The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-19
THE. ltIISL.tTt RE.
.hs l.iainr and sweet Gr,-> County Bill
Are E...ciuniI. Killed in III.
STATE senate.
First irii Vote in luim session Result .
:t~ '-,sa! The Den"ratir tau-
cu> Wranyle.

the proposed counties Of Blaine AN,
Sweet Grass met a defeat in the senat
yesterday, eliminating those measure
from further consideration during thi
session. The Sweet Grass bill was ori
ginated in the senate some time ago
Hatch. Of Park. being its author. It.
consideration has been postponed q
number Of times. and Yesterday the
senators for the first time had the chance
to express their views upon it. and i,
was defeated b. Il vote of seven to nine
! The Blaine county bill had been passed
by the house. but the senate killed il
bya decided vote. only four senators
voting for il. 1t was settled in com.
mittec Of the whole tha; the board Of
Worlds Fair managers will get $4,000
t" make Montana exhibit at the
Worlds Fair.
The entire membership Of the house
ana the senate had vote on United
States senator yesterday. There was
not an absentee. nlther was their ii pair
II was the first time since tn. balloting
began that the entire vote was east. 1t
accomplished nothing. however. toward
reaching a choice Tierney was the
only member who voted for anyone
not III political accord with himself. He
gave his vote to Judge W. H. Hunt
The democrats who have been standing
10y the caucus nominee have held sev-
eral meetings within the past thirty six
hours to talk over what action If any.
should b, taken toward the Dixon uiti.
matum. At the meeting Oh Wednes-
day night the attendance was not large
as many members had not been notified
noon recess yesterday. Nearly all the
caucus democrats were present. The
was fully discussed. but while
it was not formal. decided tn make no
answer TO the Dixon people. such course
to be the sentiment of those
present. SOME of them favored hold
ing on: to the end Of the session with
the caucus nominee. and throwing the
blame for failure to elect on the mtn
who would not go into caucns. 1t is
said those who staid away did SO be !
cause they did not care to tie themselves
down tn a CLARK or nobody agreement. |
The house got one of its worst fights
off its hands. or nearly So. yesterday.
by ordering "a favorably report in com
mittec Of the whole on the Broadwater
county bill. This was done by an eN-
ceedingly small margin of two votes in a
total Of forty-eight present. The bill
will likely to come up for final passage
today. and the standing Of the six mem
bers who were not in the last fight Of
the committee Of the whole will decide |
its fate. The fight kept the house going
till 6 o'clock in the evening. as favorable
action was only had in committee after
a stubborn fight. The main fight
against the bill was on the part Of the |
Jefferson county members and their |
friends, who claimed that that county |
was in no condition to stand loss Of part
Of it's territory. On the other hand it |
was claimed that the boundaries Of the
proposed new county were natural ones, |
and that the Broadwater people had rs
much Justice in their claims as did those
Of Flathead. Teton. Valley or Ravelli.
There was some talk Of agreements
made between members on the matter
Of votes ON the county bills. which were
about to be violated now. but the
charges were not very specific. The
house also sent to the engrossment COM
mittee. by favorable report from COM
mittee Of the whole. the bill creating a
railroad commission. and that regulat-
ing transporting companies what is
known as the LONG and short haul
and ..anti- i-pooling" bill, being practically
a local application Of the interstate COM
merce law. The total vote for senator
on joint ballot was:
Clark ., Mantle 30. Dixon II. Couch
,. Carter l. Hunt l; total Il; necessary
Il