The Delta independent., 1907-03-15

Total ..........3 .3s25. .93i.GS
Cannon and Young Of Denver wanted
action deferred in order TO substitute
bill by Young which includes all out
staLding warrants. the war debt added.
but the effort failed.
The House defeated Senate Bill No,
IS, by Parks. providing for the aboii-
tion OF mileage. salary or per diem FOR
members OF boards OF control of state
institutions. The bill passed the Sen.
ate without opposition. but II lacked
two OF hs, Ing constitutional majority
when II came up for third reading in
the House.
At the Tuesdays session OF the
House n reconsideration WIS had OF
the vote which had killed 8. u. No. ss
on Monday. The bill provides for the
cutting OF OF all salaries of members
of board O. control Of state Institutions
On the vote TO pass the bill II was
carried by thir,y.four to twenty'fonr.
Changes made by members ran the
yeas up to ,hirty-eight. As part OF
those who changed their vote had done
80 with the evident intention OF NOV
ing n reconsideration nj n later se3.
sion. the friends OF the bill moved
VI ouN' hht ''N
motion laid upon the table. This ac.
ton disposed OF the bill for all time
as far ms the House In concerned,
Other bills passed on third reading:
H. u. 1866, Pnrrish-To add a judicial
district. n. b. 81. Rcdd-writs Of er-
ror In criminal cases. II. d. 1863. Col.
lins-Conterning larceny. II. u. 1872.
Redd-Establishing Juvenile courts.
II. u. 2lO. Healy-Pnblic printing. II
Il. 229. Paddock-Concerning robbery,
II. u. 24t. Fstzcr-For road alou;
grounds OF home for dependent chill
drcn. II. u. 2f9. Rcdd-Proving OF
book accounts u. Il. 3l3. kelly-Dc"d
Of trust. II. u. 3t5. Coliins-Expcnscs
OF district attorneys.
The House has passed on second
reading the Drake biil 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 precints, whereas tho Senate bill
permitted county as well as these To-
gal 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 n number Of
Republicans who at first were inclined
to be extremely conservative. The bill
that passed the House permits the pco.
pie OF any city, town or subdivision TO
decide for themselves whether they
want saloons In their ncighborhood. II
was felt that to permit whole county
to be included. and have n bare ma.
jority declare that county wet" or
dry" as the case might be. would
work hardships. A county having a big
city would permit that city to rule the
county. In certain cases this would M.
pear az tyranny. But great care was
taken In the House to make a locality
that votes antisnloon to be dry,
drug store cannot turn itself into n IA.
loon. In legislating against this form
OF hypocrisy. the House went further
than the Senate.
Most OF the time In the Senate Tues.
day was given up to consideration OF
s. B. No. 81. by Senator De La Vcrvne,
In committee OF the whole. This is tho
Rittenhouse insurance measure. Th,r.
ty-two out OF the scventy.five sections
were read and passed by the commit.
tee. with but slight amendments. There
was small debate on the measure, with
the exception OF n rather heated nrgu.
ment on the question OF child insur.
ance. The bill prohibited insuring chill.
- ehe aSe VI ttu ypafH. nut
the age was raised to fifteen, owing to
the great antipathy to this form Of in.
surance displayed by numerous mem.
bcrs. The amendments recommended
by the committee on banking nnd in.
surance. which were extensive. were
adopted without debate. Senator
Booth desired to take up only the sec.
tions where there was any great ar.
ference Of opinion. owing to the length
OF the measure. Senator Harrison
made an address on tho subject. re.
viewing the insurance stigations In
the East. He said the bill was pre.
pared by e. X. Rittenhouse, deputy in.
surance commissioner, who had
closely followed the ions nnd
had drawn his measure In accordance
WITH tho best regulatory provisions
agreed upon by officials In ali states.
He said tho committee had gone very
closely into the bill and the only pro.
virions about which there had been
any great question were those aiYectinv
Colorado companies. He said the pres.
enl bill conforms In tho main to simi.
Ia. bills introduced In every Lerisln.
tnre In the United States In session
this winter and thought its proyisionn \.
9hnlnlh fnnnt esslth