The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-19
SPLIT ON HOME RULE
The House Has an Exciting Time
Over Some Resolutions of
Congratulation.
Speaker Matthews Charged With
Allowing Prejudices to
Influence Him.
The Senate Holds but Ons Session, but
Passes tho Reform School Bin
senatorial Ballot.

Home rule oouldn't have created moro es-
citement or commotion had it been pro-
posed in the British parliament twenty
years ago, than 1t did in the Montana honse
Of representatives yesterday. The house
was all ready to adjourn when it VIVA asked
10 wait n few moments to allow some reso-
lutiona to be introduced. The resolutions
were proposed by Rep esentative Murphy.
OF Lewis and Cla,ke, and congratulated the
Irish people and Ireland on the near APP
proach of y realization of their hopes for
homo rule. Judge Bach attacked the 1880
lutions as claptrnp. and the house piled one
motion on top of another until IL was hard
TO tell in what order they came. Tho hrst
motion was by Judge Tallant and was that
the resolutions be unanimously adopted.
Other motions followed. and one to lay the
resolutions on the table was defeated.
Others were to refer to the committee on
federal relations and to adjourn. Finally
when Representative Graves, of SILVER BOW
made a motion to refer to the
on towns. counties and highways, the
speaker put it and declared 1t car
ried by q viva voce vote. though
there were cries for division" all
over the house. Ihen, before the apparent
slight could be remedied. a motion to ad-
iourn was put and carried. The friends OF
the home rule resolutions declared loudly
that the reference made was nothing more
nor loss than a burlesque, and cha ged the
speaker with having allowed his Engllsh
feelings to prevail in the matter. Several
heated discussions took place after adjourn
ment between him and members who IA
vored the resolutions, and one OF them de-
clared that he would on Monday move a
vote of censure on the speaker. The scene
Just preceding and Immediately after ad-
journment was very exciting, and it looked
for awhile as il a clash of e more serious
nature was impending. Speaker Matthews
stated to one of the members afterwards
that as he understood the many motions
and the one adopted the resolutions had
boon referred to the committee on federal
relations. The records of the chief clerk,
who was following the matter closely, as
his business requires him to do, show that
the resolutions we're referred to that burial
ground of 80 many hopes, the committee
on towns, counties and highways. In the
excitement and noise that usually prevails
when the member want to adjourn in order
to catch a train. the presiding officer of a
much more orderly and better disciplined
body than the Montana house of repre-
sentatives would have stood Il fair chance
OF getting mixed ny on the many motions
that were made on the home rule resolu-
tions. The matter may be Strengthened out
tomorrow, without further trouble, but it
will doubtless be Strengthened out i'll some
way satisfactory to the friends of the reso-
lntions. But for this incident the forty
eighth day of the session would have been
very uneventful one in the house.
The senate yesterday passed the bill To-
eating a state reform school at Miles City
md concurred in the house bill authorizing
the amendment of certificates of incorpora-
tion of railroad companies.
There WAS no particular change in the
vote for senator in the joint assembly.