Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-07

DAY In January AZ the time for the leQis.
lature to meet, was stricken out, on motion
OF Governor Carpenter, leaving the time
Tor the legislature to meet az low, the frst
Monday In January.
Middleton moved to insert In section III
q proposition to the effect that q member
should be expelled for corruption. The
motion was lost.
Middleton's motion to strike out section
4, one which provides for the
PUNISHMENT OF ANY NmMBER
giving his vote or infiutnce for or again
any measure, or promise or assent to dose
to any member or Individual. shall be
deemed guilty Of bribery, was lost. The
balance OF the article was amendment and
recommended that proposition No. 10 be
adopted.
Robinson moved to amend section 2 by
making
THE NUMBER OF SENATORS
twenty-one instead of sixteen.
]. K. Toole moved to amend by making
the number Of senators twenty.s / instead
Of seventeen. He said when the matter
came up in the committee he did not say
anything about it as the committee ON
appointments had not reported. He
would say now, however, that the appoint
ment was inherently wrong, as there were
many people not represented. A senator
Tor each county regardless Of population
was altogether wrong. No one could say
that the counties OF Silver Bsw
Missoula. Deer Lodge and Lewis and
Clark were placed upon the same footinga a.
Dawson. This was no temporary arrange
ment, for il these 16 members went into the
senate it would continue that way. He was
informed that only two states in the union
used the system OF one senator from each
would be found that the coun.
ton. 1t was establishing q principal
that 10 unequalled and unjust. The con-
stitution Of the United States rays that
representation shall be in proportion to
the numbers. By the amendment he offers
the smallest county can have at least one
senator, but when representation Ia not
taken into consideration in the larger
counties ii was not just.
Field said it would be preposterous for
him to attempt to answer the eloquent |
gentlemen who had just spoken. Yet he
that Park and Dawson counties
had just as much right to be represented in |
the state senate as Montana in the United
States senate. In behalf OF his constitu.
he was there to stand for their claim
be represented in the senate equally with
other counties.
Joy said the gentleman from Lewis and
Clark stated he knew OF about two states
that allowed a senator to each county,
and nc more. The speaker named Della
New Jersey, Kentucky, North and
South C~arolinas, Louisiana, Georgia,
Observation-Disclosures states in all-which
ed the plan proposed. Silver Bow,
Lewis and Clarke and Missoula had con-
rolled the legislature heretofore, and
would continue to unless some check was
upon them, and the other portions
II the state should put that check on. It
vas fair and right and proper that
ZACH county should be equally represented
n the senate. II the constitution is to be
ramed to please the people OF the state,
he convention should adopt the report Of
he committee.
When Joy had finished speaking Burleigh
made q motion to take q recess until 8
and Chessman moved to adjourn.
After a sharp struggle the motion on the
prevailed by q tie vote.