Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-01-19
LEGISLATIVE DOINGS.
Balloting for Senator. CLARK
the Choice of the Demo-
cratic Caucus.
sundry Bills Introduced in the House.
The Bill to Repeal the Estray
Law Ordered Printed.

HELENA, January 12.-[Special to
the Tribune. - The legislature took
another ballot on senator today wi.h-
out any result. The vote stood: Sem
ate Sanders. 6; Clark, 4; Hauser, 2;
Dixon, 2. House-Sanders, 90; Clark,
IL; Hauser, Z; Dixon, 6; Mulville, 8.
The only changes from yesterday were
that Lockhart went back to Clark and
Beecher went to Mulville.
The speaker named the committees
in the house. The chairmen are:
Ways and Means, Jockey; judicial,
Bach; appropriations and claims,
Babcock; privileges and elections,
Beef her; agriculture and stock grow
ing, Sappington; education, Monteath;
mines and minerals, kilgallon; towns,
counties and highways, Smalley; in
corporations and manufactures, Tier
ney; military affairs, Graves; federal
relations, Fitzgerald; internal i'm
provements, Rose; public lands, Logue;
water rights and irrigation, Hoffman;
state boards and officers, Lewis; labor,
Brown; appurtionment and repre-
sentation, Fleming; railroads and
transportation, Tallant; state insti-
tutions, A. F. Bray; game and fish,
Dudley; affairs of cities, Annear; rules
and joint rules, Loring; immigration,
c. III. Bray; printing, Walkup; en-
grossment, Wilson; enrolment, Sch
narnikow.
Coder is a member of the committee
on agriculture and s~tockgrowinp, state
institutions and internal improve.
ments; Goodell on immigration, pub.
lie lands and water rights and irriga.
ton.
Babcock introduced a bill for the
state penitentiary at Billings to bt
built by convict labor and appro,
priating $4,000 for it.
Jockey introduced a bill extendins
the lives of interpretations to fifty
years. Schnarnikow introduced ont
making the pay of members of the leg
Islature SO per day and mileage 2(
cents, and another repeating the es
tray law. Lewis handed in a bill
creating Valley county. Among no
tices of bills vas one by Burns Great
ing Bear Paw county out of portions
of Choteau and Dawson counties; b,
A. f. Bray to purchase Warm Spring
property for an insane asylum; b,
Mcneil, to locate the state norma
at Twin Bridges.
HELENA, Jan. 13.-[Special to tn
Tribune. The joint ballot of tn
senate and house today was withou
result, it being understood beforehan,
that the Daily men would not vote 70
the nominee of the Democratic caucus
1t was deemed inadvisable, especial,
as the weather was cold and blustery
to bring A. j. Davidson in to vote
The eight DAILY men voted solidly TO
Dixon and the three Populists TO
Mulville. Sanders got all (thirty-two
votes of the Republicans present, on
of his men, Folsom, being paired wit
Gibson, who would have supporte,
Clark had he been here, he havin
written a letter saying he would abid
by the action of the Democratic cat
Gus.
OF Clark's twenty-five votes 81
came from the senate and ninetee
from the house. Dixop's eight vote
were Eggleston and Mats of the ser
ate and Bonner, Burke, Fitzgerald
German, Ward and Walkup of tn
house.
Another joint ballot will be take
tomorrow. A. f. Bray, the populis
of Silver Bow, gavenotice to the hous
today on behalf of A. B. Hamilton
that the latter meant to contest tn
seat o occupied by Eugene Leech
, The matter was referred to the CON
mittee on privileges and elections
The chairman of the different CON
mittees announced the selection c
their clerks and the house approve,
the choice. This went on until four
teen clerks had been selected and i
was evident that each of the twenty
six committees meant to have ont
Groves, of Silver Bow, called a hal
and the house stopped on fourteen
who will be used by the committee
as needed, being assigned by Chic
Clerk Meili.
The following bills were introduced
By misunderstanding license on
sliding scale from $3.50 to $50 pc
quarter, according to amount OF bus
ness done. By Smalley-Creating tn
county of Bitter Root out of that par
of Missoula county south of Lol,
crtek. By Fleming-Making the Elev
enth judicial district out of Madison
and Beaverhead counties. Notices Q
bills: By Misunderstanding q stat
water commission, to prevent corrun
practices at election, and requirin
the publication of election expenses
By Bachelor the regulation and con
of boards of county canvassers to pre-
vent frauds at elections.
Messrs. Babcock, A. F. Bray ant
Schnarikow were appointed a com
mittee to act with a similar commit
tee of the senate to see what are tn,
further needs of the Worlds Fai
board of Montana.
In the senate the bill repeating tn
estray law wasfavorably reported ant
ordered printed. Hoffman's bill TO
the agricultural college at Bozemal
was referred to the committee. Blu
ford gave notice of a bill to establish
the state normal school.