The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-15
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Hobson's County Officers Salary Bill
Meets an Unrequited Death.


Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena, Feb. 14.-This was the bust
est day of the session in the senate, and
as usual the senators kept at work until
| they had cleaned up the docket. The
greatest interest of the day centered in
Hobson's bill reducing the salaries of
county officers. The opinion of the ma
jority was that the present salaries are
not too high for thoroughly competent
men. The vote to Indefinitely postpone
the bill stood: Ayes-Bowlen, Camp
bell, Connolly. Courtney, Cullen, Egg
gleston, Geiger, Gruwell, Mahon, Nit
chell, Myers, Phillips, Riddell, Stanton,
Warner; Is. Noes-Anderson, Clark,
Hannah, Hobson, Hoffman, Mckay,
Norris. Tierney, Worden; 8.
Governor Smith sent in the following
nominations, which the senate promptly
confirmed To be sheep commissioners:
Beaverhead. Benjamin Bond; Broad
water R. H. Clendenning: Cascade, H.
H. Nelson; Carbon, David Smethurst;
Custer, Frank ONeil; Choteau, G. B.
Bourne; Dawson, William Lindsay;
Deer Lodge, William Williams; Fergus,
David Hilger: Gallatin, John Works:
jefferson, Edward Cardwell; Lewis and
Clarke, T. c. Power: Madison. S. r.
Buford; Meagher. David Folsom; Mis-
soula, David McClay: Park, S. c. o. N.
Brady; Ravalli, J. l.. Humble; Sweet
Grass, w. p. Franklin; Teton, George
I. Smith; Valley, w. B. Shaw; Yellow
stone, l. D. O'Donnell; Flathead, Will
liam Mulaney; Silver Bow, T. c. Miles;
Granite, Edward Lanaghan. To be
members of the board of trustees of the
state historical society: Jas. W. Forbis
of Silver Bow county, T. c. Bach, A. J.
Craven, c. o. Reed and w. B. Hundley,
all of Lewis and Clarke county.
These bills We're introduced:
BY Notwithstanding to the dissolu-
ton increase and decrease of the capital
stock of and providing penalties for the
breach of the banking laws by banking
associations, trust, deposit and security
companies and savings banks organized
under the laws of the state of Montana
By Tierney-Amending the gambling
law by making it a misdemeanor in
stead of felony to operate the prohib-
tied games of chance.
By Geiger-To extend the boundaries
of Flathead county and to alter the
boundaries of Deer Lodge county to
conform thereto.
By Geiger-ProViding for the general
government of the penitentiary of Mon
tana. Senator Geiger's bill provides for
the state taking control of the peniten-
tiary at the expiration of the present
contract with Conley & McTague. The
governor IS to appoint three prison dl-
rectors of different political faith, who
will have general supervision of the in
stltutiOn. They are to receive 81 a day
whenever in session and the same mile
age as allowed members of the legisla-
ture. They are to be clothed with power
to look into all matters connected with
the penitentiary. Whenever they de-
sire to investigate the management of
the penitentiary by the warden they
are to be clothed with power to sum-
mon and examine witnesses. They are
to hold Office for six years. The first
directors appointed are to serve two,
four and six years respectively. They
who will receive these salaries: Ward
en- $4,000 per year; deputy warden, ST.
500; clerk, $4,000; doctor, $1,50O; matron,
81 900; chaplain, 81, 400.
Tierney's anti-gambling bill makes
gambling misdemeanor instead Of
felony. 1t provides that gambling Is
punishable by a fine of not less than
$50 nor more than $500 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 sec
ton must be imprisoned until such fine
and costs are paid, such imprisonment
not to exceed six months in the county
Jail, and every person who plays or bets
at or against any of said prohibited
game or games is guilty of a INSIDE
meanor.
In committee of the whole. Connolly in
the chair. number of bills of second
airy Importance received favorable aC-
ton.