The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
DOINGS OF LEGISLATURE.


Steering Committee Arranges Pro-
gram For Legislative Assembly.
Whipping Post Bill Passed BY Good
Majority In House.
HELENA, Feb. 16.-The house steer.
ing committee began work this morn
ing by wiping the general orders
blackboard clean of the bills posted,
and substituting instead seven meas.
ures, six from the house and one from
,ne senate, which will be considered
as general orders before all else.
The first bill on the list is senate
bill "a, by Mufly. prohibiting the in
termarriage of whites and negroes
and whites and Chinese, and the dis
cussion which consider alton of this
measure aroused was the feature of
the morning session In the lower
house. In the end it was recommend
ed, in committee of the whole. for
concurrence as it came from the sen.
ate, and when the committee arose the
house adopted the report.
The seven measures which have
been given precedence by the steering
committee are: Senate bill "a. Muff1y,
prohibiting the intermarriage of whites
and negroes and whites and Chinese;
house bill 81, Berkin, requiring pad
dlewheels to be placed in irrig alton
bitches for the protection of fish;
house bill %, Whaley, relative to
grand juries; house bill II, Gray, es.
tablishing the whipping post for wife
beaters and men who live on the earn
ings of fallen women; house bill 8S,
Burke, requiring sheriffs to inspect
saloon licenses; house bill 127, Gray,
regarding the reports of the manage.
ment of the insane asylum.
The following bills were introduced
in the house:
Wood-To amend section 26Ol re.
lating to taxation.
Cummings-To pay the expenses of
state and county officers.
Hutchinson-To regulate the issu.
ance Of retail liquor dealers licenses
in cities, counties and villages.
Christler-To provide for the ref.
orm alton of erring women and girls.
Jacobson-To amend section 227O
relating to the entry, settlement and
forfeiture of lands reclaimed by the
state under the Carey land act.
Clay berg-Emb bodying the law of the
sale of goods to make uniform the laws
In relation thereto.
Clay ayberg-Providing for medical
aid and assistance to trainmen for
injuries received by them during the
course of their employment.
The senate judiciary committee to.
day introduced bill in that branch
of the Legislature which would have
the effect of giving condemned con-
victs the choice as to the manner of
expiating their crimes. Three methods
are proposed-hanging, electrocution
or poisoning. All executions are to
take place at the state penitentiary.
Other bills introduced were:
Romney-Creating the Office of COM
missioner of horticulture at salary
of S2,5O0 year, to be located in Mis-
. soula.
Donlan-Appropriating $4,000 to
pay for horses killed in Gallatin
county at the order of the state veter.
marian or his deputies.
HELENA, Feb. 1.-THE republicans
of the house and senate held a joint
caucus at the Grandon hotel last night,
at which direct primary legisl alton
was discussed. The bills for this
which so far have been introduced in
both bodies of the legislature this
session have been killed and the eau.
Gus was to discuss proposed legisla-
tion for the selection by the people of
United States senator. It is expected
that another bill soon will be intro.
duced in the house having this as its
object, and it will incorporate the
ideas of members of both branches of
the assembly.
BY q decisive vote in the sen ate
yesterday afternoon, Longs Lincoln
county bill was passed, and will 60
to the house. This is the only county
division bill thus far this session to
60 through one house. The Lincoln
county bill was passed by the SEQ ate
the day after the house killed the
Musselshell county bill. While the
friends of the Lincoln county bill are
hopeful, they appreciate the fact that
the measure is not likely to have such
smooth sailing in the house as it had
in the senate, where it's friends were
in the majority.
The following bills were introduced
in the house: