Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-09
Special to Inter Noun ain.

Special to Inter Noun ain.
Helena, Feb. 9,rhere is little change
in the senatorial situation today. Mae
Ginnis gained three, while Mantle ana
Frank lost by the absence of members.
James Osborn. democrat, of Missoula,
entered the complimentary list today.
In the senate this morning the follow
ing bills were introduced, read twice.
and referred:
By Murray, fixing the maximum rail
way passenger rate at three cents per
mile.
BY Meyer Of Carbon. requiring stock
commissioners to publish notice of the
moneys collected from estrays.
BY Mclean; making woven wire a le-
gal fence.
BY Geiger: requiring assessors to pub
lish list of all properties passed.
An amendment to the Rosebud county
bill was concurred in and the bill signed
by stanton as president pro tempore.
The committee on stock GROWN" and
grazing recommended the passa Sc of a
horse inspection bill.
Worden gave notice OF bill defining
the disqualifications If Judges.
Hoffman S pure food BILL which was
recommitted, was killed last evening iii
committee but congress will be memorial
lied to pass the Brosius bill In COM
rlittee of the whole, Meyers bill taxing
stock brought into the state for grazing
was recommended for passage with
slight amendment.
The substitute for house bill %, giving
Silver Bow an additional judge was re-
ported favorably.
COnner'S WeChtS aO1s npa S1rac hill
was reported favorably without amend
ment after vigorous objection by Hoff-
man. The senate adjourned to II a. m
Monday.
In the house this morning notices of
bills were given as follows:
BY Pelletier; to regulate the practice
of barberng.
By Kilgallan: giving police judges SAL
aries in criminal cases.
BY Baker; to prohibit false assays.
The education committee reported ia
vcrably on Newberrys $4,000 "bribe
money bill.
Stull said he was opposed to putting
that kind of money in the school fund
but the debate ceased after Toole said
the money should go into some fund, and
the report was favorably adopted
Senate bill % read and .concurred in.
63 to l. BY unanimous consent. Gil
christ introduced without previous nOti-
ficatiOn, state board of health bill Ma
hons fire warden bill was resurrected
and referred to the state lands commit
tee.
The sensation sprung by Representa-
tive Hedges, charging that corrupt meth
DDS had been used to bring about the
defeat of the meat and milk inspection
Dill, made deep impression. particu-
larly as that gentleman backed up his
statement with an affidavit.
Representative Hedges receives great
praise for his energetic and business
like methods. and it. is admitted that but
for him the bill would have been killed,
while as it now stands the measure has
an excellent chance of passing.
The affidavit presented by Mr.. Hedges
reads as. follows:
State of Montana. county of Lewis
and Clarke. Harry c. Burgess being
first duly sworn. says he is 40 years of
age and a resident of Lewis and Clarke
county, state of Montana, and resides
about two miles east of the city of Hell
ena and is engaged in the dairy busi-
ness, selling milk and cream in the
said city of Helena. And affiant says
that on the 9th day of February, \. D.
1901, at about II O'Clock a. m. of said
day, one Oscar l.. Scheewe, one of the
proprietors of the Union market at the
corner of Sixth avenue and jackson
street, in the said city of Helena Mon
tana. met saftiant in front of the said
market by the corner of said Sixth ave-
nue. and Jackson street and said 10 affi-
ant in substance that you dairymen
want to get together and get up purse
to give the committee that is consider
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