The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-20
Harrison Heroically Signs the Lot
terry Bill, Though 1t Imperil
R. BIS Paper.
The New York Sun Commende
the Oratory Of the Short
Term Fraud.
The Authorities Disposed to Move More
Redskins Into Montana-Two New
Judicial Districts.


out the lottery from North Dakota and from
the politics of that state, and all classes of
citizens will be pleased. When the presi-
dent signed the bill he must have realized
that he was cutting off the source of reve-
nue. from his sons paper at Helena. which
publishes several lottery advertisements.
There are also several papers in Washing
ton that publish lottery advertisements.
An early test case will be made and carried
to the supreme court to test the constitu-
tionality of the law.
| The oratory of Col. Sanders in the senate
seems to be attracting some attention. The
New York Sun says this morning, editori-
ally: "The vigilante senator from Montana
made speech on Tuesday on the bill re-
pealing the timber culture act, which con-
tanned descriptive passage good enough to
be quoted entire in this place." 1t then
quotes quite literally from his speech, in
which is described the growth Of timber
from the Mississippi river to the Pacific
ocean; in which he referred to the treeless
plains and the mountains with scraggy
growth that is unfit for commercial pur-
poses, the increasing quality in the Rocky
mountains, and closing with the following:
Going across the Rocky mountains,
and going hundred miles beyond. you
come to the forests that we're described
by Brant 'as the continuous woods, where
rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound save
its own dashings.' And going hundred
miles further you are in the midst of for
ests, where the sun seldom sees the ground
beneath the trees, where they stand thick az
In Tow A@ rka L.
above quotation from the speech the Sun
makes the following comment: ''This ia
like panorama of the ride across the con-
tinent. The unpretentious, yet effective
English in which it is presented is another
evidence of the astonishing versatility of
the statesman who hanged Jack Gallagher,
Club Foot George and Joe Pizanthia, known
as The Greaser.'" r..
Tsse Montana men are now making an ef-
fort to secure the passage Of the bill dis
posing of the Fort Ellis military reserva-
tion. It seems that Carter is being criti-
cised for the delay, and Sanders says it is
unfair to Carter, as the bill is
now in the senate committee, Car
ter having done all he could
for it. The disposition of the Cheyenne
4uuAduo I'D again yAAR UuO u1ONUdub p0O-
pie. It was learned at the Indian Office to-
day that the commission which is to be
selected to go out and settle the Cheyenne
difficulty will probably have one man from
the Indian bureau in its membership. The
Indian Office will no doubt recommend the
transfer of the Cheyennes from Pine Ridge
and that all groups together be given a
place in the Grow reservation and moved
far enough away from the Tongue river SO
that they will no longer harrass the set
tiers of that country. The Indian officers
recognize that unless some such action ia
taken there will always be trouble with the
Cheyennes.
Assistant Secretary Chandler to-day re-
fused to give rehearing in the case of the
United States against Thomas D. Stinson
aud Hugh Park for lands in the Seattle,
WASH, district, Stinson and Park are the
transferrees in certain lands decided to them
by parties making claims. The government
attacked the title and decided that they
were not good. The original claimants
were witnesses at the trials and knew that
they we're decided against them. They now
claim the right to be heard, claiming that
they should be made co-defendants in these
cases. The secretary says they neglected to
take their day in court when the case was
on trial. and couldn't now be heard. The
only claim they make to the lands now is
their right to defend the warranty deed
they have made. Stinson and Park will
lose the land.
There is some speculation as to the crea-
tion OF two additional judicial circuits.
The Montana men are figuring out which
district would be the most satisfactory to
their state. 1t is expected that two new
districts will be created. Senator Dolph's
amendment proposes that one district will
be composed of Oregon, Washington, Idaho
and Montana, and Senator Davis has bill
to include Montana, the Dakotas and Min
nesota. Tho Montana men think they can
90 either way. Mr.. Power would prefer to
go with the Minnesota district so as to get
as far away from Judge Sawyer as possible.
Col. Sanders thinks the Dolph district will
be more symmetrical. 1t is more than
likely that Wyoming will be made part of
the western district. Senator Ingalls, pro-
posed to make the Pacific coast one cir
cult, but that will be opposed by Oregon
and Washington.
ATTENTION, MIR. WEED.
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