Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-06
final passage carries, Higgins has no ex-

ing measures passed: Joint memorial
No. g. relative to the exclusion of Chi
nese and Japanese; house joint resolu-
ton No. 6, relative to Torrens' registry
system; house bill No. $780, relative to the
payment of the investigating committee
on the asylum the sum Of 500 and r ~
age; house bill No. 1893, relative to tne
$4,000 contingent expenses Of the legis-
lature: house bill No. 173, paying Sec
rotary Whipple and Clerk Shelly for ex-
ira work; house bill No. LAG, to pur-
chase counting machines for county Of
ficers; house bill No. 1885, relative to the
issuance of second mortgage bonds, $780,
600 for the Dillon normal school; house
bill No. 1875, regarding the payment for
transporting prisoners, deficiency of
$13,323 nnv existing; house bill No. 1888.
the state revenue bill: house bill No.
ia, 'the state institutions appropriation
bill; senate bill No. LOG, creating the Of
flee Of state coal mine inspector.
House bill No. SO, diverting per cent
of the license into the state fund instead
of into the bounty fund. was killed.
Vote, 20 to 40.
The judiciary committee reported as
follows: Senate bill, No. SO, redemption
of real property, indefinitely postponed;
senate bill No. 1O1, in relation to APP
pealS to the supreme court, for pas
sage; house bill No. 1856, in relation to
prize fights, without recommendation:
House bill No. 1856, inresation to prim-
airy elections. indefinite postponement;
house bill No. 176, in relation to the as
sesSment of property, indefinite post
pOnement; house joint memorial No. Is,
indefinite postpOnement: house joint
resolution No. 8, in relation to Chinese
and Japanese exclusion, for passage.
The anti prize fighting bill was sent
to the printing committee.
The bill relating to the assessment of
property was sent to the printing and
steering committee after the report ha d
been laid on the table.
The other reports were adopted.
The question of electing a short term
senator is causing keen excitement.
After the vote was announced in joint
session today Sp2ake. CorDett moved
that the joint assembly take recess to
O'Clock. Baker seconded the motion bu.
Mac Ginniss moved as a substitute to
dissolve
Corbett, in speaking to his motion,
said: I'VE have been here so long, so
long. We are tired and worn out Let
us try to settle this matter. I have been
voting for Mr. Frank. my great and good
friend, but I am tied to no man and I
don't want this legislature to adjourn
under deadlock. Let us vote this thing
out and do our duty to the state" (Grea,
applause.)
Kennedy and Mac Ginnis made G bitter
nsrt and had enough votes, with the
assistance of the republicans, to carry
the substitute.
general fusion caucus is in circu;a
ton. 1t has already been signed by Al
members. Several of Franks men have
signed it. The opinion seems to be that
Frank viii receive the caucus nominal
ton, though j. X. Toole, A. E. Spriggs
ana Paris Gibson each stand a chance.
Smartlng under his defeat in his en-.
ueavor to pheven the passage of Senate
GILL 81, the MacGinnis forces seem de-
Nefm.ned to have revenge by playing TO,
deadlock to the end and injurng the
whole state.
At the conclusion of the joint session
the legislators followed the remains of
the Late Senator Courtney to the Grea,
Northern depot. The order was tho
hearse. carriage containing Patrick
Courtney, brother, Mrs. Whitley. q
sister, w. H. Lockhart and Mrs. Thorn,
SISTER, w. H. Lockhart and Mrs
THOMAS kilgallan. the senate, hous.
and pages All walked With barred heads
and citizens along the line removed thei,
hats and stood until the procession ha J
| passed.
The pail bearers from the legislat ivt
nan to the depot were Frank E. Corbet.
M. P. Gilchrist, John Bielenberg, assem-.
hIVn1pn. Z r n
and Tyler Worden, senators.
The pail bearers from St, Johns hos
pital to the legislative hall were Rober
Farmer, Martin Buckley, Louis Ho..
land. Daniel Brown, T. F. O'Grady an
James Ponsford.
The casket was fairly buried under .
profusion of floral offerings from rela
tives and friends of "the largest hearte,
man in Silver Bow Attaches of the
senate sent a shield, with Courtney.
initials, on base flowers the attaches q
the house a gates ajar," while H. J..
Frank sent a magnificent tribute to hi
loyal friend in the shape of a broker
column three feet high, consisting O
roses. carnations, lilies of the valley an
heliotropes, with forget-me-nots scat
tered on top, the column being mounte;
on the base of Gala and Easter lilies.
Courtney's fidelity to his friends ]!
illustrated by the fact that We minut =
before death he became conscious an,
asked the time of day. He was told :
| was O'Clock.
when, morning or EVENING"" h,
queried.
The doctor replied evening"
| "Well," said the dying man, II u,
against Il, but hope I'll last until to
morrow. I want to go down and cas-
one last vote for old H. L. Frank befor,
| I de-