The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-17
Matter Rfolened When En-
ployment CommitteesMakes
Majority Report.
WANT DEVELOPMENT
STATE WATER POWER
Resolution Endorsing Bill in
United States Senate
Passes House.
CIV. G. Ferguson, Staff Correspond

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t Helena, Jan. l6.--"There are nearly
loo men mere in this house of repre-
sentatiyes." said H. G. White OF Fergus
discussing q report submitted by the
house employment committee this
morning, "and It seems to me that 1t is
time we sat down and Inquired 1t up
Bring this whole thing right down to
yourselves, Az business men would
YOU emrloy more people than you
could use in your business? You fig
ure that you have to take care OF your
constituents. am willing to go and
willing you should 80 to reasonable
lengths in taking care OF your con-
stituents. but am opposed to taking
care OF four or five who attach them
selves to yon as your constituents.
walking through these halls at the
present time you see very many hand
some women and each time YOU walk
through you see more and more, until
it is a certainty that the young mon
will become cross-eyed and the old
men will become afflicted with per-
manent opthalmia.'
Debate Is Heated.
Mr.. Whites remarks were made
during a rather torrid debate which
was produced this inorning in the
house by the report Of n majority of
the employment committee which rec-
commended that n employees be dis
missed and eight substituted on tho
payroll. The report was signed by
Davis, Teton; Ashby, Lewis ana Clark:
Sektnan. Valley. and Griffin. Blnine.
who seeded from n meeting of the
entire employment committee, claim
Ing that motions were being railroaded
through the committee. The reading
OF the resolution was. the cause for II
considerable number Of speeches.
It was finally sent to the commit
tee on Judiciary for interpretation of
the law.
Representative Ashby, Lewis and
Clark, when called upon to explain
the report. stated that the employees
were taken off because the majority
of the committee construed the law to
be. such that they had been Illegally
to be added replaced any OF the num-
ber dismissed and that their employ
ment had been requested by cnairmen
OF the various committees.
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that these employees had all passed the
efficiency test. had been placed on the
roll regularly and that they should
stand.
higgins Motion Carries.
Representative Higgins, Missoula.
moved that the report be segregated,
that the house might consider first
the discharging OF employees and then
the question of hiring others. This
motion carried
The question of interpreting the law
! relating to house employees was then
introduced into the discussion. searles
commented on the fact that he be-
lieved his Interpretation of the law
was just as good as that Of the gen.
tleman from Lewis and Clark and that
to the law the house could
not even hire any stenographers.
Blodgett and Duffy. both of Silver
| Bow. called attention to the fact that
the house was wasting time quibbling
over the unimportant matter of house
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sentatives alone was costing the state
$3.50 a day. Higgins, Missoula, stated
that he realized the situation and had
said nothing about the matter Tor sew
eral days as he realized the Demo-
Gratis intended to employ this help
anyway. and that it vas wasting the
time OF the house to fight for economy
\ Report Is Referred.
| On roilcall the report was referred
10 the judiciary committee that II
might interpret the law In the case
Anderson. Fergus, ana several others
being In, favor of retaining Mt least ons
,clonkroom attendant. The vote was
not confined to party lines and war
rs TO ~ In favor OF sending the report
to the Judiciary committees.
| Wstsr Power 0Al Up.
Representative scott. rig Horn, In
trodnced n resolution inemoriallzinl
congress to pass Legislation permit
ting OF water power development. Mr.
Scott stated that there WAS n CRYING