The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-17
DUR HELENA LETTER.
THIRD DAY.
Father Fergus Offers to Read Prayers
List Of House Committees
Memorial In Regard to the
Grow Reservation.

This morning Rev. L.. =. WoO0, O
the Baptist Church in Helena, wa
elected Chaplain. Fergus the patri
arch of che Council, offered to real
prayers himself If q prayer book wa
furnished him, and save the expense
Of a chaplain, but his offer was no
&C sated.
M>'ris and Buck were appointed
committee to act in conjunction will
q committee from the House to wal
upon the Governor and inform him
that the Legislature was organized
and ready to proceed to business.
The Council then took q recess I'M
til four O'CLOCK. when 1t again assem-
bled and listened to the reading Of
the Governors message.
The Governor did not appear in
person, tut q copy of the message was
sent to each House at four O'Clock
and read by the respective clerks.
THE HOUSE.
This morning the standing com.
mittees Of the House were announced
by the speaker.
Butte as will be seen is represented
on all the more important com.
mittees, all three of the members
from Silver Bow being on the
judiciary, and each q chairman OF
n or more committees besides.
The committees are as follows:
Ways and means-Potts, Kohrs,
TinRle. Hatch. BaldWi,.
Judiciary-Sieer, Forbls, Potts,
Baldwin, Eastman. .
Territorial Affairs-Hatch, Emigh
Perkins, Robinson, Holt.
Internal Improvements - Emigh,
Fisk, Nichols, Moore, Biddle.
Roads and Highways Jurgens,
Page. Perkins, Sloan, Holt.
Public Lands--Page, Norton, Tay-
lOr, Emigh, Forbis.
Grazing and Stock Growing
Kohrs, Potts, Tingle, Hatch, Taylor.
Federal Observation-Disclosures Hpeer,
Eastman, Blddle, Tingle.
Education and Labor - Wells.
seligman, Biddle, Baldwin, Norton.
Towns and Counties - Norton.
Emigh, Hatch, Robinson, Sloan,
Military Affairs. Potts, Robinson,
Page, Moore. Speer.
Incorporation - Perkins, Emigh,
Forbis, B,ddle, Seligman.
Ayr. allure and Manufactures
FISK, kvu,s, Nichols, Moore, Holt.
electromagnetic .Seligman Wells,
Norton, Perkins.
Indian Aftalrs-Eastman, Hatch,
Taylor, TingIe, Jurgens.
Mines and Minerals - Seltgman,
Wells, Perkins, Baldwin, Moore.
Engrossment - Nichols, Biddle,
Wells.
Enrolment -Tingle, Hatch, East
man.
Printing-Fisk, Norton, Jurgens,
Holt, Moore.
Rules Baldwin. Seligman, Sloan.
Notices of bills to he introduced
were given as follows:
By Seligman, a bill regarding
amendments to the license laws.
BY Forbis, a bill for the relief Of VIM.
A. Clark, also by Fotbis u bill for the
creation Of the Office of county
attorney.
This bill will provide for a prose-
cutting attorney IN each county In
place Of the present system of district
attorneys. IL is also recommended
BY the Governor in his message and
Is likely 10 be adopted.
By Norton, of Yellowstone, q bill
to amend an act entitled, Al act to
create the County of Yellowstone"
By Fisk. of Jefferson, a bill to
create the Coanty Of Valley and for
the election OF. officers thereof.
Tue bills, Ct which notice was given
yesterday, were introduced to-day as
follows:
By SeliRman : To amend section
909 Of the revised statutes regarding
notaries public. Bill read twice and
referred to the judiciary committee.
BY Potts, a bill to punish and sur-
press prize fighting in Montana. Re
ferred to judiciary committee.
By Potts, q bill to repeal an act to
provide foe the payment for took
killed or injured by railroads.
Norton, Of Yellowstone, introduced
by consent and without previous
notice house joint memorial NJ. l
relating to the Crow Indian reserva-
ton.
On motion of Forbis, the rules were
suspended, and the memorial was
adopted By u unanimous vote.
TIE following is a copy Ct the me-
mortal:
To the Honorable, the Senate and
House of Representatives in Congress
assembled:
Your memorialists the Council and
House of Representatives composing
the Legislative Assembly of the Ter
rltOry OF Montana, respectfully repre-
sent to your honorable bodies:
That the Crow Indians whose res
ervation is in the Territory of Mon.
tana nave selected, land the Indian
Bureau have had surveyed for them,
that portion Of their reserve east of
the Big Horn river, which contains
al ample amount of excellent agri-
cultural lands for all their future
needs besides \ vast grazing country,
fully supplying all possible future de-
mands for agricultural and grazing
purposes. That since their removal
from their old agency on Saltwater
creek to their present location on the
Little BigHorn or. Custer rlver, several
attempt, have been made and are
now bzing made by stockraisinx syn
dlcates by fraud and misrepresentt-
ton to induce the Indians to lease
that part of their reserve vacated by
them west of the Big Horn river, for
which they have no use, for q term
of years, and upon such terms and
conditions as are not only unjust and
a manifest injury to the Indians, but
III i%nfractton of the policy of thegov-
eminent in the disposal of the pub
lie lands within our domains, and in
contravention of the principles of
both the political parties as declared
In their recent platforms.
Wherefore your mem0rialists
earnestly pray that your honorable
bodies will speedily take such steps
as may he necessary to prevent the
leasing o. disposing of said land to
any public or private corporation OF
individual, and to restore that por-
ton of the Crow reserve recently
abandoned by the Indians west Of
the Big Hole river to the public do.
main for the benefit of actual set
tiers only, and thereby relieve these