI to pass