Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-11

: between Montana and adjoining Terrific.
RES" Whatever may be urged against
New Mexico concerning the presence there
OF large foreign" element, need not be
discussed here. But the assertion that
Montana is any more of frontier" com
munity than Dakota or Washington Terri
tory is what no one familiar with these
Territories will seriously assert. The need
OF self government has been felt in this Ter
ritory already and has found expression in
q State Constitutional Convention, and it
increases with every year of it's existence as
a Territory. The restrictions of Terrific
rial existence upon it's expansion nave been
seriously felt and it's progress in internal
development crippled by it's Territorial
condition. It's wealth in deposits OF silver
are alone a strong incentive to desiring rep
~resentation as a State SO that the metal
that forms SO prominent q factor in it's
mineral products shall receive the consid-
GRAFTON it deserves in the currency OF the
country. Until the silver-producing Terri
tories receive representation in the Senate
the claims OF this metal to distinction
as a standard OF values will not be fully rec
ognized. The gold-standard people of the
East are alive to this, and may be de-.
pended upon to oppose the introduction
into the Senate Of representatives of silver.
producing Territories. who would bend all
their energies to the alteration of the
present discrimination against silver.
But their efforts are likely to prove
abortive. The movement for the admis-
sion of the three Northwestern Territories
has gained too much Roadway to be op-
posed successfully. Chairman Springer
expresses the opinion that it is very
probable enabling acts will be passed at
this session for some of the Territories to |
adopt State Constitutions and construct
the machinery OF State government pre-
paratory to recognition as States. There
is no expectation that the Territories now
admission will be admitted in time |
participate in the election for President
ave both held Constitutional conventions
at which State Constitutions have been
and very few changes are neces-
sary in them since they we're only recently
The Constitution prepared for
NJ ontana can be revised and adopted in a
very short space of time.
The reference contained in the Evening
Post to the uncertainty as to whether
boundaries do not need chang
ing refers to the absurd bill introduced by
Cullom to annex Beaverhead and
Counties to Idaho. This chimeri.
al proposition is not seriously worthy of
consideration. It would be vigorously op-
posed in these counties if it were attempted.
is defined by natural boundaries
Is she lies on the map which cannot be i'm
The bill OF Delegate Toole for ad-
OF this Territory provides for the
OF a portion OF the Panhandle of
IDAHO. This is not necessary to Montana,
'ut it weuld be a benefit to that section OF
IDAHO. That portion is especially a mining
egion in which many mines are owned by
lontana men on which they have expended
arge capital, and is largely populated from
his Territory. The system of legal pro-
edure OF this Territory deals most eff
iently with legal complications arising {
mong miners and makes it more desirable :
that part of Idaho to be annexed to :
It is desired by Washington {
'e%rritory to have the Panhandle annexed {
D it on admission as a State, but the ad- I
Illustration OF mining law in Washington :
not understood there as it is here, and 7
n that reason the mining element of the
anhandle would be more benefited by I
ecoming a part OF Montana. This is the l
My question of boundary change that r
en- tertained in the most remote degree by +
.%ontana, and upon it the Territory does r
Ot insist. 1