The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-01
AN APPEAL FOR UNITY.
Eastern Democrats Call on the Party
in Montana to Elect q
Senator.
They Insist on the Abandonment
of Personal Interest by All
Parties.
yyurd Yauvunra IraNd in tha EyNuaA OvAr
Hard Language Used In tho House Over
the Anti-Scaiper Btll-Ia tho
Senate.

Helena people. but il has not to the leaders
of the national democracy. Ths eastern
leaders of the party realize that their con-
troll of the national senate is hanging by =
very slender thread. and that it 10 abso-
lutely necessary that Montana hou elect
q democrat in order to make sure of . safe
working majority in the upper house OF
congress. During the past fifty eight days
appeals have been made both to the local
leaders and to members of the party to use
their best efforts to break the deadlock, but
all of these appeals have been in air. Now
that but two days remain in which n soma
tor can be elected. these appeals from the
east have become more urgent. The last Of
these WAS received on Monday and was a.
follows:
"To S. T.. Hauser. or Martin Maainnis. or
j. X. Iools:
I'VE beg that you will confer with Clark
and Dixon and reach some conclusion by
which q democratic senator will be elected.
1t is of vital Importance. Show this to
each democrat in the legislature. Insist in
our name upon the abandonment of per-
sonal interest and the election Of = demo-
erat. A. P. GoRMAN.
&C. s. BEICE."
Senators German and Brice constitute
the advisory committee of the democrats in
The senate, and sre authorized to speak for
all the democrats in that body.
As the end of the session draws near e1-
citing scenes on the floor Of the house be-
come more frequent. There was one yes
telday. The senate anti scaiper bill was
on its third reading and final passage, and
Representative A. +. Bray led the opposition
to the measure. In the last speech which he
made. just prior to the call Of the yeas and
nays, he made several illusions which both
By direction and indirection reflected on
various members who favored the bill.
The one which caused the trouble was
made at the conclusion of his speech, and
was to the effect that no member could vote
for the bill unless he has been bought or
is owned body and soul by the Northern
Pacific" To say that his created a COM
motion on the floor OF the house would be
drawing il mild. Demands were made by
the members who were paying close atten-
ton to the proceedings that the remarks be
taken down. with the view of bringing the
offending membersto the barsof the house.
II seems ..that the house stenop-
rapher did not 1 catch the remark.
and therefore,. the question of what was
really said is a point on which all do not
agree. Mr.. Bray said he used the words
sis owned" but in repeating what he
thought he said he did not recall the words
has been bought" In repeating the
words he added to the excitement by init
mating that no apology was necessary. No
attention was paid. to the demand that the
words. be taken down. This made Repre-
sentative Nonteath doubly angry. When
his time came 10 vote he took occasion to
Eefer to Bray rs a "cowardly cur" He
stated privately later that he must have
lost his temper. Others thought the same
way, though nobody, under the circum-
stances, felt that the usually quiet and
affable member from Silver Bow ought to
be called down. considering the provoca-
ton. Much less forcib!e, though much
moro parliamentary, was the answer of
Judge Bach, who said the author of the re-
mark was sufficient apology for 1t. The
bill was passed. 1t is intimated that the
end OF the incident is not yet reached, but
that some Of the members who feel ag-
grieved moan to insist that the speaker lis
g ~ u oCAAaaa NAV cA0 kcphIdtlOA DO
made the house for the reflection put upon
them.
Among other bills passed by the house
was that creating Granite county. 1t is a
house measure. The general and all the
special appropriation bills were passed
and sent to the senate. The
senate bills passed by the house
include that extending the life of cor
porations to fifty years, with amendment
reducing it to forty years, just double what
it is now; and that amending the general
incorporation act on lines laid down by the
mayors of Montana cities at their recent
conference here.
In an informal way Judge Bach called
this attention Of the house to some items in
the general appropriation bill which might
render that important measure unconstitu-
tional AID compel the governor to veto ID.
Section thirty-three of article five Of the
constitution, provides that the general
appropriation bills shall embrace nothing
but appropriations for the ordinary e1-
penses of the Legislature. executive arc
judicial departments of the state
interest on the public debt ant
for public schools; and that al
other appropriations shsll be made by sop
arate bills, each embracing but one subject
In the general appropriation bill jus
passed the veterinary surgeon, inspector o
mines. boiler inspector. mineral lane com
missioner, keeping Of the insane, care o
the deaf and dumb, bounties on stock de
Rtroying animals and others which il wa
doubtful could come under the head o
either executive, legislative or Judiciary
he suggested that these i:ems had bette
be gotten out Of the General appropriation
bill and covered each in a separate bill
Representative Losee, whom the matte2 wa
brought up at the night session on a ~
making an appropriation for the Historlca
society, stated that the general ]appropris
ton bill had been drawn up on lines suR
gested by the state's legal adviser, the at
torney general, and he had no doubt of
being correctly drawn. AS the attorne
general would be the one consulted shouls
any OF the state officers have doubts abou
the form of the general appropriation bill
it is not likely that tho suggestion Of Judg
Bach will be acted on.
The senate yesterday. in committee O
the whole. acted favorsbly on a large nun
Der OF bills appropriating money to pa,
private GLAZING. and also on the bills ammo
priating money for the state educa ton
institutions. Senator Gibson took adyapt
age of the occasion to define his position o,
the educational institutions. He enid TIM