The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-03-03
WINDING Up AFFAIRS
The legislators Nowadays Are Strain
ing Every Nerve.
DEBATES ON SALARY BILLS
In the Senate Labor Is Recognized
by the Passage of the Typo
graphical Union Label
Bili-The Talks on II.
Special Dispatch to the STANDARD.

active work was done yesterday that
II piled up a lot of routine work and
committee reports for the house to-day.
| The arid land bill was subjected to a
long discussion In committee Of the
whole and. as amended. Il Is claimed
/ that no loophole Is left for the jobs and
steals with which Il was charged that
the bill was loaded. The report of the
steering committee gave an opportuni-
| ~ for some remarks on the anti-gam-
bling bill. II was stated that the hill
had support OF two-thirds OF the
members of the house and would bring
up the bill in the morning, The even
ing session was devoted to the final
passage Of license and general appro-
| priation bills. and to the consideration
| of bills relative To education In COM
| mittee of the whole.
Thr first business uf the morning was
the reading and adoption of an accu-
| mutation nf reports from the committee
OF the whole, over the reports on the
salary and general appropriation bills
there were "A lot Of amendments pre-
| scented and a lot Of old straw rcthrcsh-
| ed. Upon "A morton by Elliott the APP
| preparation for the salary of the COM
/ missioner of labor was raised to s. 400
| and the chief clerk Sli15. An attempt
to raise the salary of the deputy mine
inspector from 5000 In $500 was lost.
The report on the county officers sal
airy hill ted to another fight along the
same lines as It was waged Saturday.
owslcy made an amendment striking
from the report all amendments rela-
| tive To- first-class counties, leaving the
salaries and limitation Of deputies as
| proposed 10y the ways and means COM
mitice In spite uf strong protests
| from the silver Bow delegation. the
amendment was adopted, McNally Of
! Silver Bow moved an amendment that
! all reference Ia first class counties In
the bill be struck out. He called at
| tention Ia the fact that Butte was the
| dumping ground for every rascal and
hobo in the United States. He ana
! lyzed the situation showing that Butte
| did not want the reduction. The
amendment was lost.
Wamsley of Teton moved to amend
| by striking out all that part OF the bill
relative to seventh-class counties.
Lindsey opposed the amendment. say
Ing that the universal complaint was
against high salaries. Cochran Of Bea-
verhead said that nine out OF eleven
| representatives ON the floor of the
| house were In favor of the reductions.
Kelly ~ Deer Lodge said he was OPP
posed To the reduction Of salaries and
that II lowered the dignity of the vari-
Gus positions Lindsey retorted that
the citizens of his county were tired OF
paying for dignity; what they wanted
now was work. Butler Of Flathead
| was opposed to the proposed Increase.
Edwards of Flathead favored the re-
| ductions. Kelly Of Deer Lodge said
that there was no member Of the house
more in touch with his constituents
than himself and he knew that there
was no demand for reduction In his
| county MarCum took issue with Kelly
and favored reduction. Shifclbin said
that majority Of each delegation
should decide upon that which was
wanted for each county. Shovlin OF
Deer Lodge said that the proposed cut
was stabhing labor In the back and an
attempt to destroy the price Of labor.
Shifelbiu moved Ia refer the report and
Whiteside moved tu amend that the re-
port be adopted. Tho motion Ia adopt
was carried 10y "A vote 1T ~ Ia -.
The senate arid land bill Was taken
up In committee uf the whole, with Hin
of Missoula in the chair. The hill was
still under discussion when the house
took a recess.
Upon resuming after recess the house
went into committee of the whole. with
Watkins of Fergus in the chair. Watts
education hill was read section by sec
tion. and after some minor amend
ments was recommended for passage
The consideration of the arid land
hill was resumed. The position was
taken by minority of the members
that there was n good sized job In the
hill somewhere and all kinds of amend
ments were proposed to head on such
deal. With few exceptions the
amendments were lost. Very little at
tention was paid 10y the members to
the reading Of the bill except by few
members. the rest finding newspapers
and correspondence more attractive.
The principal amendments adopted
provide that all contracts must DE sub
ject To the decision of the state hoard
of land commissioners; that all labor
employed by the board of arid land
commissioners must be citizens ~ Mon
tana and that the term Of office for
the commissioners shall bc divided up
into terms of two. four and six years.
The bill as amended was recon-
mcnded for passage and the committee
arose.
The steering committee made two re-
ports ON the Rosebud bill. The ma
jority recommended immediate consid-
eration the minority Indefinite post
ponement The majority report was
adopted and the bill will he rcconsid-
cred "Wednesday. In another report,
which was adopted. the steering com
tnittce recommended ~ bills for consid-
eIation.
The anti-gamblng hill then came In
FOR a turn at the report. Hill of Mis-
soula moved To amend the majority re-
port by placing the anii-gambling bill
at the head Of the list. McCabe %
Lewis and Clarke, the father ~ the bill
I'm the house, was opposed tn the mo-
tion, saying that for certain reasons
there was a tacit understanding that
the hill should not he brought up until
tomorrow. He said that there was no
danger for the hill in delay as over
two-thirds of the members would sup
port 1t at the proper time.
Ramsey of Gallatin called attention
to the fact that the senate was wait
ing upon the house for work and said
that IL the friends ~ the measure had
the necessary two-thirds the bill could
la taken up tomorrow as we'll as at
this time. Hilrs motion was defeated
is vote Of II To l.. The majority re-
mort was then adopted. II places first
on thr list O'Malley's bill for the semi
monthly payment Of wages.
At the evening session the rules We're
suspended and the house took up the
third reading Of house bills. quite d