Governor Names State Officers for Six Year Terms
Governor Stewart sent to the senate appointments to a consolidated livestock commission and related posts. The six year term openings include Burke of Lewis and Clark and Mitchell of Cascade with four year terms for Farrell Ronan Woodson and others across multiple counties. The slate also lists reappointments for warden, state examiner, land registers, and other state posts beginning in 1917.
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Stewart
Senate
Livestock Commission
Livestock Board
Board of Sheep Commissioners
John H. Burke
Lewis and Clark County
Helena
H. B. Mitchell
Cascade County
Great Falls
George T. Farrell
Flathead County
Ronan
John A
Sweet Grays County
Sidney Miller
Montana Senators Back Armed Neutrality Vote
Both Montana senators signed a round robin in the Senate stating they would have voted for the armed neutrality resolution urged by the president and condemned the filibuster that defeated it. Senator Myers urged cloture to curb future filibustering while Senator Walsh tied the debate to presidential actions and noted his trip to argue the Alice mining case in San Francisco. Gasoline lamp mantles advertised at Tatterson’s.
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Washington
Montana
Senate
Myers
Walsh
San Francisco
Martin Barrett Honored for Stopping Railroad Subsidies
In the Eleventh Territorial Legislative session of 1879 Martin Barrett of Beaverhead county is praised by a House Joint Resolution for valuable service in preventing subsidies to railroads. The resolution notes Barrett and five colleagues opposed costly railroad favors, even traveling to Fort Benton to block a quorum on a tax exemption bill.
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Martin Barrett
Frank Eliel
Beaverhead County
Fifteenth Legislative Assembly
Eleventh Territorial Legislative Assembly
Montana
Fort Benton
Territorial Council
House of Representatives
Senate
Montana Rebuffs Rail Subsidy Enactments by Eleventh Territorial Assembly
Helena March 5 reports a joint resolution praising Eleventh Territorial Legislative assembly members for opposing railroad subsidies and tax exemptions. The item notes Montana’s debt relief and thanks to Martin Barrett for the public welfare stance.
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Montana
Eleventh Territorial Legislative Assembly
Bell
Martin Barrett
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State Livestock Board
Congress
Geo. B. Hopkins
W. J. Butler
Custer County
Department of Labor and Nets
W. J. Swindlehurst
Park County
Bureau of Child and Animal Protection
M. L. Rickman
Phil Greenan
Deer Lodge County
Tatternall’s
Dillon
Yellowstone National Park
Dillon Horse Sales Co
Geo, Ditty
Round Oak
Yangest
Llon
State Fair Association
Skinner
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte
McCaull-Dins
Frank A. Bailey
Maurice Weiss
Placer
National Duroc-Jersey Record Association
Poland
American Yorkshire Club
American Short Horn Breeders’ Association
American Hereford Cattle Breeders’ Association
Holstein-Friesian Association
American Jersey Cattle Club
Jersey
American Cotswold Registry Association
American Hampshire Sheep Association
American Oxford Down Record Association
American Shropshire Registry Association
American Percheron Society
WEB
Weyman-Bruton Company
Union Square
New York City
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