Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-14
WORK OF the
LEGISLATURE
Bill For Control of the State
Penitentiary.
NO SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN
Hobson's Bill Regulating Salaries Met
Its Death Blow in the
Senate Today:
NO SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN
Special to the Inter Mountain,

special TO the inter Mountain.
Helena, Feb. 14.-The joint steering
committee of the Legislature reported to
both houses today recommending a num-
Der of bills to be considered in committee
of the whole, mapping out a large amount
of work for this afternoon. The senate
concurred in house amendments to the
bill creating the state board of horticul-
ture and relating to alias summons and
/ these bills now go to the governor. -Four
bills We're introduced in the senate: By
Norris relating to management of state
banks, trust companies, etc; by Tierney
repeating the present nti-gambllng law
and enacting a measure that Will make
the managing of prohibited games mis-
demeanor instead of a felony; by Gelger
relating to the boundaries of F'lathead
and Deer Lodge: also a bill providing for
state management of the penitentiary.
The bill provides for the appointment or
three prison directors by the governor,
who will have general supervision OF the
institution. They are to be OF dlf1efent
lpolitical faith and to receive S4 per day
and mileage when in session. They hold
office six years respectively. They are 10
appoint the following officers, who WIFI
receive the salary indicated: Warden,
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tclerk, 81 200; doctor, 81 800; matron, 81 900;
chaplain, $2400. The bill is very long,
giving a vast amount of details as to the
powers Of commissioners, other officers
and treatment of convicts.
4 Senator Hannah objected to the manner
of his bill changing the law Of printing of
ballots had been treated by the election
land privileges committee. 1t was intro
| duced 25 days ago and it is not reported
! yet. He asked it be withdrawn from that
Icomrnfttee and referred to special com
nittee. The petition to that effect pre-
| vailed. The chair appointed commit
| tee consisting of Hoffman, Norris, CRU
well, Hobson and Hannah
| The governor sent in appointments of
sheep commissioners for different coun-
! ties for the tWo-year term beginning
March 6, also appointments of trustees
/ of the State Historical society, all of
(, which were confirmed in open session. All
! Of the sheep commissioners named are
reappointments except the following:
Beaverhead Benjamin Bond; Broad
water, r. II. Clendenning; Cascade, II. H..
| Nelson; Custer, Frank O'Neal; GranitA
Edward Langhan.
! This afternoon Hobson's salary bill
was considered in committee of the
whole.
| The house killed Stanton's bill provd
ing for vacating plated lands.
Bills introduced:
Hedges, relating to practice of osteo-
pathy in Montana.
BY committee on state boards and Of
ficers relating to the appointments and
qualifications of deputy state treasurers,
state auditors and secretary of state.
BY Fine, to abolish the office Of report
CT Of the supreme court.
BY Ways and Means committee prOVld-
ing a tax on direct and collateral inherit
ances.
one notice by ways and means commit
tee rela ting to assessment of property.
To0le endeaVOred to have the suffrage
bill recommitted to committee of the
whole, but the motion was lost by vote
of 33 to 20.
A substitute permitting foreign surety
companies to do business in the state
passed third reading by a vote of 80 to
|3, Is absent
Senator HobsonS bill. reducing county
salaries. received its death blow in the
senate this afternoon. 1t was under con-
sideration in committee of the whole
when a motion was made to strike out
the enacting clause The motion car
ried by a vote of II to 8, and one bill OF
the session Joined the silent majority.