The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-23
CONFLICT BETWEEN HOUSE AND
SENATE THREATENS SUCCESS
OF ELECTION MEASURE.
ANT|-RACE BILL TABLED
DOMAINS Proposed Act Prohibiting
Bookmakine and Pool Selling Is In
definitely Postponed Upon Recon-.
nendation Of Committee-Adjourr-
nent Is Taken Until Monday.
Special to The Daily Missoulian.

Special to The Daily Missoulian.
Helena, Jan. 22.-From the vote il
the house on the democratic primar,
law, and the action of the democrati,
caucus few nights ago, it now ap,
pears that there will be no primar,
legislation by the eleventh assembly
The democrats in caucus decided tt
stand by the Clayberg bill, which il
duplicate of the Oregon law, and tc
take nothing else. Today the commit
tee on judiciary reported that bill tc
the house. There were two reports
the majority signed by the democrats
| favoring its passage, and a minority
signed by the republicans recommend.
ing indefinite postponement. The ma
| jority report was adopted by vote
of 35 to 2S, and the bill went to the
printing committee. 1t will undoubt-
edy go through the house by party
vote.
The senate is just as determined il
will not have the Oregon law as The
house is it will have no other, hence
the probability of no legislation on the
subject.
The question as to whether Mon
tana shall be represented at the Sc
attic exposition is live one just now,
and kilgallon, of the appropriations
committee, asked today that the
newspapers of the state and the peo-
pie generally express their opinion on
the advisability of passing a bill ap-
propriating 100000 for Montana's ex-
hibit, one appropriating $4,000 or one
not appropriating anything and ap-
pointing commission to rustic the
money"
Both houses adjourned at noon until
Monday afternoon.
Routine Session.
The senate had a purely routine
session today. It made short shrift Of
DOMAINS anti-pool, race and bookmak-
ing measure when, by unanimous vote,
1t adopted the report of the committee
on public morals. recommending it's
indefinite postponement. Committee
reports were made as follows, all be-
ing adopted: That Senate Bill No. 46,
prescribing the manner in which in
surance companies may do business
in Montana, do pass; that Senate Bill
No. At, to prohibit rebating and dis
elimination by insurance companies,
do pass; that Senate Bill No. AZ, con-
corning farmers institutes, do pass;
public morals, that Senate Bill No. 4,
to prohibit poolrooms, be indefinitely
postponed.
The following bills were introduced:
No. 4s, by Annin: Relating to school
districts. No. 40, by Donlan: Extend
ing the limit for redemption Of tax
titles to two years. No. so, by Meyer:
Duties of state coal mine inspector.
No. 81, by Meyer: Examining board
for applications for positions in and
about coal mines. No. 81, by Meyer:
Examining board for state coal mine
inspector. No. So, by Edwards: Clos
ing dance halls on Sunday.
The following notices were given:
BY Notwithstanding practice of
dentistry BY Sanders-Relating to
sale of property on which taxes are
delinquent. BY Sanders--To deter
tions engaged in mining BY Donlan-
Requiring examination Of plumers. BY
Meyer-Creating insurance fund for
coal miners
On third reading the following bills
were passed: No. 13, relating to in
terest on city and county funds, and
No. II. relating to stock Of co-opera-
tive associations
Twenty Bills.
In the house standing committees
back 20 bills this morning,
recommending Is for favorable con-
sideration and killing five. The re-
port of the judiciary committee on
House Bill No. 26 caused the only divi-
sion of the morning. House Bill No
rs is Clayberg's measure for pri-
mary law in Montana. 1t is a dem
ocratic measure and is an adaptation
of the Oregon law. Representatives
Gibson, Gray and Pomeroy, the repub-
lican members Of the judiciary COM
mittee, submitted minority report on
the measure recommending its indef-
lnite postponement, while a majority
the passage of the bill with certain
which We're necessary to
avoid conflict with Montana statutes,
was also read. Representative Gray
Of Cascade moved the adoption Of the
report whereupon Pierson
IF Carbon moved as a substitute mo-
ton that the majority report be adopt
ed. Gray came back and moved that
Persons motion be tabled, vote
upon which resulted in a strict party
Gray's motion being lost, 2s |
10 s5.
Representative Gray then moved that
further consideration of the bill be
postponed, and made a special order
IF business for Monday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock. Burke moved that this
motion be laid upon the table, and
the chair being unable to decide
whether those in favor or those op- I
posed yelled the loudest, directed a |
rising vote, and Burke's motion car