The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-13
BOOKS And The FLAG
MOntana'S Lawmakers Engage in Red
Hot D3blteS.
1T WAS A CARNIVAL OF CAB
Monteath and Tallant Delivered
Eloquent Speeches on knippen-
berg's BiII-The Governor Be-
sIeged by office Seekers.

Special Dispatch TO the Standard
HELENA, Feb. 1.-THE floor and lobby
of the house were packed tonight with
the largest audience that has assembled
since the A. p. AS came, saw and got
left. The occasion was a pubic meeting
of the committee on education ut which
il had been announced that n hearing
would be given to any man, woman or
child in the state, or out OF IT,
who had anything to say to the
committee about the text books to be
adopted by the state of Montana, Tor the
next SIX years. 1t looked for while as Il
everybody contemplated in the invitation
was going to accept it, and II was after IL
o'clock before the text book eloquence
was exhausted. A detailed report of the
speeches would fill all eight pages of the
STANDARD.
Those who took part in the discussion
we're: Professor Harmon of Bozeman;
Professor Hamilton of Missouia; Miss
Reifenrath, county superintendent of
Lewis and Clarke; E. A. Steere, state SUI
perintendent of public instruc ion; Pro-
fessor Walworth, county superintendent
of Gallatin county; A. c. Logan; Profes-
sor Kern Of Anaconda; Professor Hend-
ricks of Butte; Miss Schumacher of Bill
lings; Professor Young of Helena; Miss
Cummings of Helena; Dr. Reid of Boze-
man: Professor Merit and A. Z. Cotton,
| ex-principals of the Helena high school.
They represented every possible shade
! of opinion. Professors Hendricks and
| Young we're earnest advocates of no
| change in the present books, while most
| of the others wanted changes in some on ?
point or the other. Professor Kern made
a long talk. He wanted the present read
| ers, McGuffey's, changed, and also Fish S
| arithmetic.
Some bad blood was created by DR..
| Reid referring to the unanimous endorse
mem of the present text books by the
| teachers of Butte as if it had been OBJ
tained by coercion.
Hendricks became very much excited
by this, although he retained his self
| possession entire when he denounced it.
There will be a meeting of all the prom
inent educators of the state now here al
the Helena hotel in the morning. ami 1t Is
their purpose to submit to the committee
a list of books which they wish adopted
that is If they can agree upon 1t. 1h'
committee took no action tonight. Wher
they report they will submit their recon
m ndation in regard to text books anC
also 4 complete list of all prices that hav'
been given them by the competing bool
houses.
Governor Richards will tomorrow senC
in his nomination of judge for the new
eleventh judicial district. His time has
been ca most fully taken since thi
bill became a law in listening to tine
claims of the various candidates. Th
friends of the latter have conducted
bitter fight and the outcome is awaite'
with great interest. The contest wal
thought TO have narrowed down TO Grub
and Mcintyre. both of Kalispel, but the
meeting of the Flathead bar and its en-
dorsement of Noffsinger delayed mat
| ters.
The governor intended to make the ar
pointment to-day, but on receipt o
urgent kilograms from Kalispel, h
agreed to await the arrival of Mr.. Nof
singer and a delegation from the Kalispe
bar who arrived this afternoon. 1t is sal
in well-informed circles that &. II. Grub
will be the appointee.