The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-18
FIGHT MAY DEVELOP
IN TODAY'S SESSION
But Three Subjects in Gov
ernor's Call Arc Not Yet
Acted Upon.
tEs staff Correspondon,, ,

S'Eh'. mere hroSc today n slight cloud
tn the horizon which mays Indicate
that all Will not be smooth soilintr
when tho Stimpcrt bill on scditon.
sabotag" and unlawful assemblage
GENES before the house tomorrow.
Opposition on the part OF organized
hbor, combined with an attempt on
the part OF Mortimer NJ Donog,nnc,
state leader Of organized labor, to cx-
tract the force Of the measure by
means of a harmless looking amend
ment, was narrowly asefted at n $685.
sion of the joint committees OF house
and senate on the bill
Ends-i~ Coceesraiss, r--r.s44-.z.
rho measure introduced Sy Mr.
Stimpert fixes penalty for the A.
sembly of persons for the discussion
OF sabotage and plans for It's use. The
amendment which Mr. Donoghue pro-
POSED. was u provision that unlawful
asscmblagc" should not be taken to
mean meetings Of labor orgH nlzatiop
Tor tho purpose of discussing the
means OF advancing their wishes and
dema nds
Ihis was quickly pounced upon by
members of the committees who were
present. and finally a compromise waa
reached with the representative Of
iAbof whereby IT. was provided that
uniawful assemblage will not provide
punishment for meetings where sabo.
tage Is discussed. though II shall
be unlawful to plan to use IL or To
advocate Its use at such meetings.
Fight in Prospect.
From this agreement. is Is expected.
there viii arise no trouble, though II
is by no means impossible that there
VIII be a fight against 1t, when the
measure IL called up.
Believing that the desire OF Ronald
Higgins. Missoula representative. to
put teeth into" the sedition measure
which passed tho house yesterday. had
made the penalty too severe, the sen.
ate committee on judiciary. which met
today To consider the measure. lowered
the fine which attaches to tho measure.
md then agreed to report it out for
psssacn in the senate tomorrow
Mr.. Higgins had proposed, ana had
his amendment accepted, that the pen
!alty be fixed al n fine of from $500 to
10000 and imprisonment in the state
penitentiary for not more than 10 years.
By the alteration made In the senate
committee, the fine was 10 changed
as TO be from 800 to $4,000 and the
Imprisonment clause was not altered.
After Small Fry.
The members OF the committee held
that by making the penalty az severe
as Mr. Higgins had advocated, there
would be permitted 10 escape numer-
Gus small offenders. because, II was
contended. juries world not mete out
such a heavy penalty In their particu-
lar cases. They desired. they said,
wider scope Of Denalization.
The senate committee also decided
To report favorabIy several other bills
which were sent TO it's membership at
last evenings session, following their
! passage in the house. Similar action
also AIRS taken BY the special meeting
Of the finance and claims committee
| which met this afternoon, following the
judiciary committee meeting.
Three Proposals Remain.
| with everything ready for going
ahead at the stroke of the gavei to-
morrow morning. it Ii believed that
the special session should not last
more than three days longer. There
yet remain three of the governors
proposals for enactment Chief Of these
10 the absent voters law. which Is in
tended TO give men from Montana In
the service of the nation, the right 10
casa their ballots, whether they be in
camp in America or at the front in
France
The home guard legalization bill
also is TO come up. SIS is also the
measure licensing the sale OF firearms
land explosives
| Representative Dwight Mason o
Missou,a tonight had ready for pre-.
ssntation in the house tomorrow a bill
for an appropriation of 100000 forth