The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-16
LEGISLATORS AT WORK.
Mr.. Bryan Invited To Address Tenth
Legislative Assembly.

Mr.. Bryan Invited To Address Tenth
Legislative Assembly.
HELENA, Jan. lO.-The principal
matter before the senate today was q
concurrent resolution providing that
the legislature invite VIM. Jennings
Bryan to address it tomorrow. 1t was
offered by Senator White and passed.
It provided that the senate and
the house each name three members to
meet Mr.. Bryan and transmit the in.
vitation. 1t was concurred in by the
house, and the committee is composed
of Senators White, Long and McCone,
and Representatives O'Connor, Ben
nett and Burke.
Mr.. Bryan is expected to make his
address tomorrow, and the senate ad-
journed till 1890 Friday morning.
Senator Anney introduced bill to
prevent railroads from blocking
crossings for more than 10 minutes,
under a maximum penalty of $500.
The senate adopted the rules of the
Eighth legislature in amended form.
A long debate occurred in the house
over the resolution of Campbell, of
Silver Bow, to appoint special COM
mittee to investigate the Butte police
and city administration, all of the
Butte deleg alton voted for the resolu-
tion but McManus, Mcdonald and
Walker.
The resolution was postponed in.
definitely by 40 to 1S, after Scallon
and McCauley. of Silver Bow, had
fought hard for it, and Weed, of Hell
ena, O'Connor, of Broadwater, and
Whiteside, of Flathead, had opposed
it on the ground that it would be USE
less.
Notices of bills have been given as
follows:
By Morris-Providing for fire es.
capes on hotels and lodging houses.
BY Misunderstanding a new judicial
district of Yellowstone and Rosebud
counties.
By MISUNDERSTANDING the Office of
state railroad track inspector.
BY McCauley--Rega arding use of
voting machines.
BY McCauley-For appointment of
state voting machine commission.
BY Weed-Creating railroad and
warehouse commission.
BY Blake-Amending sections of
political code regarding handling of
funds by state treasurer.
By Blake-Regarding county and
city treasurers.
BY Blake-As to handling public
moneys.
HELENA, Jan. 1l.-Whiteside, of
Flathead, has given notice of the in.
PRODUCTION of bill for the creation of
irrigation districts in the state. Ex-
planning the proposed measure, MIR.
Whiteside eaid last night that its pur-
pose Is to empower the residents of
any section to organize district
which shall have the power to issue
bonds for the construction of irriga-
tion systems and the reclaim alton and
improvement of land. In valleys
which like the Flathead are thickly
settled the plan will be specially ap.
plicable, and its introduction was in
measure prompted by the reports OF
engineers who have examined the Flat.
head with q view to the construction
of an irrigation system. There is
comparatively little idle land in this
valley, and it Is particularly adapted
to the irrig alton district plan, though
the scheme Is readily applicable to
other regions in the state. The bill IL
not yet finished, but will probably be
introduced early next week.
State Senator B. F. White, of Bea
verhead county, introduced bill this
morning amending the ''fair trial.
law. The law in it's present form al
lows the disqualification of judges
and the transferring of cases into diff
ferent courts upon the fling of an at
ddavit by either party to suit to thu
effect that the Judge. under whose jur
isdiction it is to come is biased IL
opinion. The AFFIDAVIT may, besides
be fled as ate as the day on which Il
is set for q hearing. Senator White:
amendment, II adopted, will not only
require the litigant to file an affidavit
week before the date of the trial
but will require the reasons upor
which the affidavit is based to be
stated as we'll.
Scallon, of Silver Bow, introduced
in the house q bill in amendment tt
Section 6. Article XVI of the state
constitution, which limits the admin
istration of township. municipal and
county officers to two years. Seal
Ions amendment would increase The
time to four years, and ii accepted by
the legislature, will have to be sub