The Daily Missoulian., 1917-02-08

GflmeS, liatnaWay, HAWKS, Hufu, IRON
side, Jensen, Johnson, Kehoee Kelsey,
Lennon, McClorey, Mcmahon, Mason,
Morris, Morrow, Murray, O'Brien,
Page, Prosser Quaintance, Rainey,
Searles, Shaw, Spain, Stimpert, Ward,
We'll, Wheat, White. Total, As.
Against seating Cutts-Oscar Ander-
son, Arneson, Baldwin, Baxter, Bel
den, Bernard, Booth, Brooks, Buell. of
Missoula, Buell. of Gallatin, Burnworth
Cotter, Davis, Dodds, Eaton, Eiel, Full
lcr, Griffin. Gullidge, Harbert, Harmon,
Henderson, Henry, Higgins. Holt, Hut
faker, Husscr, Ingals, johnson, Jones,
kemmis, Lewis, I.usk, Mcmillan, Nc
Quarric. Middleton, Rasmussen, Sand,
Scott, Sektnan, Working. Total, Al.
After the roll call had been taken
Speaker O'Connor appointed Repre-
sentatives Mcmahon, Higgins and Eliel
to bring Mr.. Cults in to take the oath
of office. Mr.. Higgins refused to serve
and the other two representatives
escorted Mr. Cults to the speakers
ministered by the speaker.
Il make no pretensc at being an
orator. said Representative Cults.
upon being accorded the privilege of
the floor following his taking the oath
of office, but ii rs becoming that I
should express my appreciation for the
action of this assembly and that of the
governor. The Great Giver of all law
has seen fit to create a vacancy in
this assembly and l will do my best
to follow the mans ideas of citizen
ship whose place l am taking.
Il listened with a great deal of per-
sonal grief to the remarks of the gen.
tleman from Mssoula. I cannot con-
ceive of his injecting the venom of
partisanship into friendly relation.
| am not ashamed to admit that have
been familiar with mining and the
mining tax during the last five years
and that l have consistently opposed it.
Not behind the pillars, nor in the lobby
of the Placer hotel, but on the floor of
this house"
Mr.. Cults then explained his election
as representative of the theatrical in
terests of the state and said that Mr..
Higgins was acquainted. .with his con-
nections in this business.
Still Near Shoals.
II. B. by Page, which provides for
the semi-monthly payment of en-
ployes is not in the harbor up to the
present moment. In fact, it appears
that there may be some difficulty in
its making port at all. The argument
that nothing should be done at the
present time to interfere or embarrass
the railroads on account of our strained
relations with Germany was the argu-
ment advanced by Representative
Blake Deer Lodge for calling back to
the house the semi monthly pay bill
He stated that in his opinion the bill
should now be amended by striking
out railroads.
Furious at seeing the bill again
placed in jeopardy its author Page.
Granite, and Murray, chairman of the
labor committee, fought against this
action which they claimed to be
mere subterfuge. Andersen, Fergus.
openly charged that a "bluffing, ca
joling, insidious railroad lobby had
managed to change the sentiment of
the house and Murray said that it was
a sad reflection on the house and a
rotten state of affairs" Represent
ative Page charged that four or five
invisible governments had conspired to
put his bill on the shelf
BY a vote of 80 to 3S Representative
Blake's motion carried and the bill
will be brought back from the senate
today.
The Cults matter had no sooner
been disposed of until Representative
Blake moved the reconsideration Of II.