The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1925-01-29


The House
Compensation law changes were
proposed in the House, in bill which
would grant a maximum Of SIS as
weekly compensation for industrial
workers, instead Of si2.bO under the
Workmens Compensation Act. 1t
includes vocational diseases, which in
Montana is virtually only miners con-
sumption. The committee,Nof which
Void Of Yellowstone is chairman,
which was sent to Deer Lodge TO in-
vestigate the feasibility Of executing
criminals at the penitontiaryi had not
returned
The Senate Tuesday
The Senate today received a major
ity and minority report on the sena-
torial contest Of Lake county. Final
action was delayed until Wednesday.
President Mccormack appointed the
following additional committees to In
vestigate public officials and institu-
tions For the committee to investi-
gate the Highway Commission: Spear
Buttelman and Henderson; Historical
Library: McCone, Mears and Muffiy-
| The House
The House determined to bring IA
halt to the sale Of dope, and proposes
| five years to lie Imprisonment for
lgiving OF selling Of dope to minors
Representative Besancon proposes to-
edit the State Treasurer's report be-
| fore publication. A number OF cont
| mittees reported out bills of minor
| Importance. The committees on Cor
iporations other than Municipal re-
ported unfavorahly on House Bill iS
by Fairgrieves of Carbon, which pre-
vided for tax on corporations. The
House favora July for holding primary
elections, instead of August. This
bill was introduced by Troy Of HUI
county. The House took action on =
number Of other bills, and notice was
lgiven Of intention to introduce addi~
tional bills.
The Senate Wednesday
The Senate on Wednesday, decided
the senatorial. contest Of Lalc county
and seated Ralph Tower as senator.
His opponent was ]. NJ Lyle, who re-
ceiyed the Democratic vote and the
vote Of Senator Taylor, Farm-Labor
party member. Preceding the vote
there was an interesting debate ON
parliamentary practise, In whch Sem
ator Paul Of Powell and Senator Dun
can Of Madison were the principal
participants. The vote was 80 TO l8v
and on motion of Muffey Of Hroad-
] water. committee of two consisting
Paul and Duncan was appointed to de-
termine whether the state could prop
erly pay mileage and per diem to both
! Tower and Lyle from the opening or
1.-THE session to date.
Senator Scotield, Of Powder River
lin speech on the subject OF me-
mortal to congress, which he had pre-
pared, made plea for the farmers
/ His memorial asked that congress.
lcreate no more irrigated farms by
reclamation until the present agricui~-
tural holdings be made to pay their
nrourietors. The Senate killed the
memorial, adopting an adverse report
The House
The closed primary election bill re-
ceived favorable consideration in the
House in committee of the whole
e Under this bill each voter would be'
r required to state his political aftiiia-
= tion and his age and he could not votes
( unless he did so. The measure would
g become effective September 18th of
G this year, at which time q new regis
: tration of voters would begin. Regis
n tration would close As days before the
n election, ard any voter up to that time
{ could change his party designation by
d fling an affidavit with the County
! Clerk and Recorder to the effect that
he had changed his political views
r Thirty days prior to the election the
/. County Clerk would be required to-
) post in each voting precinct list OF
o the voters and their addresses, and in
h the case Of primary elections, the
d party affliations Flachsenhar OF
d Prairie county Is the author OF the
Y bill.
d The House adopted the report OF
! the committee on labor, that the fed
d eral child labor amendment be ratified
s The Senate Thursday
r. The Senate today in committee OF
It the whole recommended for passage
i a bill by Church Of Lewis and Clark,
e providing that benevolent and relig-
$ ious corporations in existence prior to
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