Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-06

payment to the Western Union TelegraI
D Company $37.15 for telegraphing, rea
third time and passed by vote OF ay,
8; absent 4.
b. B. No. Is, an act to provide for ii
registration OF the names Of electors and |
pr, vent fraudulent elections, with amen,
:. ments thereto, was read the third time az
passed by q unanimous vote.
81 CD. r. No. IL, to defray expenses
joint committee appointed to examine pen
tentiary and insane asylum, was read thir
: time and passed by unanimous vote.
q. b. No. 80, an act to amend section 27:
: second division compiled statutes, rela
ing to Probate Practice Act, was read til
third time and passed by unanimous vott
n G. B. No. 8, to provide for printing an
distributing ballots and public expenses
and to iegulate territorial and other ele,
} tions. was read the third time in full, an
} passed by unanimous vote. Two wer
absent.
Collins asked that G. B. No. 48, rela.
ing to School Laws, be withdrawn iron
. the printing committee and referred t,
!; committee on education and labor. Cal
ried.
Recess till o'clock p. m.
II HousE--MoRNINa SESSION.
House convened at 10 O'Clock.
FL. B. 1 was reported back IRON selec
committee, to whom it was referred, with
substitute which was recommended to pass
The report was adopted and the bill refer
red to the engrossing committee.
The conference committee appointed oil
H. B. II, relating to time when acts shal
take effect, reported that it had agreed
with the conference committee OF the Coun
Gil. Report accepted and committee dis
charged.
II. B. Sc, relative to compensation o
mayors and aldermen OF cities read twics
and ordered printed.
II. B. 81, creating territorial board d
examiners, passed by II to A. The fol
lowing members voted:
Ayes = Carver, Comfort, Congdon
Davis, Flowers, Garrett, Haskell, Hunt
Jones, Joslyn, Moore, Murray, Pickman
Rae, Roberts, Swiggett, Waite, Whitney
Willis, Mr.. Speaker.
Nays = Blakely, Gillette, johnson
Saxton.
III. B. 80, license bill, was read for the
third time and placed on final passage. The
bill was passed by vote OF 20 to /, the
following voting aye:
Ayes-Blakely, Carver. Comfort, Cong
don, Davis, Garrett, Gillette, Haskell
Hunt, johnson, Jones, Joslyn, Moore,
Murray, Pickman, Rae. Roberts, Saxton
Swiggett, Waite, Whitney, Willis, Mr..
| Speaker.
Nays-Flowers.
H. B. No. 85, relating to printing and
posting city ordinances. The bill was
passed by a vote OF 16 to 4. the following
voting:
Ayes-Blakely, Carver, Comfort, Cong
don, Davis, Flowers, Garrett, Gillette,
Haskell, Hunt, johnson, Jones, Moore,
Rae, Roberts. Saxton, Swiggett, Waite,
Whitney, Willis.
Nays-Joslyn, Murray, Pickman, Mr..
Speaker.
Council bill 81, law reports, bill was read
with amendments for the third time and
placed on final passage. The bill was
unanimously passed.
The Speaker then took the chair and an
nounced that the time had arrived for the
special order of business fixed for to-day
the same being consideration OF the
Governors message vetoing II. B. 25.
Hunt moved that the House resolve
itself into committee OF the whole for
the consideration OF the veto.
This was carried and the Speaker re-
signed the chair to Swiggett. OF Jefferson.
The message was then read.
Mantle then moved that when the com.
mittee arise it report the bill back to the
House with the message and recommend
that the veto be sustained.
Murray said that while he gave the Gov
ernor credit for being sincere in his objec-
tions he did not believe they were entirely
sound. He did not believe that because all
places OF vice were not embraced that such
was reason why the bill, which embraced
some OF the places should not pass. The
next objection offered is that the bill pro-
hibits the saloon keepers children and the
neighbours children from lounging about the
saloon. 1t was proper that such pro.
actly the kind of prohibition that
ought to be in force. To keep all children
away from these dens of vice, whether they
belong to the saloon keeper or to a neigh.
bor. The next objection is that it denies
minors from seeking and purchasing in
saloons. That, too, is what is wanted.
The youth OF the country ought to be
taught that here is business which they
are to be denied; that they are not to be.
come saloon keepers, and that they are to
be kept out OF these places. He didn't be-
lieve lit was useless legislation because it
didn't prevent men and women from fre.
guenting saloons. III parents didn't have
respect enough for themselves and their
children to prevent their children from ac-
ceptipg employment in the saloons, the
strong arm OF the law should come in and
say that they cannot take such employ
ment.
Murray made q strong speech and when
no sat down burst OF applause followed.
Mantle then called for q reading OF the
bill, which was read accordingly.
Mantle then said that when the bill was
before the House he might rs well plead
guilty and say that he gave the bill very
little attention, and he made the motion to
sustain the message of the Governor upon
opinions he had formed since he had seen
The message. He did not think the bill was
class legislation. He thought minors were
subjects of legislation. His main obiec-
bion to the bill was that it proposed to
lift the responsibility from the shoulders OF
The saloonkeeper and repose it upon those
Of the minor, who would not perhaps be
conscious of the law he was violating, or
that it was violating any law, or any
svil that it was doing in loafing about q
saloon.
Comfort spoke in favor OF the bill, and
y.lid he would vote for it notwithstanding
The veto.
Roberet also spoke in favor OF the bill,
and said a blow must be struck at the
child's parents, even II STRUCK tnrougn
The child. He said he owned vote for the
bill.
Blakely said that he was glad to hear
that the Governor had vetoed the bill. He
felt when he was voting for the bill that he
was not doing right.
Hunt said he believed the Governor was
right. It was dangerous law which puts
4 minor in jail for going into a saloon. He
didn't agree with the Governor on the
theory Of class legislation. He didn't be.
Iieve in he Gospel theory cf visiting the
sins OF the father upon the heads OF the
children.
Haskell said he didn't believe this law
would effect any children under fourteen
years OF age. The bill did not repeal any
law in conflict with it. Nearly all OF the
message is argumentative till
he reached it's conclusion. A child who
wonld habitually frequent saloon ought
to be punished. This bill does not remove
the burden.
Congdon moved that thecommittee arise
and report the bill back to the House with
the recon minendation that the bill do pass
the Governors veto.
Blakely moved that the motion be laid
on the table. The motion was lost by .