The Lamar register., 1907-01-30

sion. The resolution was read a sec.
ond time, and when final action was
taken, after much debate, the matter
was placed in the hands of a special
committee to be appointed by the chair
This special committee of three mem
bers will investigate the entire matter
and make a report to the Senate by
January 31st. 1t will also make rec
concentrations regarding the DISPOSE
tion of the $3.50 alleged to have been
given Senator Morgan as bribe.
which is still in keeping of the dis
trict attorney.
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 sharpshoot-
ing against this measure. Senator Ad.
ans offered an amendment to change
the words "antisaloon territory" to
"anti-liquor territory" If liquor could
not be sold in saloons. he didn't want
II sold anywhere. He protested 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-
ton 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 n new method of forcing the leg
islature to make better provision for
the care Of the states insane. Repre-
sentative Wilder introduced n bill ask
ing an appropriation of $2.013.l5. as
reimbursement for Archuleta county
for sums paid out in private institu-
lions 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 oyercrowded. At recent meet.
ing OF the Board of County Commits
sioners resolutions were adopted urg-
ing Representative Wilder to secure
n refund from the state of the amount
specified. and. also. to use his infiu-
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 Buchtel to pass
upon all voting machines used in Colo
RADIO, has met and organized. Frank
C. Con was elected chairman and Mr.,
Vickery secretary. The commission
will Immediately take up the consider.
alton of all voting machines which are
competing for selection. Each county
may select the style OF machine 1t de
sires to use and the same rule applies
to every city and town IN the state,
provided the machine selected is &C
ceptable to the commission. The other
member of the commission is J. b
Hunter, city engineer Of Denver. Mr..
Hunter and Chairman Goff are me
chanical engineers. as the law passed
requires that two members of the com
mission shall be of this profession ir
order to prevent any machines being
accepted which may be turned to IL
legal uses. The only machine yet sub
mitted to the commission is the Stand
ard. but there are at least half dozer
in the field, and these will al be exam
ined and passed upon
The rules OF the House for the pres
ent season were formally adopted al
the sessions of that body Wednesday
A number of the Republicans who had
refused to support the rules at a pre-
vious session returned TO their allie
glance. enabling the rules. as prepared
by the committee. to be adopted by
the close vote of thirty-four to thirty
one. AT the pivotal stage of the pro
ceedings the vote was even closer. be
,t,,, frsN H..
majority. this being on the motion OF
Chairman Dolph TO amend tine rule re
storing the clause making the assent
of two-thirds of the members neces
sary TO suspend the rules. The re
mainder of the rules were speedily
agreed TO. just rs reported by the com
mittee. Among them is the iule com
polling lobbyists TO register with the
speaker. and to bar them all from the
floor OF the House at all times. both
during ami before and after sessions
ANY outsider who shall attempt to in
fiuence member will be placed on the
lobbyist list and compelled to remain
away from the House resolution
was adopted to have printed on large
placards and displayed or the en-
trance doors both the rule regarding
privileges of the floor and that re
garding lobbyists.
Senator Taylor has Introduced bill
into the Senate to require insurance
companies doing business in this state
TO accept state courts in ali disputes
instead of insisting in going into the
federal courts II is claimed that in.
surance companies through defending
suits as foreign corporations put the
insured to great deal of incouve
nience and cost A citizen of the state
resident in the remote part of Colo
RADIO. when he brings suit. has to have
it transferred from the local court &c
the United States court in Denver
Then II an appeal is taken it must &c
TO St. Paul to the United States Cir
cult Court and perhaps TO the United
States supreme Court at Washington
In Kentucky the Legislature passed 4
law requiring insurance companies tc
appear in state courts. Recently the
United States Supreme Court affirmed
the constitutiouality OF that measure
The Taylor bill provides that no for,
eign insurance company uoing bust
ness " this state shall without III.
consent of the other party to any sui,
brought by or against citizens of the
state remove the suit to the fedora,
court. II any insurance company re
fuses to abide by this /, shall be the