The Helena independent., 1889-02-14

should be- deemed necessary and advisable
nn the part Of the territory, a portion, al
least, OF said lands might be sold by the
territory for the purpose Of constructing
and maintaining college or colleges A.
contemplated by said bill and 10 create a
fund % perpetuate ihe same
The memorial was read iIst and sec
ond time
BAkely moved that the rules be sus-
pended and the memorial be put ON Its
final passage.
Hunt inquired II The memorial was huD-
lect To amendment
The chair ruleed that II was not.
Hunt suggested Il might he proper 10
refer IL 10 a committee until morning.
The motion ~ suspend and put upon
final passage by vote OF ayes Z, nays D.
Hunt moved the memorial be- referred 10
an appropriate committee 10 report forth
with.
Blakeley moved 10 amend by indefinitely
pOstpOnlng consideration Of the memorial.
Hunts motion prevailed and the memor-
lal was referred 10 elections and territorial
affairs committee.
COngdOn OF the committee " the whole,
reported house bill No. 9 with amendments
and a recommendation mat the same pass,
Received aud adopted,
A slight shade of annoyance ewept hcross
the face OF the speaker as JOslyn offered IN
amendment tO the bill just received to
strike the word elk out Of the lfst sec
liun aud insert II IN the second section Oi
The bill The first section forbids the XIII
ing ~ ELK for a period otslS yrhrs after the
passage Of the bill, To insert 'clk" IN the
second tFcliun would br 20 prohibit their
killing between the hrst day uf January
and the first day Of October OF the same
year. The question was put on JOslyn's
offer 20 amend aud the clerks tally showed
ayes, TO- nays, II. Joslyn thought there
WAS sOme mistake aud called for another
vote, when resulted in, ayes, u nays, ".
The bill was then referred 10 the engross
Ing committee,
Waltz, Of the committee Of the whole, re-.
ported house bill No, l3 with amendments
aud recommendation dat II do not pass.
Report received.
Also house bill No. with substitute
and recommendation that the substitute
with amendments be adopted, which was
done.
House bill NO Is was referred to the en-
crossing committee.
llakeley made "A motion 10 suspend the
rules and put the substitute for HOUSE, bill
No on final passage, but withdrew II, the
bill not having been engrOssed AZ amended
IL WAS then referred 10 the eDgrossing COM
mittee
Jnslyn Of the ways and means co mmittee
reported council bill No. ~ with substi-
tate and a recommendation that II pass.
The substitute Is practically the same as
the original bill introduced by Hunt. farU
bank, round the table poker, or the sell
ing OF auction and Parls mutual pools In
races Are b. BE- licensed aud the ''sure
thing games are forbidden. Placed ON
general rules.
Whitney, of the elections and territorial
affairs committee, reported back council
Joint memorial with the recommendation
that II be- adopted. The rules were sus
pended and the memorial was on It's final
passage when Haskell troubled the waters
lie was opposed TO the passage Of The mem
orlal. I'VE are asked 10 memOrialiZe the
Hon. Joseph X. Toole. delegate In con
gress, u strike certain words out Of bill
pending before congress-" lie was In favor
Of such memorial, but was certainly Op-
posed tO memOrialiLing any individual 10
strike out certain words In a bill.
Joslyn proposed b. cure all this by strk-
ing out "llon. j. X. Toole" and inserting
In lieu thereof congress Of the United
States"
llunt-Then you would have 10 thank
congress for Its esteemed favor OF the ID
inst. (Laughter.l
The speaker suggested that joint reso-
luton authorizing the president OF the
council and the speaker OF the house TO
telegraph the contents OF the memorial
would probably meet with approval.
Davis had noticed In the paper last sun
day that the members were men of ordl-
naty ability. lie would like very much 10
encourage Mr. ToOle In his efforts, but did
not feel that he could compromise himself
| and could not support the measure In It's
present shape. Mpm0TlaliZng an individual
was something unprecedented. lie had
never heard OF II. lie proposed 10 vote
"no" and didn't like to, either
Swiggett saw by last sundays paper
that he always voted with his party, but he
would vote tor the memorial,
| Hunt, the urbane leader OF the republican
| wing, succeeded In calming the troubled
waters by moving the recommitment 0f the
memorial to the ways and means commit
tee. A recess was taken for fifteen min
| utes, after which the committee presented
| ~. foiiowinu which WAS adonted and