The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-11-08
NIGHT BEFORE ELECTION.
A Lively One In the City of Butte-A
Hold Meetings

NIGHT BEFORE ELECTION.
A Lively One In the City of Butte-An
Hold Meetings.
BUTTE, Nov. 7.-[Speoial. Tho streets
OF Butte were never half Sc lively as to-
night. The democrats held grand parade
with several hundred men in line. The re-
publicans had very small parade and a
fair meeting at the opera house, addressed
by W. Il. Sanders and j. e. Richards. The
peoples party also had a large parade, with
two meetings, one at Caplice hall and the
other at Miners Union hall. The demo-
cratic rally WIS at the pavilion, which was
filled by 1000 people. Gov. Toole was un-
able to be present, as the train from Helena
was two hours late. Congressman Dixon
spoke first, and said that the issues are be-
tween the democrats and republicans,
although he did not overlook the peoples
party. The latter party represents u
few good measures, but not many
that he could endorse. 1t wants to do too
much and would shoulder everything on
the feder al government. 1t is out of the
question that, for good while at least. the
peoples party can accomplish the reforms
it advocates unless they accomplish that
through the democratio party. The wrongs
complained of are the work of the republi.
can party, which has been in power for
thirty years. 1t is wrong to hold the demo-
cratic party responsible for any OF them,
because in thirty wears it has not had the
pow $50 carry out i:s promises, never hav-
ing had control, at one time. Of all the leg
islative b anches of the government.
ha Ina nf ha
Chinese exclusion bill. which originated in
the house of representatives.; 1t passed the
eight hour bill, limiting the time of gov
eminent employees to eight hours; it passed
a law giving the employees of the govern
ment printing Office thirty days vacation in
the year, without stopping their salaries
For Montana, the congress opened the
Crow reservation. 1t made an appropria-
tion for surveys, OF which Montana will get
it's share. Seven or eight thousand dollars
was appropriated to the state to pay the
expenses of the constitutional convention.
A United States court WAS established in
Butte, and arrangements made for expert
ments in a fish hatchery in Montana. 1t is
interesting to tell of the many good meas
ures passed by the democratic house,
republican senate. In this way the bill to
compel all railroads to use automatic brakes
for the safety of employees WAS defeated.
The anti-option law was thus defeated, and
the bill providing for the forfeiture of rail-
| Dad lands where the lines were not built
within the time specified in their charters.
Another bill passed by the house in favor
of reform was one providing for the cleo
ton of United States senators by the peo-
pie. and was shelved by the senate. a body
not made responsible directly to the peo-
Pile, and for that reason She senate stands
in the way of many reto rms demanded by
| the peoples party. The republican party
must assume the responsibility.
Mr.. Dixon then explained the objects of
the mineral land bill. The grant of land
to the Northern Pacific in the state of Mon
tana alone amounts to seventeen or twenty
million aores including every odd section
for twenty miles on each side of the road.
The grant excluded all mineral land. but
the road now claims that that provision
meant only the exclusion of the land known
to exist at the time the road filed its map
of the line In 1882 and includes some Of the
most valuable mineral land in the state.
bill to remedy this was int toduced and
favorably commented upon by many public
men and newspapers. The bill was re-
ferred to the committee on public lands
and was discussed for long time, when
the railroad offered so compromise by tax
ing other land in exchange. for the land
that would be classified as mineral land
under ths bill. The compromise was out of
the question, because in the first place, the
road had no right to the land, and in the
second place, the road has as much land
from the governments as it is entitled TO-
''and want to say" continued MIR. Dixon,
''that shall never favor giving another
acre of government land to any railroad, OF
corporation"
w. A. Clark also spoke effectively on free
trade the force bill and Rsid'slahor record.