The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-28
THE SENATE'S BUSY DAY
Montana's Upper House Cleans
Up a Lot of Business.
TO PROMOTE WALLACE
Memorial to Congress Asks That Hs Be
Elevated to a Brigadier-G eneral-
sh'p-To Make Debts Pay
able in Gold or Silver
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena. Feb. 27.-This was the sem
ate's busy day. The members of the
upper house were in session all day
and cleaned up lot of business. The
morning and part of afternoon sessions
We're devoted to committee reports and
working in committee of the whole upon
lot of house and a few senate bills.
House bills Nos. 10 to 1O5. all appro-
priation bills, after passing the COM
mittee of the whole, We're concurred in,
and will go TO the governor.
The substitute for senate bill gS,
granting a franchise for a state fair at
Butte, passed and was sent to the house
The bill grants a franchise for 10
years.
| The substitute for Senator Norris bill
relating to 'the dissolution of state
| banks and trust companies also passed
the third reading.
Among other house bills concurled in
| We're Lndsays relating to building
| and loan assOcia tons; O Bren's, APP
propriating 1000 for the orphans
| home: Phelps, for measurement of wa
ter under decree. The senate bill
| amending the law in regard to public
| libraries and house bills appropriating
| $100 to J. II. Landers for reward. and
| $S2 for board of charities We're de-
| feated
The judiciary committee recommend
| ed the indefinite postponement of Rep
| resentative Beasey's bill providing a
| lien for herders, and the senate adopted
| the report
The senate bill seeking to nave the
| IGfl aonp Ttn1S So ~,
| tol went the same way as did similar
measure in the house. The committee
on finance and claims reported adverse
| ly upon, the bill, and it was indefinitely
postponed The same committee re-
! ported adversely upon the senate bill
providing lNr the erection of al hospital
at the state soldiers home.
Senator Hobson introduced the fol-
| lowing resolution, asking Montana's
representatives. in congress to work for
the promotion of Lieut.. Col Bruce Wal
lace Of the 1st Montana to brigadier
generalship of volunteers:
Whereas, Lieut.. Col. r. b. Wallace,
wounded Feb. 8, 1899. in the battle of
| Caloocan, while at the head of the 1st
! Montana volunteers, leading a charge
on the entrenched enemy, is eligible by
! years and eminently fitted by courage
and experience for q brigadier general
| ship of volunteers, under the terms of
| the compromise army reorganization
| bill now in congress; and
| "Whereas, Montana takes pride n
| the bravery and splendid career of this
| Montana cadet soldier, as boy and man,
| and desires to secure well merited ad-
vancement; be it i..-
Resolved, By the senate of the Sixth
| Legislative assembly of the state of
Montana, the house concurring, that
| our senators and representa- in
| congress are urged to cooperate to OBJ
| tain for him a brigadier generalship of
volunteers or other high advancement
in his chosen profession, and that the
secretary of state be and is hereby in
structed to furnish a copy of this reso-
luton to each of our senators and our
representative in congress-
Senator Cullen introduced the follow
ing joint memorial, calling for Iegisla-
| tion that will make debts payable in
silver as we'll as gold:
! Whereas, the past financial condi-
| ton of thousands of able and energetic
men throughout the United States is
deplorable in consequence of the coun-
try's financial condition. which is large
| ly due to the present chaotic methods
| under which obligations are incurred
and paid; and
Whereas, large corporations are en-
abled to exist by reason that the obli-
cations which are due them, and the
| interest upon the securities which they
own shall be payable in gold, while the
smaller business man is obliged to ac-
cept whatever is rendered him in pay
ment of his just debts and is threatened
at any moment with the refusal of the
| financial world to accept anything but
gold in payment now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, your memorial
| lists, the Sixth legislative assembly OF
| Montana. do hereby respectfully re-
quest your honorable bodies to pass
legislation to do away with this unjust
condition of financial affairs, and to
that end enact legislation which shall
| make all obligations. whether large or
small, public or private, payable as
readily in silver as in gold at the par
| value of either"
The memorial was referred to the
! committee of federal affairs.
In order to do away with reading OF
| minutes the senate to-day, upon mo-
| tiOn of Clark, voted to refer the read
ing and approval of the journal for the
| balance of the session to a committee
| consisting of Clark, Worden and Con-
| molly.