The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-09

ton repo ted back without recommended
tions the bill to locate the state normal
school at Dillon.
The senate in committee Of the whole took
up house joint memorial No. l.. to provide
for the election Of United States senators
bv direct vote of the people. 1t WAS favor
ably recommended and afterwards put on
its flual passage and passed.
THE HOUSE.
School Of Mines Bill Gets Through Com
mittse of the Whole.
Public building bills were distributed all
over the sessions of the house yesterday.
The fight started with the opening of the
morning session on q motion TO mako the
Missoula university bill the spesial order
for three o'clock in the afternoon. The
vote on il resulted yeas "a. nays 20. not the
necessary two,shirds to suspend a rule, so
it was defeated. 1t was enewed in the at
ternoon, when the Butte school of mines
bill came up as the special order at two
O'Clock. Lewis wanted to know at once
how the bill came to be made a special Or
der. A.. /. Bray said the journal showed
that II was by unanimous consent. SWEET
said it was an important bill and
had only been before the house a
shot time. He moved to
defer its consideration till Friday after
noon. The speaker and A. F.. Bray ruled
that such Il motion was out Of order. but
the latter said it would be in order to move
to reconsider the vote bv which the bill had
been set for consideration. SWEET then
made that motion, and A. \. Bray decided
he could only do so by unanimous consent.
After some further talk the SPEAKER de-
clded to go into committee of the whole,
and called Bahcock to the chair. As soon
as the committee had been raped to order
an effort was made to have il rise and re-
port progress. A. f. Bray said this could
not be done until the bill had been consid-
cred. II am honest in this" no said. II
have to tell the people SO. or they wouldn's
believe it,"
Lewis then moved that the committee re-
port back in favor of the minority report
from the committee on public institutions,
which favored consolidation OF the univer-
sity, agricultural college and school of
mines. or otherwise Walkerville for the
school of mines. He started to make some
remarks to the effect that he proposed 60
were exported, when A. +. Bray moved to
lay the motion on the table. SWEET called
attention to the fact that Bray had risen
while another member had the floor, and
the chair sustained him and told Lewis to
proceed. Soma further contention and o
multiplicity of motions followed and with
out any of them being dis. osed of the clerk
finally read one section Of the bill.
SWEET then managed to get in a motion
to have the committee rise and report pro-
g ess. He said the bill WAS only reported
the day before and by some cat hop made
the special order the next afternoon.
A. f. Bray asked for the definition Of q
cat hop.
1.-The reports of tbs committee on state
institutions" replied SWEET.
A. +. Bay said now was the opportunity
to do what was right. not only by Silver
l-s - ~, -Ak- L-~--
the action of previous legislatures the state
was losing money bequsathed to it by the
United States.
Lswia said that now he supposed, with
the permission of A. F.. Bray. he might be
allowed to Say a few words. He asked the
cause of this owe zeslousnsss to get the
| school of mines bill up at this time. He
also wanted to know what had become of
the numerous bills introduced in the hocse
and held for SO long in the hands of the
committee on state instistutions. He
would answer the question himself and do
80 in the words Of one of the COMMITTEES:
1--WE ere waiting for a bunch from the state
senate"
A. F. Bray wanted to know what other
bills Lewis referred TO; If there had been
any others they had either been lost or
stolen.
That's what we want to know" an
swered Lewis. He went on to claim that it
WAS Irregular 10 pldCo buS DllA wv tuo
house on such short notice. There was no
opportunity to discuss it nor to do justice
to the gravity of the subject. He saw no
use Of crowding the matter though. as the
state could get no benefit unit! the $lOO,O 900
debt limit clause in ;he constitution was
repealed. He was not in opposition to the
bill, but did not believe in the star cham
Der proceedings by which the bill had been
put in its present position.
A. F. Brny. on behalf OF the committee
on state institutions, said he would explain
how it got there. Il never did anything
unfair in my life" he continued. Il have
to say that or nobody will believe it, He
said he had himself made the motion to
have the bill made the special order. If
there was a dissenting vote the speaker
failed TO hear 1t.
Tsllant, of Cascade, said that postpone
ment meant nc loss. The state WAS in the
position of q man with a ranch on the
benchland and no cattle to eat the GRASS.
The grass kept growing and he lost just
what the cows didn't eat,
The motion that the committee arise was
defeated by yeas 20, nays "a. Some of the
members wanted to take the names of those
who stood up on either aide, but as there
was no provision for recording u vote in
committee OF the whole, tins was not per-
sisted In.
The reading OF the bill was then pro-
ceeied with and Annear offered an amend
mont locating the school of mines al
VAUDEVILLE. instead of Butte. He sail
:, WaIkervllie was 4 beautiful place and the
people there would donate a site. He didn'r
want to run down Butte. but all knew VIVA
> the place WAS for smoke. Walkerville wa.
s only one mile from Butte and the p~rincipa
I mines were there.
, Matthews said he was surprised at tn
; amendment. If there was no Butte, Their,
would be no Walkerviile.
r After some further discussion the amend
+ meut WAS withdrawn and the bill ordered
favorably reported as it cane from tn
j, senate.
, There was another long fight in the hous
| on the question of setting q time for tn
t consideration Of tho other public institu
= aion bills. The university bill was mad
y the special order for this afternoon 8
, three O'Clock by tine following vote:
Yeas 37-AnneRr. Ash. Baboook, Bach
Bonner, A. F. Bray. G. II. Bray, Burns
I Bu Ike. Butler, C%arpenter. Fitschen, Fitz
gerald. Fleming. Goodell, German, Hun
man. kilgalton, Lawrence, Lockha t., Lor
> ing, Losee, McDonel. Murphy, Rose, sap
pIng.on. Sma!ley. swett. Tiernsy. I lunar
Wnhle. Ward. Walkup, Wilson, White,
Matthews.
Nays, l0-Beecher, Coder, Graves, Jeferl
Lewis, Jockey, Logne, Metzel. Montsat
and Inllant.
A sent or not yo~ting-Benson, Burrel
Isech. Mckay. Martin. SchHrpikou an