Daily Yellowstone journal., 1892-01-12

njd moi tail t" "rnIl IL 4lAt+ II -}nd+ -
referring to A~soriate Justin Field
Senator Warren 4f W,nnting anu
Governor Thomas Of TIA, in tones
; tint though wholly parliamentary
wer- li'r,I4lvocal. The +ttecl! made
/ Il nrr'ntd -en~att,h, and htnught sew
; tral 'x"i:+d ind1ti:lanl- tr The II ,nr.
bur t,lrkiEN FIR t'.t ,.t>t.e nf th~ ,Dn-
! W n''hlt,:" tflt rn1n,nnnllrE lnrm *nf
Judge = r+v-|i tif tt,~t"r county wA4
! il,*' r.r,gniz Il. Ahd Tie Judge Irn-
cr' t'"i 81: p,ur ~ -nn th+ IT. u,,i.d
/ =fa "tn tty. III. 'nFr>dur1tu.1> If the 1i,,w
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STltEtEI.t. SUBSTITUTES:
f:* K"~"|vt.,, TnA': Ia ~ ,j1nI4ment .nf
| tlt1~ rt: y+ttiut1 It IL H., duty # T. Z
! xeit.rnl +'ov"r'lu4+;;, tu .i:t itl TIE t.+
r~J'p,l,tn' hy itr'gAti ~ of tt+ urid
, ln'i.4- IA titt several stat. aud ttrritu-
|t;e. where ~1Irll Ihnd- txls ttuu while
We du t1ot tc~u - d. >j~' ht- Int ttl-
"rntrnl anH !1tl- 10 such 'at.1- a!l ,Ls
i'a.- from tile general X >-rn1,t+nt To
n" >+v+rb' ~fh t. cf'ntaitIluy th-fu' VIZ
'it htttrsf:+!t>- nr2H hat Ut ltA-t the
pto'*' Hr'~ltlg from ttl- &ie If such
lands s''uil i'r applied t" tn supply If
water Tor their dtvetuplntI t for the
plrt">+ Of agriculture, AnE VIZ urge
III" II n;1r >elatrr- unt repfe +'ntHtlv+s
III Congress IL USE every eff IT t" At~
tutnf'|i-h ~nct ltEtsl 4tiun b. y III tring
about this desired resul1. hot .nly in
our slate, but for n!1 other states and
territories r,tnilariy situated.
The reading If this resolution was
followed BY tuch an overwhelming
routid of applause that II wa@ evident
the wi-h+s IT tie majority Vert cry.-
tallizt d jn 1t, aud though he debate
went uIefrily Oil from ,norning until
n"on, and tr)m moon till supper lime,
and ~as continued thrnugh a long
evening session, the support Of tn"
Salt Lake proposition became we, ker
aud weaker until at the close Of the
evening tes-iun, when The vote was
call+d nn the adoption Of the Streveli
there wa+ not q negative
vote. Thi@ practically t,'spt std If the
bu-1:ts, of the convention, and though
ii session war htl III Saturday, noth~
IN. wa. done except to ',eciue which
ci'y >llnu'd he th= pluce # n,~eting Of
lie n+xt National {not stAt+) Ifr1ga~
tinr fnn+ rt--. the first 1T Whirh met
ut = i 1.:*+ 'u~t ye1r. After t n>i.l-
r - Il tt..
It t"th Bu;.e an,' H-ttnu, to,h wabt-
il < it, "1d nei her LavitI thu r. ltl1>>
IT. strength, compromise WA finally
1T c'e@ ~ giving it + AnArnnha. :
Tn effiing .h+ Stfevtli substitute,
which tlntlly became the ex4r+ sion
pf lie -. nve.t'"l', IT must he admitted
l'nl |: tAr Sai1 Lake re-n]u&iut |.
got1, This is vastly het'er. The former
a>ke'i :"r Il grant of lands. who " un-
svatat!e t thr ,urlH'-e nettted, tx
cert at great and continued EXPENSE,
which n,n>t in the nature Of things
eat iurGe:y into the Efos@ income.
This difficulty il met with IN s"rnsid-
ering an hnnt>t a1n,it'rt Il i'm ut the
l4uu-. but who IL there hat vii! not
admit that with 7rtr'uWIn nrr+@ 1T
IA:4d tn their Keeping. III" ln1ute itK-
lslntures 0l this stHl~ wrull int le
approached aud crsf,iIy
Influenced /" part with W.rtlnn+ of 1t
to hidden nunopo.l< nn rt.u-ihly
presented schemes "fnr the benz tit Of
the pu,r settler aud the better .:eve'-
opment OF the country. An.ti.er con-
sidt r. ton. and one not wholly To be
Ii that eilnuId We have
elected to ask tt4is gift Of lands aud 1t
had been grAuted, y 3uld 1t not have
stood for many years In tie way Of
to ure appropriations to this sthte from
the general government It is be-
lieved it would. Seventy million acres
of laud, worth to the government $1.25
per acre, would probably have been
charged up to Montana at $S7, SOC, 900.
Whether OF this value or Of auy value
whatever, the jealous eastern and
middles states would mt neglect to
raise this objection whenever Montana
asked for a dollar for Internal iuprove-
ments.
On the other hand, we ssk now for
the pro. etds Of our lands. Expressing
the belief tt,at the It'll. and control of
these lands should not pass from the
government, except to the individual,
we urge, and consistently. TOO that
the proceeds Of the sale of lands with
in our t'orht rs belong to us. The gen.
er( government IL not in the land
business for profit, aud it can more
consistently give us the proceeds Of
our lnnd+, or the net proceeds If 1t is
thought We ought to pay the expenses
Of sales, than it can the land itself. Az
to the expense of surveying, there can
be no question rs to the duty of the
general government to stand that ex~