Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-03
THE CONVENTIONS.
VAS DONE YEsTERDAY AT
CONTEMPORARIES.

af@ntAnhB
~session-The Question of Woman suf-
,rare Develops U~nlooked-For strength
Tie Vote That Had to BE Decided
nv the President--Mr. Clark's Speech
On the Taxing of Mines.
HELENA, Mont, July 30.-Thedsbate on
me executive committee resolution was re-
nuso at the morning session. The sec.
tsrelating to the pardoning power wa
opted.
Collins's motion to make the chief execu-
ives term of Office four instead of two
resrs was lost.
The question OF governors salary then
cane up. Hershield thought $500 was
enough, Mayer proposed $1,000. These
we're both lost, and the committee report
making it SIS, 900 prevailed.
An effort wal made to increase the salary
Of superintendent Of public instructions
from $4,000 to 90, 900. Richards advo-
Gated this, but the motion was lost.
Warren's motion to reduce the salary OF
attorney general IRON So 900 to $500,
was also lost. A motion by Hartman that
the superintendent OF public instruction be
allowed mileage was also lost.
Burleigh's motion to make it obligatory
upon the governor To sign all bills within
ten days after passage, was also lost, and
THE EXECUTIVE BILL
finally passed in committee OF the whole,
&C voting in the affirmative.
The amended proposition No. IA, rights
Of suffrage, again came up. An effort to in.
sert a clause by Joy, allowing only persons
who can read and write English to
vote, was lost by a vote OF ayes 10, noes
Sc.
: Bedford, the ladies' champion, presented
this amendment: 1.-THE legislature shall
have power to confer the right upon women
TO vote at any and all elections" Richards |
hoped there would be little discussion on
the subject. He wat satisfied il the matter
was submitted to a vote OF the people, the
saloon and the vicious element would be
arrayed against it,. he wanted it left
where it was. Calls for the previous
question were made, but BurIeigh,
Galloway and Knowles gained the floor
in succession, u the judge made
progress, OF her advance in education and
her independent rights in property.
Women had advanced from the orna-
mental stage to one Of profitable employ.
ment, holding positions in every walk OF
life. Men preferred to build beautiful
houses and MAKE the woman queen OF it.
But does this hold good for the great ma
jority OF mankind? They cannot all wait
for some one TO ask them to be their wives.
They had to do something. Some had
property that needed protection, SO we
could allow woman she right to participate
in the government. Tit time may come
when public sentiment in Montana may
drift that way. Leave it with the legisla-
ture. Don't put it in the constitution ex-
cept that a majority OF the people shall
grant them that right. l.
Recess until 2 p. m. |,
THE r SESSION. |,
In the afternoon session Bickford's j
amendment on woman suffrage anne up
again. J. K. Toole announced himself in
favor OF the amendment. Aiken opposed
woman suffrage. A vote was taken, and
the result was q ~stagerer to the opponents
Of the clause. The vote being q tie, ayes
80, noes 33, absent z, paired 2. Thechair
decided against it M woman suffrage is
finally knocked out.
Joy then proposed that the legislature be
given the right to submit the woman suf-
years. This was lost. Section 10 was SO ,
amended that woman may hold the Office ,
OF county superintendent of schools, but ,
not superintendent OF public instruction, !
and they shall not vote at chool district I
elections. 4
Whitehill moved to amend section 8 by :
adding: "Nor any person confined under
sentence of court for any crime" which is :
added to-: mo idiot or insane person shall !
be entitled to vote at any election in this
state" Lost. Il
Proposition No. ID was placed upon it's /,
final passage and passed, ayes 81, noes 9, :
absent 8. 9
J.. R. Toole Of Anaconda made a speech 9
against taxation OF mines on the motion I
Of Mr.. BHrleigh OF Custer, which was al d,
follyws: Strike out all OF section 3 and
substitute the following: "The legislative
assembly shall have authority to pass all J
necessary laws relating to the subject OF /.
taxation" |.
ME-. CLARK's SPEECH. In
w. A. Clark spoke as follows:
Mr.. Chairman: / am opposed to striking
out this portion, because l believe that it
will ~endanger, or may ~endanger, the great. c
est industry we nave in the state OF Mon c
tana. Now, I stand here to-day as a rep T
~resentative OF the mining interests, aud l 9
will venture to say that there is no class OF !, y
men engaged in any industry in this Rocky q
mountain country that has q higher regard q
for integrity or is more disposed to make q
fair and equit able return OF their property
thar are the men engaged in the Lining in.
dustry.
They do not propose to evsde any OF the /;
duties OF citizenship; they never have put E
themselves in an attitude OF attempting to i.
evade any OF the responsibilities OF citizen q
ship in this territory; but they do contend L
that the only way to reach a fair and b
equitable assessment OF their values is to r
base it upon the net proceeds OF their 6
mines, in addition to whatever improve Z
ments may be found upon the surface o
thereof, and, as has been said by the gen.
tleman from Deer Lodge, Mr.. Toole, there 4
is no method known to metalurgy, min
eralogy or geology whereby, considering all n
the uncertain circumstances that attend y
this industry, q fair and equitable value q
can be placed upon the property they call t
a mine. Il
To-day it may seem to be q bonanza, as p
the Mexicans say, with plenty OF ore IN @
sight, but how many are there here-and
there are many men on the floor OF this
convention who are engaged in this indus
try-who have had in their experience the =
beautiful hopes OF to-day frustrated by the y
strikes of the Lick tomorrow l have ].
seen many mines in the territory OF Mon o.
tana upon which would be placed what q
seemed to be q fair valuation by experts in Ct
mining that would run up into the tnous
ands-I may say hundreds OF thousands
sometimes-that have within q very short
space OF time been entirely dissipated and
proved to rave been entirely Incorrect. v
Look around among US in the presence
OF mining men, and See how many oil them
have come to grief and ruin simply be-
cause Of a mistaken judgment in placing a Il
valuation upon q mine. %
| tell you that there ia another ground LOT a
danger. If you allow q mine to be taxed '
upon what is supposed to be the value OF
it, you place . weapon in the hands OF v
every assessor in this territory to levy L
blackmail upon every man who may have {
an interest in o mine. :. 10
We know how sanguine was the spirit OF = :
the Forty miners" We know how sanguine II
every man is who may have an interest in ?
this species Of property. We know there =
are men all over this country who, when :
they have a prospect, a mere hole in the I
ground, will tell you il you ask them what . :
value they place on that property, that 1t :
in wortb Sim nO0 500 O0O or 81 g