Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-24
SENATE FAvORS
CAM: AND FISH
R[0RGAN|zAT
Two Amendments
lacked to House Bill
Before Concurrence.
B. C.. White Criticizes
Measure as Political
Machine Expansion.
8. ne Corresnondence.

STAFF Correspondence.
Helena, Feb. o3--Voting down all
but two amendments, the senate, in
committee Of the whole Wednesday re
commended For concurrence senate
substitute for H. b. IL, recognizing
the state fish and game commission.
J. M. Burlingame Of Cascade county
offered an amendment, which carried,
prohibiting the commission from dis
turbing q game preserve that has been
IN existence for two years, and Edward
Booth Of Fallm county offered an
amendment, which likewise carried,
providing that rules and regulations of
the state game and fish commission
shall be published in one newspaper In
every county.
Galway offered an amendment to
strike out that provision requiring that
one member of the commission of five
shall be a stockman, another o farmer,
and a third a sportsman. 1t failed.
Amendments were also offered to per-
NIT the commission to employ more
than eight regular deputies, but all
Of them we're voted down. Members
favoring an increase in the number Of
regular deputies pointed out there was
no limit on the number Of special
deputies to be employed on per diem
scale that was higher than the regular
men would receive.
Whits criticises Bill.
Senator B. c.. White Of Fergus
county moved to strike out the enact
ing clause, upon the grounds that
Republicans in past sessions nave
always worked for adjustment of the
establishment as q political machine.
He said the present bill simply pro-
vided for a more elaborate political
machine.
81. B. 174-Prohibiting minors under
the age Of 10 from frequenting pool
or billiard halls without the consent
of their parents was amended, on mo-
ton Of J. W. Anderson of Richland
county absolutely prohibiting their
presence in such establishments, with
or without consent. Larson OF Teton
county characterized the amendment
as "another provision to raise children
BY legislation"
]. r. Page of Granite county at
tackled the quarter of a million dollar
deficiency bill from the state asylum,
saying there was nothing to prevent
persons at the head of state institu-
tons from spending as much money as
they saw fit.
Ran Deficiency Bill.
+. H. Leuthold of Saltwater county
observed the expenditures cited all
occurred under a Democratic admins
tration. Booth said the legislature
called the attention Of the governor
two years ago to this situation, and
added if somebody doesn't start re-
moving people from office pretty soon,
the deficiency, instead Of being $780,
GOO will be S1,OOO0OO
+. B. Connolly Of Yellowstone
county chairman Of the committee
that recently investigated the asylum
said the committee found things in
good shape and that per diem cost of
caring for patients had risen in the
past few years from so cents to $1.1O.
He added, however, that comparison
Of the costs per patient of the Mon
tana asylum with those Of other states
showed costs in most Of the other
states were considerably higher.
W. J. Paul Of Powell county said he
knew something about the situation.
That last May or June the state board
Of examiners was confronted with the
question OF either allowing the de-
ficiencies to be incurred or of calling
a special session Of the legislature to
appropriate money.
Recommit Reapportionment.
Sub 81. B. 50. reapportioning msn
bership in the house and reducing the
total membership from 1O8 to 1O1 was
reported out by the committee an re-
apportionment. The majority report
recommended the bill do not pass.
The minority report, signed by Mains
and Jensen, that the bill do pass.
Il. r. Stewart Of Deer Lodge county
one OF the signers Of the majority
report, said he was opposed to the bill