The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-17
SWEET GRASS AND BLAINE
The Senate Decides These Counties
Shall Not Be Created This
Year.
The House Gets the Broadwater
County Bill Ready For
Passage.
All the ~seventy.One Votes Cast For Sem
ator-what tho Caucus Dem ocrats
Are Doing.

Tho advocates OF tho proposed counties
Of Blaine and Sweet Grass met a defeat in
the senate yesterday, eliminating those
measures from further consideration dur.
ing his session. The Sweet Grass bill wal
originated in the sensts some time ago.
Hatch, of Park, being its author. Its CON.
sidsration has been postponed a number Of
times, and yesterday the senators for tbs
frst time had the chance to express their
views upon 1t, and 1t was defeated by 9
vote OF seven to nine. The Blaine county
bill had been pnssesd by the house, but the
senate killed il by a decided vote. only foul
ssnators voting for it. II was settled in
committee of ths whole that the board OF
Worlds fair managers will get $b0.0OO te
make Montnua's exhibit at the Worlds
fair.
The entire membership Of the house and
Of the senate had a vote on United Statss
senator yesterday. There was not an alb
ssntes. neither was there q pair. 1t was
the first time since the hsllotin9 began that
the entire vote was cast. II accomplished
nothing, however. toward reaching a choice.
Tisrney WAS tho only member who voted
for anyone NOT in political accord with
himself. He gave his vote to Judge W. Fl.
Hunt. The democrats who have been
standing by the sauous nominee Lave held
several meetings within the past thirty-six
hours to talk over what action. it any.
should be taken toward the Dixon ulti-
matum. At the meeting on Wednesday
night tho attendance was not large. as
many members had not been notified. An
other meeting was held during the noo
recess yesterday. Nearly all the caucus
democrats we're present. The situation
WAS fully discussed, but while it was not
formally decided to make no answer to the
Dixon people, such course appeared to be
the sentiment Of those present. Some OF
them favored holding out to the end of the
session with the caucus nominee, and throw
ing the blame for failure to elect on the
men who would not go into caucus. 1t il
said those who staid away did so because
they did not care to tie themselves down to
a"Clark or nobody" agreement.
The house got one of Its worst fights off
its hands. or nearly SO, yesterday, by order
ing a favorable report in committee of the
whole on the Broadwater county bill. This
was done by an exceedingly small margin
OF TWO VOIeb III y tOthA O1 AOEby-slkht pToS-
emit. The till will likely come up for ANAL
passage to-day. and the standing of the six
msmbers who were not in the last fght of
the committee Of the whole will decide ita
fate. The fight kept the house going till
six O'Clock in tho evening, as favorable
action was only had in committee after a
stubborn fight. The main fight against the
bill was on the part of the Jefferson county
members and their friends. whs claimed
that that county was in NO
condition to stand loss OF
part of its territory. On the other hand it
was claimed that the boundaries of the
proposed new county were natural ones,
and that the Broadwater people had az
much justice in their claims as did those
Of Flathead, Teton. Valley or Ravelli.
There was some talk Of agreements made
between members on the matter of votes
on the county bills, which were about to be
violated now, but tho charges were not very
specific. The house also sent to the en-
grossment committee, BY favorable report
from committee of the whole, the bill
creating a railroad commission, and that
regulating transportation companies-what
is known as the long and short haul'' and
''a~nti-pcoling" bill, being practically q
local application of the interstate com.
merce Law.