Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-08-01


or not putting, the name al God in the con
,titution, Mr.. Dixon introducing his sub
/ siiiute tleaving out all allusion Ia the Gre
atorD. Judge Knowles he'd oil in u iorcbl,
speech for the substitute, Mr.. J. X. Tool,
mildly and Mr. Richards very strongly ia
favor "f the preamble reported. Dixon 5
substitute was lost by =, Ia ~ and the
original carried finally. The very obiec-
tionablc words thus agreed to were "Gratc-
ful to Almighty God for His dressings"
! The whole afternoon was spent upon The
Bill OF Rights and after "a few amendments
! it was finally adopted by 90 Ia and will
stand as the first article. prncipal new
features are the practical abolition of the
grand jury system, its declaration that the
use of water, even Ter private purposes, and
| the opening of necessary roads, even il for
the convenience ri private persons, are
public uses, the provision ior taking depo
sitions of witnesses instead Of holding I hem
in Jail il unable to give bail, the reduction
nj inries in justices courts To six in numbr,
and that ia civil and criminal eases below
the grade Of felony four of the nun~r may
lind verdict.
II is not by any mean. sur, now that the
present ,ouutv officers will lao ,lIo,x..l A.,
hold over, and there appears to bc grow
ing sentiment in ia yor of new .le,,ions. I'm,
the committee on the subiee, has mo-, ye,
reported.
"Wednesday, 2Itb-The whole day. TO-
gether with IA long evening session. has been
sp~nt upon the important iudiciory ART, .l,
Nest Of the time was occupicd with the dis
cussiop "A. to IN. number and ,liy;sion ~,
the districts. Tbecommitt.e had r.por,,J
III favor Of twelve distrirts. giving Levi.
and Clarke. Silver Bow. Deer Lodge. Mis-.
sonia GoIlatiu Jefferson ,ust., and TIM
team each II separate Judge. and placing
Bea yerhead aud Madison. PARK and Vel
lowstone Coscod, and Ne,ohcr Ferp,,s
and Dawson ia combined districts. The
arrangement was up.,tisfa,tory to many
and our county members were specinlly
dissatisfied. A GOOD deal of hard work
among the members resulted in the ure.
senting of "A substitute. tbrourb DIR. Par.
berry, pronosinr the following districts.
First, Lewis and Clarke. ,econd. SiIvs,
Bow; third. Deer Lodge. fourth. Nissoula.
fifth. Reoyerbeod jefferson and N,d;..,.
sixth, Park and Meagher: seventh, Custer.
Yellowstone aud Dawson eighth. ,h"teau
Cascade and Fergus.
This arrangement. after = very long and
full discussion. was finally ado,,ted
In the matter of salaries, the committee
had reported S5,Unb as the amount for
supreme court justices and from 81, Ooo IT,
$4,000 for the district judges. The eom-
mitiee oi the whole reduced these to 81 ,ooo
for the supreme court and a uniform S;'..Ioo
for the district Judges. The question j. yet
lett unsettled as to whether any allowance
u to he made Tor travelling expenses but II
is possible that actual aud necessary cx-
penses may he refunded. II il decided that
the state shall pay all of the salaries of the
judges, instead oi the counties paying one
half, rs reported by the committee. There
will Ice clerk of the supreme court and
district clerk in each county, all to he
elected by the people; a county attorney la
each county, tn he paid "A fixed salary,
without ices, hall of the salary Ia b- paid
each township.
The article was lel, in the hands of the
iudi,isry committee to revise and correct
some incongruities. and the convention adj
lourned AT about ! y. M, well tired out
after its three long Sessions.
Thursday 2,,h-Thc iudi,iary a,ticl,
not coming hack from IN. committee. the
whole dav-two sessions-has been orcu-
uieJ with the suffrage mr., icle iu committee
al tbs whole and il has been "A field day.
mostly for the LAWYERS. In the morning
session the time was mostly taken nm in
discussing variou. proposed amendments
10 the second section. par,iruIarlv UNION
those proposing to require the ability to
read and write English AS a requisite. and
one combining the right to citizens of the
rpited STATES excluding tbos. who b,v.
only declared their intentions" ri course
there was no design To exclude any one who
is a voter at the next election. We had
some good speeches On both sides ri the
first subject named, and IN the afternoon
an a'neh"'h'h' 70. nv ''''h"' '"e f''s'
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'afr"'' U. % '" - an" s''"'s"' WV '"
40 away win an "'s''he''"h 81 s'N ''S""
ed' on o'Nis'"i' :" '" III
But the principal interest conferred in the
to leave the legislature at lib
erty to give the women the right of sun !
rage. These who were 'iesirou- to fly high |
'"eir h"''""s On Tue s''e''' '"''''''' '"'
I'r"pos'i"i' as a""Ne' '"u'' nave "''e" var
RE" ny GOOD Notc "hiisui any slee'i's' !