Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-16
Cooney Opposes Meas
ure Admits He Didn't t
Vote for-lreumbent.
Mrs. Hathaway Brands
Action as Petty Poll
tics, Class Legislation.
By w. w. MOSES,
Staff CORRESPONDENT.

Stdt OUIt0SpOUu0ues
Helena. March 15.-It was
the Dixon forces who put the
skids under O. H. P. Shelley,
Republican national committee
man, when S. B. No. 4 primarily
designed to throw Mr.. Shelley
out of his office and to permit
Of the selection of a Republican
more agreeable to the leaders,
came up in the house Tuesday
for consideration. The usual
administration and anti-admi-
nistration division prevailed
and the bill was finally con-
CURED in by a vote of 60 to 81.
'It seems to me the whole object Of
this bill is to iegislate one man out of
office" said e. II. -Cooney of Cascade
county. when opposing the measure in
committee of the whole "The people
Of the state elected this man but it
seems We do not pay much attention to
how the people vote, as has been evi-
denced before in this house. did not
vote for this man, but l do not believe
in this form of special legislation.
move to strike the enacting clause"
Segregation Move Falls.
His motion was defeated n was
also one by johnson of Silver Bow
county. to strike out section 2 in tn
catirety. The. bill was then recon-
mended for passage and = motion by
Ceoney to segregate the bill from the
committee report Was defeated, the
vote resulting 81 to 81.
When the bill was later placed on
third reading after q short fibuster
upon the part Of its opponents in
which motions to recess and also to
adjourn until Wednesday morning
were made and were defeated, Cooney
explained his vote as follows:
"Inasmuch as this is merely special
mitteeman out of the office to which
he was elected in accordance with the
customs of the Republican party, I
vote no."
1t was noticeable that Speaker Pro-
Tenn Dodds. who is one of the Dixon
leaders in the house and who is un-
derstood to be strong candidate for
appointment as prohibition enforce-
ment commissioner, was not in the
house during the forenoon, and that his
colleague, T. FL. Macdonald Of Flat
head county, left the floor during the
time the vote was being taken.
Provisions Of Bill.
The bill in question is as follows:
Section 1.-The state central com.
mite of each political party in the
state of Montana shall select one ma
tienal committeeman, who shall rep
resent said political party as a member
OF the national committee of said party
and said committeeman shall be Sc
leeted in each year in which presi-
dent and vice president of the United
States are elected, and such selection
shall be made prior to the meeting Of
the national conventions of the re-
spective political parties, and said COM
mitteeman shall hold office for term
Of four years.
Section Upon the passage and
approval of this act, the state central
committee of each political party shall
elect national committeeman who
shall hold office from the date OF his
selection until the year 1924, and un-
til the selection of his successor.
Gives Clear Track.
ACCt4ta cs~SAA 0GtS 6uU UaEJS OF
acts in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
Section 4.-This act shall take ef-
feet and be in force from aud after its
passage and approval
In an effort to wipe out the action
IF the forenoon Josephs Brooks, Of
Park county, moved Immediately after
re converting in the Afternoon that the
bill be recalled. He said the house
displayed petty politics when it sousht
to remove man selected for office
inder the primary system and he
.ermed it class legislation.
Dudley Jones moved the Brooks mo-
hon be tabled.
II. G. Rodgers admitted that he had
Shelley for national commit
teeman and that some of those in the
legislature who had helped put him
N office are now voting against him.
Mrs. Hathaway Votes No.
II know of nothing dishonorable
about bis methods in securing election
,r his actions in office" said Mrs.
md is entitled to serve out his term.
You say that the people did not know
what they a>e doing and you deleRatc
% yourselves all wisdom and know
edge.
II was told a little while ago that
+ l voted yes lot OF you rubber
stamps would vote no and If voted
no. you would vote 'yes,'" said Magic
Smith Hathaway. Il for one am not
|. party to any petty, dirty politics and
want 10 be recorded Ms voting no. -
The tabling motion was then adopted,
IS to IS. Both Dollls and Macdonald
we're present during this latter test
md voted upon the motion.
Similar division was noted in practic-
lily all measures before the house
Tuesday forenoon in which administra-
ion policies were concerned.
T. =. J0hnqen, Of Silver Bow county,
moved that the senate be requested 10