Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-28
THE VOTE FOR SENATOR.
SHORT TERM.
Thirty-Eighth Ballot.
Special to the Inter Mountain,

Special to the Inter Mountain.
Helena, Feb. 2S.-The hottest battle OF
the session is now on over the question
of passing Senate bill No. 81, relative to
the disqua.ifications OF judges in civil ac-
lions.
Everything points to corruption and
bribery in connection with this measure,
and it is alleged that in the presence OF
witnesses today Representative Lewney
declared an attempt had been made to
buy his vote in favor of the passage of
the measure.
Those who favor the proposed measure
emphatcally deny the charges and as
sert that the money is being handled by
Oppon nts Of BILL.
When the house met this morning,
Chairman Gilchrist Of the judiciary COM
nittee, held back the majority report rec
ommending the passage Of the bill out of
courtesy to the minority, who claimed
time enough in which to draw up d re-
port had not been given.
At 1880 the minority report was ready
and Gilchrist asked for the reading OF
the majority report. Bags and Hill
tried to get the house to adjourn, but
fai' ed, but Hin interrupted reading and
again moved to adjourn and this time the
motion prevailed.
After the joint session. consideration
Of the bill was resumed. The MacCiinnis
forces Tough. for delay, and at the ex-
pirat.On of 30 minutes time twelve diff
ferent motions had been made and ar
gued. The house was in confusion and
three different ballots on questions of
OrOce11lra has hefn takpn It WAC fpalJv
discovered that the reports had not yet
been read, and a motion to adjourn to
2:30 p. m. prevailed.
A heated contest is expected thos aft
ernoon, and lobbyists are busy on all
sides.
In the house this morning McTague
introduced a joint memorial which is a
duplicate OF the Idaho joint memorial,
asking congress to extend the Chinese
exclusion laws ten years from May 2,
1902, and TO amend the laws to include
Japanese.
The state institutions committee in
troduced a bill for submission to the
electors of a proposition for the pur-
chase of the insane asylum properly.
The labor committee recommended
for passage Richardson's bill providing,
that in counties of first and second
SIOSSCS, NAC oAAoAy VI thC SAICA uCputy
clerk of the district court shall be
$500 instead of $1,000 per annum, and
of the chief deputy county auditor $l25
instead of 800 per month.
The judiciary committee reported for
indefinite postpOnement of senate bill
"A, substitute for the Tierney bill.
This ends gambling legislation for the
present session, as the report was
adopted without debate.
Dees bill safeguarding the light of
suffrage, was reported without recon-
mendation and sent to the steering
committee
Kilgallan's bill, recommending that
the circle be removed from ballots. was
read third time and passed without
oppositiH..
The house concurred in the amend
ments to S.gallans liquor license bin;
also in senate bill No. 26. providing for
the publication of license moneys.
Several representatives could not see
the object of providing bounty on home
products ana Jensen moved that Hoff-
mans bill providing for bounty on beet
sugar made from beets grown within the
state be indefinitely postponed.
Conner, of Cascade. supported the
motion and declared that the bill might
DIS well ue pdSSeu W give Il bounty on Il
mans crop of hay.
The house roared and both Jensen and
Stull looked abashed Stull arose and sar-
castically suggested that bill be intro
duced providing for a bounty on hay
seeds. The bill was referred to the steer
ing committee.
The speaker signed house bill No. As
and senate bills 81 and 81.
By mistake made in the endorsement
of the bill for the cOnsideratiO ton of state
educational Institutions it has commonly
but enormously been credited to Sena-
tor H. L. Myers Of Rava,i, whereas It
was introduced by Senator w. F. Meyer
of Carbon.
In the senate this morning the Cas-
cade bonding bill in committee of the
whole was recommended for passage.
The river Improvement bill was rec
commended for indefinite DostpOnement.
The house primary election bill was
passed to some future date.
Senate bill No. Ill. providing that
county commissioners may purchase
stationary and Autographs outside Of
the state was recommended for pas