The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-02-08
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
Many Proposed Laws Are Killed BY
Committee Reports.

little change In the vote for United
States nator today, each candida ate
receiving his usual support. In the
sen ate there was slaughter of bills
on adverse committee reports. Among !
the more important measures thus to
meet their fate were the so called sane |
Fourth of July measure, the bill Great.
ing Marias county and house reso.
luton providing for an inspection Of
the reform school. The following bills
were passed:
II. B. 40, stenographers for coroners
in first class counties.
II. B. II, Mckenzie deficiency claim.
Sub for H. B. II, re.recording of
brands.
S. B. IA, examination and commit
ment of insane persons.
S. B. 62, relating to chattel mort.
cages.
On motion of Survant S. B. 68, re-
lating to the registr alton of electors,
was re-referred to the committee on
elections and privileges.
The Office of game warden will be
abolished and the enforcement of the
game laws and the protection of the
wild game of Montana left to the sher.
ifs of the several counties, if the views
Of majority of the Legislators coin
eide with the views of Representative
Whaley of Broadwater, who this
morning gave notice of a bill to the
above purport.
Representative Tolman of Carbon,
introduced a bill tod ay regulating
marriages, and prescribing the per-
cons who can and who cannot be mar
ried.
A number of bills were passed to.
day on third reading, the most i'm
portant being a general bounty and
stock inspection measure, which has
the support of the stockmen of the
state.
HELENA, Feb. 3.-This was q day
OF oratory at the joint session of the
legislative assembly, Senator Ever
EFT, of Chouteau county, opening the
debate in q speech that reviewed the
last general election. From the Off.
cial returns in the several counties,
Mr.. Everett had compiled an exhibit
showing that there was q republican
plurality for mem bers of the legisla-
ture.
"From this," said he, II have con-
cluded that the choice of the people is
not q democrat but a republican, and
as only one republican was mentioned
as candidate for the United States
senate on the republican side, and as
the democratic voters said that ii there
was a republican legislature, there
would be but one republican candida ate
before it, while, if there was q demo.
cratic legisl ature, there would be sew
eral persons to choose from, in my
opinion the choice OF the people of the
state was Thomas r.. Carter.'
Senator Everett then cast his vote
for Carter for the first time.
When it came the turn of Sen nator
George to vote, he took the floor ir
reply to Sen ator Everett. He said thai
he desired to do something for the
benefit of the party which had SEN
him to the legislature, and, if Senator
Everett would take from him his fig
cures the vote of Yellowstone, Mis-
soula and one or two other counties
whose representatives were pledged
against Carter, from the total vot'
cast for republicans, he would find
that the republican vote was great,
in the minority for Carter. He sale
the people of the state were demand
ing the election of Thomas J. Walsh
The feature of today's session o
the senate was the passage on third
reading of S. B. No. l, the re.appor
tionment measure, which uses 4,80O a.
the basis of population for represen
tation in the house. The senate han
died its usual volume of routine bust
ness.
After the usual routine, q communi
cation from Governor Norris az
nouncing his signature to senate bill
A. relating to surety companies, wa
read, whereupon, by unanimous con
sent, Larson, withoutlprevious notice
introduced senate joint memorial No
8, praying for the opening of th
Blackfeet reserv alton.
Ten bills were killed in the hous'
this morning by reports OF commit
tees. Three of these measures wer
for the establishment of sub-experi
mental stations in various parts o
the state and fourth provided TO
the creation of Wibaux county. DR.
Donohue, however, succeeded in hav
ing the bill killed.
Byrnes of Lewis and Clark, CAV
oo%ioo of a iOirt raS SO1NtiOn nrQvfn