The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-10

facts to the reading public Of the
State
First. that the membership of
this house of REPRESENTATIVES has
deliberately and knowingly at
tempted to ignore and set aside
certain provisions of the constitu-
tion of this state, and as a body
has thereby committed zone of the
most open bits of skullduggery ever
perpetrated by Il Montana legisla-
ture" c'skullduggery'' being defined
by Webster as 'undcrhandcd ras-
cality.'c
Second, that this house did flag
rantly' disregard an opinion from
the attorney general before the
action was taken"
Third, that the governor of this
state did openly defy the plain
provisions of the constitution and
thereby violated his sacred oath of
office, and,
Whereas. these charges and
others of a like nature contained
in the said editorials bear no re-
semblance to the Known facts or
records in the deliberations COM
planned Of, are insultingly and vi
ciously intcndcd as dcrogatory to
the character, the honor and the
integrity of the members of this
house of representatives as a leg
islative body, are detrimental to
the best interests of the state and
in conflict with the terms of sec
tion Is of article of the state
constitution which provides that
the members of the legislative as
sembly shall not be questioned in
any place for any speech or de-
bate in either house; now, there
fore,
Be it resolved, by this house Of
representatives of the state Of
Montana, In regular session as
scmbled, that we most heartily
condemn such contemplate jour- /
nalistic methods and, brand as abb f,
solute falschoods and perversions
of the facts, the statements as
made by The Daily Missoulian and
as contained in paragraph one of
these resolutions, and be. it further
Resolved, that the person or per-
sons responsible for the publica-
tion of said articles be held to be
in contempt of this house under
section IL of article Is of the con-
stitution of the state, and that the
privileges of the floor of the house
be hereafter denied to any repre-
sentative of The Daily Missoulian
until such time as the said state
mcnts are corrected through the
columns of The Missoulian, made
to conform to the facts and the
records involved and an apology
offered this body for the charges
and attack made upon it's members
and the governor of the state while
acting in their official capacities
as the representatives of tho peo-
pie of Montana.
II rise to point Of personal privi
ege," said Mr.. Cults, land at thi
ime desire to introduce Il resolution
With. the permission Of the house
ere desire to read an article whicl
ppeared in The Missoulian of Feb
uary g."
Reads from MissouIian.
Mr.. Cults here read the news stori
nd editorial appearing in The Mis-
oulian with regard to the appoint
ncnt of himself by the governor. H
lso read an article published on Jan
ary 8 at the time the committees o
he house were announced by tn
peaker which complimented him upol
lis selections and stated that it woul
now be possible for the stat
4 Montana to- receive some of tn
egislation for which it had been clam
ring. He commented upon what h
ermed this amazing change O
ront."
"The attack continued Mr.. Cutt.
was brought about only through per
onal venom and animosity against tn
hief executive of this state. This at
ack was aided in part by one of tn
most notorious individuals who eve
lisgraced the senate of the Unite
states. This article is entirely i
,eeping with his political character.
ubmit that 1t Is necessary for me {
efcr but briefly to the foundation o
which my resolution is based"
Cites Court Opinions.
Here the orator took up that ptas
# the article dealing with the gov
extremely liberal interprctatio
If the constitution. He read the gov
communication and define
hat action as being in every way con
supporting this contcntio
With several decisions of suprem
courts. He then resumed his excoria
ion OF The Missoulian. it's editor an
representative somewhat along tn
'olfowing lines:
Il have never seen anything a
'icious, as venomous, as contemptibl,
IS seurri'ous' as steeged in the he