The Helena independent., 1893-02-24

ways and means committee be placed In
charge OF tho enRrossing room.
Bonner asked II any inoompetenoy had
bssn found on the part OF Clerk dilhllan,
He said the report did dliillan great In
justice. as that gentleman WAS just as oom-
petent as any one else.
Monteath and Bchnrnikow. OF tina special
committee, said there was no intention to
reflect on dilfillnn. and y u conveyed any
such idoa the report would be modified.
Clerk Gilhllan himself asked 70 be al
lowed to make an explanation. He said
the house had placed all the clerks OF the
.snRrossing room in charge OF the chlof
clerk. and had not given him (Gilhllan)
ANYTHING TO do with them.
The report was referred back to the
special committee to be modified. and also
to report on tho matter of an incresse In
the force of tho enrolling committee.
Heeoher and Benson. Of the special com
home, reported 1t back with amendments,
the main one being to allow the board of
man Ayers to select site, instead of locat-
ing ii at Glendive. Another reduces the
sizs Of the location from $40 TO 100 acres.
The report says: In view OF the fact that
many old men, who when our flag was en-
danRered, left home and friends to fight in
defense OF that flag, are now languishin0 in
the different poor houses of our glorious
state, we believe that it is justly due that
home should be provided for them. The
Grand Army posts of Montana ask for 1t.
The duty We owe TO the men who fought
our battles In times of danger demands IL.
The patriotic mon and women Of Montana
ask that the declining years of these men
should be made as comfortable az possible.
Other states have institutions OF this kind.
and our state can afford to dispense with
some other OF its institutions for time
rather than that these old mon should suf-
fer. And we earnestly recommend that
this bill pass as amended"
Lewis made minority report, recon-
mendinR that further consideration Of the
bill be dispensed with for the following
reasons: FIRST it is believed that. owing
to the establishment of a military post at
the city Of Helena in the near future, which
will, it Ia believed, cause the consolidation
and abandonment Of other posts at Mis-
| soula and elsewhere. and believing that ono
of these posts would be donated to the
state by the government for the purpose
mentioned, we deem it ine1pedient at the
present to urge further consideration.
Second. that taking into consideration the
number of soldiers to be cared for, and the
financial condition Of the state together
with the expense thereunto attendant.
1t would not justify the venture At this
| time.''
The bill was placed on general orders
! with the amendments recommended
| Representative Tanant submitted the
lollOWluG' DeblIlHk 1nHI no CuhuRo HnAll
| be made in the precedent at present sstab.
| lished by the chair, move you, sir, that
! the pair existing between the Hon. @. l..
| Coder, of Feeu county, and the Hon. q.
W., Ward; of Missoula' be declared null
| and void."
The speaker explained that Coder
had asked that the pair last until Wednes-
day or Thursday when he made it. Since
then he had gone east and had ''been lost
in the woods"
Bach said a pair was matter of honor be-
tween members. The fact that member was
insisted on his voting. If he made pair
with another member himself he submitted
that the pair was not in control Of the
house. While the house could not stop him
from voting il he wanted to vote, it could
compel him to vote if it saw fit. "If am
registered as paired for certain time" he
said, land the absence of the other man is
contrary to my understanding Of it when
made, | would not give snap of my finger
for the opinion of the speaker of the
house. and don't see how they could stop
me from voting if | wanted to-"
ing the resolution was TO relieve Ward of
the obligation under which he felt he was
| held.
Scharnikow said the matter WAS one that
the house had nothing to do with. A pair
was question of honor between gentle
body dissolving one and it would be in
| violation of every precedent for this house
| to do so. If Ward wished to break the
| pair it would only be necessary for him to
| announce the fact that he understood it
| was to last only two or three days.
Tallant said it was all right for Ward to
do as he pleased. The idea of the resolu
tion was only to relieve him of any respon
sibility in breaking the pair.
Kilgallon moved to lay the matter on the
table, but did not press his motion, as Tai
liant withdrew the resolution.
The speaker then announced shat Wards
future action would be at his own option.
The matter Of a steering committee was
again brought up on motion Of Lewis
but was laid on the table. Bach renewed
it in another resolution that the speaker ap-
point a committee of five, whose duties il
should be to rearrnnge the calendar of
general orders. Lawrence moved to lay
on the table. Lost, yeas II, nays %. The
resolution was adopted yeas 80. nays Z,
and the speaker appointed Bach. scharni-
kow, Babcock. Tallant and Monteath as
the committee.
Fleming, of Beaverhead. introduced
legislative reapportionment bill. II makes
the house consist of 81 members, divided
as follows Beaverhead ., Cascade 4. Ono
teau l, Custer2, Deer Lodge 7, Fergus 2,
Flathead 2, Gallntin 3 Jefferson 2. Lewis
and Clarke I. Madison 2, Meagher 2. Mis-
Yellowstone l, Dawson and Valley joint l.
Teton and Choteau joint l. Deer Lodge and
Missoula joint l. Jefferson and Meagher
joint l. Bach introduced bill allowing Il
widow, within ono year after the probate of
the will OF her husband, to waive any
special pfovision made for her in the will,
and claim the part of his estate
to which she would have been
entitled had he died intestate.
Lockhart introduced a bill to create boards
OF police commissioners in cities of 5, 900 or
more population. 1t allows the mayor of
suoh cities to appoint three commissioners,
not more than two of the same political
party. They are to prescribe rules and
regulations for the police force, examine
applicants, make appointments and dis
missala. etc. A. +. BRAY introduced bill
dividing railroads operating in the state
into three classes and prescribing maximum
rates OF fare. The class A is to include all
trunk lines. class B their branches, and
class G all others. The maximum rate of
fare on trunk lines. including 100 pounds Of
baggage, is to be three cents a mile; on all
others four cents. Scharnikow introduced
a bill allowing opinions of experts as to hand
writing ETC., to go as evidence before a jury.
Swett gave notice Of a bill providing for
the care of persons convicted OF drunkenness
by having them treated by some of the
various processes. instead of being com
nitted to Jail. 1t was looked upon a.
joke, SWEET saying it WAS intended for the
benefit of his follow members.
The following house bills were passed:
Allowing only taxpayers to vote OH ques-