The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-08
A BRUSH IN THE HOUSE.
II Was q Shirmish Over the Bills
Locating the State In
stitutions.
They Were IrreGularly Reported
and We're Reoommitted and
Re-reported.
Tho Minority Wanted Consolidation or
acknowledgements Bills Passed
by the House and Senate.

The house had its initial fight over tn
public institutions yesterday. II stsrtet
directly after She reading Of the journal
when Representative Beecher. on behalf o
himself and other members Of The commit
tee on state institutions. got up 10 object &
tho bills reported on the day before beinl
handed down In the records Of the house a
the report of the committee. Some OF th'
members had not beon consulted. b ex
PLANTATION made by Chairman Bray admitted
that the reports on the bills had beer
somewhat i%rregularly made. they havinl
been reported on after consultation will
some OF the members of the committee
instead of by a regularly called meeting
The house thought the reports were irrs0u-
larly made. too, and ordered the journal
corrected and tho bills sent back te
the committee. This made the proceeding
moro regular. but only delayed tho fight
which same later in the day. The commit
tee on state institutions had \ meeting dur
ing the recess and got up two reports. Five
of the members-a mRjority-favored the
passage of tho senate bills for q university
at Missoula, q school of mines at Butte. an
agricultural college at Bozeman. and a SOL
diers' homo at Glendivs. and the house bills
for placing the normal school at Dillon, the
penitentiary at Billings. and a reform
school at some point to DO selected bv the
prison commissioner. The minority
Of four favored the consolidation
of the university, the school OF
mines and the agricultural college;
but said il these institutions were
divided. they wanted the school of mines
to 90 10 VAUDEVILLE instead OF Butte.
These and other things" they said. in
fusnced them in opposing the majority.
What the other reasons were. they did not
state, but they will probably come out in
the course of the discussion that is sure to
accompany each bill. The first fight was
over the penitentiary bill. Deer Lodge
wanted it indefinitely postponed. but the
house refused to out the matter of SO
short, and after another battle all the
bills were placed on general orders, with
the reports. and will come up in COM
mittee of the whole for full and free dis
s~ussion. The first general engagement
the others were only skirmishes-will take
place at two O'clock this afternoon, al
which time the school of mines will come OK
as . special order. Another bill was intro
duced In the same line yesterday. to make
some more friends for those already re-
ported on. 1t is to place a school for the
deaf and dumb at Boulder.
BY q unanimous vote the senate Yesterday
passed the bill creating a state board Of
charities and corrections. The house anti
Pinkerton bill was also passed with ar
amendment. neeessating its going back te
the lower body for concurrence. Living.
ston was taken out of the race for the state
normal school: in the senate for tho present
at least, Hatch making q motion that the
bill he introduced in that body be indeh-
nitely postponed. He explained that his
associate in the house. who had charge OF
the bill, was of the opinion it could not
pass the lower house. and he therefore
thought it was Of no use to consider it in
tho senate.
Tho governor sent in a message to the
effect that he had signed the bill creating
Teton county. This makes three county
division bills that have become laws this
week. the other two being the Flathead and
Valley bills.
The joint session developed nc new
features. the relative vote remaining the
same as for a week previous.