The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-02
CIRCLE WILL REMAIN
Hannah's Ballot Reform Bill In
definitely Postponed.
SAFETY CAGES IN MINES
The Bill Recommended for Passage by a
Large Ma1ority-House Goes on
Record as Being Against
County Division.

Helena, Mdrcn lime circle VIII re-
| main at the head of the ticket. The
house this morning accepted without
division the report of the judiciary
committee recommending the indefinite
postponement of the Hannah senate
bill which remodelled and complicated
| the official ballot. 1t was expected that
| there would be a fight over this mat
| ter and the readiness with which the
| house accepted the report of the ju-
| dietary committee was a surprise to
| both the gallery and the members. Sen
ator Hannah, the populstic reformer
| and the self-esteemed model of all that
| is right and proper, who fights gallantly
the battles of the boys of the 1st Mon
| tana regiment 1000 miles away, the
very boys whom he left to come back
to Montana and don the Clark livery
in place of the blue uniform of his
| country, was the author of this bill
which had passed the senate, and he
was in the house early this morning
lobbying for his pet measure. He spent
| considerable time among the members
| of the lower house and succeeded in
defeating his bill. This was the only
important work done by the house, and
THERE was lo llileFfupllOll 10 the Iou-
| tine work except for the brief discus
| sion in committee of the whole this
| afternoon of the bill amending the law
| regarding safety cages in mines. This
was discussed briefly by Wilson and
Burke, of Silver Bow, who favored the
bill, and Johnson of Carbon. who opposed
! the bill Burke made a special state
ment of the miners side of the case
and his remarks evidently carried con-
| Viction, as the bill was recommended
for passage by large majority. The
/ house went on record again as opposed
| to county division unless the two coun-
| ties concerned are agreed in the matter
and refused to cut off any portion of
Madison county for annexation to Bea-
! veTbead -
The morning session Of thethouse was
brief. The speaker signed the numer-
ouse deficiency appropriation bills and
the water commissioner bill introduced
| by Phelps. Then came the report of
| the standing committees. The judic-
iary committee recommended that the
Hannah ballot bill be indefinitely post
| poned and the report was adopted
| without division.
Senator Mahon's game bill was also
| sidetracked and senate bill 81. permit
| ting doctors to compound drugs, was
favorably recommended. The house
substitute for the Butte state fair bill
| was favorably recommended. One bill
only was introduced, that of Moran re-
sarding engines on highways. S. B.
| 104 amending the law of eminent de-
main, was referred to the judiciary
committee. s. j. NJ :, relating to pay
| ment of debts in silver, was referred
| to the committee on federal relations.
| H. b. 1853, appropriating money for the
orphans home building, was defeated,
the same subject having been covered
by senate bill. H. B. 1877. providing
| art no. fHr ,f ~,
ate and clerk of the house, was passed.
The house then took a recess till .
| o'clock this afternoon
When the house convened at o'clock
general orders were considered. The
house went into committee of the whole
with Black In the chair The following
| bills We're considered:
S. B. 45, relating to stock inspection
| tax, concurrence recommended; S. b.
| 10. relating to the marking of mining
claims, concurrence recommended: S.
b. 49, relating to the inspection of
stock, concurrence recommended; S. B.
Sc, Tierney's gambling law, concurrence
recommended: S. B. S5, prohibiting in
surance companies from doing business
IN Montana except through licensed
| local agents, concurrence recommend
ed; s. b. 95, relating to reports of state
| ofhcers. concurrence recommended: s.
B. n, relating to foreign corporations,
4.
| anneXing portion of Meagher county
to Cascade, concurrence recommended;
5. Il. 80. annexing northern portion of
| Deer Lodge county to Flathead county
recommitted for further consideration;
| S. j. NJ. 5, relating to election of fed
eral senators by direct VOTE indefinitely
postponed as the subject is already
covered by house memorial; S. J. M. 6,
relating to improvements in the chan
mel of Kootenai river concurrence rec
commended; H. B. 139. relating to writs
of attachments, recommended for pas
| sage: III. B. 66, relating to the writ of
| attachment, amended and recommend
| ed for passage: H. B .46, relating to the
state treasurer and changing the rate of
| interest on warrants, recommended for
passage; H. B. l1S, relating to the bonds
of county officers reducing the amount
OF the official bonds of treasurers in
| small counties recommended for pas
sage; H. B. 49, relating to the collec-
ton of property taxes, recommended
for passage: H. B. los, relating to the
recovery of placer claims. recommend
ed for passage: substitute No g for
house bill SO. relating to official bonds
and surety companies. recommended
for passage: H. B. 146. creating the
office of deputy state treasurer. deputy
auditor. deputy secretary Cf state. rec
commended for passage: H. B. IS. requir-
ing life and accident insurance COM
panies to have paid-up capital, enact
ing clause stricken out; Fl. b. II. re-
lating to municipal fire departments,
recommended for passage; H. B. Al,
relating to tax on insurance companies.
recommended for passage: II. 3. 160
annexing a portion of Madison county
to Beaverhead county. enacting clause
stricken out; substitute for H. B. ia
relating to cages in mining shafts, rec
commended for passage.
The committee of the whole arose a {
$50 o'clock and Chairman Black imme-
diately made his reports. The printing
and enrolling committees made late re-
ports and the speaker signed H. B. 121,
Sweeney's map act; il. B. 155. the Bill
ings' penitentiary deficiency; H. B. Isl.
relating to the fees of the secretary of
state: H. b. SS, appropriating money
for Deer Lodge county for EXPENSES in
connection with the trial of escaped
prisoners H. B. 4S, appropriatirG