The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-18
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public is Interested in holding - vast en-
pirc as II mere cattle range for the owncrs
of large herds of stock. Upon the con-
when these immense hearsis are broken
up and the stock interests shall he divided
among the ranchmcn I'm small lots. This
shelter, and furnish employment to large
numbers of persons who must also he
provided with the ncccssaries Ut life. all
of which will In conducive of n more
general prosperity To the state. l therefore
that you memorializc congress tn
give all possible aid i'm the scheme of the
director OF the geological survey, looking
to the reclamation of our desert lands 10y
n system of governmental irrigation by
means of reservoirs, dams, etc.
CORPORATIONS.
The Organization OF corporations to
carry ON large enterprises in this and
other states. the DEVELOPMENT of our re-
jects for the public good i'm many in
stances are of such magnitude and require
an outlay of such large avn Tunts of money
that private capital cannot he induced to-
embark in them. The law should provide.
for tho incorporation of such. but l con-
denim as bad Legislation the existing stat
ute, inherited from the territory, which
permits every character of business anl
industry I'D become the subject of an i'm
stakeholder is limited. No one but n cred
itor is entitled To see the books of the cor
poration, and hcncea person dealing with
such n concern i'm the first instance, il at
"a disadvantage. j recommend the modi-
Rcation of existing laws 80 that corpora
tons may he formed FOR the following
aud such other purpose as may he con-
sidersd proper and which shall he specil-
cally provided for, and no other. THE
message here enuinerates - classes of
The succeeding paragraphs i'm the mes
sag relate 10 terms of the supreme
number OF terms should he four,
that the fees allowed the clerk of
the court should be revised, paid into the
AMI nhss x1sA-L IL. su "a alas
The work of the code commission IL then
reviewed.. with the recommendation that
s sns SS%"I shs w%r. h' FLY Ei.e ~, I"nT.. time %";n to
out the Importance of making early pro-
vision for the bureau Of labor and indus
try and suggests that speedy provision bs,
made for organizing the board of ~partions.
REGENERATION.
The constitution gives the Legislature
power "a enact suitable registration laws.
The schedule annexed To the constitution
provides Tor continuing i'm force all laws
of the territory mot inconsistent with the
c 9.s. hiu, or !" - ~. On anu laws
ton law enacted 10y the last territorial
Legislature becomes a part of our state
statutes. While the legislature ought to
throw around the ballot every safeguard
against fraud and repeating, and "a proper
registration law IL conducive tai this end,
the present system oversioots the mark
and operates To disfranchise many good
citizens of this state Whose, votes are en-
titled to be east and .count.si. In my
opinion no registration should he required
as a condition precedent tn voting in re-
mote and sps.rscly settled communities.
adequate in such sections of the
country. and those afforded are expensive
and often beyond the means of voters.
to be crossed and the distance required to
b. travelled has been shown Ia be i'm some
instances as mitch as a miles,
twenty miles. The result of this liz that
the ~ranchman, the stockherder and the
prosIsectur. who form IA large per cent. of
our population, and who are generally
mpecunious and unable to bear the bur
den of such AN expense and loss at time
as the present system necessarily entails,
are compelled to remain AT home. and are
thereby di~sfranchiscd OH election day. To
ohviate this wrong done To the citizen, l
cotnme that the present registration
Law he SO amended that registration shall
nOs h. required except in incorporated
towns and cities. il il i'm the latter places,
the centres OF population, where law.
repeating and fraud are practised, and
not i'm remote precincts where every ma
knows his neiRhbor and "a tranger is at
once observed. believe that il is AN nm.
due and unnecessary burden OH the citi-
sen to require him 10 register every time
there IL q general election. Having once
Registered that ought to Ire sufficient foI
at least six years. therefore CONNIE
such notifications of existing laws as will
remedy this evil.
rURITY OF THE BALLOT.
The last territorial legislature inaug
urated a hsllot reform that is worthy oi
note. While the Australian system of vo
lie expectation, IL is nevertheless IA depar
tplre in tlns right direction, and its genera
by the people with some modi
n TSe4s as.uid he no aBa,smeus Of publ,
interests iu legislation designed To sscur'
and perpetsiate the purity of the ballot
n. il was Designed % be II instead Of prin,