The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-02-02
White of Buffalo Leads in the House
r.; Thinks Like a Lawyer; Talks Like a Wh;r1,v;nd!

would make county division an
easier matter. He has intro
duced a bill which fixes the as
sessed valuation Of new counties at
$4,000, 900, instead of the $1,000
900 now required, and leaving the
old county 100000 of assessed
valuation as against the $8,0O0,O00
which the existant law demands. The
present law also s%tipulates that a
county must have 1900 square miles,
while the oliver measure provides
for an area of not less than 1900
square miles of territory. The bill
also provides for a majority vote,
instead of the IS per cent now neces-
sary to change the map of Montana.
The newspaper men of Helena are
singing of the exploit of ST Perkins.
The republicans were about to hold
a secret caucus in the ball room of
the Placer. Perkins was assigned to
cover the caucus. How to get a
story Of this important meeting was
a problem.
Perkins knew his battle ground,
because nightly, when the lights come
and the music starts, he one-steps
lACAc. AOOuI thirty A1AAutS6 UClO1C
the time for calling the caucus to or
der, and by dint of hard work he
managed to crawl under the orches-
ira platform. The fact that his belt
buckle is not far from his back sus-
pender buttons helped some. He
turned on his electric spark, got out
his pad and pencil and waited.
The caucus convened. The repub-
licans, in the bosom of their political
family, talked. ST wrote. He got
sc enthusiastic about the story he
vas getting that he moved his leg.
1t cramped. He had to move it
again. This time the noise of his
moving was heard by Senator Ruben
Dwight, who stopped proceedings and
investigated. 81 was hauled out of
his hiding place. He felt like a lone
democratic mule in the midst of a
herd of angry republican elephants.
1t suddenly occurred to him that he
had business elsewhere. He left the
place with no plaudits ringing in his
Ears.
The republicans sent a committee
to the Independent and demanded an
apology. 1t was not forthcoming.
So in the house and senate the next
day they introduced resolutions bar
ring the Independent representative
from the floor. The resolution car
ried in the senate, where the republi-
cans are in the majority, and an In
dependent reporter, not 81, was
marched down the isle and shown the
door by the dignified sergeant-at-
arms. The twin resolution failed Of
passage in the democratic house BY
one vote.
! Among the measures which will be
introduced are the following:
!, A bill providing for the closing o,
, saloons on Sundays.
A bill to COMPEL all flour mills tt
accept wheat and grind same int
= flour on a custom basis, fixing toll
f charges, and providing penalties TO
l millers who decline to grind whea
on this basis.
A bill providing for the commits
e sion-manager form of government TO
: cities and towns.
r A bill providing for the appropria
tions of money for the operation Q
3 state fish hatcheries.
A bill providing for the storage O
/ flood waters for irrigation.
t A bill to increase the salaries o
assessors, and making the office on
: of the best salaried places in the var
ious counties.
A bill providing for a system O
voting by mail.