The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-03-03
ITS CLOSING AGONIES
How the Legislature Got the Name
of the Board of
Trade"
The BrOadwater County Bill Still
Has a Chance Of Being
Passed.

OF montana Will nave wound up It's ar
fairs and passed into history. Just what
the history will be must remain for the
impartial biographer who goes over the
legislative enactments of this session
and adds to the good things done the bad
things left undone and weighs the mass
in the balance against the bad things
done and the good things left undone.
1t is not likely that the next four days
will add to the list much else besides
the regular and special appropriation
bills. One thing the present legislature
has not done much of. and that is the
creation Of new offices with salaries at
tached to them. The commissioner of
agriculture and labor is the only salaried
Office created. The Legislature refused to
create the office If state examiner or to
give the state auditor, the treasurer, and
the attorney general assistants. 1t has
created several boards who will haye the
appointment of salaried clerks. and there
is yet time for the senate to make the
house bill for a railroad commission be-
come a law.
There is one thing the legislature did
which has earned n the designati, n of
1.-The state board of trade" 1t pa,celled
out the various state institutions to the
favored localities that were fortunate
enough to get in first on the deal, and
with an eye single 10 the present it re-
fused to consolidate these institutions
into n grand school of learning that
would have been a cred ( to the state for
all time to come.
Thus far but few bills of a general ma
ture have been enacted into law. That
is perhaps lust az il should be. for if ne
new codes are ever acted on at a special
session. ANYTHING of n general nature
would have to be gone all over again,
One general law the legislature will have
to act on. and that is the reapportlon-
ment bill. The one introduced in the
house makes the membership of the
house sixty-one. or Just six more than
now. The senate. with the newly Great.
ed counties. will have twenty members.
provided Broadwater county does not 90
through, and this will make the total
number in the next general assembly
eighty-one, or ten more than now. If it
gives seyenty-one members SO much
trouble to elect a United States senator.
it is hard to tell how eiphty.one will make
out at it.
The most startling thing during the
week in the senatorial middle was the
question of the Ward-C oder pair. Ward
has been a consistent Dixon man from
! the start. Cooler was a Sanders man as
long as Sanders was the caucus nominee,
Since then he has been jumping around
nromiscuously, and was one of the fine
republicans who went to Clark on one
occasion and came near electinp him.
Just a week ago Ward got word that
there was sickness at his home. He
wanted to be away for a~everal DAYS and
asked Cooler to pair with him. He saws
it was his understanding that the pair
was not II last longer than Wednesday
or THURSDAY of this week. Before Coder
got out of town Ward learned in some
way that it was the intention Of the Fer
GUS county member not TO return
an NOR. this session. As this
! would have cut Ward off from, amaiu
voting for United S,a..i senatur. bc
brought the matter 10 IN, attention OF
the house. The house concluded tna: IL
pair WAS a matter oil convenience nsii
honor between members. and Il ti.inc
not recognized in LEGISLATION. War.i
started out to find Cooler and 20 lig.p!c.
the pair, but he did not guccrc. :. .1.rIGi
Cooler was in the city for cvn? twr,,c
hours after the matter vus taiti.i., +,
WIS decided then. as Culer WAS f~nr,,.,
ing awav contrary 10 Wards r.,
standing of the pair. the nttcr LEA =.
perfec, right TO coreiior hiaia..r ruf
bound By the agrecmr... t.u,. ,.!I
when ne made the Dai, l., u?,I ',,,la4.
at home also. When i.s left the city.
however, this was looked upon
merely as an excuse. 1t has since been
learned that one of his children is quite
in. AS he had not been supportipg the
republican nominee since Sanders was
dropp ID. his absence. even if unmarried.
would merely reduce the voting strength
of the assembly to 10. and this would
| still make &c necessary to a choice.
Had Coolers absence succeeded in tie
ing up Wards vote. then only 30 would
be necessary TO an election. In connec-
ton with the rumor of the attempted
corrupt use of money in the senatorial
| ight. if i, stated that Col. Sanders has
succeeded in finding a republican who
was approached, but who refused to be
bribed. and who is willing TO GET IN in
Joint assembly and tell ali about IT, If
true. there will he at least one more SEN