The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-01-22


THE LEGISLATURE.
Walsh The Unanimous Choice for
y. S. Senator.
Members Of Legislative Assembly
Will BE Kept Busy.
HELENA, Jan. 14.-The legisl alive
assembly today ratified the will of the
people as expressed In the November
election by unanimously electing
Thomas J. Walsh OF Helena United
States sen ator to succeed Joseph M.
Dixon. Mr.. Walsh received every
vote cast in the senate and house, In.
Guiding those of the hold.over sens.
tors who we're unpledged and the vote
of Mesdors of Dawson, who also was
unpledged.
Tomorrow the assembly will meet In
Joint session to rssify today's action
and certify Mr.. Walsh's election.
Prior to balloting for senator q
communication from the governor was
received by each house, certifying the
vote cast in November to be Walsh.
S,42l; Dixon %, l6l, and Smith. 49,.
$50.
In q short address before the house
began bslloting, Day, OF Lewis and
Clark, called attention to the fact
that the Legislators for the first time
would vote for q nominee who was the
choice, not of Q limited group, but of
the entire state, and then he pronounc.
ed q warm eulogy on Mr.. Walsh.
By q vote of 20 to So the house this
morning refused to establish the pre-
cedent of permitting the house instead
of the speaker to appoint committees
The committee on appropriation IA
vorsbly reported the senate resolu-
tion offered by Edwards providing
for the appointment Of . joint com.
mittee to investigate the alleged dis.
Grimm alton in rates on wheat chip
ments from the state.
Higgins offered an amendment to
make the investig cation cover rates on
fruit and all farm products, and Grip
pen offered another requiring the com.
mittee to report its fndings within 30
days. The matter was still under con.
sidera alton when the house recessed
until 2 o'clock.
MacRea introduces q bill providing
for the submission of q constitutional
amendment providing for the recall OF
public officers: Harmon, q bill provid-
ing for the employment of county
agricultural inspectors; and Brewer,
two bills relating to the Investment of
school funds to make it possible to
loan such funds on farm mortgages.
Seven bills we're introduced in the
sen ate this morning, including one by
Edwards designed to change the me
thod of impeaching state officers and
district and supreme court judges.
Under the present law this can only be
done in the state sen ate. The law pro-
posed by Edwards provides that such
officers may be removed by petition
signed by 30 per cent of the qualified
voters. This shall be equivalen to
an indictment, and the officer 90 &C.
cused shall be tried before the su.
preme court. In the case of . supreme
court Judge, from one to three dis
trict judges shall be called In to hear
the evidence.
HELENA, Jan. 15.-At noon today
the senate and house met in joint ses.
sion in the house chamber and ratified
the vote by which T. J. Walsh was
elected senator yesterday.
Mr.. Walsh thanked the legislature
saying that in all probability this was
the last time that the Montana legisls.
ture will even formally participate in
the election of q United States sena.
tor.
The senate concurred in the house
amendments to the Edwards resolu.
VAOo pEOvAOA0k AVS VAAo AAvOoVAk ouAO0 VI
the alleged discrimination in rates on
shipments of wheat and other pro-
ducts to eastern terminals.
The woman's suffrage bill introduc-
ed by Stout wasifsvorably reported to
the senate by the judici sry committee.
Senator Donlan gave notice of bill
appropriating 800, 900 for Montana
exhibit at the Panama exposition, and
q bill increasing the power of the state
board of equalization, so that 1t can
arbitrarily increase or decrease the
valuation fixed by the county boards
and thus make the valuation uniform
throughout the state.
Senator Burlingame introduced q
bill providing that injunctions csnno,
ho 3,e,,od - Ia hov 4 p,,taa un6on diP