The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-12-12
STATE CAPITOL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


A resolution by Senator H. o. An
drew calls upon state officials, nclud-
ing Gov. Oliver ii. Shoup, to see that
Speaker Cole resigns as secretary of
the irrigation district finance commits
sion of Colorado, It position he has
held since the close of the regular ses-
sion.
The Andrew resolution points out
that a legislator cannot be appointed
to a state office during the time he is
a Senator or Representative, in ac-
cordance with section or article V.
of the constitution. The resolution asks
the Legislature to consider the speak
er as being disqualified to retain the
office of secretary to the commission,
and that the salary payment of $3.50
month which he has received held
to be illegal.
Friends of Speaker Cole in the
House, on hearing of the resolution
introduced in the Senate, came to his
defense by saying that the constitu-
ton did not prohibit a legislator from
accepting employment from the state.
They pointed out that he is not All
appointee of the governor, but was en-
ployed by a commission and given the
designation of secretary.
The suffrage amendment was the
first concurrent resolution introduced,
being sponsored in the upper House
by Senator Agnes l.. Riddle and by
Representatives May L. Bigelow and
Mabel Ruth Baker in the lower House.
1t was approved in committee and or
dered printed, and will probably come
up on final consideration tomorrow.
Speaker Cole ruled that it must take
the same course as Il bill.
In the regular session of the Twen
tySecond Legislature House Republic
cans We're split over the efforts made
by Tom lyman, warden of the peniten-
tiary, to have the prison farm retain
ed at Avondale indefinitely, and re-
currence of the fight which reached
to the Democrats, is expected in Il con-
stitutional amendment proposed by
the administration.
The amendment provides for salary
changes in elective and appointive
+ places, this power 10 be reposed in the
Legislature, and in considering that
| phase of the measure regarding salar-
les of the land board, the penitentiary
| farm fight may be reopened.
The governor recently recommended
| the renewal of the lease of the state
land occupied by the farm, in accord
ance with the wishes of the State Board
of Charities and Correction, but this
request was denied by the land board
The board has Republican majority
| recommendation. The farm land will
| be offered at public sale probably next
| month
One of the administration measures
| introduced in the House was by Rep
resentatives Phelps, Bashor and Rock
well, for the suppression of anarchy
and sedition. Persons convicted under
this act are subject to Imprisonment
for twenty years, or Il fine of $4,000
or both.
Resolutions and bills, other than the
suffrage amendment introduced in the
Senate, We're the following:
A resolution by Senators Booth,
Staley and Knauss providing for an
initiated amendment TO the consttu-
| tion of Colorado which would give the
power of regulating salaries of state
elective and appointive officers to the
State Legislature.
4 bill by Senator w. 0. Peterson to
provide funds for the Colorado State
hospital, likewise not provided by the
regular session.
An anti-auto theft bill was intro
duced by Representative William o..
jenkins, Central City. and Halsey NJ.
Itnoads, Denver.
The bill defines anarchy and sed-
tion as any effort to encourage or
| advise forcible resistance TO or the
forcible destruction of constituted gov
eInment in general, or of The govern
ment or laws of the United States or
of the state" Any person who, Of his
own act, or who, by melting another
| to cause the death of any person,
while agitating anarchistic IDEAS is
held under the act as guilty of first
degree murder
Representative Wilson, El Paso, in-
troduced TWO bills. The first is to
create an allotment for dependents of
the enlisted personnel of the state
troops. The other is TO defray the ex-
penscs Of this special session of the
Legislature.
A Senate bill sponsored by Senator's
Peterson Hattenbach, Dmklee, Cold
ren, Warren, O'Brien, King and
Bannister, provides for an appropria-
tion Of $4,000 to pay emergency ex-
penses incident to the reconstruction
period and for the development of
Colorado's resources in cooperation
with the federal government The re
construction and development work
referred to in the bill is being carried
on under the direction of the Colorado
Development Federation.
Representative Al S. Andrew, Pue-
lilo, Introduced an administration bill
for $4,000 for necessary repairs and
Improvements at the state hospital at
/ Pueblo
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