The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-10
BILL PROVIDING FOR DIRECT
PRIMARY ELECTIONS IS
SLAUGHTERED.
AMENDS LOCAL OPTION
cockrel Presents Measure Altsrino
Liquor Act So as to Permit lncor.
porated Towns to Vote Separately
on the Saloon Questior-One Anti.
Pooiroom Act Is Decapitated.
Special to The Daily Missoulian.

| Special to The Daily Missoulian.
Helena. Feb. 9.-Each house ,,f the
| assembly produced feature today, in
| ract. several of them. In the senate
| the Clayberg primary bill was killed
| Immediately upon its receipt. after va
| rious attempts on the part of the dem
| ocrats to prevent death. OF particu-
| lar interest in the senate was the in
| PRODUCTION of a bin by Cockrel, by
request, making an important amend
| ment in the local option law. The law
as it now reads provides that IF a
majority of the votes at the election
| are sale of intoxicating liquors, no. 1t
| shall not be Lawful for any person
within the county in which the vote
was taken TO sell either directly or in
directly, or give away, to induce trade
at any place of business or furnish to
| any person any alcoholic, spirtuous,
malt or intoxicating liquors"
The amendment to the present law
contained in the Cockrell bill is by
| adding these words to the above
Provided, however, that this section
shall not apply to any incorporated
| city or town, unless majority of the
votes cast In such city or town are
sale of intoxicating liquors, no."
In the senate when the secretary
| read the communications from the
house, included in the list was the
| Clayberg primary law bill. Donlan
| moved that it's consideration be re-
| jected. There was a motion from the
| democratic side to lay the motion on
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raised, but by a strict party vote the
motion prevailed. Then Long, who
| had been out of the chamber, moved
for reconsideration of the vote. but
| that motion was laid on the table by
a strict party vote, and thus the bin
| died. Later, Romney gave notice of
another primary election bill, along
the same lines as the Clayberg meas
ure.
This morning the house had an
| animated debate overs the Meyer bill,
relating to granting new trials in
criminal cases, The judiciary com
| mittee made two reports on the bill.
the majority recommending its indef-
mite postponement, and the minority
| that 1t be concurred in. There was a
| long debate in which the house law
| yers appeared to be equally divided and
| finally the minority report was adopt
ed, so as to give opportunity for
| full discussion in committee of the
| whole.
| Bill Is Killed.
| The house this afterniin, after hav-
ing favorably acted few days ago
in committee of the whole upon the Ed
| uo rl 70 a,,tk
izing boards of county commissioners
to employ special counsel and detoc-
| tives, this afternoon killed the bill on
| third reading, by the close vote of 80
to 32.
Crouch's bin making poolselling
| matter of local option in all counties,
| was killed; DOMAINS -poolselling
| measure was recommended for slaugh-
| ter, but the bill was rereferred, to be
| held in allegiance until the senate acts
| on the house bills.
Burke saved the bin creating Mussel-
| shell county by having it printed the
| committee recommending that it be in
definitely postponed.
There was big grist Of committee
reports and five bills in all were
killed. These wree: II. B. No. 259,
| creating a lien for seed grain fur
nished; II. B. No. 224 relating to the
official bonds of officers of cities; II.
| B. No. ISL, relating to the challenging
| Of jurors in criminal cases; III. B. No
| 247, relating to the salaries of chief
| OF police, and the Crouch bill
The following bills We're introduced
! in the house today:
| No. 276, by Pierson-Relating to the
| inspection of horses before removal
| from the state.
No. 277, by Pierson-To define bank
| ing to prohibit banking except by
| banks Incorporated under national or
| Montana laws, or by foreign corpora
tions complying with the laws of Mon
tana, limiting the use of the word
bank" and excepting from the pro-
visions of this act private banks in
business January 81. 1909.
Drains and Taxes.
| No. 27S, by Connelly-Relating to
the construction of drains and the
| collection and assessment of taxes
therefore,
| No. 279, by Gray-Relating to ex-
| emption from taxation.
| No. ESQ, by Byrnes-To prevent and
| punish fraud in the sale of blasting
| powder.
| No. PSI, by Byrnes-To insure ac-
curacy in the sampling of ores.
| No. 2S2, by Shoemaker-Relating to
the power of county commissioners to
reject bids for the care Of the poor,
| empowering them to appoint super
| intendent.
| No oS2 hu Cnoifh-PalatipUt n
| term of office Of water commission
| ers.
| No. 2S4, by Hayes-To amend the
employers liability act affecting COM
mon carriers.
| No, 2S5, by Hutchinson-To prevent
| the manufacture, sale or offering for
sale of adulterated drugs or foods.
No. 2s6, by McCoy-Relating to the