The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-17
RICHARDS LAST BREAK
How the Lieutenant Governor Held Up
the Minority In the Senate.
An Appeal frosn the Chairs Dect~ion
Promptly Ruled Out of Order
-ParIiasncntmry Rules Go
for Nothing.

Special to the standard.
HELENA. Jan. I~6.-Another day has
passed without any Progress towards ~
settlement, though the matter has been
under active discussion. Another confer
ence between committees OF the rtinlp
house and of the house of rcprcsetta-
tives was held i'm "a room of the
senate chamber this morning. Messrs.
Howey, Grecneough, Boardman, Good
man and Norton composed the runlp
committee, while whaley, Toole. Crutch-
field, Beach and Sclmid a after the
interests of the house.
The meeting was conducted without re-
suit. No settlement was definitely pro-
posed or accepted. There are several
compromises talked of but hone on which
both houses can agree. II is the general
opinion that the deadlock will continue
until the end of the 30 days session.
The house of representatives met this
morning, took a rccess until = o'clock, and
at hat hour adjourned until 10 o'clock to-
morrow. A caucus was held i'm the after
noon.
There was fun i'm the senate chamber
his evening For the first time there WAS
"a democratic majority and il made things
lively. At 4 o'clock when the roll was
called Senators Brown-who Is sick
Rutherford and Odds were absent. Nc
Namara, of the democrats, was also alb
sent. The senators were forced, however,
to submit to rulings from Richards, even
more outrageous. unjustifiablc and illegal
than the ruling that made him famous as
the worst presiding officer that ever sat
in "a chair. The discussion started over
n resolution offered by senator Hoffman
to the effect that the senate refrain from
recognizing either honse. The chair,
without any Intelligent reason after old
Fisher had given him n hint, ruled the
resolution ont of order. Senator Thorn
ton asked for an appeal to the house from
the ruling, when to the surprise of even
the republican SENATOR'S, Richards deficd
the first rules of parliamentary law by
ruling the appeal out of order.
= The proceedings that followed were
more exciting than anything that has &C.
Cured since the meeting of the lrgisla-
ture. Senators Thornton, Baker, Hem
messy and Parberry took leading parts in
the chairs ruling as N high
handed and infamous decision. Richards
became badly ratified. He and the def
ferson firc-cater had tn fight out the bat
tie at one another. none of the reptIb-
Leans except Hedges participating
i'm the exciting debate Hedges was in
clined to take n fairer view than his col
leagues. He thought il would he unwise
and dangerous to attempt the considera-
ton of legislation proposed by either
house, although Inc sustained the chairs
decision i'm ruling the resolution and APP
peal out of order. Henncssy Joined in
condcmning Richards action as revolu-
tionary and He said: II con-
slider il the most arbitrary of all arbitrary
decisions we have received from the pres
ident. He assumed more power than the
IL men i'm this body"
When Fisher opened his mouth to put
his foot i'm il, H~ennessy gave him n charge
of hot shot. Thus the proceedings con-
tinued until Baker moved that the senate
recognize the democratic house. This was
of course ruled out of order. and finally
the senate adjourned until Monday at g
a. III.
senator Brown is seriously in with
pneumonia and is now at ST. Peters hos-
pital. Senator Clark is in town and will
leave for Washington in the morning.
Senator Maginnis will leave i'm "a day or
SD. Power and Sanders will not leave for
several tays.