Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-02-22
A WIDE MARGIN
The House Passes Bill to Submit
an Equal Suffrage Amendment
to the People.
CASCADE SOuDLy FAVORS IT
The Governor Signs the Bill Enabling
School Districts to Refund
Money.
Specinl to the Tribune.

special to the Tribune
HELENA, Feb. 19.-The civil and penal
Codes properly enrolled. were presented
to the speaker of the house this morn
ing aud wero signed and delivered to the
governor.
To fill vacancies on standing com
mittees, caused by the resignation of
knippenberg, the speaker announced
the following appointments: Federal
relations, Jones; state boards, Auld; in
ternal provements, Metcalf: libraries,
Rombauer
On motion of Tallant the speaker
appointed Auld, Reynolds, Cooper, Cook
and Spriggs a committee to draft and
report 10 the house a bill providing for
taking the sus Of the state this year,
old soldiers t. have precedence in en-
p'oyment The committee on appro-
priatious estimates the cost of taking
the census will be about $4,000.
Anderson, by request, introduced a
bill attaching to Lewis and Clarke
county that portion of Meagher county
lying across :he river east of Helena
from Canyon Ferry to below York.
Paschal introduced bill to locate and
erect suitable buildings for state insane
asylum at A'hambra springs
Cooper introduced bill making the
minimum price for state lands 81 per
acre.
Bond introduced one providing for
annual meetings of school superintend-
ents to pass on text books and recommend
them to tho state board of education.
Gordon introduced Joint memorial to
congress asking the rentention of troops
at Fort Keogh and Camp Merritt on the
ground that Indians OF the section need
the presence of troops to keep them
down and maintain peace. Senate
amendments to the bounty bill defining
the mode of punching skins and pro
viding for the punishment of fraud. were
concurred in. The following bills were
read a third time and passed: Ap-
propriating $3.50 for the payment of
tho reward for the capture of Indian
murderers by William Mooring and
others; to prohibit the entry of horses in
speed contests under false names or out
of their proper class; for an amendment
to the constitution extending the rights
of suffrage to women. The letter re-
quired two thirds vote and got through h
by the following: Ayes-Alderson, An
derson, Aud, Bond, Booth, Bray Brown
| Cooper, Cook Corbett, Edwards. Glass
cock, Harris, Hedges, Hollensteiner
Huseby, Iedell. Jones, Kennedy. Lati-
mer. Lawrence. Marshall, Metcalf
Meyer. MITCHELL Oker. q. w. Oker
Jos. Paschsl Reynolds. Rombauer
Rossiter. Ryan, Shober, shropshire
Sparks, Spriggs. Tallant, Won Tobel
| Williams. Winter, Mr.. Speaker-42
Noes-Bagge, Bennett, Craven, Cunning
ham, Gordon, Horskey, Joy, Lesser,
Losee, Linde, Rogers, Segen--l2 Alb
sent-Burkett Collins, Hershey, Hop.
kins. Love, Monteath-G.
The memorial relating to Cree Indians,
the memorial relating to the free coinage
OF silver, tie bill relating to the holding
of caucuses and primary elections, and
the bill making valid certain ordinances
of cities and towns then all passed.
At the afternoon session the commit
tee of the whole ordered favorable re-
ports on the Sweet Grass county bill and
the bill for the appraisement of state
land and recommended indefinite post
ponement of the bill preventing public
officers from accepting free passes or re-
duced fares.
A favorable report was made on the
bill repeating that section of the code
which prevents opening theaters and
concert halls on Sundays; also on the
bill cutting down mileage TO 10 cents.
An unfavorable report was made on
the bill cutting down the charge of
sheriffs for the board of prisoners to so
cents day.