The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-16

Was somo objection TO adding two under
ground railways To those on Main street,
put ~ che ayes voted first the motion was
osrfisd' Senator Becker WAS made chair
msn o. this committee on rapid transit. A
proposition TO exempt the car companies
from taxation for fifty years was ruled out
OK order M tho a~sacHsOr was warranted To
got them on the list anyhow.
Graveyard legislation occupied consider.
able OF the time Of the house. Count do
~iectora Of franchises DO compelled 10 show
tho practical workings of thor scheme by
occupying their lots for Ave years.
rating tbs Helena dsmetery .ssooia-
! sISn and giving responsibility.
British possessions ~ order 70 take in ths
new cemetery, and visoonnt Bloody Knife
was delegated 10 see that the graves in the
new burial place Ceded to tho m0t1bera OF
the city council bc filed ~ soon an posi-
bic.
An appropriation was ordered to pay the
G RlpDn OF. OF running y, q pipe I'm. from pr.
Tho surplus WAS disposed Of by order
ing II paid. TO Col. Charles ID.
Curtis, aide-de.camp, for discriminating
the Cbeyennes by tho latest approved
method OF talking them to death. Thu re.
publicans Of Helena were ordered to nomi-
unSc 0onn W. t~noIipsoh ioF mayor. iHo
Silver Bow contestants were allowed half a
vote and half the floor, but full mileage by
the longest route made up by the most com.
petent sheriff in Montana. Penroso and
,Wttter were ordered to fight to q finish. A
bar was directed to be put mp In Electric
ball to bring about harmony. These legis-
lAtive matters were carried because no one
favored them and Lord Shober opposed
them.
u was decided to appoint m admins,
traitor for the Davis estate, and the lord
high chancellor took charge Of the office at
once, promising to see a fair "divvy" amid
the heirs and that there would be nothing
left to divide when he got through.
Lord Nelson called attention TO the fact
that a band Of Arapahoe Indians had
whipped Gen. Miles and were On the way to
Helena TO capture and transfer the capital
70 Great Falls. In appropriation OF 3d..
10000 was put at the disposal Of Admiral
HilRer, one-third of 1t to 90 to the pro-
moter OF the job.
Returning boards were abolished in Bill
yer Bow and Choteau counties, and ordered
suspended in other places on the applica-
ton Of ont member of either party. A new
supreme court, was elected. with O.. W.
Fleischer Chief Justice, and Judges Lip
plncott Of Butte. Ray Of Great Falls,
Woodman Of Helena, and O'Donnell Of
Butte, as associates. -
A decree was made that no lawyer should
collect fees unless his client 0 the case,
IN which case the charges shall be unlim-
tied. The plumbers we're not included IA
being able to take care Of themselves.
for damages. Some II proposed to make
Lords 9. W. Cannon, w. A. Chessman.
Richard Jockey, and Joseph .Horsky
a board Of equalization, but II
was thought Lord Cannon would
attend to the matter ali by himself. 4
High Chancellor at his own expense. A
bill WAS passed to protect coal and wood
dealers. by providing that in all trials Of
charges Of underweiRht or undersize LEGO
pounds should be considered a ton and
seven by three by three feet a cord. All
men who had served in the army were vest
ed with the title of general, all who could
all others were given their choice Of being
majors or captains.
A monument was ordered erected to the
democrats Of the house who refused to COM
promise. with a ten foot statue Of Mon
tana and a yellow dog.
fact that this had been an inexpensive ses-
eion. The only outlay was the pen pre-
sented to him, which he presumed came
from the legislature. and the rose Of which
he could not tell the source that put it into
Lord Penrose's hand.
AS there is a sad side to every picture, 80
there was to the fun which the lords got
out of their meeting, Lord Jockey re-
ferred in feeling terms to j. X. Biedler and
other former members who had gone over the
range. Lord Shoter referred to them as
those who had passed from this House Of
Lords to the House Of Lords in a better
world. Lord Knight called attention to
the fact that life was rushing on. and all at
last must go to the happy hunting grounds.
LET us be ready to drop a tear and place a
flower on the grave Of those who have
passed the great divide, and may we like
wise be remembered when we ill the grave
six by two"
So ended one of the most successful SEES
sions of the House of Lords, with thanks to
the chair and the members.