The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-02
Doing and UndoinQ OF Work by
the Convention,
Several Constitutional Articles
Anchored.
Stephens, Of Missoula. Put Upon
the Rack.

the article ON executive departments
making several amendments. whiet
this morning were brought under re
vision. Last evening the Governors
salary was fixed At $5,0oo, the secre.
tary of state at $3.50, and the othe,
state officers, except the lieutenant.
governor, at 5000. This morntnp
the Governors salary was reduced tg
$3.600,. aud the other officers at S2,00
equally, all but the lieutenant-gov-
ernor, who Is to receive the same per
diem as the speaker Of the, house,
while the assembly Is in session.
Mr. Hunt proposed to strike out
section IL. which declares that the
Governor, during his term Of Office,
.shallnot be eligible to the United
States Senate. He declared that such
restriction was opposed to all pre-
cedent aud was q restriction Of the
rights Of the people.
Mr.. Mills supported the clause, and
referred to instances I'M oar history
where governors had dispensed pat
ronage With view to their own ad-
vancement. Mr.. Galloway opposed
the amendment and Mr.. Smith sus.
tained it.
Mr.. Hedges could not see that q
United States: Senatorship was
higher position than that. Of Gov:
ernor Of Montana. If such. exclu-
sion has not been provided in other
state constitutions, it was because the
trainers of those instruments had not
the benefit Of the experience of late
years.
Mr.. Waterbury said he voted last
evening to retain the clause in the
article, but he should now vote to
expunge. It was not thu distribution
of patronage that made Senators
where Legislatures are purchaseabIe,
but the corrupt use of money.
The motion to strike out was
odnptod On IN ~
The molten to adopt the report Of
the Committee on File No. 8, (the
article on boundaries) gave rise to a
further attempt to restore the ex.
plunged section relating to homestead
exemption. Mr.. Pease moved to
have Section 2 restored. It reads:
Hereafter the homestead, consist
ing Of the lands and family dwelling
house thereon, also the improve
ments and out-buildings appurtenant
thereto, of each head of a family resi-
dent in this State, of the value not
exceeding five thousand dollars, shall
be exempt from forced sale on execu-
ion or otherwise, except for the pur-
chase money, laborers' or mechanics
lens, or taxes.
Mr.. Burleigh moved to amend by
Inserting Glands claimed as home
'tead shall not exceed one-third of
m acre in any plated city, town or
7illage, nor, if elsewhere, 100 acres"
Mr.. Power wished to reduce the
'alue Of the property exempted to
$500.
Mr.. Toole declared the section was
'ut of place in the Constitution.
Why not make it general, and ex.
mpt from distraint and forced sale
he cartinan's truck, the artisans
ools and the professional mans
library. 1t was the insertion Of legls-
alton in the organic act, and he was
pposed to it.
Mr.. Pemberton said the matter
ad been fully discussed yesterday.
nd nothing new was to be said upon
l.. Every time we put legislation
nto a Constitution we add weight
hat helps to break it down. We
ave already ordered that liberal
omestead and exemr ton laws be
assed, and we can certainly trust to
ne law-making power. The condi-
ons that surround us are constantly
hanging; and in framing q Consti-
ltion we are not making provision
,r to-day, but for all future tims.
let as leave quality of elasticity, so
lat future Legislatures may have
1e scope to enact laws adapted to
1e wants of the age.
Mr.. Pease SPOKE in support of his
lb-titute and asked for the sense of
10 house up N it. A vote was taken
ron Mr.. Powers amendment: re-
.cted. Is to T.
Mr.. Stephens made another of his I
arnest (but somewhat tedious) pleas
n the honest settler, but it fell upon
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