The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-22
DUER MAKES GAINS
Mr.. MacGinnis Shows Up Poor
ly in Third Joint
Ballot.
Special to The Daily Gazette.

Helena, Jan. 18-Today's joint bal
lot, the third, for a short term senator
resulted in practically no change, ex-
cept that MacGinnis lost q number of
votes, which went to Conrad, Cooper
and Gibson. Frank gained one.
There were some absentees, all Eaired.
The result Of the vote was as fol-
lows: Mantle ~; Frank 10; Cooper
II; Conrad 10; Gibson 5; MacGinnis
8; Hoffman 8; Kinds 2; Ed Cardwell
2; Parker, Connolly, Spriggs, Duer,
Cramer, one, each.
It begins to look like a long drawn
out fight. Continued rumors are that
q Great Falls man, either Conrad or
Gibson, stands a better show than at
the beginning.
The senate quickly disposed of the
contest of H. M. Brooks against Sena-
tor J. J. Anderson of Meagher county
by laying the report of the committee
upon the table, as the committee rec
commended.
Murray introduced a bill providing
for the issuance of $65, 600 for a
new normal school.
The governor sent for confirmation
the ame Of officials appointed since
thu last session. They were all con-
firmed. m-
Seventeen bills have been introduced
in the senate and 81 in the house.
The house employed four clerks to-
day. Some iii committee reports
and routine work concluded a short
session of the house.
Becker's bill creating Rosebud coun-
ty makes Forsyth the county seat and
names the following officers: Free
man Phillbrick, W. W. Mcdonald and
Hunter Terrett, commissioners;
Charles W. Bailey, clerk and recorder;
Charles Davis, sheriff; Z. W. Long
ley, treasurer; James B. Grierson,
clerk of the courts; Fred l.. Gibson,
county attorney; William'Choiser, as
SCISSOR; Gertrude M. Higgins. superin-
tendent of schools; r. W. Shook, pub
lie administrator; J. F. Kennedy, cor
veyor.
Special to The Dali Gazette.
Helena, Jan. l9-The feature Of to-
days joint ballot was the increase in
the vote of Charles E. Duer, the Fort
Benton banker, who jumped from | to
II. There were a number of votes
less cast today on account Of the alb
sence of members, 10 members failing
to respond to roll call.
The vote for Duer is not considered
significant, being looked upon as COM
~plimentary, and settlement of the
s%enatorship seems as remote as ever.
Today's vote was: Mantle "a,
Frank ~, Duer IL, Conrad s, Cooper
8, Richardson, labor of Cascade, s,
Hoffman, Terney, Kinds, Lockhart,
Connolly, MacGinnis, one, each.
Duer received the votes Of Biggs and
Stanton, who voted yesterday for Con-
rad; Connolly, who complimented
Cramer yesterday; Kennedy, who vot-
ed yesterday for Cooper; Warner, who
supported Hoffman yesterday; Fine,
who voted for MacGinnis; Meunier,
who cast a vote yesterday for Gibson;
Ward, who voted for Parker, and
Woods, who supported Conrad.
Conrad gained Conner Of Cascade;
Geary and Jensen lost Toole, Woods
and Mcdonnell in the house and lost
Biggs and Stanton in the senate a net
loss of two.
Frank lost three votes. Courtney
and Meyers supported him in the SEN
ate as usual. In the house he lost
Brownlee, Fitzpatrick, Geary, Pei
litter and Gilchrist, the latter being
paired, and gained McTague and
Brien. Walter Cooper lost Kennedy,
Mitchell and Tierney and gained Muir
ray in the senate. He lost Mettlen
and Myers in the house and gained
Fitzpatrick; a net loss OF three.
The session of the two houses was
brief. The senate passed house bill
No. Is, appropriating Sc, 900 for per
diem and salaries Of the members of
the legislature and pay Of attaches.
The bill was sent to the governor and
signed. it being the first he has signed.
Two weeks pay was allowed the
members this afternoon.
A few committee reports were made
in the senate. In the house notice of
the introduction of five more bills vas
given. Among them is one by Gill,
christ increasing the number of JUS
tices of the supreme court from three
to five; one by Hedges regulating the
practice Of %osteopathy and one by
Ward for the destruction of fox tail
grass.
The sheriffs' association of the state
held it's annual meeting here today.
About 10 were present and discussed
proposed legislation. Y
PERILS OF THE DEEP,
Tacoma, WASH, Jan. 18-A thrill
ing story is told by the crew Of the
German ship Flottbek, which arrived