The river press., 1911-02-15
THE TWELFTH ASSEMBLY,
Last Two Weeks Of Session Will Be
Busy Time.

ALAnNAs roUs S'-4ue twenty .uIln
ballot for United States senator re.
suited In no choice, there being slight
change in the vote received by each
aspirant. The feature of the house
proceedings today was the defeat of
the proposed tconstitutional amend.
ment extending the suffrage to women.
The bill to provide for the submission
of this question at the next general
election was defeated by q vote OF 81
to 81. 1t required q two.thirds vote
to carry.
Apprehensive of the steering com.
mittee which will be appointed Friday,
members of the house m snifested q de-
sire today to get as many bills as
possible of general orders before the
steering committee begins to swing the
axe, and decidedlto hold q night ses.
zion this evening and another tomor.
row evening. This evenings session
will begin at 3 O'Clock and tomorrow
nights session at 1880.
Representative Vaughan of Sanders
introduced today the most sensational
memorial of the session, praying con-
gress to call q constitutional conven.
tion to propose an amendment to the
constitution prohibiting polygsmy
and giving congress power to enforce
such prohibition by legislation, prob.
ably, it is said, byitaking away from
states violating the provision state-
hood and reducing them again to ter.
ritories.
But one bill was killed by commit
tee reports today, H. B. No. 222, by
Woody, amending section 2502 relat-
ing to the assessment of property for
taxation. which was unfavorably re-
ported by the committee on ways and
means. At the request of the senate
the committee on state institutions
recommended the return to the senate
of S. B. No, 26, byiWhiteside, appro.
priating money to cover cost OF farm
ers' institutes. The matter has been
covered in house bill which has been
enacted.
The house this afternoon,iu commit
tee of the whole, under special order,
took up S. B. No. 80, 'appropriating
10000 for the expenses OF the ex-
amin alton into the aft airs of the state
livestock commission. 1t was recon.
mended for concurrence.
Among the bills introduced today
were H. B. No. BIB, to require the
publication of certain statements by
corpor ations, organized under the
laws of Montana, and for incorpora.
tions doing business within the state
OF Montana, and providing penalties
for the violation thereof.
II. B. No. 314, to require the publ.
cation OF list of all licenses issued
by the county treasurer quarterly and
providing penalties for the violation
thereof.
HELENA, Feb. 8.-The session OF
the senate today was devoted wholly
to the consideration of committee re.
ports. Two of these, however, were
prolific of the most strenuous debates
OF the present session of the upper
branch. One of the bills has to do
with the purchase of the insane asylum
and the other with the creation OF Or.
chard county. In both instances, the
bills were ordered printed and will be
further considered in committee of the
whole.
With the conclusion of prayer an6
roll call, the majority and minority
reports of the committee on finance
and claims with respect to S, B. No
145, providing for the appointment O.
q commission to fix upon price fol
the insane asylum, were read. Tht
majority report, signed by Selway
Christopher, Everett, Muhly ani
Tooley, favored its passage, while th'
minority, presented by George ant
McCone, provides that the price q
agreed upon shall be approved by th'
board of examiners. George address
ed the senate in support of the minor
ity report. He declared it was ques
tion which involved the expenditure o
S650,O00 of the peoples money ant
should be gone into with the creates
care. He said the board of examiner
should visit Warm Syringe and secure
expert testimony on the value of th.
property in its every detail. He said
the owners were entitled to q fail
price and no more. He said the peo
pie would never approve such method
which permitted q single man to fl,
the price and which instantly becam
binding on the state.
The bill creating Musselshell count,
was passed by the house this after
noon by unanimous vote. Bell, VIII
fought the bill as reported by the com
mittee in committee OF the whole las
night, fought it again when it cam