The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-11-26
!. a n.tto would work 10 the Republican

In ButIe WOulu Nofh W 'iD 49,
ficket elsewhere, as follows 80 4
"The Republicans of Silver Bow townships
will stand by the ticket straight. II
There may be few whom we caunot hoia,
but our total disgGectiOn mM not ehceed
t,Dentu potes. If such ticket (Fusioh) Is
printed. or will be, we are in total Ignorance
of it, and it will not be supported or couh'e-
nanced by us Deny everything of this char
acter as far as Republicans are eoneerheo.
Irwin and Coleman will telegraph you that
we are firm" -
Nov. ITO vanGundy and O'Bannon, Deer
Lodge, from d. H. Mcfarland, Butte:
The boys, with very few
exceptions, are working for the straight tick
ct and think they will make it win"
Nov. PAT IL o'clock a. m. the following
telegram was received in Deer Lodge:
Fusion tickets are out and posters calling
on all Butte men TO vote for Butte men VINO
are on the ticket"
Nov. 2.-Between IL and p. m, while
the polls were closed, another reliable tele-
gram was received from Butte indicating "the
fusion ticket was being pushed, was receiving
strong support and was dangerous"
Up to this hour but few tickets had been
polled in Deer Lodge. Voters were waiting
| TO see what the Fusion movement amounted
TO. 1t will be seen that until two days pre-
vious the Chairman and Secretary OF the
Republican Central Committee at Butte had
been unable to ascertain the existence of any
Fusion ticket, had authorized the denial that
any Republicans were engaged in IL, and as
serted the total Republican disaffection
would not exceed twenty votes; yet 1t Will
also be seen by the election returns that, al
although there was Republican majority OF
Is for the Republican candidate for Dele
gate, one Republican candidate for the
House. not on the Fusion ticket, was defeat
ed by 800 votes, and that the average MAORI
ty given the Fusion candidates for the House
was 293 and for the Council 1856. If until
two days preceding election Republican man
J ayers had been thus blinded and betrayed,
there must have been stealth practiced on then
and the vote shows it was as largely practic-
, ed on Democrats not " in the Fusion Ring
When, at noon, advices were received herr
= of the Fusion betrayal at Butte, party line
l were broken up, whatever could be done Il
; counteract the trick was done, and, no
| not knowing the extent to which it was cal
= RE, the local as we'll as the Legislativ
e ticket was effected.
y This is partial exposition of the Fusio
It business, every word of which can be sui
v stantiated, and the worst. has not yet beef
= told. The right of individual citizens
vote as they please is beyond all question
W but there is law of political honor oblig'
a. ting men who vote at primaries and CONVEX
ID tions to support the ticket. Even If K
Is special reasons the elector may scratch
Ticket, it is in the nature of reserved an
n supreme right exercised as the lesser OF Z"
n evils. But when combination Of neil,
~ concert and stealthily, concealing their pu
~ pose and denying it, enter into conspirat
s :; to betray and defeat party nominees
as forging the name of party to use over
II Legitimate and counterfeit ticket containin
. the names of candidates opposed to that pa
ny ty, and work for the success of that tickt
al the act becomes one Of political betrayal al
ne treason, and, If political treason Is odior
or such an act is odous. This the Butte f
OF sionists did, and no specious sophistry,
Vo raising of side issues, no avoidance and ev
oil sion can rid them of the guilt. They ha'
hd done that which is wrong in every point
'e- view, and the only proper thing left for the
III to do Is to confess and sin no more.