The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1925-02-26
HOUSEPASSES THREE CENT GASOLINE
TAX WITH new APP0RTIONMENT.
SENATE KILLS PARI MUTUEL THEN
REVIVES IT And PASSES BY FOUR VOTES
Monday Was Ifftieth Day and Both Houses Pass
Large Mass Of Bills and Working Hard to Dis
pose 0f Those on Hand. New Senator From
Petroleum County Takes Seat.
The senateMonday

The Senate--MOnday
A budget system for cities and
towns, as rewritten BY the finance
and claims committee was recon-
mended for passage in the senate to-
day.
The bill puts the counties and mu-
inequalities on cash basis Of opera
ton, providing, however, for the cre-
alton of supplemental budgets and
the payment of warrants written in
excess Of the amounts apportioned to
certain funds, on vote Of the tax
payers.
This bill was opposed by Shelver
of Park, Demel of Yellowstone, and
Oliver Of Fallocn.
Conser, Leuthold, Taylor and Paul,
defended the bill, Conser admitting
there were debatable points, but as
serting that the time had arrived In
the state to curb extayagance and the
drastic psnalties complained of, would
result in bringing about q check on
county and municipal authorities rum
hing 'hog wild' ~ they have been in
the past piling up debts beyond the
constitutional limit.
The senate also adopted amendment
to substitute s. b. SO, motor vehicle
license registration, based upon weight
and not horsepower, which resulted
in cutting down the license of taxi
cabs of seven passenger capacity, op-
Grating within cities from rs cents per
hundred weight to 80 cents and sealed
down the price per passenger from 81
The House
After two hours of speeches over
H. B. 279, the purpose of which was
to repeal the prescription law, the bill
was killed in committee of the whole
by vote of 55 to 81. The desks OF
the members were covered with tele.
grams from the reformists and others
opposing the bill.
! When Fox made motion to strike
the enacting clause Hedrick, one of the
authors of the measure, arose anc
made an extended talk in favor Of the
repeal. He was followed by Morris Of
Choteau and then the battle against
the repeal was on. Nearly speaker
thereafter attacked the bill and tn.
physicians of Montana who are per
mitted to write prescriptions. The re
action from this propaganda wat
voiced in almost every talk and tn,
sentiment against the attempt at re
peal spread like wildfre during tn,
debate.
Dellwo of Lake declared that tn,
| prescription law might be tightenet
up but called attention to the deplor
able failures of officers to enforce tn,
prohibition law and said the reform
element should direct their activities
In that direction and let the prescrip
tion law alone.
''They are carrying liquor into tn,
schools" said the Lake county repre-
sentative, "and every other powder
puff In the modern dance haH is can
teen Of liquor in disguise"
Meagher of Teton declared that tn,
measure to repeal was simply 'boot
leggers measure" and that the womel
backing it were too dumb" to see ii
| Mullholland of Silver Bow count,
brought down the house when he mad
his speech against the bill, declaring
that if liquor were not permitted tn
large corporations employing miner
| in Silver Bow country would be com
| PEELED to call upon the governor Il
call an extra session Of the Legislature
to provide beer for the miners VIII,
he said.
i "Go down into the bowels Of tn
earth to dig out the metal and all the.
have is ice water and cold ice waite
at that"
| Kelly Of Silver Bow said the womel
packing the measure were working
aand in hand with the bootleggers.
| All speakers against the measur
called attention to the lack Of enforce
ment Of the liquor laws. Among thos
who opposed the repeal were: Hawle,
' Of Wheatland, Duncan c Cascade
Fitzgerald of Silver Bow, 8eadle 0
Silver Bow, Andrus Of Custer, Tro,
Of Hill, and Fox Of Silver Bow.
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