The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-19
FAILED TO NAME A MAN
The Ballot for Senator Yesterday
Resulted As on the Pre-
vious Day.
Compensation OF Officers and EN-
ployes of the House FL
nally Fixed.
Bill for the Probation OF Gams-The
Anti.P PIN kerton BMl-To Purchase
the Insane Asylum.

The vote of the legislative assembly TO
United States senator yesterday developed
no change. The member cast their ballots
exactly a. they had the day before ana
there was no choice. The public evidently
expected something OF a sensational char
acter, and the lobby was crowded. Moth
ing Of the kind, happened, however. ant
there was not even enough diversion from
tho previous days balloting to call for
murmur Of applause. Sanders got hii
thirty-one votes and Clark t~wenty-three,
The Dixon people again voted for theil
man, as did their p~opulist associates. Civ
ing the congressman eleven votes once
more. The remaining populist cast his
ballot for Collins. A. F. Bray. the leader
Of the Dixon contingent among the popu-
lists. has received the following letter from
Daniel Mckay. of Great Falls, dated Tues
day:
II received your favor OF the 18th. All I
ask OF you is to take the key of the situa-
ton out of the hands of Bseeher. and I
voice the sentiments of all the populists
here in this request. for ii it must be a
democrat. see that yourself and Matthews
name him. and leave Beecher scattering on
the field. We all feel proud of the position
yourself and Matthews have taken. as you
are both loyal. Now see that you name the
next senator yourself. Give my regards to
Matthews, and God speed you, my boy"
The house held both morning and after
noon sessions and cleared its fles OF all
business before It adjourned for the day at
half past three o'clock in the afternoon.
II was in committee Of the whole three
times during the day and got the employees
and anti inksrton bills through that stage
of legislation. They will now come up before
the house for ANAL action. The employees bill
in its present shape, makes tho officers of
the house consist of . speaker at $40 q day;
. spea ker pro tenn without extra compensa-
tien; = chief clerk at $40 = day and an as
sistant at IS; a serReant-at-arms, an en-
crossing clerk. and an enrolling clerk at &c
each; and allows the house to employ an a.
sistant ssrgeant-at-srms at S.; q journal
clerk and a s~tenographer at IS each: a door
keeper, q %ianitor, two watchmen and fifteen
committee clerks at S. each; and four
pages and . chaplain at 81 each. The pay
of similar officers of the senate corresponds
with the compensation OF those in she
house. 1t was proposed to pay the speaker
pkO 10" "a VIC AOuso duO tAo plcslueub pEO
tenn of the senate SO each = day, or So moe
than their regular per diem, but this was
stricken out. The compensation Of assist
ants that may be needed by the sngrossing
and enrolling clerks was made the same as
that Of committee clerks. instead of paying
by the folio. The anti Pinkerton bill was
changed from the original BY reducing the
residence requirement OF deputies to one
year in the state and six month"; in the
county. just one-half of That the author
proposed. The penalties for violating the
law were also fixed.