Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17

making Lewis and Clarke county entitled
to three senator's instead OF one. The mo-
tion was ruled out OF order.
Myers moved an amendment to section
10 which would give Dawson county one
representative instead OF having it Joined
with Cascade.
Hershfield wanted Dawson and Yellow
stone counties to have one representative
jointly.
Warren said that the report claimed that
counties should be contiguous. A black.
bird could not fly between Dawson and
Cascade in q week.
Cooper had noticed with regret Warren's &
crankiness for a week, and could only &C.
count for it on the supposiuion that too
close acquaintance with the fumes from
Mexican lead ores had loaded him.
Collins moved that the superintendent
was the best that could be made, as Daw.
son had to be added to some county, it
might as well be added to Cascade.
Haskill said If Dawson was to be at
tached to Cascade, people would have to
travel 525 miles to get from county seat to
county seat. II Yellowstone and Dawson
were Joined there would only be eighty.
seven short OF having enough rates for two
representatives. and the distance between
the two counties is only $50 miles. He
wanted to see no injustice done by this
convention. Ii they could not have one
representative, they wanted to be at.
tached to Yellowstone county.
Hershfield temporarily withdrew his
amendment; and Myers amendment that
the county OF Dawson shall! have one repre-.
sentative was put and lost.
Hershfield renewed his amendment join.
ing Dawson and Yellowstone, which was
also lost.
Burleigh moved the committee arise,
which it did, and the convention resumed.
The chairman reported as recommended.
Warren renewed his amendment to Sec
ton 2, that each senate district shall con-
tain as nearly as may be an equal number
of Inhabitants. ..
Warren moved that the amendment be
passed. The ayes and noes were called for,
resulting, ayes II, noes 40, absent 8,
paired &.
Warren offered an amendment to section
8, SO as to read that representation and
senatorial districts may be altered from
time to time.
Hickman suggested the word 'contigu-
GUS" be stricken out, and "as far apart as
possible" be inserted.
Hogan moved to strike out section 5,
SENATORIAL DISTRICTS.
Maginnis moved to amend by giving the
county of Jefferson two senators, Deer
Lodge three, Missoula two, Lewis and
Clarke three, Silver Bow four.
Collins moved to adopt the proposition
and the motion was carried by the follow
ing vote: Ayes 43, noes 20, absent 8,
paired 4.
Kanouse moved that further reading be
dispensed with and the proposition be
adopted.
J. K. Toole asked and obtained leave to
pr. sent his views which was granted. He
said:
Mr.. President, this ia the last time l
shall trouble the convention. The propo-
sition upon which you are now voting is OF
so much vital Importance to my immediate
constituency that ask the indulgence OF
the convention until l explain my view. l
am not very much given to kicking against
the pricks, when | know defeat is certain,
but generally accept the Inevitable as
gracefully as l can. I cannot, however,
permit this last opportunity to pass with
out again condemning the senatorial a p.
portionment as unwise and contrary to
the genius and spirit OF our Institutions.
with the deferenCe to the opinions OF
those who differ with me, 1 affirm that it is
at variance with the principles upon which
state governments are builded, and upon
which they have been maintained for a CEN
tury. will not reiterate or recapitulate
the arguments against the injustice OF this
apportlonment. It is taxation without
representation in it's most fragrant form.
1t gives county with 400 voters the same
representation as county with 1000
voters. thereby disfranchising $500 voters
in the latter county"
After further debate, the article was
adopted, which leaves the apportionment
the same as reported yesterday.