Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1879-03-07
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Feb. oath, says: Your correspondents
| lii commenting upon the proceedings
| III the House Of Representatives, WIN
respect to the seating of Stalker ana
| Jones. Is III error in several stare
inents, owing, | presume, to incorrect
Information. He says: "Ihe seating
Of Stalker and Jones was nndoaDiea
| II III pursuance Of a bargain previous
| " made During the latter days o.
the deadlock, five Or six Of the most
conservative members Of the Demo
cratic wing were requested BY several
of the more conservative members q
the Republican side, to meet them ana
have a talk with a view to ciiectlng
an organization, The substance o.
that talk was, on the part Of the Re
pnblicans-will you decide the con
tested cases according to the evidence
after YOU have heard it, and not allow
your partisan feeling to prejudice that
Judgment. The answer in substance
given by the Democrats referred 10
was, that they would be fair and de-
eide without prejudice. The Repuo-
lcans declared that they did not want
the organization, but all they did
want was square show for the con
testces Stalker and Jones. In two or
three days the Republicans broke the
deadlock, BY casting the clecting vote
for the greater part OF the Democratic
organization. ! cast my vote in favor
of Stalker and Jones. Among the
reasons are the following: All the
evidence brought in by the contes-
tants, was OF an ex parte nature 1t
y as taken in Oneida county. No no
tice Of the taking OF it was given to
the contcstees, who, in consequence,
had no opportunity to rebut. There
was no time to get in evidence to off
set it. You are aware, Mr.. Editor,
that such evidence would have no
weight in determining a civil suit in
court of justice. However, the
Democrats voted solid that the evil
dence should be received, and it was
SO received, and considered by the
House i'll committee Of the whole
What did this evidence show? II
showed great frauds at the Raft Riyer
precinct; il showed the voting Of $50
Indians at the Ross Fork precinct
(lndian rescrvaticn); ii showed that
l73 white voters cast their votes on
the said reservation; it showed that
one contestant claimed only 3 majori-
ty, the other 49-this result necessi-
tates the throwing out Of about 33S
votes
Sta!ker's and Jones evidence show
that the U, S. Government had al,
lowed the Fort Hall reservation to be
extensively settled upon by the whites
who we've engaged in a multitude of
occupations. and had been there for
years; also, that fine residences ex.
tensNe ;rrigating bitches and saw
mills were constructed extensive
tracts of land settled upon and i'm.
proved, as in other sections of Idaho
post-roads built aud post-oilices estab-
lished BY the general government. Ii
also made plain tie Tact that elections
were held on the reservation for years
aud that the white people had been
taxed, aud had ia every respect sus.
tanned ali the burdens OF genuine citi-
zens of Oneida comfy, and Idaho Ter.
ritofy. My conclusions, after hearing
this evidence were as follows:
threw ont the vote Of tie Raft River
precinct, also the Ross Fork reserva,
ton precincts these two precincts
amounting to 23s votes There was