The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-29
Worlds Fair Commissioners Selected BY
Governor Toole Confirmed
BY THE ExTRl Ordinary SESSION
The Legislature Does Nearly Mech in One Day at Its
Own Expense 1t Accom-. he'd in Sixty Days
at the Public Crib La Winter.

Helena, May 26.-The extraordi- |
nary session of the eighth legisla-
tive assembly called to meet by Gov
ernor Tool for the purpose of making
an appropriation so that Montana
might be represented at the worlds
fair in st. Louis, and for the purpose
of making an appropriation for the
maintenance of the state capitol
grounds, is now thing of the past.
The session began this morning at
10 o'clock and in a little less than
12 hours the work for which the as
stambly was called had been COM
pleted.
The extent to which the members
of the senate and .louse responded
to the call of Governor Toole was
one of the surprises of the session.
1t was not believed that there would
he much more than a quorum pres
ent but the attendance in both the
senate and the mouse was almost
complete. In the senate there were
two absentees and in the house :.
two absentees, and in the house
seven.
Not only did the members respond
to the call Loyalty, but the same is
true of the employees and officers. In
both branches, the officers were on
hand promptly and there were clerks
and pages also who donated their
services.
The first bill to go through was
the worlds fair. II was promptly in
IL, of fhn o
session and sent to the printer.
little after O'Clock it was put on
it's final passage and received every
vote in the house. Then it went over
to the senate and went through that
body in a hurry. Shortly after
O'Clock it was enrolled and signed by
Speaker White, and in the evening
it was signed by President Murray OF
the senate.
The bill appropriating money for
the state capitol also passed the
house in the afternoon, and senate
in the evening. All of the bills would
have gone through during the day
had it not been that the senate ad-
journed about 3 o'clock to o'clock
In the House.
Promptly at 10 o'clock Speaker
White raped the house to order.
There were present, in addition to
nearly all of the members, Chief
Clerk Nathan Godfrey, Assistant
Chief Clerk j. A. Shoemaker, Jour
nal Clerk J. R. Eardley, Sargeant-at-
arms w. M. Race. Assistant Sergeant
alarms J. H. Mcfarland, Door Keep
er David keenan,, Miss Kirkendall,
Miss Mcdonald and A. H. Grady,
committee clerks, and four pages.
After prayer by Chaplain A. D.
Raleigh, Chief Clerk Godfrey called
the roll and there were 12 absentees.
Later other members came in and
the only absentees when the house
got down to business were Allen OF
Deer Lodge. Buchanan Of Cascade
Duggan of Silver Bow, Martin of Gal
latin, Mullins of Silver Bow. Staple
ton of Silver Bow, and Wilson OF
Lewis and Clarke.
Clerk Godfrey read the proclama'
ton of the governor, and Speaker
White appointed committee to wait
on the governor and senate. Shortly
after the governor sent in his mes
sage, which was read by Clerk God
frey. The message follows:
To the Eighth Legislative Assembly
in Extraordinary Session:
At your last regular session
called attention to the Forthcoming
celebration at st. Louis, Mo-. OF the
one hundredth anniversary OF the ac
QUESTION of the Louisiana purchase
by the United States, and recon
mended an appropriation sufficient tt
secure a creditable representation o.
this state and its varied resources OF
that occasion.
The suggestion met with hearty ne
sponse from the people of the state
A bill was introduced in line will
the recommendation so made, bu
for some reason failed to become ;
law.
Since your adjournment the sub
ject has been thoroughly consideret
and discussed by the people and tn
press, and the almost unanimou
opinion is that state comprisin'
such an important part Of the Louisl
ana purchase as Montana does shoul'