The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-10
THE DAILY MlssoULAN SATURDAY MORNING. FEBRuARYlo e7
PASSES fIGHT.AOOR LAW|
Senate Action Affects Wom-
en- and Employees of
School Districts.

Helena. Feb. 9.-(Staff Correspond
ence)-The women's eight hour bill
and that giving janitors, engineers and
firemen in school districts OF the first
class an eight-hour day went through
committee of the whole and were then
concurred in on third reading by the
senate today. The McCone bill repeal
ing the initiative primary law and
substituting the convention primary
system and the Whiteside Sunday
closing OF saloons were recommended
for passage and have been placed on
general orders.
This bill is the one which left the
house carrying with it eight hour
work for employees in beet sugar fac.
tories. sawmills and manufacturing
institutions. These amendments were
chopped off in the senate.
| On third reading the senate passed:
5. B. 50, providing for collection OF
| early day data by Granville Stuart:
H. B. 81. additional Judge Tenth dis
trict; S. B. 1876. creating Eighteenth
judicial district out of Hill and Blaine
counties: S. b. 1872. consolidating state
boards Of stock and sheep commission
ers; H. b. 72, prohibiting driving OF
spikes in saw logs; II. b. %, amending
eight hour law to include janitors, en-
gineers and firemcn of first class
school districts; II. r. 4, eight hour
law for women.
In committee of the whole with Will
lett in the chair, the senate recon-
mended for passage: S. B. 80, regu-
lating casing of oil and gas wells: S,
B. IS. repeating teachers pension fund
act; s. B. 45, amending the banking
law; $. B. 81. regulating sale ana
manufacture of explosives: S. B. 80,
authorizing consolidation of co-opera-
tive associations; s. b. 10l, regulating
forwarding OF negotiable instruments
for collection; S. b. 1O2, additional
good time allowance to prisoners on
road crows; S. d. III, establishing
junior and normal school courses in |
high schools: s. B. 112, amending
mothers aid law to include wives of
state prisoners to be aided for three
months.
The special joint committee on pri-
mary legislation reported it had been
unable to reach any agreement with |
the house members. but that the prin-
cipal objection to the present primary
system was the expense. It recon-
mended that S. B. GO by McCone pro-
vding for the repeal Of the initiative
act and the passage of a law provid-
ing for the. convention primary system
be passed. The report, signed by Ed
wards, Haley, Muffly and Lane. was
adopted.
S. B. 1O7 by Whiteside, providing
for Sunday closing Of saloons, was ia
vorably recommended. The committee
on townships and counties reported
the bill adversely. Whiteside moved
as a substitute the bill be recon-
mended favorably. His motion carried
10 to 49,
The ayes-Annin. Clark, Edwards,
Ellingson, Featherly. Gnose, Haley.
Hogan, Hurd. Jones, Kane, McCone,
Meadors, Oliver Slayton. Taylor.
Whiteside Williams.
Noes-Arnold. Brewer Burla, Clay,
Dwight, Fishbeck, Gallwey, Healy.
Heron. Lane, Larson. Mershon. Nor
ris. Muffly, Parker Roberts, Stevens.
Willett.
H. J. NJ. No. 5 by Hathaway. asking
for national prohibition. was recon-
mended for passage by the commit
tee on federal relations.
Two bills were killed on the adop-
ton of adverse committee reports: II.
b. sc, relating to commission form Of
government; S. B. 145, to prohibit
adulteration Of white lead and paint
Bills were favorably reported by
standing committees as follows: H.
B. 100. issuance Of bonds by cities and
towns: H. B. 1877, authorizing cities to
maintain swimming pools: II. B. GO.
providing for employment of matrons
to take care OF female prisoners: H.
3. 1926 defining boundary line between
Dawson and Rosebud counties; S. b.
l41. relating to bond issues for county
high schools: II. B. AZ, relating to
medical supplies for county poor: II.
B. 113. exempting undertakcrs from
Jury duty: H. B. %, early closing Of
pool halls; II. B. 76, enlarging boun-
daries of Silver Bow county; s. Il.
147. authorizing changing of name of
| counties.