The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-10
SOME WARM ARGUMENTS
The House Puts in Long Day
of Hard Work.
PROPOSED GAMBLING BILL
Favorably Reported by Ways and Means
Committee - Lindsay Denounced
Lsgalzsd Gambling as a Dis
gracs to the State.
Special Dispatch to the STANDARD.

sion of the report of the ways and
means committee in regard to the
gambling law and the afternoon ses-
sion, which did not adjourn till after
6 o'clock, was the scene of some warm
arguments in regard to the medical
practice law and the co-tenant bill of
Shovlin. In all, eight bills were con-
sidered in committee of the WHOLE and
the routine business of the day was
heavy as well. It was another good
day for petitions. Losekamp, Swindle-
hurst, Paul and Potting presented long
petitions from their constituents. ask
ing that the proposed gambling law be
defeated. Lindsay presented two in fa-
vor OF a - bounty on coyotes and one
of $5 on wolves. Kelley Of Silver Bow
and Lamb presented three petitions
from the trades and labor assemblies
asking for the passage of the direct
legislation bill.
After these petitions had been pre-
sented Speaker Stiff announced the
members Of the house steering commit
been made by Lieutenant Governor
Spriggs. The members of the house
committee are as follows: Mats, Will
son, Sweeney, Lindsay, Kelly of Cas-
cade. The committee on railroads re-
ported unfavorably upon Longs bill re-
quiring transportation companies to
furnish lists of those officers to whom
passes are issued and the report was
adopted. The committee on incorpora-
tions and manufactures recommended
the indefinite postponement of the bill
for the appointment of chaplain of
the state prison. The bill, however,
was ordered printed. House bill 62 was
recommended for indefinite postpone
ment by the ways and means commit
tee, but was ordered printed by the
house House bill ~ was also ordered
printed.
The judiciary committee swung its
axe hard and several bills were recon-
mended by it for indefinite postpone
| ment. These were More's constitutional
county superintendents: house bill 127,
relative to the quarterly reports OF Off
GERS; Senator Riddell's bill as ~ the
fees of executors.
Bills ordered printed were H. B. 81,
regarding the bonds of county officers:
H. B. 81, relating to the powers of
children's home societies; education
committees substitute for the high
school bill of Losekamp; H. B. 6S,
licensing gambling.
Senator Hoffmans bill regarding the
registry of trade marks and the senate
joint resolution No. l We're placed on
general orders &s-
The first debate of the, day occurred
on the two reports of the ways and
means committee regarding the gamb-
ling bill. The majority report recon-
mended the passage of the bill, and
Lindsay and Cooney signed a minority
report that recommended the indefinite
postponement of the measure. Lindsay
spoke eloquently in support of the mi
i%Hy Fo1l Inv Inl~
who denounced the attempt to legalize
gambling as disgrace to the state.
Woods moved that the minority report
be adopted and Lewis moved as sub
stitute that the bill be printed. The
latter motion prevailed.
The following notices of bills We're
given:
BY Luddy, bill for an act to provide
for the inspection of petroleum oil, and
for the appointment of a state oil in
spector.
BY Stephens, a bill for an act to add
to article2, chapter IL, title 10, part 8,
of the political code of the state of Mon
tana, and additional section, which shall
be designated as section 40S5, relating
to licenses, and providing for licensing
clothiers, haberdashers and other per-
sons selling goods in this state having
no fixed place of business.
BY Day, bill for an act entitled an
act amending section 500, code of civil
procedure, relating to the writ of at
tachment.
BY Paul, a bill for an act entitled an
act relating to insurance.
By Losekamp, a bill for an act en-
titled an act for the relief of troop A,
N. G. M.
The following bills were introduced:
BY Lamb (by request), H. B. 1874, bill
for an act entitled an act to provide
for the treatment of inebriates by coun-
ties and prescribing the same.
By Bywater, H. B. 135-A bill for an
act entitled an act to amend sections 3,
5, and of an act approved March
s, 1897, repeating certain sections of the
penal code of the state of Montana and
to provide further protection to birds,
fish and fur bearing animals and game,
and to add two sections thereto.
By Cooney, H. B. 136--A bill for an
act to amend subdivision IS of section
1890 of the polit'cal code, relating to
town and city printing.
BY the committee on ways and
means, H. 3. 137-A bill for an act to
provide 'cS the support of the govern
1,re-,' ~ i tate of Montana for the
G~@1' y~srs 1899 ard 1900 ~.
~ Ct'stte, H. B. 13S-A bill for an
= to annex a portion of Choteau coun-
~ to the county of Cascade, and to al
ter the boundaries and counties to con-
fern thereto.
At the afternoon session. senate bill
establishing state board of horti-
:" "tture, was passed by vote of Sc to
10
T.. 3. No. /, as amended by the SEN
etN, came up for concurrence in the
a"1endment and was agreed to by a vote
Of 50 to 5.
The house then went into committee
OF the whole with Paul in the chair.
Substitutes / and for house bill 36
ard house bill AZ were considered Sub
stltute No. was re-committed to the
Judiciary committee for Improvement
Tne committee arose after the consid-
Grafton of these three bills and a motion
to adjourn was made. This was defeat
ed and the house once more went into
committee of the whole, with Paul pre-