The Elbert County tribune., 1917-01-19
LIST new COMMITTEES
NAMED BY SENATE AND HOUSE
OF COLORADO ASSEMBLY.
by Senate-Few Bills introduced
First Week of Session.


Denver.-With 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 pre-
cedent in giving the Republicans more
than one-third representation on
many of the committees. but allotted
the Craftsmanship of the corporations
committee to a 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 a complete list of the
committees:
Banking-Kelley. chairman; Jenkins.
Mishou, Born. Bronaugh, Baer, Bash
or, Cross and Wilson.
Temperance.Horton chairman; An
derson. Cawlfield. Crowley. Friend.
Bashor, Colgate, Harris and Smith.
Enrollment-Frisbey. 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.
Crosswhite, Thompson. Baer, Garcia,
Girard and Linton.
Agricultural and Irrigation-Marold
chairman; Roth. Laube. cawlfield, Can
on, Bronaugh. Banks, Rockwell. Kra-
| mer. Graves. Gill, Bashor and Cole
Appropriations and Expenditures-
Ardourel; chairman: Crowley. Banks
Wilson. shockey. Gill. Colgate, Bills
and Scott.
Criminal Jurisprudence - Furrow
chairman: Friend, Rogers, Frisbey, Lu-
cero, Proske, -Shockey, Steele, Winters
| and Cole.
Constitutional Amendments - Cross
| white, chairman; Horton. NJ. Rogers
studzinski. Lucero. Winters, Harris
| Cole and Baer.
Educational - Anderson, chairman;
Cawlfield. Crowley. Frisbey. Hautch-
gate.
Denver city Affafrs-Proske, chair
| Rogers, Wilson, Winters. Steele. Lin
| ton Harris, Bills and Baer.
Engrossment-Studz chairman; ;
Weir. Wilson, Smith and Scott.
Elections and Appointme nts-Haut CHI
ems. chairman; Anderson. Horton,
Mishou. Weir, Wilson. Nagei. Gill and
Fees and saiaries-Canon. chairman;
Friend, Gallegos, Meyer, Studzinski,
Laube. Colgate; Graves and Harris.
ppeqew rqegat Morton Mo6onsld Meyer
rockwell Foster, Sims and Steele.
Finance. Ways and Means-Gallegos.
| chairman; Crosswhite. Kelley Mayer,
NJ. Rogers, Cawlfield. Linton. Bills and
| Baer
House OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 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,
Scott, Shockey and Torbit.
Indian and Military Affairs-Bron-
augh. chairman; Born, Ardourel, Herr
berger. Mishou, Murphy. Gill. Bills and
| Baer.
Medical Affairs and Public Health
Cawlfield. cha airman; Born. Crowley. NJ.
and Winters.
Lator-Born. chair man; Canon.
| Laube, NJ. Rogers, Wilson, Sims, Cir
| ard. Foster and Cole.
Judiciary-E. Rogers, h n r m n /;
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-