Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-27
THE LEGISLATURE
AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION ON
A HIGH BALL BASIS.
MORE IMPORTANT MEASURES,
Bill Providing an Appropriation For
the Louisiana Purchase EXPOSE
ticn Promptly Killed.
MORE IMPORTANT MEASURES

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Special Correspondence Inter Mountain.
Helena. Feb. 27.--Representative Con-
nor, of Cascade, the gentleman whose
medulla oblongata is shocked into state
of hysteria day after day by the vision
of specter gliding across the floor way
ing the red flag of anarchy. declares that
the tax placed upon the laboring men
of Great Falls annually by the establish
ment of a park commission will not
amount to the price of two high balls"
Wherefore the righteous assembly has
risen w in arms and imDlored Mr.. Con-
nor either to be more specific or indefi-
! nitely to postpone his arguments anent
| all legislative questions.
Does the gentleman from Cascade
know what high bali is?" queried
Representative Stull. and can he tell
us the price of twO?'
The gentleman from Cascade under
stood perfectly we'll what high BALI
is and declared that usually the price
of two of them is Is cents.
Then" said Mr. Conner, of Ravalli
''can You assure us that the laboring
men of Great Falls would prefer paying
25 cents for high balls rather than pay
ing that sum in taxes on park commits
SION"
TRY them and see." was the senten-
tious reply of the gentleman from Cas-
cad.
And now the question arises as to what
high ball'' is. for in his haste MI
Common neglected to explain it's nature
1t is a grave question and deserving
of serious consideration. but more i'm
portant one naturally would be why in
dealing with questions of finance the
assembly OF the honorable state Of
Montana" finds it necessar., to reason
from a high BALI basis.
After due consideration Of the all i'm
portant theme. it can be seen without a
| pair Of opera glasses that for once Mr.
Common of Cascade has denuded one Of
his stalagmites of pessimism of it's skull
! and crossl,ones.
BILLS OF IMPORTANCE.
After lengthy discussion in committee
OF the whole this afternoon the senate
recommended Kilgallan's liquor license
Dill for passage, with an amendment ex-
empting social organizations from pay
ing license fee. Senator Courtney ana
Senator Never of Carbon made forcible
arguments against the bill and Senator
Myers OF Ravalli offered several amend
ments of humorous nature. but the
bill was favored by too many for their
wishes to cut any appreciabie figure.
Senator Myers delinquent tax list bill
and the bill requiring the publica ton
of occupation license monies were both
recommended for passage by the house
IN COMMITTEES of the whole this after
noon and afterward in regular session
the reports We're adopted.
Stanton's park commission bill was
recommended for passage by the house
in committee of the whole this afternoon,
despite the fight made against it by Dee.
1t was declared by the proponents of the
measure that as a petition of 200 free
holders is necessary before any city of
the first class can have park commits
sion, Butte and Helena would not neces-
sarly have to put up with commits
sions unless they desired them, The
measure is aimed at providing Great
Falls with a park commission,
BILLS IN THE GRAVE.
While the house has not DISTINGUISHED
itself UP to date by the number of good
measures that it has passed, it deserves
praise for the number of bad measures
Killed, though few good ones have
gone the same pathway. Bills that have
been killed by the adoption of commit
tee reports recommending indefinite
postponement by having the enacting
clause stricken out on accommodation
| OF the committee Of the whole or by b,inp
defeated on final passags are as follows.
House Bill No. 81 Gilchrist, relating
10 insurance. house bill No. 1Oo, Wood
making it criminal to hire a livery rig
and not pay for it: house bill No. 1O1
ADKINS, to prevent action from out
having; house bill No. 1O5, Kilgallon
amending the political code; house bill
NO. l3', Hedges. relating to good NOR
ais; house bill No. 142, Hedges, repeal
ing the law providing for commissioners
to appraise property; house bill No. 14s.
Berkin, prohibiting sheep grazing near
homesteads; house bills Nos. 43 and as
creating American exposition
commission and appropriating $50 900
| therefor; house bill No. Al, Dee, fixing
maximum rate for hauling ore: house
| bill No. A. Dixon changing the bounda-
rles OF Missoula county: house bill No.
81, Risman. to exempt funds of beneyo-
| lent societies from taxation: house hill
| NO. ~. Rossman, permitting guardians
to grant options; house bill No. 20, Don
Ian. putting high license on Dedd1ers.