The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-15
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A SECOND TOM REED.
Speaker Corbett VIII Have No Time

| The record Of "Napoleon' Phillips,
who held the gavel at the recent pop
plist county convention in Butte, has
been consigned To the shades of OBJ
| llVion, in his place has come a nigh
tier than he, for in Speaker Frank
| COrbett, of the present house of repre-
sentatives is seen the very embodi-
ment OF individuality. originality
forccfulness am nerve-ycs. nerve.
that is the most expressive word to
be used in such 4 connection. says
the Helena correspondent of the
Butte Inter Mountain.
AS a gentleman. Mr. COrbett stands
in the forefront Of the forces OF gem
tility as a speaker OF the house his
name will ornament the list headed
by Thomas B. Reed, Of gag rule"
fame. 1t is safe to say that Mr.. Cor
bett is the most unique figure in the
assembly, not even excepting Tom
kilgallon, who believes I'VE are our
own BOSSES" and John Baker, the
hunorist OF the session, who declares
that the draughts which come over
the transoms during the present cold
snap are not tho kind which can be
cashed.
Sometimes they laugh at Speaker
Corbett's rulings; frequently his de-
cisions excite chorus Of wondering
"ohs" and "ahs.' and now and then
they are taken seriously. But it mat
ters not how hey are token-it is a
"cinch' that they are taken, and
there's an end on it,
"Gentlemen,' he said last Wednes-
day, the sergeant-at-arms has handed
me requisition for $12O worth of
postage stamps Do you wish me to
sign it?''
John MacGinnis arose and suayely
stated that the house had nothing to
do with such proposition; it lay en-
tirely within the province of the
speaker.
rs thai So queried Corbett. Like
a flash he added, then I'll turn that
requisition down. earning laughter
and applause.
When the house was first called to
order by Corbett on last Monday he
appointed committee to notify the
senate that it was organized and
ready for business. MacGinnis
suggested that all the officers should
be installed before such step was
taken.
Il override the objection" was the
emphatic reply, I'VE are going ahead
now, and I'm Not going to permit tech
nicalties to impede our progress"
Yesterday the speaker directed
Clerk Sicily to read the bills which
had been introduced. Seeing that
his was the first, foxy Tom Kilgallon
remained quiet until the reading was
finished and then reminded Corbett
that the reading of bills was out Of
order Bills is not in order of read
ing" was his exact language.
1T doesn't make any difference
whether they are or not" promptly
answered the speaker, "go ahead, Mr..
Clerk" And the only thing that pre-
vented the clerk from going ahead"
was a motion. put by Representative
Hedges and adopted by the house,
that the further reading of bills be de-
ferred until the proper committee to
appointed.
I'll entertain any motion that may
be offered declared Speaker Cor
bett, but when any member thinks
he is going to rule this house by tell
ing the chair something he has antici-
pated or something has been forgot
ten he is going to get badly fooled.
That is not the proper parliamentary
proceedings and won't stand for it,
1t has remained for the present as
sembly to carry Off the rather dubi-
GUS honor of creating three Offices
unknown at any previous session of
the Montana notwithstanding
clerk, assistant journal clerk and
keeper of the cloak ROOM OF course,
the appointees were friends of the
fusion members and had to be pro-
vided for. If Lii 4iung Chang and
Queen Liliuokalani desire to get their
feet into the financial trough, they
may do it by showing the fusion me NJ
bers of this spotless body that it is in