The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-01-19
LIST new COMMITTEES
NAMED BY SENATE AND HOUSE
OF COLORADO ASSEMBLY.
by Senate-Few Bills introduced
First Week Of Session.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DenvervWith the appointment OF
the majority Of House committees in
the present Legislature. by Speaker
Boon Best. the lower branch Of the
Assembly will get down to business.
The only committee which has SO far
been active is the elections committee,
at work on the contest of the six Dem
ocrats who are trying to unseat six
Republican representatives from Den
yer.
In announcing the forty committees
OF the House. Speaker Boon Best
swept aside at least two time-honored
customs. He not only set a pre-
cedent in giving the Republicans more
than a onethird representation on
many of the committees, but allotted
the Craftsmanship OF the corporations
committee to Republican, ]. M.
Downing of Pitkin county.
Mr. Downing is blind. Despite this
handicap, he has impressed the speak
er of the House as being able to as
sumo the responsibility connected
with the deliberations of this import
ant committee
Following is q complete list of the
committees:
Banking-Kelley. chairman; Jenkins,
Mishou, Born, Bronaugh, Baer. Bash
or, Cross and Wilson.
derspn, Cawlfield. Crowley, Friend.
Bashor, Colgate, Harris and Smith.
Observation-Disclosures chairman; Ow-
en-. Somerville, Foster and Kramer.
Counties and County Lines-Roth.
chairman; Weir. Mayer. Barlow, Fur
row, Cross, Shockey. steele and kra-
mer.
Corporations Downing, chairman;
Proske. Metz Rodgers. Edmund Rodg
ers, somerville. Herzberger. Bronaugh,
Girard and Linton.
Agricultural and Irrigation-Marold,
chairman; Roth. Laube. Cawlfield, Can
mer. Graves, Gill, Bashor and Cole.
Appropriations and Expenditures
ArdoureI; chairman; Crowley. Banks
wilson wilson, ~ shoekey. Gil. Colgate, Bills
and Scott.
Criminal Jurisprudence Furrow.
csro, Proske. Shockey. Steele, Winters
and Cole.
Constitutional Amendments - Cross
white chairman; Horton. M Rogers.
Educational - Anderson. chairman;
cawlfield, Crowley, Frisbey. Hautch-
Denver city Affairs-Proske. chair
man; Anderson. Crowley. Meyer. e.
Rogers, Willison, Winters, Steele, Lin
ton, Harris, Bills and Baer.
Engross ssment-Studzinski. chairman;
Weir, Willison, Smith and Scott.
Elections and Appointments-Hau CHI
ems, chairman; Anderson, Horton,
Mishou. Weir, Willison, Nagel. Gill and
Bashor.
Laube. Colgate. Graves and Harris.
Federal Relations-Lucero, chairman;
Rodkwei, Hos,en Fos,en Sims and Steele
Finance, Ways and Means-Galleg gos.
chairman; Crosswhite. Kelley Mayer,
NJ. Rogers, Cawlfield, Linton, Bills and
I Baer
House xpenditures--Meyer. chair
man; Marold, Lucero. Laube DuPraw.
Cawlfield. Kramer, Scott and Smith.
Fish and Game-Thompson' CHAIR
man; Owen, Furrow, DuPraw. Born,
Barlow, Rockwell, Smith and Murphy.
| Insurance-Owen, chairman; Meyer,
Jenkins, Crosswhltes Canon Banks.
/ Scott, Shockey. and Torbit.
augh, chairman; Born, Ardourel. Herr
| berger, Mishou. Murphy, Gill, Bills and
/ Baer.
| Medical Affairs and Public Health
| Cawlfield, chairman; Born, Crowley, NJ.
Rogers, Thompson. Gill, Shockey, Cross
/ and winters.
| Lahor-Born, chi u rman Canon,
Laube. NJ, Rogers, Wilson, Sims, Cir
! ard. Foster and Cole.
Judiciary-E. Rogers, ch al m an
! Proske, Hautchens. Friend, Somerville,
| Anderson, Winters, Sims, Graves
! Downing and Cole.
Mines and Mining-DuPraw, CHAIR
man; Jenkins, Kelley. Laube, NJ. Rog-
ers, Mcdonald owen, steele, Nagel Gil
rard, Downing. Cross and Torbit.
Mercantile and Manufacturing Inter
| est--Laube, chairman; Herzberger, Hor-
| ton. Born, Owen. Bills, Harris, Nagel
and Torbit.
| Printing-McDonald, chairman; Mey-
Senate Passes Cody Memorial.