Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-12-04

It is an immense work to renovate this
great marble structure, inside and out,
even once a year. Including the recent
extensions at its base, the marble terrace
WHICH surrounds the north, west and south
sides of the capitol, replacing the grassy
earth work previously there, the building
covers about five acres, and n will have
to walk half a mile to go around it. This
improvement adds much to the height OF
the building and gives it a much better
proportion. Formerly, when seen from a
distance, it looked % low for its great
length and width.
An optimistic senator says the approach
ing session will be one of unusual activity.
| He thinks the house will be in condition
for harmonious, energetic action. The de
feated members are free from restraint
and at liberty to do what they think right,
and the reelected members have the re-as-
surfing knowledge that they have two years
in which to heal over any trouble they
may make for themselves now among
their constituents. He draws the inference
that all the presidents recommendations
will carry more weight and meet a more
ready response than they did a year ago;
and that the second session of the forty
ninth congress will accomplish more than
the first in one half the time.
h,pr ,n-al+inr ~ ua,,larirr about
through the sphere of political economy
now, and bills of new character will be in
troduced in congress this winter. CUES
tons relating to the wage winners of the
world over-shadoW other things. Labor
has caught the ear of mankind at last, and
the greatest and mightiest have paused and
listened respectfully to what it has to say.
Among the new schemes earnestly pressed
by political economists whose aim is to re
lieve the sad features in the life of the
%toilers, is one providing that helpless old
people be cared for by the state after
reaching the age of sixty-two.
To raise the requisite fund for this plan
it is proposed that youth be compelled to
look out for old age in the following man
ner: For each child born the parents are
to deposit ten dollars with the government,
which is placed to the credit of the insti
tuition at a fair rate of interest, and the de
posts of those who die are to be transfer
red to the credit of the surviving members
of the same class or year.
Forty dollars is the minimum sun witt
which a person can sustain life for ont
year, but in order to give old age that as
s%istance which would relieve it from care
it is proposed to give the sum Of 800 year
" to needy persons after they have passed
their seventy-second year. At seventy The
most persons are incapable Of manual la
Dor, but from sixty-two to seventy-thre'
many are able to earn something, ant
therefore the pension can be graded il
those years increasing each sueceedin:
year until it reaches SOC, and this amour
il 10 be continued until death.
This of course, is merely one Of the mar
plans that are suggested III behalf OF tn
poor man. but it is one that will appeal t
his heart. To feel that absolute want vii
not oyertake him in the evening Of llf
would greatly relieve the hardships O
manhood, and the trying conditions of tn
| present could be faced with greater couI
age.
! There is little doubt that the curiou
: question will be tugging at the heal
: strings Of this nation before 4 great Will,
:, and that congress viii have to deal with
4 or something similar. Evidently nothin
can be done at the approaching short ses
i ion. but the lenders Of the labor moy'
ment are credited with an intention +,
urging the president to call an extra ses
ion of the fftieth congress as soon a> Il
: present one adjourns, for the purpose
considering legislation in the interest
the ~workingmen.