The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-08

The normal school at Dillon. the soldiers
home, tho agricultural college. the school
OF mines and tho university. and MISC the
bill for a state reform school at a place to
DO selected by tho board OF prison COM
m%issloners. There was another short fight
over the disposition Of tho reports and bills,
motions to place on general orders. to in
definitely postpone. etc; being made.
horns and ordered the bills and reports
placed on general orders, n decision which
was loudly applauded.
A. Il. Bray moved to make tho bill for the
school of mines the special order for this
afternoon at two o'clock. and it was 90 de-
Oided.
The house bill regulating the houra of
labor OF stationary engineers was passed
with three negative votes (Annear, Jockey
and Winter. Fortv-two voted in favor.
SWEET. the author Of the bill. said il had
been intimated that they were endsavoring
to pass an unconstitutional measure; shat
it was class legislation: This excuse was
but a subterfuge, behind which some we're
trying to take refuge to reject the bill.
These were men rs RADICAL in their opposi-
ton to the passage of laws that would bene.
tit worklngmen as were some OF tho So
called agltstors whose avowed purpose was
to wipe out all corporations and prevent
the accumulation of great wealth in tho
hands Of the few. However honest tho
motive may be-" said he. ''the one thought
is as mistaken as the ether; if each Of these
opponents would drop the idea that the
other was a grasping monster. or q blood
thirsty anarchist, and would but meet on
the broad plain of brotherhood of mankind,
that the cry Of bloated b%ondholder and
grasping monopolist on the one side. and
communist and agitntor on the other,
would be heard no more; boycotts, strikes
and lockouts would be equally unknown.
and the walking delegate would lose his
job" He said the passage OF the measure
was asked for on the ground of lublic
safety. No one acquainted with the duties
of an engineer of a plant covered by the
bill, would deny that the strain of such
extremely long hours AZ now are in vogue.
puts men, going up and down shafts of
mines. or who may be working around
boilers or engines, too much at the mercy
of the engineer. who, no matter how faith
full he may intend to be, is incompetent
because physically worn out. He asked
members to think, while recording their
votes. that the result would reach every
labor organization and every working
mans home in the state. and blessings
would be showered or the men who helped
to pass the bill.
1'allant. in explaining his vote, said the
author of it had announced that the result
on this bill would 90 out to all the labor
organizations in the state. He wanted to
say that no man on the floor owed less to
the labor organizations of Cascade county
than he. did. He would vote for the bill
from n sense of duty to all concerned. and
not because of any implied threat. SWEET
denied that he had meant to make the
remark convey the impression of q threat.
threat.
The house bill exempting $1,000 of the
property OF widows and orphans from taxa
tion met with some opposition, those OBJ
iecting to it doing so on the ground that it
ii was held that the legislature could afford
to pass it and take chances on it's constitu-
tionRlity being questioned. The bill was
passed by the following vote:
Ayes 30-Ash, Babcock. Bsecher, Benson.
Bonner, A. +. b sy. G. H. Bray. Burns.
Burke. Butler. Coder. Fitschen, Fleming.
Goodell, Gorman, Huffman. Kilgallon.
Lock y. Losue. McDonel. Murphy. Sap
pingIon, Nmalley, Tierney, Truman. Van
Glove. W lie. Ward, Walkup and Winter.
Ma %3-Annear. Bach. Fitzgerald, JEFF
fers, Lew.s, Lookhart, Loring, Losee. Met.
Eel. X Sc, SWEET, Tallant and Matthews.
The bill to pay w. j. Penrose and G. F.
state board of arbitration was passed
unanimously.
The committee on public institutions in
t oduced u bill for the establishment Of a
deaf and dumb school at Boulder. It ia to
be under the management and control of
the state board of education, and admis.
sion and tuition is to be free to the deaf
and dumb of the state. Those from out
side the state can be admitted on payment
of whatever sum the state board of sduca-
ton may fix, provided they do not crowd
out those living in Montana. The blind
are to be admitted to the school, but their
expenses are to be paid out of a separate
t~~I TIN ~ At~ 80 -l1t -~1- e.
troduced a i'll providing that on the petit
tion of ten householder the state boa d
of land commissioners are to direct their
agent to appia ise any particular piece of
state lane and have il sold to the highest
bidder. Goodell introduced a bill amend
ing the license law. 1t makes the license
of auctioneers in towns of 5000 o. over
300 per quarter; in towns of from {. 1900 to
5000 it is to be $50 per quarter, II in
towns Of less than 5000 it is to be $15: sher-
ifs acting as auctloneers to pay no license.
Carpenter introduced one requiring foreign
corporations doing business in the state to
appoint an agent on whom process may be
served. Those already operating in the
state will legalize their acts by the ap-
pointment of an agent. Tallant intro
duoed a bill allowing county commission
ers to rame the number o. deputies that
county officers may have. Notices of bills
were given as follows: BY German, pre-
GGFlblnR qualifications OF locomotive en-
gineers and providing for their examina-
ton; by Babcock, to pay the Montana Ma
tionRl bank interest ON its claim; reimLura-
ing the Montana National bank for money
paid the members OF tho first legislative
assembly.
Favorable reports wero made as follows:
From committee on interpretations. allow
ing railroad companies to amend their Ger
titicates of interpretations; from committee
on state boards and officers, providing for
a state examiner; from judiciary commit
tee, senate bill providing for the indexing
of court records; from committee on affairs
OF cities. regulating storage OF explosives.
The committee on labor reported back the
bill prohibiting the incorporation of COM
penies for mercantile purposes, with a
recommendation that it be referred to the
bill regulating tho practice OF dentistry
was reported back from committee without
recommendation.
All the app opriation bills before the
house were disposed OF in the committee oil
the whole, and favorable reports made
The appropriations carried b, the bills are
as follows: John Il. Eardley. assistance &c
state auditor, $3.50; ~shcriffs. for transpor
tatlon Of prisoners and serving Feuuisitior
papers. 81, $50. 10; furnishing Office OF clerl
of supreme court, $1,000; journal Publish
ing company. int est on claim. $4O1.2 "a; ex-
pensea OF code commission. $744 Ga; Frank
Conlsy and Thomas McIague, yspsirs tc
state prison. &c. Cos Is.
An invitation was received from thu
school rustses of the Helena district, in.
vitinR the members of the house to visit tht
new school building, and the speaker wal