The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-02-09

lie isiatise Correspondence New yorA-Hsst-
MRLKsA, February 5.-The symbol of good
lpck-a horse shoe-whiCh haaas behiad
President Stuarts chair, seems to have at last
brought harmony TO that heretofore turba.
lent body. and tn. prospects are that greet
deal VI business may yet bs done this sss-
SION.
The ceatesi case Is not receiving aush al
trntion at the hands of the public, bss IL u
understood that the committee on elections,
TO " kIch the matter was referred, 10 dsing
som.thIng toward preparing a report, bat OF
course, everybody knows how 1t will result.
Cox's case has also dropped out of sight,
and is apparently forgotten Is far as the
Council Is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES by Mr.. Cox.
himself The bill repeating the sag-law, II
will he retnrIn bsred. passed the Hsus- last
week. IL has not come before the Council
yet for nnal action, but when IL does COME
which will be SON. time this week, Ii Is more
than likely that the Democrats will 10
against it, If the Democrats do defeat the |
r. peallns Of the SO called gag.iaw, it will be
crrditable to tbem-so far \, the popular YER
dict Is concerned, at least. And I will nlsn- !
ton in this connection that the Democratic |
economical In the matter of creditable action, |
| &C .ordingto the way the people look at It
But concerning this gag-lsws but echs the |
prevailing sentiment here, in saying that IL |
is good aud wholesome law: OF course, II |
might admit of modification, and IL would |
| I've good idea If il were shorn Of some OF Its /
| v-rbosity; but the laws intent Is good. Sim
nered down, 1t merely protects q manfwho Is |
| willing 10 work from the Interference OF men |
who are unwilling TO work without getting |
such wages as they drmand. While laborers,
| have right Of curse, TO demand |
higher wages and quit work If THAR |
| demands are not complied with, they Ger
tainly are not entitled 10 the privilege OF
compelling Others to stop work-otkers, who, |
even if they are working for reduced wages, |
show by their action that they have rea ons
satisfactory to themselves for doing it. Wit
ter has a petition signed by 800 Of the people
of Silver Bow county tperS umably laborers),
asking the rerral of the law. But it is mois
than likely that his voice will be the only
one iufavor Of the repeal-unsess some OF
the Republicans vote with him out of cour-
| tesy.
On Friday Mitchell introduced bill in
Council for an act to prevent woman beating
In the Territory Of Montana.
The bill provides that the county commits
| sioners OF each county in this Territory shall
cause to be erected at public place In the
county seat n substantial wooden post or
stone pillar, five feet high above the ground)
aud eight inches in diameter, and that any
male person in the Territory, more than
eighteen years Of age, who shall wilfully
strike, beat or torture the boy Of any maiden
or woman" over sixteen yeas old, shall be
de-med guilty Of a misdemeanor and on con-
victon In any court Of competent jurtsdic-
ton, shall be sentenced to be firmly tied or
lashed in standing posture TO the post or
pillar described above and kept there for not
less than six hours nor more than ten, in the
day time of any day, except Sunday. ltshall
| be made the duty of the otficr who shall be
| detailed 10 enforce such sentence, to attach
to the GARMENTS OH the back or breast OF the
offender a placard brariug in large letters
the words Woman Beaten or Wife Beat
err" rs the case may be-thi, card to remain
! in position duriDg the continuation OF the
| sentence.
Til. penalty OF a second offepse shall be
imprisonment in the county jail for not less
than thirty days nor more than six. months.
This Is n new thing"in. Montana law and Is
,. about the same as the old custom. of placing
+, petty crim,nals in the stocks" IN. the mar
. ket place. IE the law passssS' and there ii no
! good rea- on why it should not the nnprotect-
ed husbands Of Montana will soon be calling
q for some similar law, fer when wives some
Of them ] mean, are no lotiger In danger
!: of >chastisenent flor you see the law would
! prevent" a fellow from hammering his
wife, no difference how mean .phe might be)
tb. dear creatures are likely TO make it
pretty lively for some of. the unprotected
| males. &c..
= A concurrent resolution has passed both
D branches of the Legislature concerning the
: assassination of. Garfield, and copies have
been ordered sent to Mrs. GARFIELD and 10 the
), SECRETARY Of State. ...r
!. On Friday Meadow iutroiueed in the
=. House a joint memorial to Congress asking
that body to make an appropriation and take
steps to buy up all the cattle in Montana that
' are affected with plenro-pleumonia and
n slaughter them. The memorial sets forth
u that the cattle interests of the Territory are
- endangered by this disease and the only way
!. to effectually stop 1t is by.the plan suggested
No definite action has As yet besa. taken in
the matter. =: .n.s".'.
-, On Saturday, in the House, the memorial
4. to Congress, introduced by Baker, asking an
appropriation Of 10000 tor tbs. purpose OF
y sinking two Arteaian wells within the limits
of Montana, was passed By, y unanimous
vote, and being presented. to the Council was
passed by that body, under suspe nsion Of
> the .rutes, by a, jn:niinous. vsts., .s E..
On Saturday the Council also passed tile
= House memorial, which bad passed the
House the previous day, asking Congress fot
- an appropriation tho .dehpite aipeunt named)
d for sr. citing a custom house at Beplop.':
u The House bill, authorizing the feEmatior
N of building ASSOCIATIONS, e loan, was struck
out Of the original title AMI 9ilD, passed the
y Council SATURDAY. by vote of . to ID.
T. ...-..-; -. - .->'-.s.~'
III HELENA February G-Thomas has intro
| ducet. in the Council joint yssolntion II
II revive las he calls it) AN ast passed Al the ex
&c traordinary s.ssisn-of 1879, to proInote the
al fish interests of Montana. The act i'm qaes
. ton, as will he remembered. appropriate
81 COO to pay the expense OF blasting out
TO portion of the threat Falls of the ColumbiI
i river so that sslmon might come up into th,
n waters of Western Montana, 4at present theI
can't climb the falls and countess nuRbe'l
]. of them are killed--their fssh actually tori
4. from sthem--in trying it).- Governor Potts
n under whose direction this woTk,was To hay'
been done, has. refused 20 mako use OF th'
al appropriation, on the ground, that as III
o. Great Falls of the Columbia river are !,
= Washington Territory, Montana's Legisla
rs lturs cannot appropriate rsouss for bastiSi
them down, even with the consent Of Wash
T.. lington Territory. Gossrrorsi,o was aosb'
tn less right in, this, bat II thege is any way Z
he get at the matter IL ought 70 be dere. Mon
ne tana Is the only country interested unless
TO be upper Idahs and small portion OF Bril-
at ish Columbia, into which the &olumhia rive
rs crooks-and If any action Il. ever take
toward making passage. way for; salmon u
the Great Falls, it win have, to come fros
Nd xs. The position taken by some parties tbs
,or n the salmon never eat when, ont of "a
n water they would consequently be too poo
sr. by the time they reach N ontapa 20 he goo
IS. food, is hardly terahle. When fke Ssh Ieas
!. the ocean in the spring they are strong an
amhitions and ueuld come like The wis'
80 | and IL would require but FEY sdzyS for thel