The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-22
h0N,7AEN,G GET TOGETHER
Representatives. Meet in Caucus and
Agree on . Plan for
Settlement.
Tho Republicans to Have q Ma
jority and the Democrats
the Organization.
The kumps Now Have m Opportunity to
Show Thor Patriotism-Yesterdays
Legislative Doings.

~ Ao1 VII ~
Show Their ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Legislative DoinEs.
Al last there are good reasons for OF
pecting an end to the long and tiresom
deadlock.
Tho members Of the house of representa-
tives in caucus last evening determined O
a proposition which will undoubtedly re
suit in a settlement of all difficulties.
will be presented to the ramps this morn
ing and will be accepted il the latter ar
equally in earnest in their desire to brinl
about legislation. For several days tn
conservative members Of the house hay.
been quietly working on some plan tina
might bring about unity. Yesterday after
noon a plan was presented at a caucus but
was not accepted because Of the opposition
manifested. fan adjournment until evenin,
was taken, when all Of the democratic mem
bers Of the legislature, including the sena.
tors, wero present. The plan is this
Ont OF the ten contestants fvs
will be chosen and of the five
three will be republicans leaving two demo-
Gratis. The democrats in turn are to have
the complete organization Of the house.
While this arrangement will give the repub.
licans a majority of one the democrats will
fare worry we'll. It is difficult to see how a
fairer proposition could be made. 1t will
be presented to The rumps this morning by
the committee, Messrs. Toole, Beach,
Tuohy> Clark and Wallace. It will prob
ably be acted upon Immediately and it is
therefore possible that the two houses may
be together before night. The decision was
reached by q unanimous vote last evening
after some discussion. It is said that the
only opposition manifested in a violent
form came from Mr.. Wallace, of Lewis and
Clarke.
The business Of the house did not con-
sumo much time yesterday, though several
bills were prepared for final passage. Mr..
Penrose's bill for the repeal of the "Gag''
Law and house bill rs, introduced by Mr..
Beach, were read twice and referred to the
committee on printing. The report of the
committee OF the whole on Mr.. Toole's bill
prescribing the duties Of the state board of
examiners was presented. recommending
the passage of the bill with several amend
ments. House bill No. II was referred to
the engrosslng committee. Later this bill
was taken mp for consideration by the COM
mittee of the whole and reported upon in
the afternoon. The bill is by Mr.. Beach re-
quiring county officers to report the fees
emoluments of their offices. The
we're adopted in order and the
was recommended for passage.
After Mr.. Carney had given notice of
his intention to introduce q bill
amending 1907 fifth division of the
COMPLIED statutes the speaker announced
that bills l. 3,4 appeared upon the general
order. All of these were drawn up by Mr..
Wallace. who called for the consideration
OF bills 3 and 4. The house then went into
committee of the whole and after a brief
session arose recommending the passage of
the bills with Gel tain amendments. The
only change made in the first bill, which is
concerning notaries' fees. provides that
the fee for protesting shall be So instead of
81. The other bill defining ENLIGHTENMENT
recommended As it appeared.
The failure of the democratic senators to
head of tie reading of the communication
from the rump house on Tuesday came up
to plague them yesterday. When the
was read Senator Hedges said he
found no record of the communication,
while the rules required the recording of
every aye and nay vote. Senator Parberry
said he understood the communication |
came from Senator Goddard, bat when it
was read it appeared to come from another |
uouroo opfIpoIv Tho rPapidauf NOVA - oo |
his opinion that the yeas and nays should
be recorded on every vote. Senator Hem |
nessey called attention to the fact that the
lieutenant governor had ruled Just the re-
verse at the last session. Senator Thorn
Ton moved that the journal be approved as
read. This motion was debated for some
time.
Senator Goddard said he had no desire to
stir up partisan feeling. He did not insist
o n the communication going on the rec
ord, but thought the vote on refusing to re-
ceive it should 90 there. If the democratic
senator's objected to having the proceedings
of the senate kept, the time would come
important records would be ridicu-
lOus.
Senator Hedges insisted that section 70
of article V of tine constitution required the
yeas n nays to be recorded On the journal
on application of any two members.
Senator Thornton said that last year that |
provision was considered directory and not
Joint rule three required that
all messages from one house to another
be announced at the door of each
body. This communication received no
announcement. senator Goddard had
it from the sergeant-at-arms of
the house on the upper floor. This Of itself
was a very strange proceeding.
Senator Goddard professed ignorance Of
who b man was who handed him the COM
munication. Neither did he know. he
Claimed. what was in it. The ssnators on
the other side could have stopped the read
ing by an objection, but did not. For him
self, he had not attempted to assume the
duties of the sergeent-at-arms.
The journal was approved by a strict
vote. Lieut.-Gov. Richards remark
ing that it was certainly a violation of the
rules.
Senator Hedges got up another breeze.
He asked for information from the SELF ct
COMMITTEES appointed to examine the rec
of the last senate. These records had
been taken from their rightful custodiaps
and were still out of his hands. The score
tary of state had no right to give up the
records Hereafter he could never swear
that 1t was the record as it came to MIN
originally. He moved that the journal of
the last senate be returned at once to it's le-
custodian. the secretary of state.
Senator Mats said that the committee
was nearly ready to report, and might be
able to do SO at the next meeting. They
asked for further time. On the question at
issue he claimed that the senate had a right
to obtain the records from the secretarv of
state. That officer had never doubted the
fact. Al he gave them nm tn the ,narsanan-