The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-15
ITS TWO WEEKS WORK.
What the Legislature Has Accom-
pliShed in a Fourth OF
the Session.
It Has Not Chosen a Senator and
Is as Yet But Fairly
Started.
Progress Of the Educational Institution
Bills and Of tho Measures to Gre
ate New Counties.

After four days balloting in Joint session
the election of a United States senator by
the Legislative assembly IL as far of as it
was a week ago. The first two days it was
II go. as-you- please SO far as the democrats
were concerned. while the republicans
voted solidly for their caucus nominee, two
of tho ~populists for Mulville. and one for Z
democrat. Thursday night more than Two
thirds of the democratic members went
into caucus. regularly called. and unani-
mously chose W. A. Clark AZ the domo-
cratic candidate. 1t was hoped and OK
peoted that Friday the choice of the caucus
would receive tho solid vote OF the demo-
Gratis. but he did not, Congressman Dixon
retaining his eight original votes. Yester-
day there was u slight change. in that r.. u.
Collins received two complimentary votes.
, Last night the situation was virtually I'M
changed. Mr.. Hauser has retired from the
contest in obedience to the action of the
caucus. Withdrawing his name in favor of
a mar who had the largest vote and in the
interest of n speedy settlement of the CON
test. Mr.. Dixon is still u candidate with
n small minority of votes behind him,
Ind Mr., Clark is a candidate by
virtue of his selection by the caucus. The
party as a whole is anxious to have the con-
test settled, but how and when tho settle
nent will come no one seems able or will
ing to tell. There is talk of dark horses
and compromise candidates, but the men
who have voted for Mr.. Clark for two days
will stay with him SO long a. be is the Gnu
GUS nominee, and no dark horse under
these circumstance can hope for more than
a minority following. Meantime the re-
publicans are alert, ready to take advantage
of any blunder the democrats may make,
willing to swap Sanders for Mantle or any
other republican who can get a majority
vote in the joint assembly. They seem to
realize more fully than do some of tho
democrats the gravity of the issues at stake
the control of the United STATES senate.
Hon. Samuel Mulville. populist candidate
for United States senator, is expected in
Helena Tomorrow. He will not, his
friends say, open headquarters. A personal
friend of the populist candidate, writing to
THE INDEPENDENTS, gives the following
synopsis Of his life: "In 1860 Mr.. Mulville
voted for Abraham Lincoln. He remained
with the republican party until 1872. when
he supported Horace Greeley, since which
time, until last year, he has acted with the
democrats. He attended the st. Louis CON
ference last year and brought the peoples
party home with him. Ha is the father of
the peoples party in Montana. He is a
thoroughly western man. coming to the
west in the early 70's, and is familiar with
all of the needs and wants of tho great
west. A blacksmith by trade. Mr.. Mulville
has at tlmaa heap thu pnsuecaor nf ,or,;J
able money, but his strong sense Of justice
has induced him to part with it in order to
secure the rights of some helpless person
whom the strong were attempting to tram
pie down. No appeal to him for charity
was ever made i'll vain; his life has been one
long series of kind aots."
While 1t cannot be said that very much
progress has as yet been made by the third
legislative assembly in the way of leqislu-
ton. both the enate and house have reached
that stage whore results may be looked for.
All. or nearly all, the contestants for state
institutions have their bills before one
body or the other, and some Of them a.e in
the hands of committees. Miles City is vet
to come with her measure locating the az
rlcultural college, Boulder will probably
have a bill to to locate the insane ASYLUM
there. and Livingston and Dillon ench want
the normal school. Bozeman has her agri-
cultural college bill in the hands of a san !,
ate committee, as has Missoula her univsr-
sltv bill. The friends of consolidation also
have had their innings, and a bill to con-
solidate all the state educational %iustitu-
tions is in the senate hooper. All these
lnpAanraa in thu QanQta n r n in $ha Mo- -
the committee on education.
Next to the educational institution bills,
looking to the creation of new
are attracting the greatest amount
OF attention. The Teton county bill is now
with a in the senate, and as in
the main it has the endorsement of the
county people, its friends think it's
chances OF success are good. The Valley
county bill is also fairly we'll advanced. and
active work il being lone in its be-
half. The Teton people have established
and have Il lot of enthusiastic
friends at work. The Valley people, like
wise. are working like beavers. The Bear
Paw and the Lake county bills are yet to be
introduced. - W
The plan adopted by the house for GET
ting bills to the notice of members is likely
to run up a printing bill the like of which
has never been known in the history of a
legislature, either territorial or
state. When a bill ia introduced by a
it is read through once. This
the first reading. 1t is at once
read again bv title. This is the second
reading. Then it is referred to tho priut-
lng committee and printed, Copies of the
bills are distributed to tho mem
When the printing committee re-
ports that 1t hns had the bills printed. the
speaker refers the measures TO tho several
'ommitteas. When Abe committoes reuort
IN them the bills ara open to discussion
amendment, and next come up for
1nal passage. Many bills on the same
but different in some of their fen
'nres, are introduced and printed. Tho
Is not likely to report on all of
hem fnvorably, ~ that would
% ptllnR mp contradictory legislation
N the same subject. If ono
If them Is reported favorably and consid-
red by tho house. the others nre useloss
md the printing of them an unnecessary
Again. where a committee has
eyeral similar bills to consider thew mnv
ake something from each of those proposed
Ind report back n measure that will not be
xactly like ANY of tho printed hiIls. Eyeu