Yellowstone monitor., 1913-02-06

RESUME
What the Senate and House
Have Accomplished.

twin cities has a far more advanta
geous rate proportionate to the dis
tance than Montana enjoys.
The Carey Land and Irrigation prof
ect probe is we'll under way. Wit
nesses from the Flathead reservation
and Lower Yellowstone projects have
testified to extravagances on the part
of the reclamation service. H. N.
Savage, supervising engineer Of the
service testified to general work on
various projects and is furnishing the
committee with all of the data in his
possession. The only Carey lands
that will investigated will be the
releases under the Teton Cooperative
project. Charges have been made
that individuals were given opportun
ity to file on the best tracts when the
land was turned back to the govern
ment by the state.
The committee on mines and min
ing will hold the final hearing on An
nin's bill for submission of consti-
tutional amendment relating to the
manner of assessing mines on Tuesday.
Monday the committee will hold a
hearing on the bills introduced by
Representative Walker and Word,
providing for the licensing of hoist
ing engineers.
The house committee on labor will
hold a final hearing on the bill propos-
ing a full crew law on Wednesday.
On Friday the same committee will
hold public hearing on bill for a
warning card system for electrical
workers.
One of the big issues of the ses-
sion, consolidation of the states edu-
cation institutions, met an ignominous
death in the senate Thursday. TIE
bill providing for this was killed af-
ter two hours of debate upon adoption
of the majority report Of the commit
tee on education, the vote standing Is
for and IL against. Advocates Of the
greater university will now endeavol
to initiate the measure which provides
for 81, ,OOO, 900 to carry out the con.
solidation scheme.
!, Senator Leighton has introduced q
measure in the senate with reference
to consolidation. 1t provides con
solidation in name only, the institu
tions to be under the supervision O
the state board Of education and thu
direct charge of chancellor to b.
stationed in Helena.
The anti-lobbying bill which passet
the house to the accompaniment O.
Z oratorical pyrotechnics by vote Of
al to SO on Tuesday was killed by tht
senate while friends of the measur
were sleeping on their arms. An at
tempt to reconsider the measure faile'
miserably. The labor lobbyists con
tended that the measure was aimed di
rectly at them and succeeded in getting
il laid away in the legislative sepul
cher.
The house gave the senate no oppor
tunity to swing its ak on Blair's Sun
day and II o'clock closing bill, for O
Wednesday it was smothered by adop
tion Of an unfavorable report from tn
committee on townships and countie
bv a vote of 48 to "a. Friends 9
the bill made valiant fight for It, bu
the belief that local option should SCI
tie this phase Of the liquor questlo
wa. too much for them.
= Kirschw;ng's matrimonial tax Dl
. providing q fee of S. for marriae
e licenses got by the house nicely, bu
! not 10 in the senate whore the major
J ;tv took the view Of Senator Donla
] that it discouraged marriage and kil
I led it without further ado. 10
!. house apprshsnding that The ssnat