The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-04
AFTER IT is ALL OVER.
Some Afterthoughts in Connection
With the Third Legislative
Assembly.
The Total Amount Provided for
in AL the Appropria-
ton Bills.
Bills That Are Waiting Executive Action
"A Desk That Can Stand Any Amount
of Punishment.

The appropriations made by the Third
legislative assembly foot up in the agQre-
gate S1.35l. l4&. II must not be supposed
that all this money will be paid out in the
next few days. however. That wouldn't
be possible. as il isn't In the treasury. No
small portion of the money appropriated
was TO wipe out debts loft over BY the fail
ure Of the previous legislature to provide
for them. The sum of $909. ITO WAS in the
general appropriation bill for tho support
of the state government for the fiscal years
1888 and 1894. The bulk Of the balance is
for bounties On stock destroying animals
and for building and maintaining the state
Institutions established dering the session.
The salary and expense account of the leg.
~islature itself was 5000. Ths total ap
preparations made mean hat this year the
state will pay out near 800, 600 and next
year $3.50. DOC.
Gov. Richards has in his possession
forty-three bills which he has not as yet
had time to consider. or these fourteen
nre senate measures and twenty nine house
bills. some OF them were passed at such n
late hour that the governor could not fnd
the time to give them the consideration
which he thought they deserved. Among
the bills which are hold for that reason ARE
the following senate measures: Preventing
the dealing in scalped railroad tickets;
amending the registration law: the new in
corporation act for cities; providing TO
giving out contract for care of convictS by
the board Of prison commissioners; EN-
towering the stale board of education &c
select lands for the educational institu-
tions; establishing a state board of charities
and reform; allowing cities and counties te
issue bonds to ahAts the smoke nuisance
etc. The house bills still awaiting his
signature include q number to pay claims
against the state, and which have alread
been acted on favorably by the board o
examiners; the bills making appropriation,
for the maintenance Of the state university
school of mines. agricultural college ant
normal school, and appropriating none
for the state Firemen's association, aud the
new legislature npportion mont bill. Th.
governor hadn't the time yesterday to ever
look at them.
ANY one wanting a desk that is warranted
TO stand any sort of usage. il referred t.
the custodian of the state property whict
was used In the hall Of the house of repre-
sentatives. Among il he will find the desi
used by the speaker. That Is the on
During the session it is safe to say ii wa
pounded BY an iron bound mallet and
lighter wooden gavel no less than 60.00
times, and always in one spot. The speake
Of the house is a man Of Drawn, as is til
ecnoLar No topo aud o1co r,onw ~ 81
members who from time to time were Gale,
upon to acs as chairman in the committe
OF the whole. II was a body whore an ord
nary tap of the gavel would have about 4
much effect as a toy pistol on a band o
Apache Indians. Consequently when IT,
eavel or the mallet. whichever happened
be handiest, was brought dow on the desl
il had to be brought down hard. An exam.
ination of the top of the desk was MAJ,
yesterday, and it was found to be as soun,
and as firm as the original tree from whicl
the wood was taken must have been.
Thu mysterious disappearance Of the r
a~pportionmsnt bill on next to the last day O.
the session caused some commotion in tn.
house among the clerks. The bill had beel
passed and engrossed and the ensrosses
copy was oil ready to be cent to the senat'
Those interested in the fate OF th Q measur
wanted to hurry it along, but the enerosses
bill could not he found. 1t was neceesar
that the bill bs gotten to the senat.
at once, and Enrolling Clerk Gilhllan IN
dertook to see that il got there, Within
thirty minutes after the inquiry had star.
cd he had Il bran new copy in the hands o
the clerk and on it's way to the senate. /
was a good piece of work.
In tho hurry and rush of the close O
every legislature more or less bills are los
through lack of time or for want OF pushing
qualities on the part of those who fathel
them. The one for an improved ballot or
which the party candidates should b.
grouped in columns. was not lost for lecl
OF enterprise on the part OF its author. TIL
house simply didn't care TO go into the cub
ject at such Il late stage OF the session.
despite the efforts to have something don
with it. The fate of forgetfulness overlook
the bills to prevent preferences being giver
to creditors and that requiring state ane
county frnds to be Deposited in banks tina
will pay interest on them. Other very i'm.
pOrtant measures were 1nlly considered
~ were killed il various stages of devel
opnent. Among them we're the bills reGu
latinR the practice of dentistry and phn
macy, that providing for a state examiner
the railroad commission bill and the one t
prevent discrimination in freight rates, an
the irrigation scheme.
Under the re. apportionment bill which
now before the governor, the next leRisla
ture will consist of eighty-four member,
twenty-one in the senate and sixty-three i
the house. Ths creation of five new coun
ties makes it Impossible to hive a tie in I'll
senate. Ths increase OF membership in til
house 10 but two.
Cheap Rates to tho inauguration.
For the inauguration Of Cleveland an