Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-26
E[0QUENCE WON
COURTNEY OVERWHELMLD CON-
STITUTIONAL QUIBBLERS.
PASSAGE OF EIGHT HOUR BILL.
Passage of Quinn's Eight Hour Bill
Other Legislative Matters of
General Importance.
Special to the Inter Mountain.


the seventh legislative session. in the
ierson of Representative Baker of Lewis
and Clarke, unless Chaplain Prices star
prayer the day after w. w. Clark wa
eected to the United States senate -
+ aced forward as an intervenor-jn
ether case the house can claim the hon
or; to the assembly goes the honor noi
p ssessing the most modest member Of
Tie legislature in the person of Tom
FL ga l n Of Silver Bow-and there can b.
no Gus stlon as to who is entitled to the
iaures regarding the admirable quality
"l modestN, for Thomas has distinctly
4Hnounced that he doesn't wish to hog
everything: to the assembly has drifted
me hohof OF possessing a Napoleonic
euler IN the person of Speaker Corbett
W nose name Will ornament the list head
Cd py Gar Reed of national fame-b1t
When Ii comes to oratory the senate can
wave the star-spangled banner and with
q voice of mighty acclaim yell Court
ney's the man.
Thomas F. Courtney is his full name.
Rene mber the name!
When he rose in the senate yesterday
and in voice husky and subdued-not
husky with emotion. as was sometimes
the case with Demosthenes and Cicero
the great or1-painters of ancient DAYS
a pin could have been heard to drop: like
ire "a nous phrase If Poet Joaquin Miller
sound could have been heard to
CEASE The effects of the celebration We,
fingered With senator Courtney. for his
voice was husky With tonsilitis. but he
braved natures admonftion and made A
speech that will ring down the corridors
of time to the tune of AUD Lang Syne."
The senate had met in COMMITTEES Of
the whole. and the question before il
was the recommendation for adoption or
and all to the winds and arose to make
licenses to peddle or mount the auction-~
GERS stand should be granted free to old
no ana o dlerS. Several senators OBJ
Jected to the bill on the ground that it
was unconstitutional, inasmuch as it
formed a species of class lecis,a ton.
Then it was that the senator cast voice.
and all to the winds and arose to make
the effort of his life. 1t was wonderful.
a thrilling spectacle. and brought keenlv
to mind the Booz eXaminatio at West
Point. BY making objections to a bill so
dear to the senator's heart and forcing
him to rise in its defense when he was
icted With tonsilitis to senate was
guilty of a cruel form of hazing ana de-
serves to be indicted by the Nawab of
Nan1nur But he spoke and when he
ceased everybody present sat in spalI-
bound silence. The man without 4no-
ton was the only person that managed to
Keep record of what h. said and tn,
newspaper representatives had to go to
vim afterWard to get a record of Court
ney's wonderful effort-eVen they had
listened and in the thrall of his language
rad forgotten the grosser affairs of
earth and had forgotten to steer tn,
graphite over the white page
"ientlemen of the senate" said the
senator from Silvr Bow, Il arise to make
an appeal for the poor and the bald, the
hind and infirm, I raise my voice in
defense of the man who fought and bled
Ter his country. I am here to urge YOU
TO make recognition of the grand and no.
Die attribute of PATRIOTISM
This bill is intended for the relief Of
the man who has Tough that his flag
may wave from the masthead of liberty
This bill is aimed to benefit him who has
laid out on the battlefield at night before
the frost reflected the ri descent CLEANS
CT the sun on the succeeding morning
Let your hearts dictate your policy in
consideration of this bill ana put vor,
reason and logic in the dark room inst
They claim that this bill is urcan-
Ft4tutlora}. Let il he 20 Y, tie for it ANY,
how. Put yourselves on record as bu
nanitarians. What matter it to You ar
ter you have performed your duties
whether or not some cruel-minGai person
throws it into the ditch of unconstitu-
tiOnality
My claim is that the only constitution
with which this bill is in conflict is a hu-
nfan constitution embittered by gall
There is no other constitution that it can
effect. Why. these men for whose relief
the proposed law is furnished are the
very men that fought and in many in
stances Watered the field of carna ge with
their blood in behalf of the constitution.
Vote for this bill. gentlemen of the
senate. Vote for it, I say, and though it
may prove unconstitutional you can lay
down in your beds at night and drift off
into the land of pleasant dreams in the
balloon Of clear conscience.
"And when you have voted for it the
sun Will rise in the morning and shine
just nlea sanity: the stars tonight will
scintillate just as brightly; the ship Of
state viii continue the even tenor Of her
course with just as little deviation from
the 70 tn star Of pr mise; The mill natum
Will be just as short Il distance pN.ly. I
say, as if You had paused in alright at
the spectre Of ulcon stitutio-a ity ana H. /
from sounding the 'aye. that will cau %
THE recording angel to ilsyriba Oh thu
book Of life Wei done, tb.u god and
faithful servant; enter tE9u into the re-
ward which thou hast earn L..
Then Senator Courtney tpok his sat.
There was not sound heard for 70 sec
onls. Finally cough broke the spell ANA
the recommendation of the bill for aiop-
ton or rejection was put by Chairman
Riggs. Ii carried without a dissenting
Vote. flushed was the voice of unconsti-
tNionality: hushed was lhe voice of The
objector. 1t was signal victory