Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-12-18

and all members were kept outside thu
bar, and as their names were called
stepped forward to their seats. Aftel
clerk Putnam, Of the last council! hat
finished calm. the roll; Mr.. Evans, tn
Mormon candidate returned by the Nor
mon Oneida board, stepped to the bal
and demanded admission on the grount
that his certificate was improper form ans
that DC was entitled to his seat; Putnam
told him that his name was not on th'
list furnished by the government and thai
| if he had such certificate he would have
to make his complaint to the house ir
proper form. Mr.. Moody was theI
elected president, pro TEN. and took thi
chair and after returning thanks and tell
inc the council that he, ike the othel
members, had come for the purpose Of
STRAIGHTFORWARD. work, announced that thf
next 10 orde: was the appointment Of {
clerk, pro TEN. J. W. Cunningham wa
elected to that position, and Geo. Camp
bell, sergeant at arms. After appointing
a committee Of FIVE on credentials an I'D
journment wa. taken until TO MORROW
There will be good working majority q
anti Mormons if they stick together and
one member was heard to say that he
guessed the Legislature this year had 60;
the Mormons by the umbillcal. Mr.
King arrived this morning after having
narrow escape on the n. p. Il. r. NJ,
McKern is quite unwell but able to get
out. SExT-U-wAH.
December 11th
We left the camp on the 18th, for oui
trip to Boise and made it through DC
Thompson Falls, in time to board the
$40, 2. NJ. train going east. Wien &c
miles east from Thompson, on the locke
reservation; the train ran off the track
and ditched six cars and disabled the en-
CINE and We were obliged to delay thir.
teen hours; fortunately no one was IN
jured, althoush:thc baggage 'smasher and
postal agents and expressmon were in the
cars when turned over, and were taken
from the debris uninjured. We thus
lost connection and was forced to lay over
at all stations and did not reach here till
late. There was light snow fall all
through Montana, along the Utah North
ern and it was very cold and windy.
Boise has improved in many ways; no.
tably, number Of new beautiful brick
and stone'a, buildings, and she has one of
the largest and finest finished, beautifully
arranged, furnished and ventilated school
houses. in the territory; also fine large
brick structure, for court room and Offices
for county use.
The House was quietly organized, al
though two sets Of credentials were here
from Oneida county, as usual, Mormon
and anti Mormon, and trouble was antiei-
pated but the permanent organization was
quietly effected by the election of Mr..
Touch for speaker. The Council was
also organized quietly, aud Mr.. Moody
came very near being the president Of the
Council Both Houses arc at work and
expect to accomplish some work during
the session of advantage to the people Of
the county IN general. The north seems
to be solid on annexation, and Kooterai
stands in also, while Murray is rough on
the Mormon faith, generally. Col
Wood of Custer county was elected pres
ident of Council, defeating the little giant
Of joint notoriety. The councilman from
Nez Perez is still the geneial quiet lady
masher Of the north and goes quietly te
work looking after interests of the county
He is an industrious worker and in fact
the Nee Perces stand by the tribe in all
shades and circumstances looking to the
interest of the people Of North Idaho
The Governors message was read in join,
session last evening in the House and
His Excellency made favorable take
among the band. l forward you a copy
Of bis message to be your own judge
He seems to be alive to the interests Of
Idaho and works with that view. In
the near future We hope his ideas will
take tangible shape and he live to see thu
real feature Of his ideas fully carried GU,
on polygamy. NM PIERCE.