The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-01-18

before the Twenty-fo general as-
Senoiy IN joint session here and de-
hvsred his farewell message.
| Inc governors message was in the
nature OF recommendations for varj-
GUS departments Of state. AmopR
those recommendations was one uP9.
ing the ratification of the Colorado
ana la Plata rivers treaties and the
plea for the continuance of the State
| Rangers.
Colorado must take q firm stane
ana equip legalized agency that will
put down and out the bootlegger AM
ms followers forever" he said.
Ihe comparative industrial peace OF
the state during the past two Year,
Snoup attributed to the successfu.
work Of the State Rangers, which, hs
recommended should ''be continued n
The most effective and economical
means yet devised to prevent disord-
ers in the state"
Following the governors message
bill Is. b. No. s. by Senator Jo6n
F. Coss, Walsenburx; asked the re-
peal of the State Ranger Law, A
similar bill was filed in the House BY
Carlos E: Romero, Trinidad; Defino
Salazer. Walsenburg and Rudolph
Cook, Trinidad.
Following the Governors message
he presented the Colorado River
treaty to the senate, along with ap-
pointments, which precipitated the
first executive session of the senate,
the Democrats causing delay over the
| confirmation of the appointment of
Edwin L. Sabin as trustee of Denver
until they were enlightened on the
facts relative to his appointment.
The first night session of the SEN
ate occurred Friday night, following
which adjournment was taken unit.
Monday.
A committee for inquiring into the
cost of living is provided for in SEN
ate joint resolution No. 4, introduced
in the night session by Senator Harry
G. Saunders, Denver, and Richard C.
Callen, Rifle. The resolution says
that: There is gross inequality be-
tween the amount received by the
producer and that paid by the con-
suiner for articles of common con-
sumption, and that many of such ar
ticles have become the subject of
in trade restraint thru organizations
and combinations between middlemen
and others" The resolution provides
for the appointment by the governor
of a committee of five members to in
vestiga.e. Profiteering and high
rents are mentioned as matters for
investigation.
Senator John H. Slattery, Silver
ton, introduced resolution calling
for an opinion by the attorney general
OH the status of Senator Robert F.
Rockwell, republican, Paonia, who was
elected lieutenant governor. There is
now, it is said, no way which the
senator can resign and the question
is raised how he can step into the
lieutenant governors office.
Precents were established by Sena-
tor William r. Eaton, Denver, and
Representative William T. Lambert.
Jr., Sedalia. by introducing bills at
the opening session. The Eaton bill
was introduced to amend the Indus
trial Relations Act, while the Lam
bert bill recommended the consolida
tion of bureaus and commissions.
Protest was made to the Eaton bill
by Senator Adams, Alamosa, when
Senator Eaton asked that special
committee be named to consider it
and get it printed SO the senators
could understand it.
The breaking of the precedent
brought the Adams protest, the De-
mocrats holding that if rush ac-
ton was taken on one bill it could
be taken on others and would result
in tangle shortly.
The Lambert bill for the consolida-
ton of bureaus and commissions
brought the real fire as it was a re-
publican measure two years ago and
was dropped. During the campaign
the democrats are SAID to have taken
it up and Governor-clect Sweet
stamped it as a paramount issue of
the party. 1t is proposed, it is said,
as measure of economy.
County newspapermen will be inter
ested in a bill being prepared by Sen
ator Golding Fairfield, Denver, pro-
posing that legal notices may be
printed in any part of county. I'm
der the present law legal notice
must be printed in a newspaper pub
lished nearest the location of the sub
ject matter.
A mining blue sky law will be in
troduced, it is said, which is spon
sored by the Colorado Metal Mining
Association.
A bill prepared for introduction al
so provides that the state will write
automobile indemnity insurance.
Consolidation of the School of
Mines and University of Colorado is
one of the first measures to be advo-
Gated by the new administration, ac-
cordng to well-founded reports.