Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-24

certain date, il neither Adams nor
Speer have been elected.
The tunnel bill has been made spe-
cial order in the SENATE to follow the
bill and the chances are7>-
that it will pass. Like all measures in
which millions are involved, 1t had
peculiar faculty of meeting very little
obstruction in getting to the head Of
the calendar.
The re-establishing of the various
county conventions seems to be the
order of the day. This for the pur-
pose Of instructing the Democratic
members of the assembly how to get
out of their present dilemma. In re-
auesting their conventions to re-as-
semble they thus admit their own in
ability to perform that for which
they were elected. The people found
it out months ago.
The bank guarantee measure that
went through the senate does not car
ry the mutual. guarantee as promised
by the Democratic orators; neither
does it carry the dual guarantee as
promised by Governor Shafroth, but
it does carry the Cove guarantee. This
is the feature which Governor Thomas
and other Democratic orators criti-
cized SO severely during the campaign
and for which Senator Cove was CIV
en- $500 to draft. 1t provides an in
dividual bank guarantee equal to the
capital stock of the bank. The guar
antee to be raised by securities placed
with the bank commissioner at the
rate of 10 per cent per year. That
not deposited to be covered by bonds.
The senatorial situation has taken
a peculiar turn in that the Adams peo-
rle, in order to prevent Speer from
getting control of the Pueblo delega-
ticn, called a meeting of the Demo-
cratic county convention in Pueblo
county to instruct Pueblo delegates
what to do. Other county conventions
are being planned and Adams, Speer's
and Shafroth's friends are all con-
tomplating getting busy to control
| THESE COlVGuLlOhos k10eLAo WaAIo
structions from them to vote for him
first, last and all the time, and not
to go into caucus. Speer wants in
structions ordering them into eau
Gus, while the friends of Shafroth are
trying to secure resolution, ordering
them to vote for him after a certain
date.
The house mas passed the famous
mine inspectors bill. This is the meas
ure which was intended to protect
against disasters in coal mines. As
drawn by the commission appointed
by the governor, it appeared to carry
suffient amount of legal restrictions
to protect the miners. AS amended
by the coal operators and sent 10
the house, Representative Proske pro-
nounced it the worse make-shift that
was ever perpetrated on the public.
The following are a few of its pro-
visions:
First. 1t permits the working of
children IL years of age in the mines
if they can road and write the English
language, and 16 years of age if they
cannot read and write.
Second. 1t provides for an extra
air shaft to be installed in mines yet
t. be opened. Present operating mines
do not have to install them.
Third. 1t provides that the maps
and chacrts of the mines that are on
file in the capitol building can be in
spected only upon written consent of
the owner. An attorney for the rela-
tives of the person killed in the mine
could not see the map of the mine
unless he first secured written con-
sent from the owner.
Fourth. 1t provides that safety ap-
pliances and rescue crews shall be
installed in mines when convenient"
Fifth. 1t provides that the law shall
be enforced through the mining in
spection department. This department
shall keep an account of its expenses
and at the end Of the year it shall
apportion to each mine, its proportion
of the expenses as its coal tonnage
compares with the coal tonnage mined
in the state. The state advances the
expenses and trusts to the department
to collect them afterwards. Governor
Shafrcth says this part of the bill is
clearly unconstitutional. He wants to
levy an arsessment against every ton
of coal minrd, payable at the end Of
the month. Any amounts not used to
go into the gehrral revenue fund. The
senate will probably make some radi-
ca! changes in the hill.
Governor Shafroth setoed the horse
racing and gambling LII. His veto
message is, to use a general express
sion, "a hot one." The bill provides
for commission to issue hrenses to
run horse races and sell poolI The
governor said if the assembly pAssed
il over his veto, he will never appolrt
the commission unless forced to do
SO by the highest court of the nation,
meaning the supreme court of the
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