The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-01-01
Ready
for Session
Gov. Roy Ayres TO BE Inaugurated
Senate and House Will
Organize.

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is in readiness at Helena for the
assembling Of the state legisla-
ture next Monday, January A..
The senate chamber, which for
the last year and a half has been
filled with engineering para
phernalia, blue prints, maps, and
plans and fpecification for road
way contracts and work has all
been removed to the new highway
building that stands across Sixth
avenue, northeast Of the capitol.
The building is supposed to house
the entire highway department
but already it is being found too
small to meet the needs.
N part of the state highway
commission offices on the first
floor of the capitol building have
already been taken over by the
income tax department, which had
to move out of its quarters in the
offices Of the house OF Representa-
Stives on the third floor The
press room location is still a. mat
ter of speculation. The room on
the fourth floor, which has been
used for, the newspaper fraternity
for the last year will probably be
turned over to a senate committee.
Application for a part OF. the
space used by the highway COM
mission for its accounting depart
ment on the first floor or the Of
fees used by the commissioners,
has been made by the publicity
department to accommodate the
visiting newspaper men and cor-
respondents. It has not been
definitely settled, however, that
this room can be spared, as sew
eral departments are asking for
more room.
The capitol is buzzing with ex-
element this week over the prep
arations for the Inauguration of
Governor Roy E. Ayers and specu-
lation over the organization of the
house and senate.
The Young Democratic organi-
cation of Helena is making ex-
tensive arrangements for a re-
ception at the capitol for Cover
nor and Mrs. Ayres at 8 o'clock
Monday night, January 4. It is
expected that fully 5000 will at
tend. The legislature meets at
noon of that day and organizes
"AUll WIG CC4SUlO1l "a q pACSAOS14V Va
the senate and other officials
there.
Politically the senate is closely
divided, 20 Democrats and q Re-
publicans. If Senator Ray Shan
non, who is the state treasurer
elect, is counted out, it leaves 70
Democrats or just one majority.
The house, on the other hand,
is overwhelmingly Democratic by
a vote of 80 to % and the speaker
ship and selection of other Of
ficials is expected to be settled
at the caucus Sunday night at the
Placer hotel.
Quo warranto proceedings.
brought in the supreme court
Monday by Attorney General Mat
son, r expected to settle defin-
itely the status of the state high
way commission and decide wheth-
err the old board, consisting of
DR. McGregor, lockwood Brown
and L. J. Croonerberghs are still
entitled to act or whether the
new board, consisting of Fred
Fligman, Judge O'Hearn and Tom
Collins: who were named by Gov
ernor Holt, after he removed the
| old commissioners, constitute the
legal state highway commission.
The point is a most important
one as it involves the employment
of hundreds of employees and the
carrying on of millions of dollars
worth of highway work.
. The supreme court is expected
to hand down its decision on this
Saturday, January 2, so that the
situation will be cleared when
the new administration takes hold
and the legislature convenes.
' S. ]. Marquisee, proprietor Of
the Model Clothes Shop, is re.
covering from the effects of mr.
injury received several days aet
when he fell from a ladder m