The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-13
SENATE PASSES THE HOUSE
MEASURE PROHIBITING BET
TING ON OUTSIDE RACES.
GOvERNOR TO SIGN BILL
Act Which EffectualIy Puts Pool
rooms Out Of Business and Limits
Race Meets Within the State Lacks
but the Executives Signature to Be-
como an Active Law.
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Special to The Daily Missoulian.
Helena, Feb. 1.-THE poolroom
and racetrack men, who have been so
active during the first forty days of
the session Of the legislature, folded
their tents today and left the Capital
city. All their efforts were unavail- :
ing to prevent the elimination of the
poolroom evil In Montana. This MORN
ing the senate with but one vote in
opposition, that of Muffley of Broad
water, passed the house anti-poolroom
measure, without an amendment. The
bill will go to the governor not later
than Monday and will receive his
signature. AS passed by the senate,
1t Is exactly the same measure that
came over from the house, making
the maximum of race meetings IA days
and prohibiting the selling of pools in
the state on races run outside OF
Montana.
Following the usual custom, the
senate and house today selected steer
ing committees. This means that few
more bills will be introduced and
that many of those now in commit
tee will never get on general orders
Norton Of Silver Bow today intro
duced his joint memorial designed to
restrict Japanese immigration and
gave notice Of his bill .segregating Chi
nese, Indian and Japanese children
from the whites In the schools.
The appropriation committee today
introduced a bill making the appro-
priations for the executive and judi
cial departments for the coming two
years. This bill does not carry the
appropriations for the state institu-
tions, which will be introduced later.
The bills introduced today calls for
$4,000 less than Governor Norris es-
timated in his message to the assem-"
bly,.
No Committee.
Notwithstanding the adoption the
other day Of a resolution by the house
for the appointment by the party eau
cuses of members Of committee to
draft a primary bill, there will be no
such committee. The resolution was
introduced by a republican, Harbert OF
F1athead, and the democrats of the
house have named member of the
proposed committee but the republi-
cans Of both house and senate are
bound by the action of a caucus held
before the passage of the senate pri-
mary bill which was killed in the
house. But though the republicans
will not heed the action of the demo-
cratic house on the Harbert resolution,
they will not give up the effort to
have enacted at this session of the
legislature, a primary law. caucus
Of the republicans of house and senate
will be held Tuesday for the purpose
Of comforting on primary bill
which will later be introduced.
Following the request of the Mon
tana Mining association, expressed at
the recent meeting in Helena, Repre-
sentative Byrnes of this county today
introduced a resolution calling on con-
gress to provide for the reclassifica-
ton of the mineral lands within the
Northern Pacific grant.
Speaker Mcdowell named as the
members of the steering committee:
MacGinniss. silver Bow; Burke, Deer
Lodge; Byrnes Lewis and Clarke;
Summings, Chouteau, and Brewster.
Rosebud.
I'm accordance with the Hannifan
resolution for the appointment of a
Joint committee to investigate the re-
form school, Speaker Mcdowell ap-
pointed as the house members Hanni-
fan. Murray and Edgerton,
Bills Passed.
These bills were passed on third
reading:
House bill 14o making an appro-
priation for the railroad commission
for January and February; house bills
43, A and So, designed to take the
place of direct primary measure, ac-
cording to the author; sub for house
bill 1872, relating to boards Of health;
house bill 113, increasing the salaries
Of representatives, senators and legis-
lative attaches.
Sub for house bill 167, relating to
the election of directors of irrigation
districts; house bill 1856, to pay de-
ficiency claims, state university;
house bill 108, providing that owners
of land on lakes and ponds may catch
fish and sell them; H. J. Res. No. 1,
relating to the election of senators by
popular vote; house bill 1856, relating
to the burial of bodies; house bill 100,
authorizing corporations to acquire
to town and dispose of stocks and
bonds OF other corporations; senate
bill 43, authorizing state auditor to
issue duplicate warrants where the
original is lost; senate bill 4s. pre-
scribing the manner in which insur-
ance companies may do business In
Montana; senate bill 36, relating to
annual reports Of corporations; sem
ate bill 80, providing for the cancella-
tion of registration of electors; sem
ate bill 80. attaching Teton county to
the eighth Judicial district.
Roth Edperfon and Choemaker Of