The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-01
THEIR SESSION
The Mineral Land Convention Completes
Its LaborS and AdjOurnS.
Resolutsons Adapted at Yesterday Res
siom-sosne Interesting Speec1ses Made
Nothing New in the LeEislnture
-~Scheming tn Oust - senator.
Special Ia the standard

special tn the Stindard.
HELENA, Nov. 3O.-The miner land
convention held two largely attended SEES
sions to-day. Revolutions from Butte
heartily supporting the movement tn pro-
vent the Montana Pacific from securing
the mineral lands were received and
read. The in~corporators of the mineral
land association of Montana as read, are
l.. II. Hershiicld and Thomas Cruise OF
Lewis & Clarke County; A. H.. Barrett
and VIM. Thompson, of Silver Bow; ALI.
Mitchell and Conrad Kohrs, of Deer
Lodge; Is. +. White, of Beaverl'cad; X.
q. Hickman, of Madison; Winning A.. Cook,
of Jefferson: &. A. Wolf, OF Missoula;
and David T.. Folsom, of Meagher. A.
plan of procedure was presented and
adoptcd by the convention. Coi. w. r.
Sanders spoke ut some length on the
mineral land question. He said that no
title could he conferred by patents. He
ment and the Northern Pacific railroad,
that the government cancel all land
grants made tn the railroad i'm Montana
lands back into the public domain by Civ
ing the Northern Pacific - reasonable
consideration therefor. He suggested
tons empowering the Mineral Land AS
ISOLATION to make such q propnsition:
General Harris, Will Kennedy, A.H.Nel
son, T.G Merrill and others made speeches
urging the Importance of using every
MEANS to prevent the issuance of patents
tai the railroad MIR. Kennedy
offered "a resolution which was adopted, to
the effect that the mineral land associa-
ton bc instructed to ask the secretary of
of the interior that in obtaining title tn
lands, the railroad be required
tn make the same proof as is exactcd OF
private individuals i'm settling upon lands.
| An amendment was offered 10y MIR. Sulli-
van setting forth that il shall he the duty
of the Mineral Land association to take
steps toward the cancellation 10y the gov
Pacific i'm Montana, ~ so far az il applies
andcrs sustained this amendment which
was opposed 10y Niessrs. Harris and w. A.
Clark. Mr.. Clark made an extended
speech upon the subject which was loudly
applauded. He took the ground that the
less that patent gave them "a better title
than they now had, and placed himself on
record ON that side of the question. MIR,
Mantle offered "A resolution to the cnect
that the association should correspond
with the Northern Pacific with the view oi
arriving at an amiacab1e adjustment al
the ditiicnlty, III such - thing were posi-
bile. No action was taken on Mr.. Nantes
resolutions. Sullivau's resolution was
voted down, and the resolutions as origi
nally reported were adopted. A collect
ion was taken mp to defray the EXPENSE
of the meeting and the convention al
journed, subject to the call of the presi
dent.
The political situation here is un
changed. The house met this mornin,
but not having n quorum adjourned unit
tors met and immediately adjourned. Ih'
ruunp transacted no business. w. ii
Watson, who was defeated by Senate
Mcnamara. is on the ground to cortcs
the lattcr's seat. He was sent for by TIN
republican leaders in this city. Watson
has no idea how he will get in, and is evi
IDENTIFY trusting to the ingenuity Of the con
spirators for success. public letter
signed by w. A. Clark. Martin Maginnis
John X. Toole and Walter Cooper. wa
issued to-day for the purpose of SUSTAINING
Governor Toole's action i'm issuing TIL
proclamation of last week.