The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-17

appointment of the steering commit.
tee as follows: MacGinniss, chair.
man; Burke and Byrne, democrats,
and Cummings of Chouteau, and
Brewster. republicans.
When the house convened this
morning, there was on the desk of
each member bunch of carnations
with the compliments of the Rev. L.
J. Christler, who made q speech yes.
terday afternoon in the house. The
members voted him their thanks.
The anti.pool room bill. limiting
race meetings in this state to IA days,
passed the senate this morning on its
third reading by vote of 26 to l.
Muffley, who yesterday proposed the
3O-day amendment, being the only one
to vote against it. There) was no de-.
bate or incident out of the ordinary,
connected with the passage of the
measure. 1t will now be enrolled and
after receiving the signature of Speak
er Mcdowell of the house and Lieu
tenant Governor Allen, will 60 to the
governor.
Chairman Kilgallon, of the commit
tee on appropri ations, introduced the
general appropri alton bill for the
maintenance of the legislative and
judicial departments of the state for
the next two years. In round numb bers
the bill provides for an appropriation
of S5SO,O0o being s3l, ZOO less than
was recommended by Governor Nor
ris in his annual message. The bill
was read first and second time and
referred to the committee or appro-
priations.
The house and senate met in joint
session in the house ch am Der this
afternoon to hear the address of DR..
G. A. Duniway, president of the state
university, upon Abraham Lincoln.
The session was called to order by
Lieutena ant Governor Allen, and the
body of the house and galleries were
we'll filed.
!, On third reading the senate today
passed sen ate concurrent resolutions
. one and two, the first asking congress
to improve the upper Missouri river
for navigable purposes and the second
by Long, asking congress to create
the Glacier N ational park in this
! state.
HELENA, Feb. 15.-In the house
, this afternoon, Norton of Silver Bow
county introduced his bill providing
for the exclusion from public schools
, of Montana of Chinese and japanese.
Another of the bills introd lced was
that by Connolly, providing that the
: secretary of state shall distribute all
badges of orders, in order that persons
having 20 right to such badges will
not come into possession of them.
The committee which has had the
bill ere ating Musselshell county, in
the central part OF the state, today re-
ported uufavorab!y upon it, but a
was carried. A motion to have the
bill placed on The general orders was
defeated. This in all pro liability will
be its end.
; Notice wa, given by Burke of bill
relating to the granting of new trials in
criminal cases which is duplic ate of
the Meyer bill on the same subject,
which was killed last week in the
house.
Another bill which has been killed
and which its adherents hope to resur.
rect is that relating to the employ.
ment of special counsel and detectives
by boards of county commissioners,
bill to this effect being introduced
in the senate today by Edwards. 1t
makes one change, naming stock in.
spectors in place of detectives.
The senate held purely routine
session, four bills being introduced
and a number of committee reports
being made.
The committee on federal relations
made favorable report on House
Joint Resolution No. 4, relating to
the opening of the Crow reserv alton;
the judiciary committee reported
favorably on s. B. No. Sc, relating
to the inspection of coal mines and
the committee on public morals re.
ported on S. b. No. 10, hibiting
the sale of liquors in houses of i'll re-
pute, with the recommend alton that 1t
be printed.
Senate May Rebuke Roosevelt