The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-19
HOUSE WINS GREAT VICTORY
FROM REACT1ONARYS SENATE
OVER STEERING COMMITTEE
Jordan and Lennon, Threatened With Ex-
pulsion, Cave In and Resign---Upper
House Hears Stirring Speech by
Madison County Man, Who
Scores the Democrats.

! the democratic party, and because Of
which promise the democratic party
was entrusted with power in the as.
sembty and the eovernorshp. It can
only pass by the aid of democratic
votes in this chamber warn you
that if it does pass another party will
come into power in this state. But"
and the speaker here turned and faced
the republican side Of the senate, sit
will not be you republicans 1t will
be the prograssives who will control
l., the senate and house two Years
from now, and it will be the progress
s'ves who will elect the governor four
Years from this time. | warn you,
speaking as a democrat, that if this
measure is persisted in will no lonq-
err be democrat, but will be a pro
Grcssive. will not be alone in SO
doing among the members of this as
scn1h'y, and we will be far from beinu
alone in that attitude among the dem
ocratic voters of Montana"
number OF the reactionarv SEN
atorial combine senator's spoke in
favor Of the resolution, among them
lcing Abbott, Muffly and Byrnes,
democrats, and Edwards, republican.
The Vote.
At the conclusion of the debate ana
the disposition of motion to table,
the resolution was adopted by the
following vote: Aycs--Abbott Board.
man, Rurlingamc, Byrnos, christopher
Dearborn, Donlan, Edwards GapWoy,
Larson, Minor, Muffly, SelWay, Stev.
ems and Survant. Total Is. Noes
Ashbridse, Brwnlec Cato, Darroch,
Duncan, George, Grande, Croft Lcary,
o'Shea, Stout, Taylor, Whitcside. Total
II.
Long before the action of the SEN
ate was officially made known to the
house, the members of that body knew
exactly what had happened, and they
TOOK steps that compelled rapid
shifting about and made victory over
TER reactionary opponents in the
senate swift aud certain.
Representative k!rschWinw of Cas-
cade notified CUTS of the Silver Bow
delegation that resolutions had been
prepared for the expulsion from the
house of both Lennon and Jordan.
and that unless these two members
'''f7'i'' ii'llt 'llt 5''tiliiS tllltliltt''f
the resolutions would be presented
ana immediate adoption urged.
Very soon thereafter Cults moved
for a recess inttmating at the same
time that there was good reason to
hope for an early adjustment of the
relations between the house and senate
over the steering committee.
They Resign.
The recess was of short duration,
and when the house reassembled the
designations of Lennon and Jordan
were read to the house and unani-
mouSly accepted. The senate steering
committee was in the lobby, and at
once sent in a request to the house
members to meet with them in joint
session
A. big proportion of the so-called
progressive democrats of the house
were later In the afternoon sent
scurrying to cover Of the joker in the
democratic platform which provides
that work of all new commission ere
atod by the legislature shall be dele
gated to the railroad commission This
was when Representative Amin of
fered an amendment to thc Byrnes
public utility bill. after its considera-
ton had been practically concluded by