Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1895-01-26
N TmE LEGISLATIVE HALLS.
ntted states senate Asked to Pass the
Hartman Mineral Land BiII

Hartman Mineral Land BiII.
Boise, Jan. 2l.-Both houses Of tn,
legislature adopted the following me,
Z mortal
To the Honorable Senate Of the Unit.
ed States: Your memorialists, the leg.
isiature Of the state of Idaho respect.
I fully represent TO your honorable body
as follows. to-wit:
That large portion OF the lands
within the limits OF the grant to the
! Northern Pacific Railroad Company In
the state OF Idaho is known To be min
I eral land, that many valuable mines
and prospects are located upon the odd
sections within the limits of said grant;
that the issuing OF patents to the said
and, thus vesting title thereto In
the said railway company, must result
IN irreparable loss TO mineowners, pros
pectors and all people living in the great
mining districts within the limits OF
said grant.
rhat the immediate passage OF the
bill known as the Hartman mineral land
PHI now pending before your honorab BILE
body. which provides for the segrega-
ton OF these mineral lands from the
operation Of said grant before the is-
suing of patent Is absolutely necessary
70 the end that the rights of miners
ana prospectors, as well as the commun-
lties generally within the limits OF said
grant, be protected"
a concurrent resolution was also pre-
sented by the committee instructfng
the governor 10 take the proper steps
20 enJoin the secretary of the interior
from issuing patents TO the Northern
Pacihc to the mineral lands held and
claimed by idaho citizens and to confer
with the state officials of Montana with
that end in view. In condensed form
the memorial was telegraphed to the
senate and a copy sent by mail TO the
Montana Legislature
During the consideration OF the me-
mortal In the house, an interesting de-
bate was precipitated between Mr..
Neill of Shoshene and MIR. Henry ~
kootenai. Mr.. Neill first charged the
secretary OF the interior with flirting
with the Northern Pacific. Mr.. Henry
criticized him for rejecting on the sec
retary This brought Mr. Neill To his
rect with an attack on the republican
party, charging that party with re-
sponsibility for the condition of affairs
because of it's having made the grant
originally TO the railroad company.
Mr.. Henry said I'm response: .'The re-
publican party, IL Is true, gave the
Northern Pacific its grant but il gave
the railroad no mineral land and the
supreme court has decided that mineral
lands within the grant can not be held
by the railroad company. The remarks
nI the gentleman charging the repub- |
licans with responsibility for the pres
ent condition of affairs is nothing more
than an Oriental twist OF his imagina-
ton"
Under suspension of the rules. the |
house passed the senate bill to repeal |
The law making all obligations payable |
n either gold or silver. anything In the |
contract TO the contrary notwithstand- |
ng
In the senate Boyce introduced a bin |
lbolishing the office of state boiler in /
'pector. The senate in committee OF the
whole, by vote of nine TO four. rec |
lmmended for passage of the bin
providing that insane persons shall /
De taken TO the asylum by an attendant |
sent from the institution for the pur- /
pose.