The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-30

not less than 500 nor more than 5000
and Imprisonment not exceeding two
years in the state prison.
Won Tobel thought this too high and
wanted 1t fixed at 81 900 and six months
Imprisonment for a maximum punish
ment.
Metcalf wanted it fixed at SOD and six
months in the county Jail. Won TobePs
and Metcalf's we're both voted down and
that of Bennett adopted.
Kennedy offered subdivision memorial
to section % deeming guilty of bribery
every elector candidate for nomination
nominee or political committee who shall
pay or offer TO pay the fee for the naturali-
cation of any person, or any person who
permits this fee to be paid for him. This
was adopted. The committee then rose,
reported progress, and asked leave to sit
again, and a recess was taken until
o'clock.
When the house reconvened at o'clock
the corrupt practices act was again taken
up in committee of the whole, Tallant in
tho chair.
Meyer offered an amendment to section
p relating TO the punishment of persons
attempting to corrupt voters on the day OF
election by treating them. fixing the pun
ishment at not to exceed so and imprIson-
ment of not to exceed one month. He
said it would break up the practice of
treating the gang, which was by far the
most degrading of all INDUCED in during
n campaign.
Monteath opposed this, as he has all
amendments tending to make punish
ments more severe than contemplated IN
the original bill, but the amendment car
ried. The consideration of the bill was
finished when knippenberg objected that
no provision had been made for paying
reward to persons informing against cor
ruptionists. He said the bill had his
hearty approval. If the legislature did
not pass law that covered all cases the
next assembly could amend it. He con-
sidered 1t wonderful how sociable people
became about election time. He wanted
TO know if the members were in dead
earnest about this measure.
The members from Silver Bow oil
yelled, Eyes we aren and Iallant said that
the members from Butte had answered
for him.
Knippenberg said the response from
Silver Bow was gratifying as that county
probably needed a corrupt practice act
more than any other. lie then made
talk about his republicanism and said
the man he was after was the man who
corrupted the Am srican ballot. He then
offered the following which he thought
should be adopted as n corrupt practice
act:
ANY man that shall corrupt any voter OF this
state by giving money or valuable things,
promise wniskey, cigars, meals, or snail
inIim!date by any kind OF threat, to take from
him work. position, trade or influence, shall,
upon conviction, be fined s., 900 anu imprisoned
for five years. Any man that shall
have been corrupted in his vote as
enumerated above and shall go before any
| county Judge and file. under oath, such lnforma-
| tioD, and upon trial the man so Informed on
shall be found guilty, such man having nled
| such Information shall be released from his own
| guilt and receive reward OF SlO0 from the
state. But II any man shall inform upon any
| man SIMPLY TO obtain such reward, or for the
| purpose of backmail, he shall, upon convic-
| tion, be sentenced TO the states prison at hard
| labor for - years.
In order TO learn the disposition of the
| house, Shropshire moved that the entire
| bill, except the enacting cause, be stricken
| out and knippenberg's ideas substituted
| and the motion was quickly voted down.
| Time was then allowed to draft an amend
ment on the lines proposed
House bill 80 was then taken up and
recommended for passage.
| The following notice of bills we're given !:
| Bray-Provldlng for tho use of the sink
ing fund of school bonds.
| Tallant-Joint memorial to congress
protesting against the further issuance of
| United States bonds.
| Cook-Providing for a royal American
| josh TO create Tallant county from por-
tions of Cascade and Meagher counties.
! Tallant-Relative to life insurance COM
panies not Incorporated.
The only bill introduced was by Knip-
| penberg, house bill 123. to amend section
! .62, fourth division criminal laws relative
to selling liquors in places where women
and children are employed.
The corrupt practices act was again
taken up, Meyer Offering an additional
section providing that one-half of any
| fines collected under the act be paid into
the county treasury for tho benefit of the
! common schools, the other half TO be paid
to the person informing the magistrate
that such an offense had been committed.
This was opposed by Won To bel and sup
ported by Kuippenberg.
! Monteath offered an amendment pro-
vding for the payment as contemplated
by Meyers amendment by adding
after tho word 'nagistrate" the words
''before whom conviction may be had"
AS amended the section was adopted and
tho bill recommended for passage.
The senate resolution instructing tho
governor TO take all necessary steps to
prevent the issuance to the Northern Pa
cific railroad of patents on mineral lands
| was recommended for concurrence. The
committee then rose and the house ad-
journel until 10 o'clock tomorrow.
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