The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-12
Special to The Daily Missoulian.

Special to The Daily Missoulian.
Helena, Feb. 11.-Unless the unfor-
seen happens the poolrooms will be out
of business in Montana in short order
and there will be no racing meetings
in the state OF longer duration than
| two weeks. The senate this afternoon
in committee of the whole recommend
ed that the house bill eliminating the
| poolrooms and fixing the length of
race meetings be concurred in without
any amendment. The bill will prob
ably be read a third time and passed
| by the senate at it's session in the
| morning.
When the bill came up this after.
noon Muffley (Jefferson) sought to
amend it by making the race meetings
| 80 days. Donlan, whose poolroom bill
| has passed the senate, said h. De-
| ieved the people who wanted the leg
| islation We're satisfied with the bill
| as it came from the senate; Meyer op-
posed any amendments, and that of
Muffley was voted down.
Without any extended discussion the
house committee of the whole today
licity BILL and after that it passed the
| measure without any opposition. 1t
was thought the bill would be the
occasion of extended debate, but it
was not. What its fate will be in the
senate is problematical.
The bill making Lincolns birthday
a legal holiday was signed today by
| the speaker of the house and the pres
ident OF the senate and will go to the
governor tomorrow. 1t is planned to
have the bill signed on Lincoln's
birthday. Tomorrow the Legislature
will transact business in the morning,
both houses meeting in joint session
in the afternoon to hear the address
OF DR.. DuniWay on Lincoln.
After the Japs.
Though a little late in getting into
the game Montana will get into the
anti Japanese class If Norton (Silver
Bow follows up two notices he gave
this afternoon. They were not given
until late. One was to the effect that
he would introduce a bill providing
for separate schools for the Japanese
| in Montana. AS there Is not known to
be any Japanese who are seeking ad-
| mission into the Montana schools the
| notice is not regarded seriously.
The other notice was of a memorial
to congress to restrict Japanese i'm
| migration.
In the house this morning booze"
and butter were the live subjects un.
der discussion. The first named came
up when two reports were received
| from the judiciary committee on H.
| B. No. 173, by Harbert, requiring all
places, except clubs and bona fide ho-
| tells and restaurants, where intoxicat-
! ing liquors are sold, to close and re.
main closed from l a. m. until 6 a.
| m. The majority report recommended
| that the bill be passed as amended,
| the hour OF closing being changed to
| II midnight The majority report,
| signed by Clayberg, Hammond and
| Woody, recommended that the bill be
passed without amendment
Clayberg said that the minority re-
| port was designed to protect the bill
| Defeat Purpose.
Frank declared that if this section
remained sin the bill it would defeat
| its purpose, as every place would hang
out sign announcing II was res
taurant Asked why the hour was
changed, Frank replied that the saloon
men had offered no objections to II
and that the Anti-Saloon league had
sent him about 200 letters favoring
| the change.
O'Donnell said he had received let
ters from 500 saloon men objecting to
the bill and that petition signed by
1000 Butte miners was now on It's
| town.
The majority report finally pre-
] vailed.