The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-18
SWEET GRASS UP AGAIN..
Defeated in the Senate II Is
Introduced in the
House.
Trying to Got the Ballot and
Registration Laws Into
Shape.
Two Prison BuildinEs-Werk Of the Senate
-Davldson Socures = Pair With
C0der for To-day.

The members from 'Swest Grass" hav-
ing been beaten In the senate, have renewed
their ioht In the house. The opposition
from Livingston was too much for them.
but they propose to have . little fun out OF
those who defeated them. They got A. +.
Bray to introduce in the house yesterday
the same bill that was beaten in the senate.
The joint rules Of the I've houses might
have saved the anti-swset Grass people a
great deal Of mind worry had they gone
Just a little further than they did. Joint
rule number eight says that when q bill
that is passed by one house 10 rejected in
the other. IL shall not again be introduced
during the session without i've days notice
and consent OF two thirds Of the members
voting. The rules failed to make any pro-
vision about bills rejected by the GUS
where they originated. being started atrssh
from the other end Of the line. Billings
and Deer Lodge, the first of which wants
the penitentiary. and the other OF which
don't want to lose it. have come to the only
unanimous agreement possible under the
circumstances; each is to have a states
prison for the accommodation OF such folks
a. may need them. Deer Lodge is to retain
its present penitentiaTy, which 10
TO DO known as the western
state prison. Billings is to have one that
will be known a. the eastern state prison.
The object sought to be accomplished ia to
have conviots sent TO such one of the two
prisons as may he most convenient. "A Dali
TO the above effscS was reported to the
house yesterday by q special
composed of one member from Deer Lodge
and one from Yellowstone. The ballo law
and the registration law were considered IN
committee of the whole, and those inter
ested in the subject made an earnest effort
to have them amended SO as to meet the
wants of all. The principal point sought to
be reached in the ballot law is to have some
more simple plan of printing the names OF
candidates than now prevails. The only
plan talked Of. and in fact provided for in
ths bill. is to give the political parties
each . column to itself, SO that a
man can vote q straight ticket
by making one mark. The house did not
have sufficient time to give the matter the
consideration it deserved. and 1t was al
lowed TO 90 over. The main point in the
registration bill ID to devise some plan
whereby people living in sparsely settled
districts and great distanc es from voting
places may be saved the trouble and ex-
pense OF making annual p~ilarimages for
registration purposes. The house showed
that IL was in dead earnest in its efforts to
find some means Of relief for this. The
only point Of difference was as to the
means of reaching it. This ia sought to be
overcome by referring the bill TO q special
committss of three members. who are sup
posed to know the wants Of the outside
communities best.
The Worlds fair people will get $50, 900
to complete the work began eighteen
months ago. Tho senate yesterday passed
the bill appropriating that sum a. it came
from the house. This makes a total of
800, 600 that Montana will expend in be-
half Of q display At the Worlds fair. The
senate also passed the bounty bill, but it
increased the premium on coyotes from 50
&c SIS. The anti-corruption bill was also
concurred In. McDermott introduced the
mayors bill, and il proved to be the long
est bill yet introduced. covering fifty pages
of typewriter legal cap.
The joint assembly on United States SEN
ator yesterday developed no new incident
worthy of note, but when it was over Rep
resentative Coder. republican, Of Fergus
county. did something that will rebound to
his credit ever]astinRly. He made a pair
with Representative Davidson for to-day.
The latter has now 80 improved that he is
no longer carried in on a couch, but il
wheeled in a chair similar to that used by
Lieut.. Gov. Botkin. But the soft weather
makes him feel a little worse for the exer-
tion, and though he speedily RECEIVERS from
its effect. he would prefer to rest in his
room until things dry up a bit. 1t was this
that led Representative Coder to make the
pair.