Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-01-23
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Carson City, New. Jan. Is, 1908
At noon on Tuesday, Jan. IA, both
houses of the legislature convened in
this city in extra session. The un.
wonted assemblage woke sleepy little
Carson up. Carson City is one of those
stranded western little towns that the
boom wave has passed years ago. 1t
was made from the fabolous overflow
Of the COmstock mine of ancient glory
and the rich treasures of Virginia City
that startled the world, and gave to
America it's washer-woman aristocracy
in the Fairs, Floods and their ilk, that
are engaged at present in setting the
pace of what is really genteel and wo-
manly by smoking cigarettes in public
cafes.
But the boom left Carson as all
booms do, and now it is only a sleepy
little country town that wakes up semi
occasionally when the periodical legis-
tive graft in due. The extra session
is a god-send to it, and it bustles and
puts on a business air to make stran.
gers think it is always this way.
scaly Politics.
Politics showed itself from the very
first move. The administration in Ne
vada is democratic, and Bob Skaggs
was speaker of the house at the last
regular session. When the Washoe de-
legation arrived a boom was launched
for Frank Folsom for speaker, who has
always opposed skaggs, and who was
had the support of a majority Of the
republicans. But Attorney-Gen. Stoi.
dard collapsed that boom by handing
down a decision a short time before
the assembly convened to the effect
that the previous organization should
prevail during the extra session. When
Secretary of State Douglas called the
house to order, he made the announce
ment that the old organization would
hold over, and Speaker Skaggs took
the chair. The claim is now made that
such organization is unconstitutional
and embarrassing complications may
be the result.
1t appears that Congressman Bart
lett and several other administration
heelers made up their minds several
days ago that it was not necessary to
reorganize for this session, so the pres
ent arrangement, as far as 1t goes, is
practically substantiation of the Gov
ernor Sparks policy. 1t was won, how
ever, by trickery ana not by fair
majority agreement.
The senate went through the form
of reorganization although the old or
ganization was retained both as to Of
icers and attaches. Lieutenant Gov.
ernor Dickerson is the presiding officer
Whip the Slaves into Obedience
The governors message was short
and dealt almost entirely with the
GoldHled business, although "reserv.
ing the right to call your attention to
other Legislative business while in ses.
sion." "The object and purpose is
Legislative action concerning conten.
tions between labor unions and mine
operators in the mining district Of
Goldfeld." An important factor or
ganized labor is becoming when IL can
force legislative bodies to assemble to
crush its aspirations.
The governor also ststes that a large
majority Of the people Of the state eI-
pressed the hope that the honorable
bodies would by petition prevail on
the persident to retain the troops at
Goldheld temporarily IL not perma-
nently. This IN a point-blank falsih'
cation. The "msjority" Of the peo.
pie Of Nevada are miners and not mine
owners; and IL is with the latter alone
that Sparks has consulted.
He also asks a military post and a
law regulating the police powers Of the