The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-02-21
THEIR REPORT MADE
Result Of the Investigation Of the
Capitol Commission,
WANT THE 'o5 LAW REPEALED
Speaker Kennedy PAYS His Re-
spects to Professional Lobbyists
An Attempt to Have the Gam
bling Bill reported Back.
WANT THE 'o5 LAW REPEALED
specIaI pIspatch 70 the Standard.

Helena, Feb. 20-The muCh-talked
about capitol commission investigating
report was made TO the house this aft
ernoon and a minority report will he
filed Tuesday. The majority report rec
ommends the repeal of the law Of 1888,
characterizing it as unwise, injudicious
and grossly extraVagant. AS 10 the al
legged wrong-doing of the commission 1t
fails to find that any member exceeded
his authority.
An attempt was made in the morning
session to make the ways and means
committee report back the anti-gam-
bling bill this afternoon. Speaker Ken
nedy took advantage of the occasion to
make an earnest plea against further
dilatory tactics. and To pay his respects
to the lobbyists. Ramsey and McCabe
had held over the motion, which was
finally defeated.
Many bills We're reported on by the
judiciary committee.
Brown, chairman of the committee on
agriculture and stock growing, report
ed adversely Armitage's bill relating TO
sweet clover. The bill was ordered
printed hy the house.
The committee on towns and coun-
ties favorably reported Woods county
printing bill. The committee ON educa-
ton reported back :. u. Al with the rec
ommendation that it pass.
The committee on printing reported
favorably Kennedy's bill relative to the
duties of county commissioners.
The conference committee on II. u. 30
relative to registration Of warrants by
the state treasurer reported agreement
on the following amendment: This act
shall apply TO all general fund warrants
now registered in the office of the state
treasurer and unpaid"
Upon the call for motions and resolu-
tions, McCabe of Lewis and Clarke sent
10 the desk a motion requesting the
ways and means committee to report
the senate anti-gambling bill to the
house at p. m. Perrine of Fergus
amended by calling for the report at
such time as IL next came up In the
regular order of business. McCabe. in
support of his motion. said that II the
house was going to do anything 1t was
time they were getting about 1t. lie
said further that he understood that
measures were being employed to keep
the bill back.
AT this point the speaker took the
floor and said:
This Is probably as good time as
any for me to express myself as In the
tactics that have been pursued by some
of the professional lobbyists. by some
of the members of this house and by
some newspapers of the state. / be-
lieve the members of this house will
bear me out in the statement that
throughout this entire session | have
been diligently endeavoring 10 avoid
the squandering of time by this house.
l have pleaded with the members in
the weeks gone by To desist from con-
suming such lot of valuable time in
the making and discussion of foolish
and dilatory motions. Some of the
members who are now extremely anx-
ious to urge important legislation
through this house at the last moment
without any consideration, formed a
brilliant little band of obstructionists
and time consumers i'm the early part
of this session. | want To say To them
now that so far as am concerned am
not in with the deal and ] will not lend
my assistance to the professional lob
byists who congregate in the halls of
this legislature seeking tn push meas
ures TIN ough out of their proper order
and without being given proper con-
sideraticn.
Now. as to senate bill No. 2s. The
charge has been quietly made and in
siduously circulated that the ma
chinery of this house has been manipu-
lated to defeat the consideration of
that bill, l say frankly the charge is
false, malicious and ridiculous insofar
I have EnnulaApa
straight weeks SO much time of this
house was consumed in considering the
early part of the programme, or order
of business, each day that IL was I'M
possible To reach the consideration of
messages from the senate before the
house adjourned for the day. 4 large
number of messages and bills from the
senate We're stacked up on the speak
er's desk and in spite of my earnest
plea, made two or three times To the
house. that this matter he considered
as promptly as possible, the rules had
finally to be suspended and the bill
simply read by title and referred be-
fore anything could be done. That was
not my fault. 1t was not the fault of
the officers of this house. 1t was the
result of the tactics pursued by some
persons who were desrous of speaking
at length upon every little thing. | as
sert that senate bill No. - was, by my
particular direction, placed In its
proper place upon the calendar i'm the
exact order III which IL was received
by this house from the senate. That
II has remained in its proper place |
have taken care To investigate the facts
and the bill Is where IL belongs, and so
far as | am concerned IL will remain
right where 1t is until this house or
ders. i'm the usual way, some other dis
position Of the matter. l cannot per-
nit myself TO lie intimidated in a mat
ter Of this kind by persons in the hall
Of this house who are engaged in the
work OF lobbying petty measures
through To the displacement and CON
sideration Of measures of equally as
great Importance To this state"
In reply 10 McCabe. Chairman Ram
sey said he regretted that some mcm-
bers of the house had been making in
situations without any Justification in
TACT. He explained that there had been
no meeting Of the ways and means
committee since the bill had been r.
ferred to il two days ago. He houed
that Mr.. McCabe would look matters
up before making charges When. as
was the case. the desired hill was al the
head of the list of the ways and means
committe. it was unfair. unreasonab ble
and the passage of the motion would
be rank discourtesy.
MCCabe rptorted that the statement