The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-12-30
SOME LIVELY
HELENA CHAT
POLITICAL AND OTHERWISE.
Many AXES 10 Grind at the COMING Session
Of the LEGISLATURE.
Everybody in d Quandary Concerning The
Attitude Of the Three IopnIiN
Members.

HIENA, Dee. %. / Spcclai 10 the
TEEUNE. The meeting of the iogisla-
ture here on next Monday morning will
br preceded by the arrival of several
well organized lobbics which will be
here to grind axes during the session.
II is understood that some oF these are
finely organized and that all of them
have missions more or less definite. The
life of the average representative anu
senator will be made miserable from the |
time the session opens until it closes,
There will be at least two distinct bodies
Of loLbicsts looking for the agricutura!
/ college, one from Gallatin and the other
/ from Custer county. There will he two
prison lobbics, one IN favor Of Il warden
and the other against il. There
will also be iobbIes for the
| school Of mines. The insane asylum the
normal school and the university. and 1t
is believed now that an effort will be
made in certain quarters to prevent ac-
tion on any Of these state institutions
until after the capital fight Is scttI' ' If
Deer Lodge az Lewis and Clarke cOun-
ties we're wise they would not adopt any
obstructive method with regard 10 the
location of these institutions. but would
stand together in the first instance for
declaration favoring the unl!icatlon Of
the state educational institutions 50 as
to make the university compact and
consolidated institution. leaving It's loca-
ton to "A future time or at least settle
upon the location subsequent to de-
claration Of this character.
The house will meet as it did IN 1871
in the electrical building, and the senate
in the board Of trade rooms IN the
Power block. There Is going to be a
circus from the first day of the session
to the last. The organization itself Is
roipg to cause considerable trouble and
il looks now as though there would be
tyepfv-six republicans and twenty SIX
democrats. with the three popuIist mem
- bers holding the balance of power
Nobody seems to be certain in regard
to the attitude which will be assumed
by the popuist members. Messrs Bray
uad Matthews from Silver Bow were
!, formerly republicans. and Mr.. BcecheI
If Cascade county was also republican
y at one time. There is Il good deal o!
, speculation as to the course OF these gen
|. trmcn. Whether they will stand aloo
y and assume the attitude Of men VINO arc
" a little above the average partisan II
!. their political thoughts, or whether they
r will 20 INTO the caucuscS ol cither Oh iht
y ether parties, are now the interesting
!. urublems which those concerned are Try
my to solve.
3 If is Thought that almost theiirst busl
|. iess after organizing VIII be inc eiec
Z ion Of a United states senator MANY
ts ,hrral-mir,!rd members, regardless o
! golitics, appreciate the importance
y ,.vIn~ a rrrat0r in the United States
y rnnte who is in harmony With the ma
: ,;onal administration, and it is believed
= lhar whatever else may happen there Il
= one thing certain and that is that tn
!, next United states senator from MoG
y tana will be a democrat. The contest
y sure to he IA most interesting one AM
|. there is strong feeling that 1t VIII d
! necessary for the democrats to mt upon
b a comur0mise candidate. 1t VIII De wa
q 10 the knife between Messre. liauee
Y and CLARK and nobody knows wha
b the result may be.
y The journal is still the subject 0t
p a great deal Of conversation ncrr. an
y also suecuiation. On the one hand, II
!. said that the paper will be revived atte
y awhile. and on the other that IL EcN'
b can be revived. The most scathing d'
q. nunciations of Russell =. HARRISON III
= presidents son. are hear, 90 every nan.
\, and # is said. by tho-u who ought
+ l<n,w, that some of his operations WEI
y of such character as 10 render nm
y able to prosecution II some oi u
4 wronnei crcthturs wl"r wiling >,
y pursue him to that extremity. II
y seems to have levied tribute Upo
b. icyrr,buuy in reach, and 10 nave on
X RACED the confidence OF men VINO r
e rlrlcd him as a personal iricnn' IL
l. transactions throughout are SAID 10 nav
2 brrn such AS might have characterize
y a professional confidence man, IL aus
!. unpears that he WAS aided and apette
= in some of his schemes by pubic Inc
n ,,'bo ouoht to have been in better bus
2 s, .nd if the history of his transa
? tions is ever written he Will take n
n sInn, hpsidc some of the most note
swindlers of the age.
urlena is decidedly quiet Honda
\ ,raie has been good, but there is
,,nvp,nent whatever in real estate ar
= ,,gration seems to be the order OF u
\ F'" ''T This state Of things is believed
"' .' only temporary, however, and Il
- .l.m Of the Legislature is expected
: ''.,~, the town over to the opening
,,--',a-s in the spring. The reports
1 SSs, saow on the ranges cause gre
iea uNiety about tosi%cEiy si1cEi aau anxous rane
men .,.rL here are decia'uly ahN'ouS
r,,rr Traffic suspended