The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-19
BUT NINE WORKING DAYS.
That Is All That Is Left for
the Third Legislative
Assembly.
Tho Coming Week Will Witness
tho Grand Parade Of Dark
Horses.
Some Important Liquidation That Has
Boen Transacted and the Mass Yet
to lie Acted Upon.

The senatorial fight the past week has
been without any sensational features. save
10 side issues. One of these by-plsys was
a war OF words between Col. Sanders and
Representative Coder, and the other WAS
an address signed by the ten supporters Of
Judge Dixon in which they agreed to with
draw their candidate under certain con-
ditions. The address the friends of Mr..
CLARK did not consider had sufficient merit
to warrant any answer 80 that the end Of
the seventh week of the session sees no
break in tho senatorial deadlock. During
the week the republicans all got back into
the party traces, though all have not YET
gone to The last caucus nominee, Mantle.
Col. Sanders dropped out OF the bsllotinR
altogether toward the end Of the week, but
in private conversation tho war horse ex-
presses the arm belief that ho will be
elected senator.
1t is rumored that during the coming
week the Dixon people will drop that gen.
tleman and take some one else in the hope
of drawing away votes from W. A.. Clark.
While Dixon's ten votes have staid by him.
twenty-four Of Mr.. Clark's followers have
been just as loyal. n this move of the
Dixon people ia not viewed with any alarm
by the Clark manaRers. w. q. Conrad. Il.
B. Smith, g. w. Staplston, ex-Gov. J. X.
Toole. Martin Maa,nnis and Walter Cooper
are among the names being canvasssd by
the Dixon people to replace that of their
present leader. but on whom the choice will
fall there has been no decision. II Ia also
probable that Mantle will not be carried
through the week az the republican caucus
nominee. Ex-Gov. b. F. White, Gov.
Kickards and Lieut.. Gov. Botkin may be
tried as vote-g~ettsrs. with = probability
that Sanders will be tried again. As
Wednesday next ia q legal holiday. and
there are two more Sundays in the sixty
days during which the legislature may be In
session, 1t will DO seen that there only re-
mains nine days on which ballots for
United States senator may be taken.
There have been introduced during the
fosty-eiRht days in which the legislature
has been in session a total OF 253 billa-193
In the house and sixty in the senate. The
more important of these that have become
laws are those locating the agricultural
college. university. normal school, state
school of mines. establishing . bureau of
labor and education, the anti Pinkerton
bill. regulating the hours of labor Of sta
tionary engineers. and creating Teton,
Flathsad. Ravalli and Valley counties.
During the week two Of the new county
bills were disposed of, that creating Sweet
Grass and the one setting aside Blaine
being killed In the senate. The bill locat-
ing the state normal school at Dillon has
also zone through both houses and now
AVa{tu thu nnvnrr0rSa nsrrnk~a III. Lii
punishing bribery of mem bers of the lsRis.
lative assembly and other state officers has
also passed both houses. The Worlds fair
bill sppropriatinR $4,000 for the Montana
exhibit 10 also ready for the governors sig
nature.
One Of the most bitter fights during the
session has been amioably settled. The
contest was over the removal of the peni-
Tertiary from Deer Lodge to Billings. The
friends of the two towns finally came 10 an
agreement to allow the state prison to re-
main at Deer Lodge and to locate a new
ono at Billings.
A very important bill that passed tho
senate yesterday was one to provide for the
establishment and location of a state re-
form school at Miles City. The school ia
to be for the keeping and reformatory
training of all youths between the ages Of
eight and q years, who are residents of
Montana. and who. on presentation to the
presiding officer of such school, by an ao-
oompanying officer. parent or guardian,
shall be accompanied by a certificate of
commitment from . court legally author
ICED to make such commitment The school
10 10 consist of " departments. male and f.
male. The inmates are to be trained In NOR
ality. temperance and frueality. and in
straced in the different trades and ~oslliaps
of the two sexes as far % possible in the
scope Of the Institution.
Whom q boy or girl of sane mind, be-
tween the ages Of eight and q years, shall
in any court Of record in this state, be
found guilty Of any crime. except murder
or granddaughter, or il for want of proper
patsrnal care, is growing up in mendioancy.
or yagrancy. or is in%eorrigible, and COM
plant thereof IL made and properly sus-
tanned by evidence, the court may, If in it's
opinion tho accused il . proper subject
therefor. instead of entering Judgment,
cause An order to be entered for such boy
or girl to be sent to the state reform school.
A copy OF the order. under seal of court,
shall DO sufficient warrant for carrying such
boy or girl to the school and for his or her
commitment to the custody of the director.
When a boy or girl Of sane mind, between
the ages of eight and q years shall be con-
victed before q justice of the peace or other
inferior court. of any crime, msndioanov.
vaRrancy or incorriRi5ility, it shall be the
duty Of tho magistrate. before whom he or
she may have been convicted. to forthwith
eonsign such boy or girl, together with ali
papers hled In his Office on the subject.
under the control Of some officer, to
the judge of a court OF record, who
shall then issue an order to the parent or
guardian of said boy or girl. or such other
person as may have him or her In charge,
or with whom he or she has last resided, or
any one known to be related TO him or her,
or II he or she be running friendless. then
to such person as the judge may appoint to
act 40 guardian for the purposes of such
case. requiring him or her to appear At the
time and place stated In the order, to show
cause why said boy or girl should not DO
committed to the state reform school for
training and reformation.
Each boy or girl committed to Tho state
reform school shall remain there until he
or she arrives at the age of q. unless spe-
cially parolcd or legally discharged. The
discharge Of any boy or girl having arrived
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