The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-31
TIL HOUSE.

1t Adjourns Out of Respect to tho Memory
of James q. Blaine.
Chaplain Snido- made an indirect refer
encs to his prayer of Saturday when no
opened yesterdays session Of the house.
He said he came with no narrow or selfish
petition, but invoked the blessing OF
heaven on all alike. that they might have
the consciousness of doing what they con-
sidered best" The house only mot fifteen
minutes before noon. she time set for the
Joint assembly on United States senator, so
the reading of the minutes of Saturday was
not completed until the senate had left the
hall. The minutes made it appear that the
senate amendments to the house employees
bill had been concurred in before the meas
ure was placed IN general orders
for consideration in of the
whole. The senate amendments provided
for a stenographer for that body. the same
AS the house has, and gave its president
pro tenn and the speaker pro tenn OF the
house $40 Il day each. instead of the regu-
lar per diem of So. When the journal was
read Monteath, of silver Bow, called at
tention to the way it made the matter an
pear, and asked whether that was right. In
his opinion. and the opinions of other MEM
bers of the house, the senate amendments
had not been concurred in. but had gone
with the bill to gene al orde q.
The speaker somewhat excitedly said the
house had concurred in the amendments
before the bill was sem to general orders
and the journal so showed.
Monteath replied that there was no need
for any display of temper over the matter.
Tbs word of the speakef was good enough
without that. He had a right to the infor-
nation and had risen in his place to ask
for it.
Tbs SPEAKER said the questioning of the
correctness OF the journal was an %lnsinua-
ton on the Judgment of the chair. The
journal showed that the amendments had
been concurred in.
Monteath insisted that the members of
asked the speaker for his opinion as to how
they would get the amendments back for
action.
The speaker answered that as there seemed
to be a question he would defer to the judg-
ment of the house on the matter and would
prefer to see it acted on there.
Jockey said that his recollection was
that the whole matter had been sent to gem
eral orders. If the mendmentsh had been
passed on in the way the journal showed it
had been done without the knowledge of q
majority of the members.
A. F.. Bray said that If the house wished
to take back what 1t had lone it could do
so by reconsidering its action. The amend
ments had been concurred in by unanimous
vote.
Without coming to any conclusion as to
"whe e they were at" the journal of Satur-
day WAS decla cd approved.
Before any Other business was transacted
Fleming, of Beavernead. offered the follow
ing:
Resolved, by the house of representatives,
of the state of Montana: That We have
heard with profound sensibllity in I sor ow
Of the death OF the eminent American,
James G.. Blaine. Although he died a prl-
vate citizen, he had held conspicuous office
and it had been his fortune to live in the
most STIRRING era Of our history. ana through
it all he made larIe contribution to his
country's tenown. As the editor of a news
paper, as a member of congress, as a
speaker of our national house of repre-
sentatives. as 8 senator, rs a historian of its
most thrilling epoch, and AS H secretary OF
state, his activities compass o generation.
In the discharge of these duties he was ado
quGte to the task imposed, he
country, its traditions and cha acter;
he was patriotic, confident, moderate and
severely just. He treasured and defended
the rights of Anne lean citizenship and the
honor or the American name. No fortune
or Ienowu could SEPARATE him in sympathy
from his countrymen, and he lived and
died by them beloved. The people of
Montana remembering his service to his
country and to them while We were vet Il
terri CRY, recall his name with admiration,
affection and gratitude, and desire to place
on enduring record their appreciation of
his services his name and his fame.
RasolVed, That as a mark CT ~respect to
his memo1y upon tins, the day of his
funeral, his house do now adjourn.
The resolutions were adopted aud the
house at once adjou ned.