The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-03-09
AMONG THE LAWMAKERS.
Sayings and Doings of the soIons and Other
Legislative Correspondence NsU North Vest

Legislative Correspondence Eeu Nortt-West
HELENA, March 4.-The proposed act TO
remove the Capital of the Territory to Boze- |
man has created good deal of discussion.
1t was at first intended to make it bill for
the removal of the Capital to Butte, but the
Butteites found there was no chance at all to
get bill through the Legislature, or pass the
Governor, for removing the Capital any
where, and so they withdrew in favor of
Bozeman, as 1t wouldn't do to put up Butte
against Helena and get left. They thought it
would be much better TO sacrifice some other
town. Butte, however, still has aspirations,
and hopes to find better opening two years
hence. The apparent purpose of the present
bill Is TO bring the matter TO the attention Of
the people and get them to talking about it
to break in on the present supposed to be
foregone conclusion that Helena will remain
the Capital of Montana forever and aye.
George Irwin H., who is here, says that he
and Charley Warren will lobby in favor Of
Montana City, which is about eight miles
south OF Helena. He says that while at pres
ent the only residents of that burg are man
and woman, three kids, span of mules and
yaller dog, the possibilities for the future
are immense-and, as for the past, no one
can say that there was not great population
there seventeen years ago. There is also
plenty of facilities there for large city to
spread out, and if the Legislature does not
| give the aspiring burg a fair showing great
| injustice will be done an important constitu-
| ency.
The shape in which the resolution for call
| ing Constitutional convention has passed,
takes away from the members of the conven-
ton the per diem pay-leaving them only
mileage The amendment was made at the
| instance of Cox. In the first place, he
wanted to increase the pay from 81 to SO
per day. He didn't think it n good scheme
to ask the great minds of the Territory TO
come here and labor for the country's good
for a beggarly plttance which would not pay
their expenses, and would leave them in
such deplorably impecunious condition by
| the time the convention was ended that they
would have to walk home-like many men,
bers of the present Legislative Assembly
White suggested that the gentleman from
Custer should make some allowances for
patriotism-that the members of the pro-
posed convention would doubtless make
some sacrifice out of love for their country.
| Cox said then let them do it all for patriot
ism and let them get the credit for it. On
second thought he concluded that taking
away all the pay would be an excellent idea
as it would prevent scramble for member
ship on the account of the pay, and 1t would
thus be the means of sending to the conyen-
| 81 IN oil Of int xybi ab an
| excellent idea. The members are to be
| elected the same as members of the Legisla'
| ture, at an election to be held the first Mon
| day after the first Tuesday in November, and
| the convention is to be the first Monday
after the first Tuesday in January. There are
| to be forty-fye members.
Cox, on Saturday, introduced a resolution
in the Council which startled at least one
person-the reporter Of the Herald. The
resolution called for excluding the Herald re.
porter from the floor of the Council for
having offered an affront to the body by
having, in his Fridays report, characterized
| Cox's speech on the polygamy bill as indie
| cent and unfit for publication. Cox dashed
the said reporter numerically with his
tongue). The resolution was referred to a
committee consisting of Hamilton, White
and Bass, for the purpose Of investigating,
but it has possibly gone to meet the report on
the Back Hamilton contest, as the members
of the committee cannot come anyways near
agreeing Bass wants to give the Herald the
DEVIL White wants to bounce the reporter,
and Hamilton is in favor of letting the
whole matter drop.