The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-02-08
MONTANA GOVERNOR FAvoRS
APPRAISERS FOR INSANE
ASYLUM PROPERTY.
ALSO WANTS LAND LAWS
Senatorial Situation in Helena Re-
mains Unchanged, and Conrad Boom
Keeps Potterins Along-Walsh Camp
is Serious, But Disorganizcd.
Woman's Suffrage Thing Of Past.


Helena, Feb. 7.-(Speeial Tie
senatorial contest slipped back cog
or two today, and there Is promise of
duller days. 'All talk OF a democratic
conference is indefinite. nothing to the
point, and those on the inside know
very little more. apparently, than out
siders. Candidate Conrad In happy:
MS brother. Ashby. Is happier; the
Conrad boom. which potters along,
gaining new supporter now and then.
has but little basis FOR existence. M
one here. save a few in the Conrad 1ir.
Gle, has taken Il seriously The Walsh
camp is seripus-mlndod but dlsorSan-
lied. After the storm Of Yesterday
tempest IN 81 teapot game the calm
of today.
The Vote.
The vote was. Conrnd-Senators
Cockrell, Gallwey and Muffiey: Rep
resentatives Alley, Baker. Blackburn,
Crouch, Dobell. Duffy of Granite,
Duffy OF Silver Bow. ellis. Hayes,
| lierbold. johnson Of Lewis and Clark.
krammerer. Lissner. Macdonald Me
Nally. o'Flynn. Reel. Wheeler of cas-
cade. McDowell. total, %.
| Walsh-Senators Dearborn. Duncan.
George. Croft. Leary Mccarthy. stout:
Representatives Asbridge, Berry
Binnard, Byrnes. Donohue. Ebert.
johnson of Ravalli. Kirschwlng. Me-
Murry. McQuitty. Martin, Nolan,
OHern. Whalcy, Wheeler of Silver
Bow. Woody. Word; total, "a.
I Senator's Christopher, Dom
Ian. Dnnnigan. Edwards. Everett.
kcssler. Larson, Leighton. Mcdonnell.
Meyer. selway. Survant. Tooiey, Rep
resentatiyes Bernard, Blake. Burt
/ Eliel. English. Gray, Grubb, Hewett,
Hickey. Holt. Hotter jacobson, Jor-
dan, Moore of Valley, Murray, Paul.
RaIston, Robert. Rodgers. Sarter.
Schwartz. Slayton. Stevens. story,
swick. Williams; total. 80.
Scattering.
For Lieutenant Governor Allen
Senator'S Bnrlingame and Sykes and
Representatives. Bell. Vaughan and
Tolman
For 7. NJ. Swindlehurst-senator
Conrow.
! For Congressman Pray-senator
MeGone and Representative Reser.
For Judge l.. c. Webster OF MIssouIa
Representative Higgins.
For c. b. Nolan of Helena-senator
Fred Whiteside and Representative
Tuttle.
For II. Lee Word OF Helena-Repre-
senfatives Law and Owenhouse.
For Joseph klrschwlng OF Great
falls-Representative Moore OF silver
Bow.
Higgins Bill Reported.
Representative Higgins bill To
amend section G73 OF the revised
codes Of the state. 1907. Relating to
the duties OF the president of the state
university by changing the date of fill
ing his annual report" was passed by
the committee of the whole in tho
house this morning. The bill sets
June instead of December as the time
for the report
Senator chrlstopher's bill providing
free public employment officers In
cities was concurred In by the house.
Representative Donohue moved to
reconsider the woman's suffrage bill
this morning. and after a prolonged
parliamentary discussion a vote was
taken and the motion defeated.
House bill No. 147 Is dead, and the
people OF Montana will not be given an
| opportunity at this time to vote upon
the question. Mr.. Donohue made n
hard fight, but his pet proposition fell
by the wayside.
Commission Form Bill.
The Blackburn, Woody, Hotter and
hlake bill, providing n commission
form OF government. was considered
In the committee of the whole this aft
efhoon ana accepted. The bill had
peen made special order for today
on motion of Representative Berry.
The bill Is modelled after the Iowa law.
Governor Norris sent the following re-
ininder To the senate committee on
public lands this morning:
The four bills recommended by tho
conservation commission and by me
transmitted to the senate on the nth
day of January, 1911, we're on the 2srd
day of January introduced in the sem
ate ana referred To the committee on
"y'he painstaking efforts OF the COM
mission In the preparation of these
7 bills and the Importance OF the sub.
! jeets covered seem 10 justify the re-
quest that the bills be speedily report
ed to the senate, in form substantially
as presented, To the end that the SEN
ate may have the opportunity to pass
upon the merits of the measures pre-
yious To the closing days of the ses-
! sion.
/
"The bill comforting full authority
upon the state forestry, relative to
timber lands OF the state and relieving
the land agent Of the duties Will. II
/ enacted facilitate the administration