The river press., 1911-02-15

morning In the house by an unfavOr-
able committee report. 1t was under.
stood that Blaine and Hill counties,
proposed to be created out of Chou.
teau county. would also be reported
unfavorably, but friends of the pro.
posed counties became busy and per.
suaded the committee to reconsider its |
original intention.
Two senate bills were passed today:
S. B. No. 80, appropriating ten
thousand dollars to defray cost of
probe into aft airs of the Office of the
secretary of the state board of stock
commissioners.
S. B. No. 25, by Christopher, relat-
ing to free employment Offices in cities.
The house in committee of the whole
this afternoon favorably reported 81.
B. No. %, appropriating $780, for
the purchase of the prison property of
Conley and McTague. The committee
then arose and its report was adopted,
this having been q special order for
today.
HELENA. Feb. 9.-In the house this
morning the most interesting incidents
were the adoption of two motions re.
quiring two standing committees to
report to the house tomorrow morning
two important bills. The first bill is
Senator Georges reapportionment
bill, and the other is H. B. l59, pro-
hibiting breweries from owning ca
looms.
Ex.convicts have been trying to as.
sist 10 the enactment of legislation in
the Twelfth assembly, convicted crimi.
nails have lobbied on the floor of the
house this session, the presence of
gradu ates of Deer Lodge is obnoxious
to come Of the members, was the state.
ment made in the house today by Rep.
resentative Story. To exclude them
the Gallatin county member this
morning offered motion providing
for admission to the floor of the house
by ticket. The motion was referred
to the committee on rules.
Standing committee reports killed
the following bills In the house: H.
B. 302, abolishing the Office OF game
warden; H. B. 25s, requiring hunters
to wear scarlet coats.
Standing committee reports favored
the bill to provide school physicians
and tho bill to create game preserve
near Yellowstone park.
Today's session of the senate was
characterized by the extreme rapidity
with which business was trans acted.
On third reading it killed Muffiy's bill
giving the railroad commission power
to regulate telegraph and telephone
companies, while after rather spirit.
ed contest, the bill appropriating $780,
600 for horticultural building at the
state fair was referred to the com.
mittee on finance and claims, and the
bill respecting fishing near dams was
sent back to the committee of the whole
for amendment.
At the conclusion of the prayer and
roll call Everett offered and the senate
adopted q resolution providing for
the appointment of conference CON-
mittee on the primary acts passed by
!, the respective houses, the document
declaring that there were good points
; in each measure that should receive
} consideration. Messrs. Everett, Bur-
! lingame and Muffly were named as
conferees.
HELENA, Feb. 1O.-In the house Of
representatives today, six bills we're
unfavorably reported by committees,
but the house refused to accept the
report OF Wheeler's new safe and sane
Fourth of July bill, No. 290. A fight
was also made against the report on
II. B. III, relating to care of orphans,
but the advocates of the measure were
only able to have it printed. H. B.
l25 creating Hill county and H. B.
: 124 creating Blaine county, also un.
favorably reported, were also ordered
. printed.
The speaker of the house and pre-.
, siding officer of the senate today ap.
pointed the joint steering committee.
The members from the senate are Sen.
ators Tooley. Burlingame, Edwards,
Mufaey and Mccarthy, and the house
! members, Representatives Byrnes,
! Alley, Donohue, Roberts, Eliel.
The steering committee will tomor.
3 row take charge of all legisl alton and
. designate what bills will be presented
each day to the two houses for consid.
Grafton.
In the house this morning the
= George re.apportionment measure
was reported favorably by q standing
Z committee. The bill was amended as
reported to take one representative
each from the counties OF Fergus.
= Yellowstone and Rosebud, and to give
= one representative to the new county