The daily sentinel., 1909-03-19
CHARTER ADVOCATES
SUFFER DEFEAT TODAY
Senator DeLong Hauing Trouble Ea-
planning His Vote on the
Primary Bill
Especial to The sentinel.)

Denver, March 19.-The demo-
cratic majority of the lower house of
the legislature is determined to make
the senate come to time and to pass
the party pledges If the senate ex-
poets to get any measures of any
Kind through the house.
This decision was reached this
morning when caucus of the demo-
cratic members of the house was
held at IL O'Clock and followed a
debate of two hours duration. Rep
resentative Garman presided at the
meeting. The house will give con-
sideration to no measure but house
measures until the senate shows u
Willingness to pass the bills embody-
ing the platform pledges. 1t was
agreed that the house shall convene
tomorrow morning and after the
reading of the journal take an ad-
journment until Monday morning.
II is believed that this action by
the house will result in the senate
agreeing 10 pass the party measures.
GOV. Shafroth in an interview to-
day stated that he would not decide
whether or not an extra session is to
be called until within four or five
days of the adjournment of the pres
ent session The governor is de-
pass the party measures.
This morning when the senate con
vened the bill of Senator Burris pro-
viding for the recall and the refer
endum and a civil service eNamina-
tion, all to be used in cities of The
first class, was taken up and after
much discussion was defeated by
vote of 19 to IL. This bill was in
troduced for the expressed purpose
of making it possible for Pueblo to
have these features in commission
form of government. The defeat OF
the measure is greatly regretted by
the commission government advo-
Gates.
There has been much discussion
today of the action of the senate
taken late yesterday afternoon,
whereby the senate by vote or y
to 16 adopted the amendment pro-
viding the convention feature for the
primary election law measure. The
action of the senate was surprise
The house had turned down THIS
amendment by decisive vote ana
the convention feature will never
pass the house. Senator DeLong, ar
ter numerous occasions expressing
himself against the convention fea-
ture. voted for it. declaring that he
found he had the wrong idea OF the
convention feature and that IL shoulu
be adopted The fact is that most OF
the republican senators formed
combination with a number of demo-
cratic senators who were faVorlne
the convention feature, to adopt TINS
feature and thus the republicans
would have the pleasure of refusing
a number of the democrats VINO had
lead in the fight to unseat Senator
Barela and who were against the
convention feature.
Many democrats declare that TINS
action by the senate means that no
primary law will pass the legislature.
The vote on the amendment was
as follows:
For the convention feature: Re
publicans- Barela, Bonn
Burger, Button. DeLong. Woou'
Jones, Meyer and Carpenter; demo-
crats-Adams, Carey, Cassidy Cove
Irby. McKue, Napier and Croke-
The following voted against tne
amendment: Republicans = Drake
Fry. Harrison. Stevens and Lyons
emocrats-Burris, Campbell, crow
lev. living. Erhart. Kennedy oGon-
nell. Scott, Skinner. Tobin and west