The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-24
GAMBLING BILL PASSED
Tierney's Measure Amends the
Present Act.
HAD A MAJORITY OF SIX
The Ballot Bill Went Through the Sem
ate by a Vote of IA to 1O-Specu-
lation Is Rife as to the Fate
OF House Bill 1872
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena, Feb. 23.-Tierney's anti gam
bling bill was considered at length by
the senate committee of the whole this
afternoon and finally amended was
recommended for passage by a vote of
Is to 8. Hannah and some others tried
to kill the bill in order that the pres
ent law might remain In force. The
vote stood: For the bill-Anderson,
Bowlen, Campbell, Clark. Connolly.
Courtney, Eggleston, Hoffman, Mckay,
Myers, Norris, Phillips, Riddell, Stan
ton, Tierney-15.
Noes-Cullen, Geiger, Gruwell, Han
nah, Hobson, Mahon, Mitchell, War
ner, Worden-9.
The principal amendments were made
by Stanton. They make the first two
sections of the bill read as follows:
Every person who deals, carries on,
opens or causes to be opened, or who
conducts. or causes to be conducted
either as owner or employe, whether
for hire or not, any game of draw
poker, stud horse poker, roulette or
faro, for money or other valuable thing,
is punishable by a fine, as in this sec
ton further provided, or by imprison-
ment in the county Jail for a period of
not to exceed six months and for the
costs of the prosecution; and every per-
son convicted of a. violation of this
section must be imprisoned until such
fine and costs are paid, such imprison-
ment not to exceed six months IN the
county Jail.
be conducted above the ground floor of
any building the person so offending
shall be punishable by fine of not less
than $3.50 nor more than $500.
''Second-If any such game or games
be conducted or carried on on the
ground floor or in view of street pc
destrians or elsewhere than a above the
ground floor, any person so offending
is punishable by a fine of not less than
$500 nor more than $1,000.
Section 2. Every person who deals.
carries on or conducts or causes to be
/ conducted any game of monte tan.
| fan tan, rouget ct nOir. lansquenet.
craps, seven and half; atwenty-one or
any game commonly termed sure
thing game for money or other valua
bic thing. is punishable by fine of
not less than 81 900 or by imprisonment
in the county Jail not less than six
months or by both such fine and i'm
prisdnment."
The ballot bill which removes the
circle from the ballot passed on it's
third reading by the following vote:
Ayes-Bowlen. Connolly. Cullen, Gel
ger, Gruwell, Hannah, Hobson, Hoff-
man, Mahon, Mckay, Mitchell, Phil
| lips, Riddell. Worden-14.
Nces-Anderson Campbell, Clark,
Courtney. Eggleston, Myers. Norris,
Stanton, Tierney, Warner--10.
The following hills naSga1 IN third
reading: H. B. 20, relating to sole cor
porations; Fl. b. SO, relating to school
trustees: H. b. 3S, Lewis famous state
medical board bill; S. B. rs. relating to
the inspection of horses; S. B. "a,
amending the pharmaceutical bill; S.
B. 81, anneXing d strip of Meagher
county to Cascade county; S. B. 49,,
anneXing a strip of Deer Lodge county
to Flathead county; S. B. II, relating
to foreign corporations; s. B. So, re-
lating to fire insurance companies.
The house bill creating the office of
state engineer was killed.
| In committee of the whole the sem
ate considered H B. 80. substituting
the cubic for the miners inch in meas
uring water Phillips moved the post
| ponement of the measure. Hannah
| moved as substitute that the bill be
recommended for passage. A long de-
| bate over the measure followed. Phil
| lips Salu tHe Dill was Unjust, tlldl II
| enacted an expert would be required tc
follow it. Hannah said it was a just
and needed measure. Stanton, Norris
| and Anderson admitted that they die
not understand its features and asked
for an explanation. Representative
Wilson. the author of the bill. upon mo
tiop of Stanton. was given the privi
lege of the floor to explain the bill A
the conclusion of his dissertation upor
the bill it was ordered recommitted tC
| the general file.