The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-10

and their employers from being impose,
on by spurious tickets. Their bill ha
been introduced in the senate of Mon
tana. Under its provisions railroad com
panies are to provide all their tickle
agents with certificates of authority
which are to be kept in conspicuou.
places in their offices. 1t is made un
lawful for any person not holding such
a certificate to sell tickets anywhere in
Montana, and the penalty for violation
is a fine of not over 800 and imprison-
ment for not over one year. Railroad
companies are required to provide for
the redemption of the whole of any
ticket, or of any coupons, which the
holder, for any reason, other than the
expiration of the limited time. has not
not used. 1t Is to be redeemed at cost
In the case Of a whole ticket: but in
cases of coupons at a rate equal to the
difference between the price paid for the
whole ticket and the cost of travel be-
tween the points for which it was used.
Tickets or coupons intended for redemD-
ton are to be presented before the ex.
plration of the time for which they are
limited. 1t is the unused portions of
tickets which give the ticket scalpers
their opportunities. A man making the
trip from st. Paul to Portland desires to
stop over on the road for Il length of
time beyond what his'ticket allows. He
sells the unused portion at the place
where he stops and it is bought by some
one who desires to go from there to Port
land. Generally he sells the unused part
vary cheap, because he knows the com
pany will not redeem it. Under the pro-
posed law he can make the pay
him back in proportion, and is not likely
to let a scalper have il for a song.
The only incident Of the week in the
senatorial race was the withdrawal of
Hon. /. f.. Collins from the field. and
the transfer of his two votes. one to
Clark and the other to Dixon. The bal
loting has reached a point where it is
becoming monotOnous. Nobody talks
about 1t any more, and nobody asks
about il even. But it is coialDg 10 the
point where the democrats will either
have TO get together. or allow the GOV
to appoint. Some difference of
appears to exist as to whether
the governor has the power to appoin
to a vacancy thus created by the failure
Of 4 Legislature to elect: bat M doubt I
whatever exists ID one point. and !
that is that he will exercise that power. !
Every day of f~ruitlcss balloting makes it |
more and more apparent that some one a
las got to give way. A significant ut /
.erance on that subject il that of the d
anaconda Standard, the recognized or II
IAN of the original Dixon forces. CLARK t
'annot be elected" it says editorially. a
he VIII never get the votes of the Dixon $
men, With equal truth it can be said a
hat there are many Of the Clark men b
mo VIII never. so they say, vote for L
nixon. In the same vein and on the h
anne authority is the statement that p
he supporters Of Dixon delare their
Willingness to support any good demo 4
rat who has not thus far figured in this D
ontest. II the same sentiment is shared q
by the Clark followers, there should il
no difficulty in dropping both the Il
resent democratic candidates and talk p
lg up a new man. In such an event Il
mere is no end of available timber. 1t h
said the only conditions that the Dixon
will exact before going into a gen ST
raj caucus is that ". \. Clark with Il
beforehand, Judge Dixon doing fc
same. In all the monotony OF the W
alloting there is one notable thing. Il
he eight democrats who started in to Il
1te for Dixon have never changed,
hey. have voted for him right along. &c
nj have never missed a ballot, The as
may, in a measure. be said Of those as
no came to Dixon later. His vote has OF
fallen off. Only on one occasion tn
as relative party strength broken re
bat was early this week. when two Of Sc
e republicans were away, one being te
and the other showed up. At other at
mes. when the total vote has varied, it II
Is been by reason of members of Oppo "
.e political sentiments being paired. pc