Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-03-15


ceiying their vouchers from the state.
which wero duly honored and paid at
the treasurer's office. The payment
OF the last semi-monthly vouchers had
been held up ill the attorney for
Treasurer Bent's bondsmen had rem
dered an opinion on the adjournment
of the House some time ago. as TO
whether II exceeded the three-day
limit fix-d by law. Attorney G. J.
Hughes, Jr.. was the lawyer In ques.
tion. and as he has been out Of the
city. his opinion was delayed several
days. He concurs with tho opinion OF
Attorney General Dickson that the ad.
journmeh, OF the House did not exceed
the limit, and the salaries were nc.
cordingiy paid.
The House committee on roads and
bridges has agreed to indefinitely
postpone II. d. 81. introduced by Mr..
Dulin. This Is the bill to provide for
the appointment by the governor OF a
highway commission Of three mem
bers. II was indorsed 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 II as likely to aid In making
tIe SoibIuuo HtEHWuyb WHh' 'h's
should be. the best In the world. Doc
tor Dulin IL chairman Of the House
committee on roads and bridges. lie
introduced the highway blu In tho
House, while Senator Drake put II on
the Senate list. Doctor Dulin stated.
In speaking of the action. that the In
fiucnce 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.
The House has passed on secor 4
reading the Drake bill that passed the
Senate some time back. The only I'm.
portant amendment made by the
House was TO limit the application to
cities. towns. villages. districts. wards
or prccints. whereas the Senate bill
permitted n county as wAeii Ms these ie-
Hnl divisions and subdivisions To vote
on this question. Governor Buchtcl
has worked like Trojan for such a
measure. and he succeeded In bringing
into line with him quite number OF
Republicans who ut FIRST were inclined
to be extremely conservative. The bill
that passed the House permits the pco-
pie Of my city. town or subdivision to
decide for themselves whether they
want saloons In their ncighborhood. II
was felt that to permit u whole county
to be included. md have u bare ma.
Jority declare that county wet" or
"dry," ns the case might be. would
work hardships. A county haying n bi.
city would permit that city to rule the
county. In certain cases this would mp
pear M tyranny. But great care vas
taken In the House to make n locality
that votes nnti.saloon to be dry. 4
drug store cannot turn itself into sa'
loon. In ic.isia,ins against this form
of hypocrisy. the House went further
ths1 the Senate.
Most Of the time In the Senate Tues.
day was given up to consideration OF
s. u. No. ~. by Senator Dc La vcrgnc.
In committee Of the whole. This is tho
Rittenhousc insurance measure. Thir.
ty.two out OF the scvcnty-iivc sections
were read and passed by tho commit
tee, with but slight amendments. There
was small debate on the measure. with
the exception OF rather heated argu.
ment on the question OF child insur-
nnee, The bill prohibited insuring chill.
dreu under the age Of ten years. but
TN, age was raised to fifteen. owing TO
tn. great antipathy to this form OF In.
sutsncc displayed by numerous mem
s.>rs. The amendments recommended
by the committee on banking and In
aurancc, which were extensive. were
ndopted without debate. Senator
Booth desired to take up only the sec.
tions where there was any great diff.
ference of opinion. owing TO the length
of the measure. Senator Harrison
made an address on the subject. re-
viewing the insurance investigations In
the East. He said the bill was pre-.
pared by Z. f. Rittenhouse, deputy In.
surancc commissioner. who had
closely followed the Investigations and
had drawn his measure in accordance
with the best regulatory provisions
ayreed upon by officials in all states.
He said the committee had gone very
closely into the bill and the only pro-
visions about which there had been
any great question were those affecting
Colorado companies. He said the pres.
ent bill conforms in the main to simi.
Ia. bills introduced In every Legisla'
ture in the United States In session
this winter and thought Its provisions
should meet with general approval.
The appropriation committee is now
the storm center at the capitol. The
general appropriations bill having been
printed, and its provisions becoming
known to all state employees, there has
been concerted movement upon the
chairman of the committee to have
changes made in salaries. and, in some
instances. in the amount OF help given
eacn department. Upon the top of this
has come increased demands from all
the state institutions for more money
than the committee feels that 1t can
give out of the funds on hand. The
general appropriations bill, providing
for the conduct of the states business
for the next two years, will use up
about 81 900. 900 of the funds estimated
to be available. This will leave about
s1,12O,OOO for all other purposes, and
the state institutions will need nearly
ali of this. The committee has de-
mn thu