Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-02-01
THE LEGISLATURE.
Fun in the House with the
Bounty LAVA Big Days
Work.
DR.. Ccrcoran's Letter Concerning
Proper Food for the Harse-
Feeding and Serving.
sINTEENTH LEGIsLATuRE.
Seventeenth Day-Jan. so.
COUNCIL.
SIXTEENTH LEGIsLATuRE.

Seventeenth Day-Jan. 80.
COUNCIL.
Brown gave notice Of the introdus
tion of a bill relating TO the protectio
OF cemeteries and the remains Of th
dead.
Middleton, introduced e. b. No. 2C
an act to amend section 255, irst di
vision OF Complied Statutes Of Mon
lana. relating to the formation o
juriee. Read second time and re
ferred to the printing committee.
Kennedy, introduced c. b. No. q
hn act to amend sections 1893 anl
1895, fifth division, general laws
Compiled Statutes OF Montana, relat-
ing to the reports OF the suprem,
courts. read second time by title and
referred to printing committee.
II. b. No. 3, on act providing fol
the better protection Of fish and game
and for the appointment OF fish and
game warden in each county, wss
read first and second times and re-
ferred TO committee on territorial
affairs.
Council went into . committee OF
the whole.
II. b. No. 2, the gambling bill, was
the first bill for the consideration OF
the committee.
Bickford withdrew his amendment
to the amendment Of the gentleman
from Custer and moved to refer the
bill to special committee Seconded
by Hoffman.
President Cole stated that as they
~ere ready to discuss this bill he
would ssk for the reasons for referring
Il 10 this committee.
Bickford stated bis reasons, saying
that they might dis ours the bill for
weeks and make no beadway on it.
Kennedy stalled that they had bet
ter draw out the opinions of the
members before IL be referred to COM
mittee.
Thompson, Of Deer Lodge, said he
thought he had been the cause Of the
action taken on the bill and said he
would rather See all gambling done
away with but ~ he was 10 favor of
the bill be moved II be referred to .
special committee.
Middleton then made . very able
speech ana stated that two Of the
committee on judiciary had been In
favor of stopping the whole thing, but
they would rather have - half loaf
than no bresd.n He also stated that
IL would be best 10 pass this bill and
kill the games named and IL Others
were started to pass = bill and kill
them also.
Bickford asked IL by what the gen
tlemsn Of custer had stated that be
wanted to pit the ingenuity Of that
honorable body, the council, against
the "Un horn" gamblers.
Kennedy stated that he was opposed
to referring the bill to select commit.
tee and the bill In Its present form.
He said you could not rob q man BY
gambling but could knock him In the
head with q club and rob him 40 al
lowed In this bill.
The motion TO refer IL TO q special
committee was finally carried.
c. B. No. s, an act relating to th.
duties Of county attorneys In divorc,
cases, was the next Dill on genera
orders.
Middleton made an able speech on
this subject and spoke at come length
and ended by saying that he did no
believe that the gentlemen in thil
honorable body would pass II in Ii
present form.
The question Of the adoption OF th,
amendment for the amendment va
finally adopted.
The president announced that 20
cording 10 H. b. No. 8, In regard 10 |
committee to visit the public school
he had appointed Hatch, Kenned,
and Thompson, Of Silver Bow. on thi
committee, and select committee II
regard TO H. b. No. 2, Thompson, o
Silver Bow, Conrad and Hatch.
HOUSE,
The principal actions OF the lows'
house were NJ follows:
II. b. 4. the bill 10 authorize thu
transfer OF monies rom the road, pool
and school funds 10 the general fund
Of counties, which was adversely re-
ported by the committee Of the whole
was rs-referred 10 the ways and mean'
committee.
Hunt introduced H. d. No. IL. Il
amend an act allowing certain cities