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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-14

/ provided that the house itself name
! the members to serve on the steering
! committee.
The reactionaries were up in the
air. Blake moved to table the motion.
! Crippen of Yellowstone rose on q
| point of order and argued the uucs-
| tion. CUTS of Silver Bow then OBJ
| jected to a motion of the Kind intro
! duced by kirschWing coming before
( the house. The chair then stated the
| motion and put it to a Vivc-a-voc
vote Crppcn then rose and spoke at
some length on the merits of ne
kirsehWing motion Rule %, he point
ed out, does not make the steering
! committee one of the standing con-
| mittccs and as the speaker had he
power only to appoint the standing
committees, he had, perhaps unlSnoW-
ingly. usurped the power OF appoint
| ing the steering committee.
, Cults then objected to the appoint
ment of a steering committee ny the
house because, he said ut is rcvolu-
| tionary' The steering committee. he
claimed, is standing committee and
| therefore must he appointed by the
speaker, Then he appealed to pre-
Cedent. Steering committees have
always been appointed by the speak
/ or, he said. In order to take the power
out Of the speakers hands the rules
| had first to be amended and this
would take a two thirds vote of the
| body.
| LoVcIacc then pointed out that rule
% did not mention the speaker at all
A ruling of the chair was then
asked on the matter ana he promptly
/ ruled the krsrhwing motion out OF
order. He said that the house had
/ given him the power to appoint the
steering committee and he had done it,
! Day then appealed to the houee
from the decision of the chair A ron
/ call was demanded and on first count
+ the clerk announced that the vote
stood 80 to 40 against the decision Of
the chair. The speaker then voted
and this tied the vote. However. a
recount was demanded by the plat
i form democrats and the proGressives
| and it showed that the vote stood 80
to A. against the ruling of the speaker
This started a fiibustor that equals
If not surpasses anything OF the Kind
that has been attempted in the stare.
In a vain attempt to save the fill
buster, Walker moved the whole pro-
Ccoding out of order. "'Thc steering
committee is Il joint committee and
cannot be governed by the house."
was his contention. The speaker then
ruled that Walker was right.
After much discussion the Kirsch-
wing motion was again put and be-
fore any action could be taken Blake
moved call Of the house. He had
the Is members necessary to such
procedure ana the doors were ordered
sealed A roll call was taken and
embcrs Davidson, Doggctt, Hough,
Kelly, Mcadors ana Rowe were re-
ported absent. The speaker then in
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KirschWing advocated the bill 60
ing OH general orders. lie said the
fact that so many Butte legal lights"
had appeared before the committc was
evidence enough Of the constitu-
tionality Of the measure. He cited the
report of the state mining inspector to
show it costs 8 cents and not II to
produce copper in Montana He read
what he said was u letter from John D.
Ryan to the Surety company of New
York in which the statement was
made that though the Anaconda COM
panY owned more than $4,000, 600
worth of property in Cascade county.
it returned to the assessor but a little
over a $1,O00000 worth He pointed
out that the farmer pays tax on
his land no matter what the price of
wheat is, and insisted that the farm
ing industry needs protection more
than does the mining industry.
Eiel Is Heard.
EIiei insisted the bill was not fair
or just. He cited the fact that the
people two years ago refused to adopt
a constitutional amendment imposing
a tax of $3.50 on every $1,000 worth
Of property, but that the Kirschwing
bill contemplated tax of two and
one-half mills on every Is cents. a
rate seven times higher. He said
property in Montana is assessed at
From so to 60 per cent of its real value,
but that the kirschWing bill imposed
"A license fixed on the market value
of the metals.
Spogen said the bill would be O
rank injustice to the mining industry,
and remarked that when kirschwing
was campaigning for votes at Neihart
last fall. he had not told the citizens
he was going to try to put them out
of business with such measure,
At this juncture, Speaker MacDon-
aid asked Kirschwing. the speaker pro
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-14

Mexico City Feb. 13.-Without de-
cisive advantage to either the govern
rient or the rebel forces, the fifth day
of fighting in the capital ended at
nightfall. Firing was continued until
after SundoWn.
President Madero himself had stated
two hours earlier that General Huerta
would renew his efforts for the sub
j,gation of General Diaz Immediately
and it was authoritatively stated that
the government forces were planning
to take the rebel positions by assault
between 6 and o'clock, but the day :
operations came to an end with the
fedcrals only feebly on the aggressive
1t was another day of terror fol
hundreds of thousands of non-com-
batants. These included large num-
bers of foreigners who could find in
no part of the city a spot free from
danger.
Shells rakcd the principal streets oi
The capital and tore their way into
private homes and business buildings
as we'll as through the public struc-
lures for which thcy were intended
Bullets from machine guns anC
rifles penetrated AL corners firdins
lodgmcnt in buildings even in the re-
llote sections, unofficially but tacitlN
designated yesterday as the neutra
zone.
Tho Cuban and Belgian Legations
were rendered untenable the occu.
lit, +,
Trench consulate suffered a fate sim.
liar to that of the American consulate
several days ago. the consul trans
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ferrng his office to his country's le-
cation.
Both government and rebels insist
that they will fight to finish.
In view of this declaration, the Gu
han minister asked his government
tonight for authorization to charter
special trains to remove from the cap
ital tomorrow such Cuhans as wish tt
leave. He proposes to land them al
Vera Cruz and there place then
aboard a ship flying the Spanish flag
if one be in port; otherwise on al
American warship due tomorrow.
1t was said tonight that the action
Of the Cuban minister may he FOLLOWED
by other diplomats.
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PROPOSES MEDIATION COMMlS-
SION TO INVESTIGATE MEM-
CAN CONDITIONS.
WOULD Be FAIR TO ALL
Scheme Would Do Away With Talk
Of Intervention by the United
States, 1t Is CIaimed--Money Sent
to Ambassador Wilson to Be Used
ir Caring for American Citizens.

Washington, Feb. I'm ediation in
Alexico, rather than intervention, by
the appointment Of pan American
commission, was urged today upon
President Taft, Senator Cullom of the
foreign relations committee and rep
resentatives OF the foreign nations by
John Barrett, director of the pan
American Union.
The commission which is suggested
would be composed of statesman
from the United States, an eminent
Latin-A American diplomat now in
Washington and one influential Mex
! an Mr.. Barrett suggested for the
commission such men as Senator
Root, William j. Bryan, Senor Calder
on, Minister from Bolivia, or DR.
ena, minister from Uruguay, or
tSenor De la Barra of Mexico, former
ambassador to the United States.
The mediation proposal was made
after conferences with the members of
the senate and house and following
renewed assurances from the state
department that there is no present
intention of departing from the es-
tablished policy of dealing with the
SITUATION III MEXICO.
In his letter outlining the plan, Mr..
Barrett says that lit involves media
tion rather than intervention, inter
national cooperation rather than in
dividual United States action and a
practical application of the pan-Amer-
lean rather than of the Monroe doc
trine.'
The commission, he suggested
should investigate the situation in
Mexico on the ground and make rec
concentrations to Mexico which shall
adjust the situation in favor of per-
manent peace and stability
Tho Way It Would Work.
Through Ambassador Wilson in
Mexico City, the plan would be pre-
sented to the Mexican government
and to the revolutionary leaders who
would be urged to cease hostilities
pending the action ana report of the
commission; and it should be made
known to the Mexican government
and people that they would be eX-
pected with this moral support and in
terest of all America to carr. out the
conclusions of such international COM
mission.
IF Latin America and Mexico fail
to act on this SUGGESTION says Mr..
Barrett, 'they still will be obliged to
admit that the United States first has
tried to proceed on the fairest lines
possible and with every effort to con-
vince Latin America and Mexico Of
it's good faith and Intentions
"Above all things" he adds, "it will
bring for the moment immediate peace
to Mexico, the actual protection of
life and property of foreigners, which
should in due time develop into per-
manent peace, stability and prosperity
for the Mexican government and peo-
pie without striking a blow at Mex
ico's independence and with evidence
to all America that the United States
seeks no territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT"
MIR. Barrett expressed the opinion
ivA
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Anaconda Copper Mining company.
Contrasting conditions in Montana
with those in other western mining
states he said all assessed their mines
as does Montana, but that where they
produce copper for cents, in Montana
1t costs II cents, and that wages arc
so per cent higher In this state that In
the others. He said If this bill were
enacted, ii would impose an additional
burden OF $750,OO0 a year on the Ana
conda company and of $325,000 on the
other Butte companies. He insisted
they would be unable to pay this charge
and meet competition in the other
states. Capital, he continued, would
go elsewhere for Investment. The pro-
posed tax on zinc, he asserted, was
most unfair citing as an instance that
the Butte Superior has spent $4,000. 900
developing ii zinc proposition in Butte
and yet that it has not paid a cent in
dividends. These Investors, he dc
clared. should be more considerably
treated and be entitled to realize on
the money already expended in the de-
velopment of an industry that is new
in Montana.
From Missouri.
Jewell of Fergus said he was from
Missouri and wanted to be shown; that
though many representatives of the
mining companies had appeared before
the committee. none had furnished in
formation as to the taxes now being
PAID by their concerns; that no figures
were adduced on the cost Of produce
ton; no data on dividends; no data
on anything by which the committee
could work on the matter. He said
though much had been heard of the
method used in western states in tax
ing mines, no information had been
adduced on the method used in Michi-
gan, Minnesota, PENNSYLVANIA, British
Columbia and England, where mines
have been in operation a much longer
period Of time,
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The accustomed sparkle Of the pres
the afternoon when he talked to the
correspondent of the Associated Press.
He still protested his optimism, but
there was lacking that jaunty air of
confidence which has characterized
him since the day of his inauguration
The president declared that he had
between 5000 and 5000 soldiers and
could reduce Diaz speedily, but hesi-
tated to do so from humanitarian mo-
tiyes.
He denied there was Sympathetlc
trouble except at Pucbla, where he ad-
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1t Makes All the Differ
ence in the World

That's what you say when you tell your friends about
your shopping expeditions.
1t be the principles of the store the service it offers
the quality of the goods it sells that discussing
But the difference to you means your satisfaction dsap
pontment.
4 You will find when you deal with the merchants who
advertise in TIL MISSOULIAN that the difference stands
always for satisfaction Each store values its reputation
much to risk disappointing you Each your good will
So they direct effort to best and give the
best values.
\ BY reading the advertisements in THE MISSOULIAN
closely and constantly day will become acquainted
with the reliable stores which worthy of your patronage
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-14
OF CITY
LOWEST EVER
FOR MONTH
REPORT FOR JANUARY SHOWS
GREAT SAVlNG-PAVEME
PLANS DISCUSSED.

The expenses of the city for last
month were only $6,448. This is the
lowest figure yet reached and is we'll
within Mssoula's income. The COM
missioners were handed the figures
during the meeting yesterday morn
ing and were not a little pleased by
them. This means that the councils
plan of retrenchment has succeeded
admirably. Last month was a hard
one, for lot of work had to be done
on the streets during the heavy snow.
1t was only by watching every nickel
that the commissioners kept the ex-
penses so low.
There was a breath of spring in
the air yesterday. The warm, misty
air smelled of April and whff of it
entered even into the council chamber
to set the commissioners to planning
for 1913 pavement laying. No definite
action was taken by the cOuncil-there
will be none, for that matter, until the
new municipal improvement law which
has Just passed both houses of the leg
islature is ratified-but a plan of ac-
ton was discussed and steps prelimi- :
nary to the installation of new pave
ment were taken. The new law will
permit the city to pay for improve
ments with an issue of 20year bonds
and will allow much more work than
| is possible under the present law
| 1t is the plan of the council to pave
Pattee and Stevens streets from the
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-14
PATTERSON GETS
JUDGESHIP

Helena, Feb Ia (Spccial) Gov
ernor Stewart today appointed
John f.. Patterson of Missoula an
additional judge in the Fourth iu-
dicial district, The appointment is
made in conformity with the law
enacted at this session creating the
additional judgeship.
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Stand Fast.

Hence the ajority members Of the
house refused to abandon the princi
PIE for which they had been for many
hours Contending.
It is doubtful if ever before in the
history of American legislatures has q
speaker been SO often reversed by
maiority of the assembly over which
he was presiding as was Speaker Mac
Donald today. This occurred nearly Il
dozen times, and the astounding rec
ord was emphasized by the fact that
the speaker and a majority of the
house were Of the same political party,
IN the house are three members from
Flathead, the speakers own county
al of them voted against him when
the house overturned his arbitrary
rulings
The bi partisan senatorial combine
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tStaft correspondence
Helena, Feb. l3.-While the battle
which has ragged in the house this
afternoon and tonight was, on the sur
face, an attempt upon the part of the
progressive elements of all parties to
assert the authority of the house to
control the appointment Of its part of
the joint steering COMMITTEES, the real
issue was whether the democratic
governor of Montana should be per-
mitted to carry out in good faith the
principles Of his party as set forth in
the last democratic state platform.
The steering committee named by
Speaker Macdonald was reactionary
without exception. 1t was accepted in
advance by the house that the senate
steering committee would be similarly
constituted. joint committee so
made up, in the judgment of a ma
jority of the house. would prove to be
burial ground for progressive legis-
lation to which the governor stands
committed by his party platform
So believing. the majority fought on
and on for the right of the house to
name it's own steering committee to
the end that it might at least have
some show in the joint body.
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The breach between the progressive
and rcactionary factions of the house
democrats, which tonight became 80
wide that it win not be brldgcd this
session-if even AT all-has been
brewing since the spoa'<erslmp fight,
just before the house organized. The
causes have been varied, but all cen
tered around the pivotal point OF
whether democratic pledges should be
carried out in spirit or in mere
phraseology. The rcActionarics stood
for the letter of democratic law; the
progressive democrats FOR the spirit
in which the democratic voters under
stood and accented that nArtY fnith.
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Started by kirschwire.

kirschWing upon the Introduction of
a motion to disregard the action taken
by the speaker this morning in nam
ing a steering committee. This motion
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Not Altered.

The resignation of Carnal and Spo-
gen. originally named by the speaker
on the steering committee, which came
at o'clock. and the appointment of
sicklcr and Jordan of Dawson, in their
S, cad. did not alter the situation. The
original lines remained intact, with
the exception of Camp of YelloWStona,
whose objection to the original COM
mittee has been that 1t did not have
on it a single representative of eastern
Montana.
| AS at first constituted the steering
. mmittee appointed by the speaker
absolutely ignored the fact that the
! progressive elements in the house con-
s.ituted a substantial majority Of the
house. That progressive majority did
not get a single member, When the
speaker filled the vacancies he did lit
tie better, giving the real majority of
| the house but one of the five members
of the steering committee.
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Until WAY in the Night Progressves and
Progressive Democrats Battle for Right
to Select House Members of the
Steering Committee---Speaker
Overruled Time After Time.

w%s muCh in evidence during the early
holrs of the contest, but the ! ousc
was not influenced in the slightest,
ntely for outside Influence To have
effect
No Supper.
The battle was continued without
interruption for supper, the members
refreshing themselves with sandwiches
fore all the members had toasted, how
ever, the supply gave out and re
course was had TO messengers to the
downtown restaurants.
Speeches of all sorts interVpnod be-
tween the dilatory motions of Tie mi
norlty, Some were a little bitter in
tone, especially those made by Nom
hers of the democratic factions.
When at O'Clock Cults Of Silver
Bow declared that his faction was
prepared to stay on until morning. the
majority laughed outright, and there
were cries of that's us, too,' from
many parts of the house.
Later, at $50, Elie asked unan-
NOUS consent for an armistice, SO that
members might eat their sandwiches
and drink their beer in peace. Loud
cries Of NO" greeted the request
Day Of Lewis and Clark frequently
raised points of order against the
various motions Of tho minority fili~
busterers, but invariably the speaker
overruled the points of order.
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THE FELLOW

Who has no sweetheart to-
day is out of touch with the
times, and out of luck, too.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-11-26

&C. L. Knapp was up from Bee
town, Monday.
Miss Theresa Fecht, of Potosi,
was Lancaster visitor yesterday.
d. ". Ballantine of Blooming
ton. called in Lancaster, last Monday.
Candies, lots of them, at the
Presbyterian bazaar Saturday, Dec.
9th
Miss Ruth Gehrhardt, of Fenni-
more, visited last week with Miss
Myrtle Boyes.
Clyde Reighard received a visit
last week from his sister. who lives
at Reedsburg.
Mrs. Frances Burr, of Madison,
spent Saturday here with Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Burr.
Mrs. Archie Hampton and Mrs.
Harvey Cushman were callers from
Potosi, Thursday.
Miss Julia Sweeney went to
Livingston Tuesday to spend Thanks
giving with her sister, Mrs. Frank
Allen.
Mrs. Luber and sister, Miss
Warren Bracket, went to Fennimors
Tuesday to see their uncle, E. s.
Morse.
Mrs Lottie Eastman, trained
nurse from Chicago, came Tuesday
evening 20 see her sister, Mrs. Julia
Sweeney.
Mrs. Ella Meyer, who has been
visiting friends here for the past
month, returned home to Minneapolis.
Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Quincy Williams, Mrs.
Lena Flesch, Mrs. Chas. Erwin and
Miss Helen Erwin. of Potosi, were in
Lancaster, last Saturday.
If you purchase one of the South
Bend malleable ranges, next week,
at Baxter & DrapBr's, you will re-
ceive q valuable set of aluminium
cooking ware free. This is special
offer fer the week, from Monday,
December to Saturday, December 6.
See big advertisement on page two of
this paper for particulars.
"A grand Aeolian Organ and Vic
trola Concert will be given at the N.
E. church next Tuesday evening.
Dec. 2. at s o'clock, under auspices
of the Sunday school. Lovers of the
sublime in music will find this re-
cital a rare treat and worthy of lib
eral patronage The worlds best
voices will be heard, together with
beautiful selections on the aeolian or
gan
Mrs Bruce r. Kester (nee Mabel
Judd) of Vale, Oregon. accompanied
Dy her husband and little daughter,
Mildred, arrived here Friday evening
to attend the funeral of her brother,
Leroy Judd. Mr.. Kester was obliged
to return west on Monday. but Mrs.
Kester and daughter will remain for
a brief visit with her mother aud
other relatives. Mrs. John G. Webster,
(nee Florence judd also came from
her home at Harold, S. D., and will
remain for a while