The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-06

Stewart SAID ne was on the BOARD
of education as governor of Mon
tana when that wa sdone and had
no apology to offer for his part
in the dismissal, receiving APP
plause, and added it is known the
Russian Soviet communists are as
sailing the government because
they know they will make no head
way until it is struck down--he
believed in preparedness, and re-
garded the bill as step in the
right direction.
The motion to strike the enact
ing clause was voted down and
the bill approved by the commit
tee.
House Presents Presents
The House members and employ
ees presented two handsome we'd
ding gifts TO the recently married
house employees, Alvin Jacobson, a
citizen of Sheridan, and bride, also
a house employee, by Representa-
tive Moss of Flathead county, with
a fetching speech that was ap-
plauded. The groom thanked the
house briefly in behalf of himself
and wife.
Cut ChancellOr's Wages
After the senate voted down the
bill of CARRIER to abolish the Of
flee of chancellor, the house mem.
Der Shannon from Sanders intro
duced a measure to reduce his sal
airy from $4,000 to $500, the
salary of the governor.
"Many MEMBERS" Shannon said
edo not believe a man who has
under his supervision only a small
part of the government of Mon,
tana should be paid more than is
the governor, who is responsible
for the entire government of the
state. At present the chancellor il
the highest paid employee of the
state"
Another Judge
Representative Metlen of Beav
erhead county will father a bill t,
add another district judge in dis
, trict No. 5.
Married Woman Bill Starts
True to his statement Monda,
when he CAV enotice of the bill
Sen. Robert Pauline of Flathea
! county, yesterday introduced S. 3
20, prohibiting state, county, cit
: or school district officers from EN-
ploying married women, who's
husbands are able-bodied or are Fl
nancially able to support then
!. President Hazelbaker referred tn
. measure to the committee on labo
: and capital, composed of McClear
: Rowland, Kane, Wheeler, Cooper
= Reedand Carter.
:, The Pauline measure has cause
! great deal f comment ever sine
" it was noticed and its progress
will be watched with interest.
I. is expected that the bill will
, turned in by the committee wit
E possibly a majority report. TIL
question of its constitutionality j
: likely to be fought out on tn
y floor.
Automobile Accident Fund
= The automobile idemnity bill, pr,
y posed by Representatives Goodwi
c Benjamin and Ekegren, was intr,
duced yesterday, and it would or
e ate a fund to indemnify people il
jured in automobile accidents
# charging all users of motor Vehicl,
= an indemnity fee ranging from ST.
:" year for motorcycles, pleasul
cars and trucks used in ones bus
: ness to $3.50 for 12-passenger buSe
" Failure to pay this fee would
, punished by a fine of from $40
y 800. The attorney general, sta
D. treasurer and secretary Of sta
n would compose the state automobi
board and administer the law. I'll
d indemnities would run from $500
for the death of a person above
IS years of age down to $1,250 for Il
~ loss of an eye. There are abo1
y 10000 cars in the state and if Il
e fee averaged no more than $40 tn
n. would create a fund of $1,500,000.
Crime Commission Law
When crime commission bill
which provides that when pleas
not guilty and not guilty by reas'
of insanity are interposed by d
PENDANT, they must be tried sepa
ately, came before the committt
lOTluST GON6TuOT OlSWdIl OSl4NS A
n an impaSsioned plea opposing t
- approval of that bill and the hs
&c dozen companion crime commiSsi
lg bills on general order, on the grou
is that the law relative to such pl
- cedure, as established and maintai
W ed during the past 80 years, w
better as it was than the propos
k changes.
az History of the Law :.
= He went into the history of /
u administration of criminal law
In this state, and told many inStanC
of trials involving the insanity pl
here and in other states, and poil
! u ed out that the not guilty and
W sanity pleas had been tried togeth
D. with the burden of proof on the sta
&C as the criminal guilt and the sa
a ity of the defendant.
LIS He said the bills in question
tablished hard and fast statute
in rules, while the supreme court JUG
+ es of the state in the past had
- Voked principles of justice and {
Indicated according to such prin
pies. This had continued till 1!
n when the Legislature had passed I
&C law requiring that the defends