The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-04

to reconsider on the table. This could not be
done as there were not tw0-thirds IN ita IA
vor, but the vote showed Just who were the
friends Of the bill. II stood, yeas
Hoffman, Mats. Redd and. Thornton. nays
6-Baylies, Gibson, Hedges, Parberry.
Power and Thompson.
The state university bill was then passed
BY the following vote:
Yeas 11-Beoker, Buford, Cardwell, God
dard, Hedges, Hennessy, Holman, MATHS,
Parberry, Reed and Thornton.
Nays 4-Baylies, Gibson, Power ana
Thompson.
Senator Mats gave notice of intention to
move reconsideration. Senator Farnerry
gave a similar notice, which the president
ruled out of order as there WAS n OF the
kind already pending. Senator Hedges
wanted to give a similar rotlce, out TINS
was also ruled out of order.
Senator Hedges put his shoulder to the
wheel and gave the Helena charter bill
lift yesterday. The bill was reported
favorably from the committee on counties,
towns and municipal corporations in the
morning, md considered in committee OF
the whole. On account Of its length Judge
Hedges had the reading dispensed with.
He explained the object of the measure,
which he said was a local affair. The bill
had met the approval Of the city officers,
the board of trade and the Knights of Labor
and other organizations. At night he
asked for a suspension of the rules 70
allow the bill to be considered engrosseo.
He stated that an extra force was At work
getting the bill engfossed. lie got every,
thing he asked for and the bill was passed
under suspension of the rules without
being read in tull. 1t now goes to the gov
ernor tor his signature.
The following bills were also passed by
the senate: House BILLS for protection
of game and fish; allowing courts to pro-
cure proper seals; for the election of presi-
Dental electors: for the election of congress-
man; prescribing the duties of clerks OF
county commissioners in issuing notices of
elections; to pay Conley and McTague III
terest on their claim for keeping state con-
viots; levying state tax for years 1871 and
1892; to prevent depredations on public
lands of the state; to attach certain portions
of the r~ight-of-way of the Northern Pacific
and Cooke City railways to Yellowstone
county for taxable and judicial purposes;
to allow Mitchell and Mussigbrod interest
on their claim for keeping the insane; for
the selection and conveyance of lands given
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permitting district judges to omit juries in
certain cases; dividing up the coded part of
the Grow reservations; requiring district
judges to perform service for judges In
other DISTRICTS; comforting additional duties
on clerks of courts; amending the law III
regard to the opening of county roads.
A little matter of etiquette is causing a
GOODNESS between the officers of the house
- xLo,. &c ALo ,oNo%o inst Souoroi
days ago there came to the senate a COM
munication from the house which was writ
ten on both sides of the paper. Secretary
Fallon returned the communication to
| Chief Clerk Pond with a request that it be
rewritten on one side of the sheet only. He
explained that tho communication formed
part of the journal, which went to the pub
lie printer, who would not receive the copy
written on both sides of the paper.
Chief Clerk Pond replied that he was not
| preparing copy for the printer, and would
| make no change unless ordered to do SO by
the house.. The matter was reported to
| Lieut. Gov. Richards, who called the atten-
ton of the senate to the condition of
affairs. The senate, late on Monday night,
directed Secretary Fallon to make a polite
request on the speaker of the hous to have
the communication properly prepared.
This was sent to the house yesterday along
with the which was IN dis
pute. The house laid the request on the
table and with it the communication, which
cannot now form part of the Journal of the
senate. II ia but fair to state that the loss
of the communication from the senate jour.
nal will not he seriously felt, as some of the
notices of bills recorded in it were fol
measures which have already passed both
houses and been signed by the governor.
The railroad commission bill caused
little breeze in committee of the whole SEN
ate. Senator Goddard denounced it as q
bill to pay a political debt and to provide
jobs for three people directly and many
more indirectly. He opposed the general
principle of state interference in railroad
affairs and denounced the interstate com.
MERGE commission as a fraud, although
composed of able lawyers. He believed
that corporations had some righta. Sena-
tor Mats defended the right of the state tc
regulate affairs OF the railroads within it,
borders. The committee did not finish
consideration of the bill. but asked for fur
Their timc.
The senate, in committee of the whole
referred back to the standing committee OF
irrigation and water rights the house bill
allowing the raising of the waters of tn
Jefferson river for irrigating purposes. l
was thought this would allow corporations
to intrude on the rights of private parties
and the matter was laid over to allow Rep
resentative Carney to be heard.
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