The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-02-01

the Edwards anti-pass bill, which is
in essence duplication of the inter-
state commerce act.
Two efforts were made by the demo.
cratic majority Ia the house this
morning to have H. B. l, Byrnes'
primary election law, made q special
order of business for this afternoon.
But the democrats were not unit in
this desire, few voting with the re.
publicaus against two separate mo-
tions made at different times to have
the bill made q special order. The
vote the fret time was 80. to 20, and
the second time was 81 to 81, but mas.
sary to carry the motions, Speaker
Mcdowell ruled them lost.
The committee of mileage reported
against q bill introduced by Vaughn
cutting down the allowance for mile.
age to all state and county officers to
five cents per mile.
The incident Of the house proceed.
ings this morning related to house
employees and very spirited debate
followed the introduction of q resolu-
ton by Kirschwing of Cascade, to
discharge some of the house employees.
It was stated that the house had en-
ployed too many assistants, who were
not doing any work, and the legisla-
ture had been criticised for employing
them. The resolution was laid on the
table, but Representative Berry said
that he had been informed that two
janitors had done their work we'll at
the previous session, that several
doorkeepers we're hired for this ses.
sion, but that four of these doorkeep.
ers had not opened or closed a door
since the beginning of the session.
HELENA, Jan. 26.-The vote for sen.
ator in joint session today was: Car.
ter 36; Walsh 32; Conrad II; scatter.
ing 13.
The feature of the morning session
of the senate was the passage in com
mittee of the whole of the so.called
Iowa primary act, or republican mea.
sure. It's passage was effected only
after q number of amendments offered
by the democrats had been voted
down. The senate made the reappor.
tionment bill special order for next
Wednesday.
The senate concurred in H. B. 8,
which makes provision to fight or.
chard pests. Senator Leary gave no.
tice, by request, of bill for the crea-
ton Of Marias county in the northern
! part OF the state.
The most drastic white slave bill
ever enacted in the west was this
morning concurred in by the house
4 and will be ready for the governor's q
4 signature in the course of the next
: day or two. The bill provides that a
man who lives off the earnings of fal-
len woman is guilty of a felony, pun.
ishable by Imprisonment for term oi
from one to twenty years.
The bills introduced In the house
Z were as follows:
PA, to prohibit drinking on trains,
and giving conductors police power.
2l5, to establish sub.experimental
y station in Chestnut valley, Cascade
e county.
u PIG, providing a method by which
' counties may be created.
u 2l7, prescribing the duties of fire
l. wardens.
s 2ls, relating to the rights of the
state In public waters.
q The house passed Whiteside's bill
to increase the salaries of distric
: judges to $4,000. The bill has already
. passed the senate. In committee O.
u the whole the Donohue pure food and
. drug act was recommended for pas
j. sage.
HELENA, Jan. 27.-The feature O
. today's session was the introd ductior
y by Donlan of bill providing for g
, bond issue Of $3.50, 900 for the purpose
e OF refacing the present capitol with
. granite so as to correspond with tht
e wings and also to provide for raising
y the dome so as to correspond in mag
q nitude and proportion to the entire
structure. The bonds are to be basei
70 on the land grant made Montana upol
1t it's admission into the union, and th'
1t proceeds from which may be used fol
e that purpose only, thus putting th'
d bill in an entirely different categor,
'e from an ordinary bond issue or ap
o preparation measure.
s Several bills were passed. in th,
le sen ate today on third reading as fol
n lows:
j. H. B. "a, providing an additions a
It Judge for the Thirteenth judicial dis
trict.
e House joint memorial No. 2, ratify
'r ing the income tax.