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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1903
Page
2
A mosaic of witticisms and observations cites Malthus, Morgan, and Casey while lampooning politics, travel, and society. Notes range from dynamos of finance to polar ventures, fashion fads, and parliamentary blunders, with sly jabs at aristocracy, nations, and fame.
Rear Admiral A S Crowninshield, commander of the European squadron, requests retirement under the personnel law. His move places him in the first grade with retired pay of 5 625 per year. The article also notes bill amendments, commissions, and various Congress actions including naval and agricultural appropriations and notable retirements.
Statements by Representative Cannon and Representative Livingston on Fifty-seventh Congress appropriations are published along with comparative tables. Cannon highlights increases under Republican governance and taxation yielding a richer treasury. Livingston contrasts Fifty-third and Fifty-seventh Congress spending, urging tariff reform and Democratic management to curb expenditures. Both statements appear in the Congressional Record.
Denver begins a fundraising push for an entertainment hall while a broad slate of state events unfolds. Nomination of John F. Vivian as surveyor general, factory and reform plans, Burns statue, saloon robberies, and a Telluride mine fire are among the varied items.
Colorado senators debated bailiff pay, holidays, and a child and animal protection bill while land leases were granted for Routt Saguache Las Animas Adams and Ostilla counties. A tax suit against ex auditor Crouter settled for 12363.54 with further charges and a real estate stance against a community of interest bill followed.
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