The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-02
THE DEADLOCK UNBAOKEN
W. A. Clark's Followers Decide to
Stay by Him to the
Very Last 9
Republican Programme to Have
But One Ballot for Sem
ator To-Day.
The Probability That the Governor VIII
Appoint u Scnator-Buslncss In
Snnnta AMI JJCuao

Tho last day OF the Third legislative as
semblv opens with the senatorial deadlocl
unbroken and the prospect that it will 81
remain, aud that Gov. Richards will ap
point a republican United States senator
The republicans held n caucus last nigh
and arranged a programme for to-day
The principal point in the programme is Il
prevent more than one ballot. After on
ballot has been taken Representative Mon
heath will make u motion that tn
joint assembly dissolve sine die. Thi
motion will be supported by TIL,
Dixon men. In case it does not carry, thel
the republican programme ia to prevent an
more ballots by dilatoiy tactics 70 adjourn
to take a recess, snd other f%libusterini
moves. The Clark men count on NOR,
than one ballot, but in this hope they viii
in all probability be disappointed.
Mr.. Clark last night gave q luncheon e
his supporters at the Helena. and the situa.
ton was fully discussed. At first /,
disposition was shown to break away
from Mr.. CLARK. by a number of his sup.
porters. but later after n speech by that gen
tlemsn, it was determined to stay by him
till the end. With this determination the
Clark men parted last night. and if they
stay by it the next senator from Montana
will be a republican.
Tn friends of Il. B. Smith say if the
Clark men make any change that they will
vote for the Helena man.
Yesterday the hall of che house was packed
to suffocation whom the joint assembly con-
vened. There was a rumor that there
would!b be some sensational Developments and
perhaps an election. and that drew the
crowd. But tine result OF the balloting
showed the rumors were baseless, as Mantle
received his party vote with one exception.
Clark had % democrats and one
populist and Dixon 10 democrats and two
populists. But ono ballot WAS taken.
The house adopted q resolution yes
terday which will restrict the number to
be admitted to tho lobby. Under the reso-
luton no one will be admitted without a
ticket. and each senator and representative
will be allowed four tickets. The re-
publican ranks were swelled yesterday
BY visiting republicans from al! sections of
the state. They are using every endeavor
TO strengthen weak brethren OF their party
in the legislature, srd every Suspect" is
under constant sur, ~eillancs.
The democrats were not idle yesterday,
either. Every loyal party man who bs-
lieves that the democrats in the lsgisl atu1e
should elect q senator to-day. lost no oppor-
tunity to impress upon the mem.
bers of the assembly the nsces-
sity of sinking NIL personal differences.
getting together and sending a democrat to
the United States senate. Appeals to get
<NrakhA~ rIu0 mn v-r ~.u =.
the east and these wore supplemented by
personal kilograms to various gentlemen
supposed to have influence with members
Of the legislature. to do all they could in
this behalf. The ballot to-day will disclose
what effect the work done yesterday will
have.
The senate was in session nearly all day
yesterday, but did not transact much busi-
ness, beyond killing the bill to create a rail-
road commission and one regulating freight
traffic.
Last night Lieut.-Gov. Botkin received a
dispatch from ALT. j. Stevens. dated Lewis
town. that will be read with pleasure by The
many friends of Senator Baylies. The
telegram said: ''Baylies arrived at eight D.
NJ; Ina is better and considered out of
danger"
The gentlemen who are looking for ap-
pointment on the supreme bench had better
give it mp and devote themselves
to the practice of the law. The
bill increasing the number of justices
from three to five had several Sc
we're struggles in the house during the var
ious sessions of yesterday. but could not
get through. The committee of the whole
in the afternoon voted to non-conous in the
bill. and Immediately after voted directly
the contrary. and then rose and reported
progress. At night another effort was made
to get it back into committee of the whole.
and the fight against it was so strong that
it adjourned the house about nine O'Clock,
when there were two or three good working
hours left. Ii requires a two-thirds
vote to suspend the rules, and
that is the only way the bill can DO gotten
up to-day, the last of the session. The |
chances Of mastering sufficient force to get
1t through under these adverse circum-
stances is very doubtful, The house passed
All the bills that were engrossed aud ready
up TO the time of adj ournment. One Of the
bills WAS thnt making a new apportiou-
ment OF membership in the house. Repre-
sentative Carpenter, of Lewis and Clarke,
10 II member of the committee which con-
sldered ii. He was not informed of any
meeting Of the committee. SO that when the
bill wHs reported to the house it was lust
about as tho author drew it. and cut down
the representation of this county from eight
to seven. Then all efforts to correct the
injustice failed and the bill WAS put throuph
with the state apportloned on a basis of the
vote q. the last election, instead OF accord
ing to population Of counties, az the con-
st!tution requires. AS Judge Bach said,
tho npportloninent might Just as we'll have
been made on the basis of church or Sun
day school attendance.
Representative Coder, who paired with
Representative Ward and went home on
account OF sickness in his family, returned
yesterday. but too Ints to vote in the Joint
assembly. He says when he arrived ut his
nome III Fergus county he found nearly all
his family Ill. His little two-year-old
daughter had been near death, but when he
got home was slightly better. He arrived
home Saturday afternoon. and aftsr sstis-
lying himself that the danger was pass,
TOOK the first stage Monday morning on the
return trip TO Helenn. Meantime the pair
mad been broken by Representative Ward.
Gov Richards has vetoed the bill in
creasing the bounties ON stock destrovip,
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