Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-12-03

gabizttiOn thereof; but I, should be
ruur de4 that the eX-1-Ure Gf such
crruorrrsy could. PRIOR ~ the organ-
lhaNl'u. operate 10 exclude members
rIlua itgle entitled To- rruIs Ih,re.r. a
rpp liDu Wl..u We 10. isye ,apnnr
Hr maintained, il would make no diff
Ference a. lu the merits ul tpt- ,a rtro-
vrI-Y, which b. one that must lie de-
tprminrd by the house it,elf and in
40 absolutely nom miti-au spint and
not 10y the governor.
DruuucatipJs II iudviduts aud
parties rWB do uu good. Iuey - the
cupfciIy y0l bart -sU zep'ot= 10 COM
malli certain methods cl speech, which
hay Hlrspay spent their fIrre, aud
have IL "a. a. iiir irUm a sOiutun of
the dii'l"ullv a.w hen the controversy
llr-' an- j. virw OF your commit
lr', Is The dyty rf gprd citizenship
~ llrd gpme soluiuu nf this dfllirulty,
.trtho rud tagt thll the great iutcr.-rs
~uulited 10 this greet legislative a,-pm-
h'E uiuy tr rarsd tuI during 'he exist
iug s-iun. And, white Wp depply
regrettIlat, instantly upon cur cfmis-
>lnu u'u The Cuilrf State, .urh
III uity has arisen, Nc believe that
i'-sr u'iuu can he reached and the
la" uD'v1I. II such "a enhsrra--rug
-.tnrfton l. %ithpuf lsId remedy, 10 is
"rlI inat Ne ascsr'lnl in-'an ly, to
the snu that provision ulsv be made
whereby its recurrence vii be made
up -iulr.
D.ilirIl.lgs heretofore rising ron-
r.Tulug our legislative Bs.mblies,
vilI.r found p-aCeu. solution by our
JwH citizens ur were -U.g Il by the en-
ar'mrnt- ut congress, UJDI our al.
ml=-iuu a "a state. TINS Ial resort IL
impossible. Ov-r this lur uOu, the
authority of the state b. suprpU.p aud
exclusive, Uud II must, iy virtue of its
"wB constitution and the exercise of
it, own authority, BRING order out Of
tNis confusion.
lbe prorlama'inu OF the governor
hofslu before referred "a, Nas pr1muI-
gated Is hmr- before the time uf tue
assembling Ui the house Of repre,rnta-
dives Dud lt Is as lullUws:
Here follows the proclamation of
G. ". roole ~ 20 who were eutite to
-lt in the Il, u-e of representatives.. Ed
Aitsr certain members ~ ih. house
ui Tcl re-entstive- and other D, rsons
having certificates sIgucd by the clerk
e ( silver Bow county, tnar they had
received II majority of the votes ia
their frspe tive dit let ,ha assembled
10 room controlled by The gveFuOr,
and under the charge of uue Johu
Smith, known ~ Cuptgil John smith,
and certain a~si.tan's OF hi-, assuming
10 bHa quorum nf the house uf repre-
seulstiyys. proceeded 10 Organfze at
the hour fixed iOr the meeting uf the
lcti-inlvr assembly, and st later
peTOd, ihe John Smith alOr-nen-
tiuned delivered tp the rer-on prssid-
ing over ssid body a letter from he
governor alleged 10 cUniain his author
itg aud instructions under which he
srlsd. 1hi, lrt'er wss not made pub
lie until hong after the hour fixed for
the meeting OF the legislative assembly
and p motion 10 adjourn laid body as
-uning t0 be the house OF reUresenta-
tiv.s f'r the day was withdrawn IN
order top, rmit it, bsing read.
Whether this letter was VT tten pre-
viOus'y. or was an after thought, your
committee has been unable TO deter
mine. The said letter as read TO the
said assemblHge in the place desig-
mated by the governor AMI pub isGei
in the newspapers l. H. follow:
CAPTAIN JonN SMITH, in charge Of
hovse OF Representatives.
Sir: At II o'cl ,cE noon, to-day you
will open the dor 10 the house of
representatives and admit no person TO
the flo1r except prr-uns claiming 10 be
members ofthst body. When notified
by any member whom you have ad-
mitted that the house Of repre,eDts-
tives has temporarily orgsnizsd you
will turn over your keys To such per-
son as the house may designate Ii the
auditor OF the state appears at the door
before you you are relieved by the
person designated bv the house Of rep
You will admit him to
the floor Of the house. When you are
relieved by such person your employ
ment ceases.
CSigned) ]. X. TooLE.
Governor.
Your committee to whom was re-
ferred the foregoing report is of the
opinion that il vas the intent aud
purpose OF the governor to conceal the
said instructions to the said John
smith until after thetemporary organ
ization OF the house Of representatives,
aud by virtue Of his control OF the
room In which the peoples represen-
tatives were to assemble. 10 dictate
who should enter therein. Your COM
mittee is therefore Of the unanimous
or lniou that in refusing To recognize
thlsbQuse Of Representatives, and i'm
assIInkng the foregoing authority, the
governor his acted contrary 10 his
sworn duty, and has usurped powers
belonging to the legislative depart-
ment. forbidden to him by the consti.
tuition and laws OF this state.
All OF which Is respectfully submit
ted.
A. NJ, HOTTER,
w. n. MORTON.
C. H. STEBBINs,
j. w. BLAIR,
II. l.. GREENoUsH,
MARTIN NEWCOMER,
j. ID. WAITE,
Committee
A Card Of Thanks
The ladies Of the NJ. +. church desire
toexpress their thanks throup b the coli
umns Of this paper toLieut. Phillips for
his assistance in preparing and con-
ducting the drill for the trades carnival,