The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-08

lative mill continued to grind out bills
with dispatch. and. il might be added,
with secrecy, so far as n ma jority of the
house was concerned. Most of the bills
were practically sealed books except to
the few interested in steering them
through.
The relations between tho house and
senate have been getting moro and more
strained, and each has taken a great deal
OF satisfaction IN refusing 90 concur in the
amendments of the other. Conference
committees have boon the order of the
day.
The conference report on senate bill 40,
tho fish and gamo bill, recommending
concessions on each side, was accepted
| by the house and senate.
The following bills were acted upon
favorably in committee of tho whole and
were concurred in by the house: House
| bull 31S, to authorize the state board
of examiners TO examine the claims of j.
ID. Taylor; senate bill 95, relating to the
confirmation of persons appointed by the
governor; senate DI "a, relating to arbor
day; senate bill 55, relating to the fees
charged by the secretary of state.
The sensation of the afternoon was the
report of the conference committee on the
school book bill. The conferees were in
session ali the morning and again this
afternoon, and when they finally reported
at 30 o'clock p. IN, every one was on tho
qui we TO see which side had won. 1t
was soon learned that the committee had
! not got together Four brought in a ma
! jority report recommending that the
senate recede from its amendments and
that HIrper's readers be substituted for
Stickney's. Barnes Complete Geography
for Fry's Advanced Geography, and the
Spenceriau copy books for the Graphic
system. This report was signed by Smead
aud Sigh on the part of the senate and
Cook and Joy, house members of the COM
| mittee.
Brosnan and Bond submitted minor
ity report recommending nothing, but
saying they did not agree with the ma jor-
Ity. The report was adopted by the sem
ate, but the motion to adopt the report
stirred up n vast amount of opposition in
the house. Rodgers, Won Tobel and Isdell
particularly Distinguishing themselves by
their opposition to it.
Cook moved that the report be adopted
and Ryan moved to amend by adopting
the minority report.
Hershey moved to lay both motions on
the table. Booth spoke against this mo-
tion. The house, toy concurrence in sem
ate bill No. 50, terminated the present
contract if it refused to adopt the report
of the conference committee the state
would be without contract.
Paschal wanted to know what the MEM
bers could say to their constituents il
they went down without attempting to
adopt a series of text books. As repub-
licans they would be held responsible for
every law passed and also for the nom
passage of necessary legislation. The
committee should be sent back to confer
ence again.
Rodgers did not want to see them 60
back. He believed the state would be
better off if no series of text books we're
adopted. He wanted to see the book
agents, who had been persistent members
of the third house, turned down, and he
believed this to be the way to do it.
Won Tobel agreed with him, and he
waxed poetical IN giving expression TO
his feelings on the subject. He was sick
of the sight of school book agents, and
wanted to see monopolies of all kinds
knocked out.
Isdell added his voice to the general
outcry against the book men.
Joy spoke against tabling tho reports.
The substtutions by the committee were
made so far as the readers were con-
cerned, to get the benefit of the free ex-
change offered by the Harpers people.
They had substituted Barnes geography
because Fry's geography had not been
published aud no one knew whether or
not it ever would be. The motion to table
was then put and carried with a shout. At
D 80 o'clock p. IN. Losee moved that a re-
cess be taken until o'clock. just at this
time a message was received from the
senate stating that it would remain in
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adjournment, and the motion was not
pressed at that time.
House bill No. 1876, introduced by Her
shey, relative to the preparation of ballots
and providing for the marking OF the bal.
lots of those physically disabled, and
therefore unable TO mark their own, by
the judges of election, was returned TO the
house yesterday afternoon without the
governors approval. The governor con-
tended that the bill was unconstitutional
and therefore vetoed il. The house
passed the bill over his veto by vote of
81 to 16; and the senate also passed il by
a vote of 13 to g.
The house concurrcd in tho senate
amendment to the general appropriation
bill raising the salary of two or three
board clerks $500 each and increasing the
sum allowed tor the travelling expenses Of
the mine inspector from $500 to - 100.
Al 30 O'Clock p. IN. the house took a re-
cess for an hour.
When The house assembled /, seemed
as if large part of the inhabitants of
Helena had gathered in tho Iobbies of
the two houses to witness the last acts
in the legislative drama. and tho ringing
down of the curtain. The lobbies we're
packed with men, tho halls of the two
houses were filed with women, pretty
rls were everywhere. and it is said that
some bashful members never got further
than the outside door. The presence of
the fair sex served 10 withhold tho hands
of the misunderstanding members up 10
the closing hour OF the session. and all
during the evening the paper weights, ink
bloJers and letter files occupied their ac-
c-z-prna1 nLlCe. uDou the rablg-