The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-17
SANDERS SHELVED
For Mantle-Such Was the Determine.
ton of the Republican Caucus
Last Night.
ii. =. RO!fe Chosen Chairman of the
Irrigation Convention at
Helena.

HELENA, Feb. Especial Dispatch
to TnE TRIBUNE.-There were more
surprises in the joint assembly today.
Tie ney, democrat, who jumped to Sand
els Yesterday, voted for Lee Mantle.
Benson, republican, Tierney's associate
from Meagher, changed from Sanders 10
w. A. Clark. Annear OF Silver Bow
changed from Sanders TO Capt, Thomas
Couch. Fleming of Beaverhead left
Sanders and went TO Mantle. The re-
suit of the ballot was: Sanders %. Clark
"A, Dixon II, Mantle =, Couch |, total GS:
necessary to a choice 30. Tierney's rea-
sons for changing are already known.
Benson, who was opposed to creating
B~roadwater county, voted so as to coun-
teract the effect Of Ticrney's change.
The house spent most of the time on
the public institution bills. The first to
come up was the school of mines bill,
which Tallant of Cascade and Lewis of
Cascade and Dawson vigorously opposed
in the interest of consolidation. Both
spoke freely of the experience of older
states where segregation had proved Il
failure. Tallant made an offer in bet alt
of Great Falls of a hundred thousand
. dollars endowment and 800 aces of land
if the school of mines. agricultural col
lege and university were consolidated
and located at the Falls. He recognized
the fact that it was the popular thing to
go back to constituents with the
credit of getting a public institution and
warned members that the time would
come when members favOriDg scgrega-
ton would regret their action and those
who favored consolidation would be re-
ported as the true friends of education.
The bill was passed by yeas 40, nays l..
(Beecher, Coder. Lewis and Taliant.)
The university bill was considered in
committee of the whole and favorably
reported. The agricultural college bill
was then taken up in committee of the
whole. Tallant offered AN amendment
locating it at Missou'a with the univers-
Iky instead Of Bozeman. 1t was defeated
and the bull ordered ia orably reported.
The bill for IA normal school at Dillon
was made 4 special order for tomorrow.
Among the bills introduced was one
10y A. +. Bray, establishing the home for
orphans. fOundlings and destitute chill
drep at Butte.
Among notices of bills was one by
Logue regulating railroad fares in the
state. Graves introduced a joint memoir
ial to congress asking a change Of law so
as to give more rigid inspection of i'm
migration.
The senate passed the house bill for
\Ravilli, formerly Bitter Root, county
With five negative votes-Buford, Fol.
s,nl, McDermott, Power and Steele.
The Sweet Grass county bill was report
ID from the committee without recon-
mendatiOn.
The house bill establishing a bureau
of agriculture and labor also passed the
senate with one negative vote Drown
and now goes to the governor. The com
mittee on finance reported favorably on
the house bill making an appropriation
Tor the worlds fair exhibit, with an
amendment increasing the appropriation
to $4,000. Goddard introduced a bill
providing for the registration OF voters
and to prevent frauds at elections.
The n bill appropriating money
for the orphans home of Montana was
reported from committee with the re-
communication that it be indefinitely
postponed. and the report was adopted.