The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-06
Carter Tells the Newspaper Non
That His Constituents Can't
DO without Him.
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xsssntative Carter, Of Montana, said be
would mot 10 . candidate for 10 election, he
has reesivsd numerous requests ffom ~
puhlicans Of his stats, asking him 10 recon-
sidsr his dstesmination. 6ome Of these
have bssn very STRONG appeals, ~ writer's
expressing the opinion that hs b the only
man In ths state Who can be slsctsd by tbs
Espublioans. 1r. Oaftsr rays that this =
simply an argument Of his friends. He b.
lisves that the rspubli6an candidate viii b.
elected by several thousand TO spare. and
he reiterates his determination mot TO be =
candidate. Il ID said that his legal pEae-
tice would net him Ave times NJ salary Of
. acongressman IL he remained at homo and
attended TO it. When the bill creating two
additional land ofaces in Montana Was
passed, the ono in the Judith district was
located ut Lewistown. By mistake In The
spelling this was made Lewiston, ounse-
quently the aot would not hold until COR
rection Was made. Mr.. Carter presented
joint resolution to insert ~" in tho word,
which was passed without OBJ
lection, and IL there are no other
mistakes the bill il now in legal form.
The oonferees on the sundSy civil bill to-
day considered some communication sub
mitted BY Wilson, Of Washington, for an
amendment 10 the Port Angeles townsite
CLAUSE. The change contemplated IL TO
give those who have made improvements
on ono lot Of land other than the one on
which their residence is . established
the right to purchase those lots
at an appraised value before the
regular date Of sale. The commit
tee ID favorably disposed to the amendment,
with proviso excepting those who settled
prior to July, 1880. The committee also
to the survey Of timbered lands in Washing
ton. II 10 desired by Washington that
greater rates be allowed, or that the CLAUSE
which limits the survey to agricultural
lands be stricken out. II this were done IL
would allow the state sn earlier opportun-
ity to select school lands, which II point
in its favor. Senator Hale favored TIE al
lowanoe Of the greater rate for the survey
and said this would probably
be the sense Of the committee.
The committee has had ono or two meet
ings and has not agreed ON some Of the
moro important senate amendments. Sem
ator Allison, the chairman of tho managers
ON the part Of the senate, said to-day that
he believed the conference would agree to
the senate amendment relating to irriga-
tion, thereby defeating Major Powell's
scheme Of irrigation and repeating the law
Of 1883 on this point. This last was prom
ised substantially BY Mr.. Cannon whom the
house agreed to let the bill 20 to confer
enoe. When the general deAoisnoy bill was
under consideration to day Wilson, Of
Warrington. moved an amendment to ap-
propriate $1.700 TO pay the bill Of Henry
Clarke, Of Spokane Falls, for surveying .
portion Of the Yakima Indian reservation.
The claim has besn favorably passed by the
department. officers, but in the discussion
to day II was held that this claim. with
many others, must wait until after Jan. 1,
1891, whom the budget ID made mp BY tho
department..
Considerable pressure il being brought
on the senators to put lead ore on the free
list whsn that item 10 reached in tho tariff
bill, and Representative Carter, Of Mon
tana, feels that thsre ID possibility that
the fruits Of his victory In securing an in
crease in the house may be Lost. The seu-
timent from Montana il not unanimously
In favor Of the duty. There are smsltsss
there that want tho ore brought free and
the sentiments Of that kind have been osys.
talised into numerous kilograms 70 tho an.
ats from other states favoring the rsdue
tion.