The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-08

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There are in the legislature a very
few honest and upright members who
are so strongly prejudiced in his favor
| that they intend to vote for him re-
| gardless of his open attempt to elect a
| good republican legislative ticket in
| Silver Bow county-regardless, in fact.
| of everything. These men-possibly
| there are four of them-would probably
vote for Clark rich or poor. If Clark
We're really poor man, how many ad
| ditional votes would he get? For a
| public man. or rather for a man who is
| trying to be a public man, Mr.. Clark
| has precious few personal friends. But
Mr.. Clark $ partner in the firm of w. A.
| Clark & Bbl. has warm personal friends
| innumerable.
The bill introduced by Senator Myers
| of Ravalli to create a new judicial dis
| trict out of Ravalli and Granite coun-
| ties, leaving Missoula and Deer Lodge
| counties separate judicial districts by
| themselves, meets with general favor.
| The legal business of Deer Lodge cOun-
| ty is sufficient to demand the entire
| time of one judge. and while the work
deVolVlng upon the Missoula county
| judge may be comparatively light at
| present, it is expected to increase con-
| stantly, as Missoula county is going
right ahead in population. Senator Con-
| nolly's bill regulating the assignment
| of wages provides that every such as
| slgnment shall be void unless made for
debt actually existing at the time of
| making the assignment and of sufficient
| amount to cover the expected wages
| assigned. The assignment, to have e-
| gal force, must be recorded with the
| county clerk and recorder and contain
| the oath of the assignor and the as
! signee, as we'll as show that the assign
| ment is made for a debt actually exist
| ing, and not for the purpose of hinder
ing or defrauding any creditor. The
bill provides that it's provisions shall
become effective two months after it is
enacted.
Nearly every member of the house
| seems to have desire to take whack
at the present road law that has made
so much trouble in all of the counties of
the state. There is hardly a man who
has good word to say for the present
law and already there have been two
bills introduced, one by Carr of Flat
head and one by Johnson of Carbon for
change in the system of road super
vision and construction. There is a de-
sire on the part of some members to re-
turn to the old system of road supervis-
ors. Johnson's bill provides for the
election of the road supervisors by the
people of the road district. Garr's bill
simply makes changes in the present
law, which makes the county surveyor
the general supervisor for the county
The indications are that the road Dues
tlon will receive considerable attention
during this session, An attempt will
also be made, either by adding an
amendment to some of the bills already
before the house or by means of new
bill, to effectually abolish the toll road
system. II was thought that this mat
ter had been disposed Of, bpt 1t appears
that there are some cases in the state
where such roads still exist
The volunteer firemen of the state
will watch with interest the progress of
the bill that is to be introduced by
Walsh of Galatin. Mr.. Walsh has
taken up the question of the distribu-
tion of the tax collected from insurance
companies in the state. Formerly all
of this tax went to the volunteer fire
departments for their improvement and
maintenance, but under the present law
there is no provision for any such dis
position of the fund. 1t now goes into
the general fund of the counties and
the firemen miss this source of revenue
that they used to have to help them out
in providing for their sick members. re-
placing clothes spoiled at fires and in
improving the department generally 1t
is hoped that the Walsh bill will make
the matter so plain and positive that
there can be no doubt as to what is in
tended in this matter as there have
been numerous squabbles through the
state between firemen and city councils,
as well as with county treasurers, as to
what should be done with this tax The
insurance companies, it is understood
are willing to contribute literally to the
aid of these fire departments, but they
want to know that that is where the
money will 60
The house committees are getting
down to work. Several of them have
already, by virtue of the authority con-
ferred upon them by the vote of the
house yesterday, selected their clerks
and are attending to their routine busi-
ness. The several committees, to which
We're referred the several sections of
the annual message of the governor. will
have plenty of work before them during
the next few days of the session in the
consideration of these matters. The
number of applicants for clerical posi-
tions is as large and as insstent as
usual this year. These young ladies are
persistent lobbyists and there are not
many of the members who are able to
eVade them. None of them will accept
an answer that is non-committal They
want to know how a man stands and
they stay with him till they find out
If he gives them his pledge of support
then they are happy. If he says that he
cannot nelp them they give Iiim a
glance that is either melting or freezing,
according to the style of action of the
girl. One thing that these clerks-to- be
cannot understand-they do not see why
it is that all of the committees do not |
want a clerk at once.
There is general howl of protest re-
garding the new time card of the Great |
Northern and Montana Central The
n fr,ot1 trn 1n
does not reach Helena till after o'clock
in the evening and the through east
bound train is only a few hours behind |
it. The people of Butte and Anaconda
who have occasion to travel this way
would like an opportunity to get over
here in the morning, as they could under |
the old schedule. Great Falls is almost |
entirely cut off from the rest of the |
world by the change in time. The local |
that formerly ran that far stops at Hell |
ena now and the people of Cascade |
county have to ride on the through |
train in the night tir11h tp oil III.