Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31
committee Of the Whole
nscides im Favor of a West
Side City for
TE TEMPORARY CAPITAL.
other Towns also Get Very Com
plimentary Votes on
this Question.
HELENA LYING VERY LOW.

,s.ibIy Waiting for a Good Chance
n Make a Heavy strike-But the
GsneraI Feeling Seems to be that
the Capital Should be Removed.
and that, too, to the West side-Will
III. Convention Adopt the Report OF
the Committee Of the Whole and
Endorse its Action?
HELENA, Mont, July 27.-The conven-
linn met at $50 o'clock pursuant to ad.
iournment.
persch6eld, chairman Of the COMMITTEES
m miscellaneous subjects relating to the
hture constitutional amendments, report
sd that the committee had agreed on
twenty-five sections governing this subject,
and recommended that they be adopted.
The report was received and the amend.
ments ordered printed.
The convention went into committee oi
The whole to consider proposition 1s, gen.
srsl file II, relating to state institutions,
and public buildings, with Hershfield in the
chair.
Whitehill offered all amendment to sec.
ton 1, striking out certain words. The
wction as amended was then adopted.
Section 2, relating TO location OF
THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT
was taken up and read.
Warren moved to amend by filling in the
blank with Anaconda.
Burleigh moved an amendment to the
smeudment by substituting Billings. Rick.
ards moved to amend the amendment to
4 The amendment by substituting Butte.
Breen moved to amend the same by sub.
N stituting Boulder.
Browne moved to amend by substituting
. Fort Benton.
III Marshall desired the convention to be
pIeved from the confusion OF the amend
vents.
Robinson got the floor and began q
,sech when Richards interrupted with a
4 point OF order.
Collins moved the filling OF the blank be
made a free for alp and let it be voted on
until some plsce receive q majority OF the
votes.
Maginnis declared all this was child's
ulsy, and he hoped the amendment busi-
mess would be left for the ...sH. ....--
LEGISLATURE TO DEAL WITH.
Cooper offered an amendment, but twas
ruled out OF order.
Maeinnis asked for unanimous consent
to introduce substitute for the section,
but Cooper objected on the ground that his
amendment had been objected to.
Meadow moved that the commission
arise and report the proposition back Tor
the immediate action OF the convention,
instead OF fooling away such valuable
time. The motion vas lost by vote OF
ayes 1S, and noes 81.
The chairman ruled tkat Warren's mo-
ton was open for debate.
Burleieh said: II the capital is to be re-
moved from Helena and transferred to
some other place, he thought that place
should be Billings. It had 8 beautiful To-
cation, One can 60 there and look up to
the heavens, stan6ing on both feet, with
out resting one foot on the ground and the
other on q side hill. He spoke at some
length, pointing ou6 why the capital should
not be at Anaconda.
SHOULD BE AT BILLINGS.
Maginnis moved che committee arise. but
tbe motion WAS lost by vote OF ayes 1S,
nays 80.
Burleigh's motion was lost; ayes 10
nays SO. Richards made a short speech
in iavor OF Butte ss the capital.
Maqinnis moved the committee arise.
Bickford rose to a point OF order, but
was ruled out OF order.
Richards rose to q point OF order, and
on stating it, Hershfeld said: 1.-The gen.
tleman is out OF order"
Maginnis' motion was lost, ayes I'd
nays 33.
Richards rose to q point OF order, bu,
was again ruled out OF order
Mapnnis moved the committee rise.
J.R. Toole appealed from the decision
chair. but was ruled out OF order becaus'
no appeal could bs taken from the decision
OF the chair in committee OF the whole.
THE VOTE ON BozEMAN.
Cooper substituted Bozeman instead
Anaconda. The motion was lost by vote
Of ayes 1s, Noes z7.
Warren moved to substitute Helena
but bis motion was defeated by vote o
ayes "a, noes 80.
J.K. Toole moved the committee rise
Lost, ayes "a, noes 27. -
Buiord moved to substitute Virgini'
City. Browns motion to SUBSTITUTE
Fort Benton was then put and lost oy
vote OF ayes "a, noes ~.
Craven moved TO substitute Ubet.
ANACONDA WINS.
Warren's motion to observation-disclosures
was carried. Ayes 80. noes "a.
Msginnis moved to strike out all stoe
the words general election" in line ~ se'
tion2.
Warren moved the committee arise o'
lore this motion was put. Carried.
Maginnis moved that when the convel
ton adjourn it adjourn till O'Clock MOI
day afternoon. Carried. J.. d. TOO
moved adjournment. Carried; ayes o.