The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-26

business of the session can begin.
First OF all it will be necessary to
call both houses to order and the
Usual routine will then follow. The
regular order OF business must be
observed, although it is possible that
under suspension of the rules every
thing will be passed and the intro
duction OF bills taken up. Under the
rules adopted unanimous consent
must be obtained before any bill may
be introduced without the customary
notice having been given. Ii any OBJ
lection is made the rules must be
complied with and "a hours will have
to pass beforeG bill may be intro
duced. When introduced a bill is
read for the first time and then re-
ferred to the proper committee, in
this instance to the committee on
appropriations. When reported by
the committee the rules provide, bill
must lay over, unless the rules are
suspended. Then it is placed on
general orders, after which considera-
tion in committee OF the whole fol-
lows. When the committee of the
whole rises and makes it's report unan-
imous consent is again necessary to
place the measure on final reading and
passage.
II it passes the house then it must
go to the senate and there it is oblig-
ed to pass through the same routine
After securing the signatures of the
speaker of the house and president
of the senate it goes to the engross-
ing committee and then must be
signed again and submitted to the
governor for his APPROVAL
From this it is to be seen that it
is not the simple thing that many
think to get a measure through a
legislature. AS there seems to be
considerable divergence OF opinion
as to the proper amount to be appro-
priated for an exhibit and as undoubt-
edly the same can be said to be the
case in regard to an appropriation for
maintaining the capitol and capitol
grounds the chances seem to be decid-
edly favorable for a session lasting
several days. To obtain unanimous
consent is sometimes difficult mat
ter w
while he may be slow as regards
some matters in his adoption of the
white mans ways. the Indian is show
ing remarkable aptitude in Others"
said a Deadwood man a few days ago.
Just before l left home Judge John
Burns, who has been attorney for
many of the Sioux that have had legal
troubles at different times, returned
from visit to the Pine Ridge agency
and he related something he saw in
the way of unique court while he
was at the agency The agent, Major
John r. Brennan, is the organizer OF
the court, which is composed OF four
full-blooded Sioux. neither of whom
can speak English, but who deport
themselves with all the dignity and
gravity of supreme court justices.
Tho Judges have discarded the last
vestige of their aboriginal uress and
appear at all times arrayed in black,
with Prince Albert coats and boots
that fairly glisten from the polish
Put onto them. They are not bound
by precedent in their ordering of de-
crees and in rendering judgments de-
pend upon their own native sense OF
right and Justice
Thunder Bear is the chief justice
of the court and as associates has
Iron Crow, Standing Bear and Fast
Horse, every one OF whom at one
time was a hostile of the hostilest
sort, all having been followers of Sit
ting Bull and all were in the battle
OF the Little Big Horn. When Judge
Burns was at the agency the court
was engaged with case in which
an old coffee cooler Black Bear,
was the defendant. The charge against
him was peculiar one, being accused
OF the desecration of the grave
of a woman who had re-
fused to marry him. The ac-
cused was an old fellow. IS years OF
age, but that did not prevent him
from trying to win the affections OF
the woman, who was only a girl and
who married man nearer her own
age Shortly after her marriage she
died and few days her burial it
was discovered that her grave had