Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17
TTEsDAY IN CONVENTION
rs DECIDED TO ELECT COUNTY
AND TOWN OFFICERS.

lions.
HELENA, August 13.-The convention
net at 100 clock, president Clark in the
hair. Dyer and Sargent were excused
Tor the day.
parberry, chairman OF tine committee on
aigation, reported back the resolution OF
Maginnis in reference to memoralizing con-
sess as to arid lands without recommen.
dation, and Maginnis moved to lay upon
the table, and the motion was carried.
The resignation OF w. L. Greene, assist
ant eeaFgesat-at-aEms, was accepted.
Proposition No. Is came up for consider
ton and Hartman's substitutefo for Writer'S
proposed amendment was put upon it's
massage. The amendment is to the effect
that not more than one state institution
shall be located in any one county, n
that no institution shall be located
in the county in which the capital
is situated. Hartman's amendment was
put and lost, as was Writer'S substitute.
Schmidt move to strike out Section 5:
The several counties OF the state shall
provide as may be prescribed by law, for
those inhabitants who, by reason OF age,
infrmity, or other misfortune, may ave
claims upon the sympathy and aid OF soci-
ety." Carried.
Then came the closing scenes in
THE GREAT CAPITAL QUESTION.
Luce moved to place proposition No. Is
upon it's final passage. j. r. Toole moved
to amend section 2 by striking out 1892 in
action 2 and inserting 1890. the time for
the people to vote on permanent seat OF
government. Ruled out of order.
Luce moved that proposition No. 1S as
amended be placed on it's iual passage.
and the motion was carried py the ioiiow-
ing vote:
Ayes-AikeD, Browne. Burleigh, Brazel.
ton, A.. j. Burns, Buford, Bickford, Billiard,
Breen, Conrad. Collins, Cooper, Cardwell,
Carpenter, Chessman, Craven, Colby, Gala
way, Eaton, Field, braves, Gibson, God.
dard, Gillette, Hobson, Hartman, Ham
mond, Loud, Luce, Mitchell, Middleton,
Marshall, Marion, PnIbrrry, Reek. Robin
son, Rotwitt, j. X. Toole;s Witter, Mr..
President-52.
Noes-CourtDey, Dix on, Durfee, Hatch,
Hogan, Kohrs, Knowles, Stapleton, Schmidt,
J.R Toole, Winston, Warren and White
hill-13.
Absent-Ed. Burns, Dyer, Gaylord, Has
kell, Knippenberg, Ramsdell, Richards,
Sergeant and Webster-9.
D. N. lOOAc mONou w LCSohbiuOA II W
aud to lay the motion on the table. Car
RED. Carpenter asked general consent to
offer a proposition
RELATIVE TO SUFFRAGE,
giving women taxpayers the same right to
vote as men.
The convention resolved itself into COM
mittee of the whole, Collins in the chair,
and upon motion of Kanouse proposition
No. SO, Ordinance" was taken up.
Robinson offered an amend ment to Sec
ton 5, making the governor, secretary OF
state and chief justice the ~canvassiDg board
instead OF the secretary, auditor, governor
and president of the convention.
Luce offered an amendment to section 8,
which enumerates officers to be elected,
which provides a clerk of the district court
or each district, SO as to read that each
county shall have q district court clerk.
Goddard offered IN amendment to Sec
ton 6 that all
COUNTY OFFICERS,
except the probate judges now in office,
shall hold their Offices for the full term for
which they were elected, or until their sue
cessors shall have been chosen and quail
fled.
Knowles wanted county treasurers ex-
CtDlGu hG "a ~ ~A~
following vote: Ayes 81, nays 30, alb
sent Z.
At the afternoon session, Meyers moved
to 90 into committee OF the whole on gen.
eral file and Collins resumed the chair.
Proposition No. 80, ordinances, was taken
up and Robinson's amendment providing
for the election OF county and township
officers the first Tuesday in October, 1889,
was read.
Bickford moved it's adoption. Ayes 80,
nays 81.
Hogan moved that the committee arise
but withdrew the motion in order to allow
Dixon to introduce q section which reads:
ION behalf of the people, we, ia conven'
ton assembled, do adopt the constitution
of the United States" Carried.
Hogan renewed his motion and the COM
mittee arose. Collins, chairman oil the
committee, reported recommending the
proposition as amended for adoption.
The proposed amendments were read.
Eaton asked for unanimous consent Tor
consideration of proposition No. ~. 1t
was given and the amendments were read
section by section.
Goddard's addition to section 6, provid'
ing that all county officers row in Office
shall hold their Offices until their successors
be elected and qualified, was taken up, .
Hogan raised the point OF order that
persons interested, such as county attor-
news, we're not permitted to vote under the
rules adopted by the convention. Burleigh
and Hogan were at arms over the question,
Burleigh claiming that he was one OF the
distinguished gentlemen alluded to,
and it was beneath the dignity
Of a gentleman to raise that point,
= to which Hogan replied that it was
beneath the dignity Of a gentleman to
transgress the rules, and Burleigh retorted
khoA e A. -~~kloooo lid not ol1uHa f0 him
it reminded him OF a man who wanted TO
trespass the rules OF bis neighbours hen
raost, and fearing to go himself send a
skunk.
Maginnis wanted to know il the present
delegate to congress, Thomas ID. Carter
should be included. and Burleigh replied
he had nothing to do with Carter, as the
people have elected him. Section ID o
the proposition on ordinances, which wa
adopted, reads: "There shall be elected a.
the first general election. to be held OF
the first Tuesday in October, 1883, by tn
qualified electors OF each county IN Tn
state, the following
COUNTY N TOWNSHIP OFFICERS:
Three county commissioners one count!
clerk, one sheriff, one county treasurer, on
county superintendent OF public schools
one county sui veyor one county assessor
ona county coroner, one public admin
traitor, one county attorney, W lustice
Of the peace for each township, who sfal
enter upon the discharge OF their duties tn
first Monday OF January succeed
ing each election, except a
herein otherwise provided, and snal
hold their respective offices LOT Tn
term OF three years and until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified; q O.
such officers thereafter elected shall MOI
their Offices for the term provided In Uni
constitution" =.
This section was adopted by a strlc
party vote, and it spread dismay anon
the many Republican county officials neI
who see defeat staring them in the lace q
the fall election. This was the feature {
the days doings and the Republicans die
hard.
The Washington Convention stii !
Session. Fl
OLYMPIA, August 13.-The elective rlgf
bill came up for it's final passage this NOR
ing, but only SO delegates voted aye. ant
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