The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-15
COME AND VISIT BUTTE
uE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
City Council Invites President
Mckinley to Call,
DOES so WITH FORMALITY
Resolution of Invitation Passed Last
Night and Will Be Presented to
the President by Senator
Garter.

An adjourned meeting of the council
was held last evening to clean up all
the matters of business that We're pend
ing. The meeting was short and BUSH
ness-like and the table was entirely
cleared up to date. Among the matters
of note to receive attention was a set
of resolutions which We're adopted ex-
Kinley to visit Butte when he comes
West later in the season. The resolu-
lions We're as follows:
Whereas, 1t has come to the atten-
ton of the city council of Butte that
William Mckinley, president of the
United States, contemplates a visit to
the state of Montana; and
Whereas, The city of Butte and all
it's inhabitants are directly interested
in the success and welfare of our gov
eminent national, state, county and
municipal; and
Whereas, The citizens of Butte ir-
respective of party fealty or fidelity
view in our president many sterling
qualities of head and heart and
Whereas. 1t would be a pleasure
and a profit for all the people of this
city of Butte to greet and meet the
president of the United States, now
therefore be it
Resolved by this body. acting for it
self and the people of this city, that
we hereby extend to William Mckinley.
president of these United States, a cor
dial invitation to come to this city and
meet the people and accept from their
hands their we'll wishes to him, and
permit them to demonstrate to him
their patriotic devotion to the govern
ment of which he is the executive; be
it further
Resolved, That the city clerk be in
structed to transmit to President Nc
Kinley, through Senator Carter, a copy
of these resolutions
In the regular order the Fire Extin-
+ guisher company of Chicago submitted
bill for $1.55O, the amount of it's con-
tract for, furnishing the new hook and
ladder truck. Bryant inquired if the
changes the company agreed to make
had been completed, and upon Knowl-
ton stating they had the truck was ac-
cepted and the bill ordered paid.
The Zeeve Junk company petitioned
for a license to do a second hand bust
ness. The petition was granted.
John McCoy's bond for constructing
wooden sidewalks was approved.
The contract and bond of Oren Bard
sen for constructing a sanitary sewer
on Iron street We're passed upon and
approved. ra 5e-
The Anaconda Copper Mining COM
pany, successor in interest of Francis
E. Sergeant, filed a new bond under the
Sergeant franchise for carrying on an
electrical business The franchise was
granted in 1891, but some question was
raised as to the bond and for this rea-
son the new bond WAS filed. The bond
was referred to the Judiciary commit
tee to be passed upon before approved.
The report of the special committee
appointed to prepares resolutions inyit-@
ing President Mckiiiley to Butte was
read at this juncture., knoWlton moved
the adoption of the resolutions.
II think Britt said, that before we
adopt such resolutions we should have
in mind the sufferings the people of
the Occur d'Alenes have experienced
through President McKinleys military
rule there. l think we should amend
the4resolutions and add a clause con-
+demning General Merriam and his pol
icy | move that the resolutions be re-
ferred to the judiciary committee for
that purpose"
! The motion got no second, and the
only notice taken of Britt's remarks
was by Knowlton. who said he could
not see what relevancy the Occur
d'Alene trouble could have to pro-
pCsal to show some patriotic attention
to the chief executive of the nation
when he passes through country. He
thought the people of the Occur
d Alenes might be benefited as we'll as
all the other people of the West by
having the president see for himself
what character of citizens the West
contains. He hoped, the resolutions
would. not be referred. No one else
thought 1t necessary totsay anything on
the subject. and on roll call Britt was
the only member who voted against
the resolution.
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