The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-25
PROGRESSIVE ELEMENT
WINS VICTORY
Continued From Page One)

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tee to report the bill for consideration
on general orders
When the joint committee on rules
met this morning a struggle ensued
over the house instruction. Day, OF
Lewis and Clark, appeared on the
behalf of the house democrats to in
sist upon compliance with instructions.
The discussion dragged until Pope,
progressive, moved that the joint
committee report the rule asked for by
the house. Speaker Macdonald sec
onded the motion, but when it was put
to a vote Senators Donlan and Gall
Wey voted in the negative, as did
Blake, republican, of Deer Lodge, and
Hustead, of Madison and Stewart of
Gallatin-the two latter being demo-
Gratis and under specific instruction of
their party in the house to support
the resolution. Had they not betrayed
their party the vote would have stood
) to 3 in the affirmative instead of 5
to 3 in the negative.
When the matter came up in the
house subsequently Amin, progress
sive, took the bull by the horns and
lICit II lis iIl'llbll, WHICH was lliolS
sweeping in character than the pro-
vision agreed upOn by the house dem
ocratic caucus, and it swept the house
off its feet. Many democrats there
tOfore counted in favor of a steering
committee with broad powers were in
ccnsed 50 much that they voted I'M
hesitatingly with the progressives and
the platform democrats.
This crushing blow to machine
domination in the house marks the
beginning of a new leadership.
k~irschWing, platform democrat, whose
huge physical bulk has been no more
noticeable in the house than has his
bigness of courage and steadfastness
of purpose, looms large in the house
democratic ranks. And his party in
Montana will have abundant cause to
be grateful for that fact. Without him
and his kind, in the house, the demo-
cratic membership in that body would
have before now been on the ragged
edge of despair.
Decisive Victory.
The progressive element in the
house won a decisive victory today in
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roll call showing only two votes in OPP
position to the motion which deter
mined the attitude of the house.
The subject came over from yes
terday. and was Il special order for II
O'Clock. When that hour arrived
kirschWing moved a recess of Is min
utes, and the democratic side went
into conference. Upon the reassem-
bling Of the house, Amin, progressive.
moved that the house members of the
Joint committee on rules be directed
to report an amendment to rule % of
the twelfth assembly to provide that
at any time after the fOrtieth day of
the session the house may direct the
speaker to appoint a steering commit
tee Of five members, the committee to
be subject at all times to the will of
a majority of the house.
In speaking to his motion Amin de-
clared that he did not think a steer
ing committee, If appointed, should be
given greater power THAI the house
itself possesses. He pointed out that
at the present time 43 members can
pass a bill, but that under rule % as
it now stands, sc votes would be re-
quired to take a bill from the hands
of the steering committee.
! The prosressives in this body de-