The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-13
LAWMAKERS
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UNTIL THE FIRST Of THE WEEK
II is Hoped the Committee Oh Elections Will
Then Be Ready 10 Report.
The Various Committee Of the Senate Have
Been Made Up-.-Ready for Business.

TRIBUNE. Both houses adjourned to-
day until Monday. The house had a
double object in doing SO. One being
to allow the sergeant-at- arms to change
the arrangement of seats so that all will
face toward the end of the room as they
were last session, the present pan being
very unsatisfactory for hearing or seeing.
The other and most important one being
To allow the committee on elections to
| consider the Hamilton Leech contest.
This committee was named by the chair
by mutual agreement of members of both
sides SO as 10 get the matter out of the
way.
Beecher. ropulist of Cascade, chair
man; Bach. Of Lewis and Clark, and
Burke, of Deer Lodge, democrats. and
Jockey, of Lewis and Clarke. and Tai
liant. of Cascade, republican. AS soon as
tie committee was appointed, Leech
and Hamilton presented their certificates
to the speaker. Hamilton's was accom-
panied by his oath Of office taken before
ex-Justice Pemberton. Both mems
papers were referred to the committee
whe are expected to report as early as
possible.
Until the contest is settled the house
gave both men the privilege of the floor.
The committee on rules reported rules
that are practically the same as those of
the last house. After the compromise
they were ordered printed and will be
considered Monday. Bach, Schnarnikow
and Talent were appointed Oh the joint
committee on rules to act with the SEN
ate committee. The house adjourned
to , p. IN. Monday, when the other stand
ing committees will be announced.
Many members living convenient to rail
roads went home to spend Saturday and
Sunday.
The senate named its committees to-
day. Hon. Paris Gibson is chairman of
the committee on agriculture and manu-
facture and also on education, and is a
member Of the committees on counties,
towns and municipal corporations, fed
eral relations, finance and claims, ju-
dietary, roads, highways and bridges,
immigration, appointments and repre-
sensations, and rules.
The heads Of the other committees are:
Commerce and navigation, Power;
mileage, Cardwell; corporations, other
than municipal, Eggleston; counties,
Cardweil; engrossed bills, Hatch; en-
rolled bills. Cullen: federal relations,
Folsom; finance and claims, Hoffman,;
judiciary, Mats: military affairs, Blu
ford: mines and mining, McDernott;
public bridges, Hoffman,; public land,
Buford; public morals. Power; printing,
Cullen: roads, etc, Brown; libraries,
Swift; irrigation and water rights, Blu
ford; fish and game, Hoffman: elections,
Steel: labor and capital, Goddard; stock
growing, Bayliss; immigration, McDer-
mott; apportionments. Eggleston; rules,
Mats.
No other business was transacted be-
You'd the distribution of the governors
message to the several committees
The house committee on elections met
this afternoon. All were present but
Burke, democrat. Hamilton aud Leech
were on hand. An informal discussion
showed that the committee was anxious to
give the matter a full investigation,
neither stringing it out, so as to pro-
woke a suspicion of p~remeditated delay.
nor hurrying it up to such an extent as
to give Il basis for d charge of undue
haste. The committee adjourned
llil tomorrow, Whcn Il formal plaE OF
action will be decided on. 1t is ppar-
ent that the committee will regard Leech
as the man presenting the certificate and
Hamilton as the contestant. The latter
will by this he compelled to produce
proof as to frauds in voting at Box Elder
precinct, and Leech will then bring evil
dence to contradict Hamilton. AS both
will have to send to Choteau county for
witnesses the chances are that the con-
test will not be decided for several days.
Both contestants will be represented by
counsel. The populists have also asked
for permission to have Il lawyer present,
and as no objection is known it will be
granted