The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-12-15
ON THE OTHER FooT.

The canvass yesterday was by fall bosf,i,
Marshal Botkin being present. he Marshal
submitted with fair grace 10 tie inevitable.
! The majority for Maginnis was |, 49,. Tbi.
Was Democratic gain Of IS vot-s oyer the
maturity Of two yeafs ago. Mapinnis d-fes: g..
| ed Sanders nv | ,I2g yutrs. including ii- vol"
OF Deer Lodge. IL Is ia'rrU say, how-,-t.
that the Bmkn campaigr vas m"r. vic'''"'is
| ly conducted. aUd with better ORGANIZATION
than that Of two years arc. The methods
adopted we're the same a. those now genei-
ally practiced By the Republicans in the east.
MOI ey was freely collected by ssssssmruts
aud as freely sp+rt. Fran Is, such rs The
| voting Of British half breeds, unnai urAiized
! Scaudinaviaus, etc, were practiced ori n
| gigantic scale, aud had Hubbeil responded
to rhc urgent appeals for foreign aid IL Is
! probable the entire floating vote would have
beet captured. aud perhaps the Territory
wrested from the Democracy. We trust hat
! Such methods (Which, duiiug the canpaign,
we characterized as carpet bag m-thnds),
have been practiced for the last time In
Montana. The Legislature should, II pos
sible, adopt more rigorous measures 10 pre-
vent the corrupt Use Of mUney In elections.
such prostitution Of the ballot-box is as
fat al 10 civil liberty as disgraceful to those
who resort 10 surh practices to override the
popular will. Independent, 18th.
II the above were not outrageous IL would
be ridiculous. The author OF IL could not
Hot be sincere unless his judgment had ell
tirely yielded to par,izanism. The recent
election was, we grant, charactc 'zed by the
most disgI aceful prostitution OF the ballot
box' ever seen In Montana. But who bene.
fitted by 1t; and for whom was IL so prosti-
tuted? Look at the result Of the official can.
vass. In almost every one Of the count les
where there was a large, loose, irresponsible,
nonresident, non-taxpaying, floating vote,
Magiunis received enormous majorities, and
In the Others Bnlkin received msjorities even
where the Democratic local officers were
generally elected. 1t is useless to throw
dust in the eyes of Montana aud endeavOr
to make it appear that the majority Of those
who are really Monlanian voted TO return
Major Maginnis as Delegate for Montana.
He was not the choice. Neither was money
.freely collected aud as freely spent" to elect
BOikin. From what we know and believe,
there has never been political campaign In
"utlS Auc 'puoitabo s'iiVSt'b
aud spent as lutte money for the Delegate
contest. There was not single dollar ex-
pended IN Deer Lodge county that We have
heard Of, and yet. although nearly every
local Democratic candidate In the county
was elected, Maj " Maginnis was left. The
fact Is that tie Northern Pacific railroad
employees gave the boosting msjorities to
Maginnis largely because the company was
afraid to incur his hostility between this and
the 4th Of March next. 1t remains for Mr..
Bot kin to determine whether or not lie will
demonstrate by judicial methods II this was
done legally. At any rate, it comes with
exceeding bad grace for supporter Of Mar
tin Maennis In the regent campaign to talk
Of unfair methods and the prostitution Of
the ballot box. 1t was the only Delegate
election that ever occurred In the Territory
In which We believed frauds were practiced,
aud we believe In this election it wa. done
and served TO increase the majority. IL not
TO elect, Martin Maginnis.