The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-22

to minors; from towns, counties and high
wavs, senate bill regarding sites OF towns
tation. senate bill regulating the fencing
OF rights Of way of railroads. The ju-
dietary committee reported anothor big
batch of biils without recommendation, in
order to get them on the calendar
Lookhart gave notice of "a bill allowing
the creation Of boards of police commits
sioners in certain cities. Leeoh offered a
joint memorial to congress asking the gov
eminent to have its own schools for the
education of Indian children. and that at
the expiration of the present. contracts
with religions bodies, no new ones be made;
also that the principle OF separation OF
church and state be engrafted on the
constitution in the proposed sixteenth
Amendments. @. II. Bray introduced a bill
requiring street railway companies TO 40
Dept each others' tickets. -.
Fleming. of Beaverhead, again broughs
up the proposition to appoint a steering
committee to pick out bills for prefermsnt.
1t was held that this would entail n sua-
pension of the rules, requiring a two-thlros
vots and the motion was defeated: yeas
twenty-five, nays eighteen.
The Woman's Protective union, OF Butte,
sent in a petition asking that the employ
ment OF matrons at police stations. Jalls
and houses Of detention, be made compul-
sorry, saying it was called for by tho shame
ful treatment Of female prisoners by male
attendants.
The house directed the appointment of q
committee of three from that body and two
from the senate to get up a design for a
state seal. A.. +. Bray, Murphy and Losee
were appointed on the part of the house.
The request of the senate that the house
recede from its amendment to the state
board of education bill, was refused by tho
house. This will necsssitate u committee
OF conference.
The night session of the house was de-
voted to work in committee of the whole.
The senate bill regulating the practice of
dentistry was taken up there and by the
time the committee got through Offering
and adopting amendments the measure had
been 30 changed that the authof of it could
hardly have recognized his offspring. The
fight was started by IA motion to postpone
indefinitely. This. however, was withdrawn
and the bill allowed to be read. Then it
was bombar6ed with amendments, most
Of which were adopted. This license fee OF
those dentists already in the state was re-
duced from IS to 81. and their examination
fee from $15 to S.; for those who come in
hereafter the license was reduced from $40
to 81, and the Examination fee from S25 to
$40. The section requiring an annual fes
was stricken out altogether. Another
amendment adopted required all dentists.
old-timers as we'll as new-timsrs. to stand
an examination. Tallent offered an amend
ment specifying, among other qualihoa-
tions of q praoticing dentist. that The
shall know how to pull teeth"
"Ihat's entirely unnecessary" exclaimed
Mathews. referring to the amendments.
Il disagree with you," said Kilgallon. -"
think he ought to know how to pull teeth"
referring to the dentist.
he amendment was lost.
When a score or more of further amend
ments had been carried. Fleming, of Beav-
erhsad, protested against this method of
killing the bill. Scharnikow, of Deer
Lodge. added his protest in tho same spirit.
US did others, who claimed it vas not proper
respect to the senate. The members who
introduced the amendments claimed that
the action Of the membe 8 showed for the
senate nothing but that respect which the
senate so often failed to show for the
house.
motion to adopt the bill as amended
was defeated by yeas fifteen. nays twenty-
one. Another motion BY Carpenter to
adopt it AS it came from the senate. which
virtually obliteratss all the amendments,
was adopted by yeas twenty-one,. nays
twelve. amid great shouting by the v%ictors.
The bill was then ordered favorably re-
ported as it came from the senate. Favor
able reports were ordered on house bills re-
latlnR to taxation OF mortgages; to pay
county assessors for gathering statistics.
just before the house adjourned for the
night Ward. of Missoula. said he had
paired with Coder, of Fergus, but under
stood now that that gentleman intended to
leave the city and did not expect to be back
Ill the end of the session. Coder was still
in the city. he said, and he (Ward) wanted
something done to end the pair. as he did
not expect it to last that long. nor did be
wish TO be placed in such g position.
Tallant. of Cascade, said he did not see
how anything could honorably be done
to end a pair of the kind, and thought ii
should stand.
Speaker Mathews called for the record
on the journal, which showed that the pair
WAS entered to last till both members ap-
peared on the floor of the house.
Ward stated that he did not wish to take
any advantage of Code, but if no was In
thu city he should be notified. II gone he
WARD would take his medicine.
Annear, of Silver Bow, said his under.
standing of the pair was that Ward wanted
ta 60 homo on account of sickness in his
family, and asked Coder to pair with him
Coder also had sickness at home and
wanted to leave. and consented to make the
pair.
"A. r. Bray moved that the sergeant-at
arms be instructed to bring Coder before
the bar of the house to-day to explain hif
actions or to arrange a pair.
Scharnikow said that if Ward went tc
Coder and explained the matter, it could be
amicably arranged.
entered on the journal and that ended the
matter.
The house adjourned till HAS o'clock
this morning.
THY JDINr EAVIOT