The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-17
NEARING THE END.
Last Clasps of MOntana's Brainy
Legislature of the
Year 1898.
A Clause of the Constitution Which
They flatly L.
nOred.

water equity pll' tHdt has Dccu tn'
cause of such remarkable political gym
~nastics, will be disposed of having been
made the special order for that afternoon
TIerney, the democratic member, who
has been tloundering around among
various republican candidates ever since
the committee on counties said there
should be no Broadwater, says the mi
nOrity report in favor of his bill will be
adopted and the bill passed. Benson,
the Meagher republican, never has much
to say. but shows by his actions in vot-
ing for Clark that he means to counter
act the effect of Tierncy leaving that
gentlemen. In other words. in order to
hold the votes which he thinks he has
against the B~roadwater bill. he is irving
to show the democrats that they are not
short any votes on Tierncy's sOmcrsault.
AS the democrats hayenot lost any oftheir
relative proportion Of votes on that ac-
count, they are watching the movements
Of the Meaghcr representatives with a
great deal Of interest and not a little
amusement Tierney makes a statement
that explains. even though it does not
excuse his leaving the democratic
column. He points to the fact that Val
ley. Teton. Ravalli and Flathead coun-
ties have been created by this Legislature
and that Blaine county is well on it's
way. Out of this aggregation he says
there is only one sure democratic cOun-
~. BrOadwatcr. be says, would make
another democratic county, and partial
ly offset the large number which are al
most certain to be republican. He also
claims that he had promises Of demo
cratic influence in support of his bill,
which was not used in the way it was
pledged. Nobody. so far, however, has
been heard 10 approve of the novel
spectacle Of using ones ~prerogative in d
senatorial assembly in order to effect
the votes OF other members on a matter
purely legislative.
One of the bills introduced in the
house this week will be one of great in
tere-t to cities the size of Great Falls.
Helena. Butte and others. 1t was pro
poseI by Representative Gravesof Butte,
the city which has a standing example
of its need. The bill creates the office
vi I'll! uPeIihtehuent Oh puoi!c SCHOOLS
dhu Pre9CIlpcs ms 4udililcallohs anu
uuticS' i. PROVIDES tiat ne tlustee5 Vi
9choUi uie'iiCt7 cohtdli'hS i-oV cil'c'cn
VI School aye Can etcCt sucli III o'rcer'
woo Is 70 nave d slate OF me uiploila
rom Tue sta'e poaIu Vi GGucd',oi' anu
ihust nave ttuSht III the pu'i'c scuoo's DIT
lcast iI|e years Nv uutlcS oi tLe SUI
perlhtehueht are 10 Flsit each uepart-
hneht once a month WINE ne! are IN
session. 10 ho.d monthly uis'rIct teach
ers meetings lor the purpose OF discuss
ING metnoos ana ~lns'ructhg teachers III
pedagogical duties: to prepare the
questions for the examination OF the pV-
pills. and see that all rules are properly
enforced; to keep certain office hours for
the convenience OF the teachers who may
want to consult him on questions per-
tanning to their duties; and 10 perform
such other duties as may be required.
including the filing Of temporary yacan-
p'''H tH1, "0"t ~ - "Hs
General Haskell gave an opinion to the