The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-20

THE Various Committees Of the House Named
~,Sundry Bills introduced in the House
THE Bill 10 Repeal the EStray
Law Ordered Printed.

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TRIBUNE. The legislature took another
ballot on senator today without any re-
suit. The vote stood: Senate Sand
rrs. q: Clark. t: Hauser. =: Dixon, =.
House Sanders. u, Clark. T.: ~iIauser,
:: Dixon. 6: Mulville, ,. The Only
changes from yesterday were that Lock
hart went back to Clark and Bccchcr
went to Mulville.
The speaker named the committees IN
the house. The chairmen are: Ways
and means. Jockey: Judicial. Bach: APP
propriations and claims. Babcock; priv
ileges and elections, Baecher; agriculture
and stock growing. Sappington: educa-
ton. Monteath; mines and minerals.
kilcallon: towns counties and highways,
Smalley: interpretations and manufac-
lures. Tierney; military affairs, Graves:
fedora! relations, Fitzgerald: internal
improvements, Rose: public lands.
Logue: water rights anG irrigation, Holt
man; state boards aud officers. Lewis:
labor. Brown: ap~portionment and repre-
sentation, Fleming; railroads and trans
portation. Tallant: state institutions. \.
f. Bray: game and fish, Dudley: affairs
Of cities. Annear; rules and JOINT rules,
Loring: immigration, &. ii. Bray, print
ing. Walkup; engroSsment. wilson; en-
rollment. Schnarnikow: Tallant Is also on
judiciary privileges and elections on ed
I~cation: Beecher is on labor and state
institutions.
Babcock introduced a bill for the state
p%enitentiary at Billings tc be built by
convict labor and appropriating $1,000
for it.
Jockey introduced bills extending the
life Of corporations TO fifty years. Schnar-
nikow introduced one making the pay of
members of the legislature IS per day
and mileage 20 cents; and another for
repeating the estray law. Lewis handed
ID a bill creating Valley county. Among
notices of bills was one by Burns Gre
ating Bear Paw county out OF parts OF
Dawson and Choteau counties: by a. f.
Bray, to purchase Warm Springs prop
@rty for an insane asylum: by Mezel. TO
locate the state normal school At vi
Bridges.
In the senate a bill to repeal estray
Jaw Was reported faYorably from the
~rotunittee anu ordered printed. Blu
ford gave notice OF a bill to establish a
state normal school
HElA>A. Jan. T.. SPECIAL to the
TgiBuNE. The Joint ballot Of the SEN
ale and house today was without result,
1t be ne understood beforehand that the
DAILY men would not vote for the nomi-
nee # the democratic CAUCUS. 1t was
deemed inad"isable. especially as the
@uatner Was cold aud hlustcry, 10 bring
4. j. Davidson in 10 vote. The eight
DAILY men voted solidly FOR Dixon and
the three populists for Mulviile. San
ders got all (thirty-twoj votes Of the re-
publicans present. M Of his men, Fol-
som, being paired with Gibson, who
'"ould have supported Clark had he been
mere. lie wrote a letter saying he would
abide by the action Of the democratic
raucus.
IF Clark's twenty five votes six cane
from the senate and nineteen from the
house. Dixon's eight votes were Egg
-!aston and Mats Of the senate and Bon
ner. Burke. Fitzgerald, German. Ward,
and Walkup Of the house.
Another Joint ballot will be taken to.
morrow. A. + Bray, the populist Of
Silver Bow. gave notice TO the house TO
day on behalf Of 4. Is. Hamilton, that
the latter meant to contest the seat now
occupied by Eugene Leech. The matter
was referred to the committee on priv
ileges and elections. The chairmen OF
the different committees the
Selection Of their clerks and the house
approved the choice. This went on un.
I'll fourteen clerks had been selected and
it was evident that each Of the twenty
six committees meant to have one.
Groves of Silver Bow called d halt and
the house stopped On fourteen, who Will
be used by the committees as needed,
being assigned by Chief Clerk Meili.
The following bills were introduced:
BY Scharnikow-FiXing license on a
sliding scale from $3.50 to $50 a quarter,
according 70 amount Of business done.
BY Smalley-Creating the county Of Bit
ter Root out Of that part Of Missoula
county south of LOlo creek. by Elem
ing-Making the Sovench Judicial dis,
trice out Of Madison and Beayerhcad
counties. Notice Of b..is: ~ Hoffman
Creating a state water commission, to
yrcvent corrupt practices at elections,
and requiring the publication OF election
expenses. BY Bachelor the regulation
and control Of boards 81 county canvass
ers TO prevent frauds at elections.
Mcssrg. Babcock, a. +. Bray and
Scharnikow were appointed a committee
To act with d similar committee OF the
senate t. see what are the further needs
n the Worlds fair board OF Montana.
In the senate the bill repeating the
estray Law was fayorably. reported and
ordered printed IIOifman's bill FOR the
agricultural college at BOzeman Was re
ferred to the committee. Buford gave
notice ~ a bill To establish the state
Normal schDOi.
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