Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-02-01
|S0NE MORE BILLS
Reformer Knippenherg Takes a Whirl
at the Saloons, Raising the
Liquor Licenses.
THE CORRUPT PRACTICE ACT
Is Discussed by the SoIons--A County
Officer Can Spend $3.50 Doodle
Legislators 800.

Special to the Tribune.
bills in the house this morning were the
following:
Regulating rates and accommodations
on sleeping cars, by Lynde.
Regulating hours of labor of station
airy engineers, by Spriggs.
Providing for matrons at state prisons,
by Knippenberg.
Bills we're introduced as follows:
Latimer-To prohibit collection of
tolls on roads and bridges.
Hershey--To enable county commits
sioners to purchase toll roads and bridges
at price not more than what it would
cost to build.
Joe Oker--Amendment to constitution
providing for initiative and referendum.
Knippenberg-Fixing liquor licenses
in towns and cities of $4,000 people or
more at $500: in towns of 1000 to 5000
at $500; from 800 to 1000 at $3.50; and
under 300 at 5000.
The committee on state institutions
reported favorably on the bill authoriz-
ing the agricultural college to issue
bonde to raise money for buildings and
the bill was placed on general orders.
In the committee of the whole the cor
rupt practice act was taken up. To cor
rect an oversight of the clerk to the COM
mitteo on privileges and elections Craven
offered an amendment reducing the con-
tributions of candidates for the legisla-
ture from $3.50 to $50 and making that Of
the candidates for county offices not
over $3.50. Shober moved to reduce the
contributions for county office candi-
dates to $50. This led tc a long discus
sion, the larger counties claiming the
> political committees could not raise
! enough to carry on the campaign with
. such an assessment. Booth offered
, substitute limiting the contributions Of
candidates for the legislature to $50 in
3 first class counties, $40 in second class
3 and S25 in third class; candidates fol
. county Offices $3.50 in first class counties
0 500 in second and $50 in third. Pend
!" ing action the committee arose and thu
c house took a recess. The corrupt prac
q tice act was taken up in committee OF tn
whole at afternoon session. Afte,
8 further discussion the bill was amended
to limit voluntary contribution o
d candidate for the legislature to 500 ant
s candidate for county Office $3.50. A pro
viso was added limiting such contribu
d ton to one political committee. N
other amendment of consequence wa
offered or adopted for a long time ex
n cept those suggested by the committe
on privileges and elections. The moe
" important of these changes the penaltie
to a fine and imprisonment instead
ID fine or Imprisonment" "for the benefit,
it was explained, "of the rich and tn
poor alike"
Hollensteiner's minority report frol
er the committee on privileges and election
against striking out the anti-treatin
is feature of the bill was adopted. Wh
is feature being thus restored was amende
70. to make it more stringent.
at Knippenberg got in an amendmer
N making i1 undue influence to inflict
IN threaten loss of position, trade, or il
to huence,' as we'll as "employment,"
ts, order to influence voters.
tn At this point Won Tobel, Booth, MOI
It. teath called attention to the fact that
IN making all penalties "tine and imprisol
or ment" they would make the law inope
of alive, and the committee arose and r
de ported progress and the house adjourne
be to 3 q. m. Monday.
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