The Colorado statesman., 1921-01-29
LEGISLATIVE
ACTIVITIES
lM..l.rn N,.,pap.r rnlon M. s,rhcsl

and chlrupructors met with The meu-
lcnI nffnIrs committee of the lower
house after adjournment TO consider
| TWO of the principal medical measures
before the body. one of these, which
| is meeting with the opposition of the
| chlropractors, was Introduced by Rep
rcsentatlye Iver II. Daley of Huerfano
| and Costlla counties, and provides for
"stnte board for the regulation OF
| the practice of the healing art The
/ board. which would replace the pres
ent state board of medical examiners,
would consist of six members to be
appointed by the governor and 10 serve
! six years Regulations would be made
much more stringent than ut present.
The other proposal considered Is mod
eled on the chiropractlc measure de-
feated by the voters ut the general
election last November. 1t would es-
tahlish state board of chiropractic
examiners and six minimum require
ments for practitioners,
The child labor bill TO prohibit chill
dren from working In the sugar beet
fields of the state was the leading
topic of discussion at the weekly
luncheon of the Woman's Club In Den
yer. Iver II. Daley of the House of
Representatives, who introduced the
bill, explained the Importance of this
bill to the state and to the children.
In the future the strongest nation In
the world will not be the one with the
strongest navy and army, but the one
which can boast that every child in
that nation has received an education
he said. "Such nation will produce
men who can talk of affairs of u ma
| tion other than in terms of fighting,
strife and bloodshed. This can be ac-
| complshed If the government of this
| country sees to it that every child goes
to school during the school months,
but it cannot he accomplished If Colo
RADIO allows children TO work in the
beet fields
Some of the first bills to be reported
out for action may be those on the four
principal bones of contention of the
session-reapporti the highway
commission, the public utilities com
mission and the railroad commission.
This is only guess, however, for
members recognize that early indica-
tions are that the hardest fights of the
session will weave about these four
subjects, and the committees may con-
slider the bills affecting them mt more
than customary length. Virtually all of
these are incorporated in the so-called
administration program. too, and II
the legislation suggested therein is not
that considered advisable by majority
members in their effort to put the par
ty platform into practice, there Is
unanimity in desire to make the two
harmonious.
A short session is considered hope
less now. In view of the fact that there
are LOO bills to be considered, more
than the ,029 presented in the Twen-
ty-second General Assembly; but to
spur on the members in spite of this
handicap, Lieut.. Gov. Earl Cooley and
Speaker Roy A. Davis are urging
speed, consolidation of as many kin
dred bills us possible and rapid action
by the committees.
Senators Goldng Fairfield and
Francis ]. Knauss introduced the two
bills passed on second reading, one,
Senate Bill No. 3, authorizing public
administrators to dispose of estates
for which there are no known heirs
and turn the proceeds into the public
| treasury, and the other, Senate Bill No.
4, empowering the administrator TO
file suit to quiet title on behalf of any
ward or other person for whom he is
| acting.
,tx.- t. tnh
| interested in the progress of bill in
troduced in the Legislature by SEN
ator East providing for fish hatchery
and retaining ponds at La Veta.
The House received recommends
tions made by District Judge Hersey,
recently judge of the criminal divi-
sion of the court in Denver, for new
legislation bearing on the criminal
statutes. Among the recommendations
proposed We're that motions for sepa-
rate trials in cases where more than
one person is indicted be left to the
Judgment of the court, that conflicting
statutes on statutory offenses be CO.
ordnated and the court be given dis
cretion in sentencing youths from III
to 81 yenrs old to the reformatory in
stead of to the penitentiary, that
reformatory for girls be established,
that the office of public defender be
created, that an adult probation law
be passed, that statutes governing dis
orderly houses be made more stringent,
that regular grand jury be sum-
moned but once u year; that the office
| of special adviser to the grand jury
be established, that additional district
judges he assigned to the Denver
courts, that special appropriation be
made for apprehending criminals and
forcing attendance of witnesses from
outside the state. Many of these rec
| ommandntion nre embodipd nlreody in