Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-02-22

told. 1t is due to Speaker MayneW W say
that, though he was an enemy to the OIL
his actions and decisions were manly anu
impartial. The friends of the Dill helo III
their argument that any member OF 'he
committee had a right to make the lepoiG
and that the report should be adopteo, aio
tbe bill considered enrolled. But MT. May
hew decided that Mr.. Hide, being one OF lne
coummittee. should not be barred OF MS
r;oht TO compare the bill. 1t was but a feW
minutes after the Speaker had put lAs slsiia-
ture to the bill till it was in the names Oh
fine Council Enrolling Committee, VINO re-
nortea it to the Council correctly enrolled
Here the same difficulty ensued. MI. Nii'ch-
ell stated that if the bill was enrolled ne olu
NOT know il. andhad no notice OF such work,
and though he was not chairman OF the
committee, he was allowed the privilege Oh
having it read by the clerk. The Dill was
long and consumed 80 minutes in reading
it. 1t was % minutes to IL O'Clock "hel
Hays, Waterbury and Mitchell ~surrenaefeo
to the majority, and the PRESIDENTS Sigma
ture was attached to the precious doctlneh1.
Then the race for the Executives office
came, which very nearly resulted IN a dlsas-
ter. The committee on reaching the GOV
ernor's office found it closed, and darkness
within.
"Despair takes heart, when there is no hope to
speed:
Who will then take arms and do the deed?"
Then came a breathless race against Tune
for the Governors house, nearly a half-inlle
away. for the bill must be signed before ~
O'Clock. There was intense excitement;
the committee hurried offfrantically on their
mission. But, alas! se .Hs rog.la at'
.sThe gathering clouds like meeting armies
Come on apace." ..s sol,
TO their sad disappointment, they found
no Governor to welcome them. Then 1ol-
lowed a grand rush, they Knew not where
IN street and down street, hither and thlth-
er. here and ynnder. anywhere and every
wnere, in search Of his highness. The Cap
ittal was all commotion excitement grew
more and more intense. Railroad men be
came anxious and troubled, and there was
1uneasiness-yes, terrible uneasiness. Could
: It be that the Executive had been bribed
{ and hid away? had he fled with fright?sor
where, oh, where could he be?
, - Uncertainty!
Fell demon of our fears! The human soul,
f That can support despair, supports not thee
| Finally His Excellency, who had been
, paying his respects to- King Carnival's fail
: and dance, was found, and North and South
railroad "Wiliam" No. 81, was, i'll the
presence of many witnesses, left in his hands
at just 7 minutes before u m.
The North Pacific bill is IN the House
with a dim hope of q, respectable show o.
S seeing daylight. Should it float to the sur
e face tomorrow, it will find fifteen SHARP
spears ready to pierce it through the heart
' OF the many important measures in Tx
Council that have been choked to death
none are more worthy of notice than Coun
Gil bill No, IS, introduced by Meadow. This
bill was to raise the present revenue law. |
IS provided among other things, the taxation
Of churches, school buildings, lodge build
h ings and other public property. It also GOV
cred q very important point; that of impos
G inc a tax Oh bullion and ore. On this bill
some of the Council members made records
which ought to be known to the reading
public. In support OF the bill, Mr.. meadow
said that churches, public halls and ore
q should be taxed as well as grain and stool
raised by the farmer. He said that it wa
i claimed that railroads We're necessary TO
a the prosperity OF the country, and as miner
% would be mostly benefited by the roads
they should pay taxes on their product a