The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-02-04

/ Bow county claims 1000 people and s., 600, 900
assessable property. twill have thirty miles
of railroad in few months TO assess and win
have double the population and wealth of the
old county. Butte urges division on the
ground of economy. The less territory it has
the more economical will be its govern
ment He would not presume on the indul-
genee of the committee in making a speech
| This question had been considered and con-
Guided upon by the members, and he had
merely stated the question as duty to his
constituents
Pardee here offered an amendment provi-
ding that the line should extend across the
valley to point about half way between the
river and Cable; thence north IS miles ;
thence west TO the county line so as to en-
brace Philipsburg in Silver Bow county; but
it was not explained nor any inquiry made
| concerning 1t.
Cullen held this question was not a local
/ one to be settled by the Deer Lodge county
members. When you propose to write on the
map of Montana the name of new county,
it is question on which everv member
should be heard. Butte was shown by the
census to be only second in population to
| Helena, and was forty miles from where ev-
cry county record was kept Butte built on
the sunny mountain side is the Silver Queen
of Montana, the Genius of thrift and the
Mother of industry. He repeated DeWolfe's
tribute to her greatness and said Butte should
have had county seat two years ago; that
1t was gross wrong to keep her tied 70 a
county seat forty miles away, and that they
should stay here until they hal dissolved so
terrible and unholy an alliance. He saw no
| force in the objections of the upper Deer
Lodge valley people. The Missouri and Bea-
verhead valleys were divided, and if the val
ley people did not wish to remain they should
sell out to somebody who did. He liked this
| precedent of division and waetd like to, d.
vide and subdivide Deer Lodge ANA Lewis &
Clar Ike and Meagher and Others until Mon
tana should be State. 1t was an act of sim
pie justice to vote for this bill, and he was
glad to have the opportunity. He was not sur
prised at the election in Butte to secure this
end. Butte was the only rival of Helena, but
| those two places were too busy and too hap
| ply to be rivals or have enmities. Deer Lodge
was a good county when Butte was but
| struggling village of a dozen houses, and
enough of it yet remained to make a good
| county. He would vote to perfect the bill
and then vote for it.
Harrington thought the discussion had ta-
ken wide range on a section merely desig-
mating a line. 1t seemed to him the question
| at issue was merely as re lative to the line
where II took q couple of townships ont of
Deer Lodge valley, and he thought the ex-
preston of the people resident there should
be respected. Mr.. DeWolfe had said conces-
sions should be made by the stronger party.
Butte claimed to have that strength He
would ask then If the gentleman. would not
be willing to grant the concession of the line
asked. Ha* Lea ..s.az
DeWolfe said he was only there as the rep
resentative of others, and, knowing the SEN
timent of Butte, he could not under his in
structions conscientIously concede it.
This closed the debate on the section. Par
dee's amendment to the amendment was put
and lost. This brought up Numbers amend
ment, and on ptrd poce vote the Chair was
unable to decide. A rising vote was called
for, and being taken was announced
Ayes, II nays, 0. The amendment is adopt
ed. taa -z s. -.t
This settled the first round 1t was a neat,
tidy wind mp TO o two hours struggle, In
which the Butte folks had the best of the
talking as far ~ speeches were concerned,
and the valley folks had the best, Of the vo-
ting The votes count. The members had
considered this question thoroughly, and
while they were disposed to listen calmly to
to the first elaborate speeches of the session,
no votes were changed by them.
Humber, who had taken the brunt of the
fight for the valley, heard the announcement
of his first victory apparently unconcerned,
as though be had no interest In it, but he
wouldn't have taken million dollars for the
way he felt just thea IL 1t had been his last
minute on earth, 49,
DeWolfe then offered an amendment to
Section 1, making the laws applicable-to the
county of Silver Bow and the officers there
Of Humber offered an amendment ftnaking
the present officers of Deer Lodge county ex
oficio a iiiaars- >T -nii--~% Dv~ tcouus& ana II
was seconded by Glenn. DewoIfo trusted the
amendment would not prevail The officers
elected in November, 1880, had no vested
rights az against this subsequent legislation
He could see endless confusion arising from
snch course, and the sooner all such meas
--ures were rejected the better il would be for
the people. He was not surprised the officers
should seek it or that they should hover in
the lobby. IL was natural they should like
the fat plums In the Butte pudding. The
people of Butte should elect their own off.
GERS. If these officers prefer let; them resign
in Deer Lodge and run for the offices in Sill
yer Bow. 1t was a question whether this
legislation was for the benefit of half d doz-
on officers as against the interest of 5000 peo-
pie.
Blake then called attention to the rules and
as the amendment was not germane to the
question the Chair ruled IL out of order, De-
Wolfe's amendment was then adopted and
then section1 n amended was adopted.
Section being read, Humber moved to
substitute March for April 30, the end Of the
fiscal year. when the debt should be adjusted,
and was seconded by DeWolfe, somewhat to
the amusement of the House, and il passed
by unanimous vote. Section was then adopt
ed. 80. t
On section being read, the report of the
committee offering substitute was also read,
and In the Offering and voting on amend
ments the committeegot entangled in par
Elementary confusion lasting some time. The
substitute was finally accepted and itwas
amended SO that the warrant to be issued by
Silver Bow to Deer Lodge for the balance of
debt due on settlement should bear the same
rate of interest as Deer Lodge warrants now
outstanding, and the commissioners should
adjust the debt on the first Monday in Marc b
instead of the third Monday in May The
substitute section was then adopted as amend
ed
Section was read. Dewolfe amended by
substituting the first Monday in April for the
first Monday in May as the date of the cleo
ton in Silver Bow county. The amendment
" as adopted. Humber offered as asubstitnte
for sections 4, SO and section providing
that the officers now elected in Deer Lodge
county, except county commissioners, shall
be ex o6icio officers in Silver Bow county I'M
til the expiration of their terms in 1882. The
section provides for the appointment of tenn
porary commissioners by the Governor.
Blake in great rage denounced this parqof
the measure in terms referred to elsewhere.
Humber stated that while he would haFe
been glad If the committee had allowed, the
names of commissioners 70 stand a. in the
original bill. that had no bearing On
the issue at point that these officers hed
been elected by the whole county of DEER
Lodge and for the whole county of Dder
Lodge; that Butte and vicinity had cast |
majority of the votes at the election; that lit |
was illogical to say that Butte should elect
officers for Deer Lodge county, and that II
was wrong for the officers so elected TO serve
in the new county; that these officers had |
been duly elected and they proposed 70 serve. |