The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-04
THE i.F,ii,>L.l .lIl RE-.
ti. ~cus,tC Considers iIit. Bill ErI.l.iu:-
to t.c t.netitioH og SLATE
tu-iituii ions.
\ f..rt, Fight Results But t'rt s".uuina-
iiou tarrits ii. i'afnt al
Last,


educational institutions was resumed ii
the senate this morning. and. save tn.
noon recess. continued with undated
fury all day. Tuesday night closed with
a victory for the consoiidationists. the
STATE universit. being awarded to Mis-
suula. Tonight sees Eozcnlan victorious
in the scnat" in her demand for the ag
rcullural college.
Mci1.rnoi.'s bill locating the school
Of mines was first in order. but McDcr
mott requested the privilege Of holding
it back. ;s hc desired to amend it, Hof
mans bill was accordingly taken up and
Gibson fought il hard all day. In reply
- lis arguments. Hoffman spoke briefly
and Goddard aud Mats AT considerable
length. Gibson led off with ii motion to
iustpon. consideration of the bill for
one week. declaring thai as Ms-oul;,
was 'o have thr state university hc
wanted her Ia have the agricultural col
lege too. He renewed his arguments for
constellation IN Il speech of great power
and clulurnc". Replying Ia the letters
and t"icgrans read H.. Mats yrste,,ia,
! afternoon from til" presidents Of thu
agricultural colleges uf Kansas and
Iowa. hr said that their opinions Hs con
trii sfc,i with those of Andrew ID. White
and other prominent educators We're as
the opinions "f the senate pages com
pared Ia ihns,. Of an eminent lawyer on
u point of law. The senator said it Was
evident that II combination had been
Formed III the senate IN favor of uivfi
ing up al! the state institutions. one
The members of the combination were
standing shoulder 10 shoulder IN their
light. regardless Of all the merits. But
, combined as they are now. two years
hence will iind them all lighting one an
other over appropriations. The distri
button Of the educational institutions
meant war among them for all time to
come.
After Il lengthy discussion the motion
10 postpone consideration WAS lost and
the committee rose. When the chair
man reported the bill back with the
recommendation that il pass. amend
mcnts came thick and fast tu the motion
adopting the report.
Folsom moved that the word Bozeman
substituted. Lost.
Steele moved To amend by compelling
l}ozeman to donate l,D acres of land for
the college. Gibson moved to amend
Steelc's amendment by making il :sN
acres with water rights and si0.On for
an endowment fund. Lost.
Gibson then moved to amend by max
ing it :soO acres of land with water
rights. Lost by the following vote:
Ayes Baylies. Brown. Bufor.l. Eggle-
ston. Folsom. Gibson. Swift !.
Noes cardwell. Cullen. Goddard.
Hatch. Hoffman. Matts. MctJermott.
Power. Steele >.
Mats moved that SteeIe's amendment
bc indefinitely postponed. Lost by a
vote Of to 8. President Botkin casting
the deciding vote.
Gibson moved to amend by substitut
ing the word Great Falls for the word
Bozeman. and making it obligatory on
Great Falls to donate 30 acres Of land
within two miles Of the city limits and
SJO.OOO as an endowment fund. The
amendment was lost without division.
Hoffman arose and said that Bozeman
would do what was right by the college
in the matter Of land.
Steele's amendment was lost.
Swift moved to amend by substituting
Miles City for Bozeman. Lost.
The original motion To adopt the re
port of the committee was then carried.
Mats university bill was then put on
its final passage and passed by vote OF
IA to :. the negatives being Folsom and
Gibson.
THE LOWER HOUSE.
The house. in committee of the whole.
| took favorable action on the bills appro
priating moneys for Contractors Conley
Il McTague and Mussigbrod 4 Mitchell.
The Bitter Root county bill was put
On its final passage. but it had Ia be re-
ferred back To the committee. an error
lcing found in the engrossment. On
motion of Fitzgerald the name of the
new county was changed from Bitter
knt Ia kavall.
q
United States senator. The result Of
the ballot was: Sanders n: Clark y:
Dixon Il.
sset> ts.etsO More Than First Allowed.
The decision by the appellate court