The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-28

rectly afterwards was lost by yena thirty,
nnya eighteen, not the necessn " two third,.
Schnrnikow moved TO make tho baIlot and
registration bills the special order for two
O'Clock this afternoon. On division the
veto stood yeas thirty, maya fifteen.
decided tho motion carried by n two-thirds
vote, and then said 1t was lost for luck of
twc-thtrds. fcharnlkow wantet to know
II thirty-One WAS not mo o than twice
fifteen. The speaker ngain ruled that tho
motion had not received the necessary two
thirds vote.
On motion Of Bach, the house went into
committee of the whole on senate bills.
The ono for q deputy state anditor was
~non-concurred In by twsnty-thtee TO
twenty. That for a deputy state treaaurer
net with a similar fats by twenty-five to
eighteen. The bill for tho eleventh Judi
cial district was laid inside to wait for
action on the pending county division bills.
Favorable report was ordered on tho bill
regulating the fencing Of light OF wnys Of
railroads; and substituting district
judges for probate judges in matters
pertaining, to townsites. When the
scalpsr bill was reached A. L. Buy moved
thnt the committee recommend that 10 do
not pass. Tho chair rn.ei this motion ont
OF order. Iallant called for the reading of
tina report OF the committee on rRi!ronds
ana TRANSFORMATION recommending the pas.
sage o. the bill, whilo believing its consti-
tutionnlity doubtful. Bray renewed his
motion thut tho bill do not pass. The chair
sGain ruled that the importance of the
question demanded that tho bill be read in
irll. Il dyes then changed tho motion to
tue OBJECT That iu thor reading be dispensed
WITH and that the committ0e
that the bill be indefinitely POSTPONED.
Lewla denounced this as Il semi-gag law to
Keep the bill from being discussed on its
merits. Petitions were read from c~itizsns
OF Ghllatin county, Giendive, Great Falls,
employees of tho Northern Pacific road ana
Others, IN favor of the passage of the bill,
ana from Alllo5 City i'll itB favor. Speeches
were made by Bach and Tallaut in favor
of the bill and by Mathews, Bonner and
A. i. Bray against it. The bill
was discussed pro and CON for some
Time md u motion to recommend
ita indefinite postponement was lost. The
hlil was then ordered fnvorably reported by
thl!ty-hva to eleven. Favorable reports
were also ordered on sonate bills relating to
conditional contracts for the sale or lease
OF railroads; for the TRANSPORTING of records
or aggregated counties: allowing cities to
Issue bonds to abate smoke nuisance; nu-
thorlzlng corporations to change their
names; authorizing coIstf uction of toll
roads and toll bridges. Senate bill ore
atlng a BolGlers' home, ag hmended by
leaving the selection of q site to the board
OF managers instead OF placing it at Glen
dive. was ordered unfayorably reported by
eighteen to eight. When tn, committee
arose Loting made n motion that the un-
fhvo' able report on the soldiers home bill
90 amended to recommend it's passage.
This motion was laid on the table and the
rsno't adopted. A recess was then taken tc
7:l5 p. NJ.
At the night session the Granite county
bill was taken up in committee Of the whole
and amended by cutting of the northern
pa of the proposed county. leaving that
section i'll the old county of Deer Lodge.
AS amended it was recommended for pass
age.
The general appropriation bill was also
taken up in committee of the whole,
amended. and recommended for passage.
The amendments adopted increase for each
year by $1,000 the clerk hire for tho state
treasurer. and by 5000 that for the state
auditor, and added Sc. 600 for the com
missioner of agriculture and labor nnl his
clerk and exi enses, and $1,000 for clerk
hire aud travelling expenses of the state
board of education. also, several minor
amendments. Bach wanted to strike out
the $l2,b0O for an annual encnmpment of
the national guard each year, but his
amendment to that effect was not ndo pied.
The house concurred in the senate
amendments to the dcaf and dumb asylum
bill.