The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-03-20
Wash Cos.

tiyes this morning on second reading
by vote OF 27 to 30. This disposes al
the bill. so far as the Nineteenth Gen
eral assembly is concerned, unless re-
considered.
"The house committee on County
and County Lines, after having heard
Canon City's arguments against the
measure. and the arguments from the
Sunshine committee in favor OF the
same. voted unanimously several
weeks ago to recommend favorable
consideration of the bill by the house.
1t was supposed that no further action
would be taken on this bill until 1t
came before the house as a committee
OF the whole. and the Sunshine County
committee which had the matter an
charge was confident that 1t would re-
ceive favorable action by the house.
1t has been realized for some time
that there was only the slightest pos
sibility of its passing the senate at
this session, owing to the strong SEN
timent against new county bills in
general. there being some ten or
twelve such bills before the legislature.
1T seems that the Canon City COM
mittee has been working on the mat
ter incessantly. maintaining lobby IN
Denver to work against the bill under
the guise OF being good roads lobby.
Misrepresentation were made by
these lobbyists to members of the
committee. which resulted in the biz
being resubmltted by the house to the
committee last Monday. 1t was pre-
sumed by this lobby that the bill
would be promptly killed In the COM
mittee the following morning. but a
delegation from Florence was pres
snt when the matter came up for
hearing before the committee, as re-
suit of which the committee voted to
resubmit the bill to the house for It's
consideration. The Florence commit
tee returned home. supposing that the
resolution OF the committee would
come before the house. as is custom
AIRY. However. the chairman OF the
committee withheld the report. while
the Canon City lobby. without opposI-
ton or without the Sunshine county
committee being present to present
her claims. again prevailed upon the
committee with the result that Its re-
port was changed. and the bill was
reported to the house adversely.
notwithstanding this fact, and the
fact that the bill was called up FOR
consideration OF the House without
notice to the Fremont county repre-
sentatives when eight members OF the
legislature, who are reported favor
able to the bill, were absent, the bill
was defeated by only three votes. This
means that change OF two votes, .r
the presence OF four of the absentees.
would have passed the bill on second
reading. thus assuring its passage n
the house. The brief debate on the
measure before the house this morn
ing brought out the facts that the
Sunshine county bill had more merit
than any other bill before this legis-
lature for establishment OF new coun-
ties. The two bills for county division
which did pass the house. were gen
orally recognized as Democratic meas.
ures. while the bill creating Sunshine
county was hon-partisan. The bill
90 establish Divide county was acted
upon at the same session this morn
fng and defeated by a vote OF 30 To
whereas Sunshine county. was de
feated by only 3 votes.
.rhe committee having In charge
the campaign for the establishment o.
Sunshine county. and Representatives