The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-17
MEASURE PROHIBITING BETTING
ON OUTSIDE RACES is NOW
A STATE LAW.
RACE MEETS ARE LIMITED
Mutfly's Miscegenation Measure Pro-
vokes a Spirited Debate in Lower
House, but ls Finally Recommended
for Passase-Act Appointing Com
missioner Of Horticulture Presented.

| Special to The Daily Missoulian.
| Helena, Feb. 16.-The anti-poolroom
bill is now law, the governor hav-
ing signed the measure this afternoon
Under it's provisions no pools may be
sold on races run outside of Montana
and no race meeting may be of long
er duration than two weeks. The
| governor also signed another bill OF
general interest today. 1t was the
| Sanders headlight measure. which pro-
vides that all locomotives must have
headlights of 1900 candle power. The
| law does not become effective for sew
eral months.
Both houses transacted much busi-
ness today the principal interest CEN
tering In the house In that body, in
| committee of the whole, the misceneg-
| nation bill was favorably acted upon
and so was the Gray bill establishing
the whipping post for wife beaters
Missoula is particularly interested in
one bill introduced in the senate. 1t
| was by Romney and it provides for
the creation Of the position Of state
commissioner Of horticulture, whose
headquarters shall be at Missoula.
whose term of office shall be four
years. and whose salary shall be $500
year
The contest in the house was on the
Muffly miscegenation bill, which was
finally favorably recommended by a
vote of 20 to 25, without amendment
The house committee on education
had struck out section T. providing
that every marriage, mentioned in
either of foregoing sections, which may
hereafter be contracted or solemnized
without the state of Montana shall be
utterly null and void within the state
of Montana" but Crouch's amendment
to reinsert this section carried, and
the bill was recommended without a
single alteration.
When section l was read Edgerton
offered an amendment striking it out
entirely. This section makes unlawful
all alliances between whites and ne
groes or persons of negro blood. Edg-
erton declared that there were more
mixed marriages in Montana between
Indians and whites than between all
other races combined and that if the
cere in it's declaration that 1t desired
to keep intact the white race, it would
forbid marriages between whites and
Indians in the bill, He said he OBJ
jected to the association Of negroes
in the bill with the Chinese and Japa
nese that they were on an equality
with the whites, but that they were
not anxious for intermarriages and
that the bill should not be passed in
it's resent form
Crouch Astonished.
Crouch said that he was astonshed
to hear one advocate the lowering of
the white race to elevate the black
race. Duncan declared that the only
way to keep the races pure was to for
bid intermarriages, while Mccoy, an
other democratic member, asserted
that it was the highest ambition Of "a
negro to marry into the white race.
Pierson declared the matter is not one
of sentiment but of preventing the
creation Of cross-breeds, who, he said,
made undesirable citiznes.
Gray spoke against the bill and so
did Safely, the latter remarking that
losing confidence in itself, If it had
to legislate. He said he was in favor
Of including the Indians under the
scope of the bill.
Clayberg gave notice of a bill which
is an exact duplicate Of the Drew
measure in California, which drew the
fire Of the president, and which regu-
lates the ownership of land held by
aliens. The bill will be introduced to-
morrow.
Bills Killed.
Among other bills which the house
killed today was Berkin's paddle wheel
measure compelling irrigators to place
wheels in irrigating bitches and that
relating to fees Of stenographers In
court.
Only one bill was passed on third
reading, Longs concurrent resolution
asking congress to create Glacier park
in F1athead county.
The following bills were introduced:
No. 327 by Wood--To amend sec
tion 261. relating to taxation.
No. 328 by Cummings (Chouteau)-
To pay the expenses Of state and
county officers and providing for pen
alties for violation Of act
No. 329. by Hutchinson--To regu
late the issuance Of retail liquor IL
censes in cities, counties and villages.
No. 303, by Shoemake.-Appropr
ing $1,000 to reimburse Edward Wag-
ner for money deposited as evidence
of good faith when bidding on con-
tract at the agricultural college.
No. 331. by Christler-To provide
for the reformation Of erring women
and girls.
No. 1892, by Jacobsen-To amend
section 2270, relating to the entry, set
tlement and forfeiture of lands re-
claimed by the state under the Carey
land act
No. 333, by Clayberg- Emhodying
the law of sale of goods and to make
uniform the laws in relation thereto.
No. 335, by Observation-Disclosures
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