The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-02-02

sayinss and DoinEs OF the seisns and o.
Lsgi.,ats,. Correspondence Nss;yora-Nss-

Sayings and Deings Of the ssisns ard othsrs
Leoislafiss Correspondence NsW North-Ess- :.
HKLESA, January . The much talked Of
(hereI attempt to unseat, Cox, Of Custer, on
account Of his army record, was brought up
In the Council this afternoon. The substance
Of the matter Is that thirteen years ago, Cox,
then an officer In the army, was court mar
tailed At Leavenworth, Kansas, dismissed
from the service and cashiered; lined Sou,
sentenced to three years in the penitentiary,
and one year extra IL he should failto pay bis
hne. The court u artial proceedings we're
ordered pu blished in several Kansas news
papers and In those published at the place
which Cox called home, and army officers
forbidden to associate with him. The por-,
ton referring to imprisonment was after.
wards RENTED. The charges established
were drunkenness on duty, conduct prejudi-
cial to good order and military discipline,
and also that he got away with . sorrel horse
belonging to the Government. All these
acts are charged to him in Colorado In 1869,
and Cox's rank is stated in some portions Of
the proceedings a. Captain and at others a.
Brevet- Major.
TIL. proceedings Of which the above is the
substance were tackled on q resolution intro,
duced by witter, suggesting that committee
of FIVE be appointed to inv-stig ate the mat
ter and determine whether or not Cox was
qualified to hold seat in the Council
President Stuart looked over the document
and then said. as 1t was calculated to cast dis
credit on . member, he thought 1t hardly
proper to have IL read. The meubers, weary
OF the dry routine since the deadlock was
broken, picked up their ears aud looked
pleasantly expectant. But the President
neither ordered the resolution read nor ex-
planned what 1t was. Cox solved the mys-
terry by walking over to witter and asking
him what his racket was. Witter replied
that II was concerning that court martial"
Cox snapped his fingers in the face Of the
honorable gentleman from Silver Bow county
and stalked back to his seat. The scene
which followed was animated. Cox, who is
a speaker of great force and splendid dictiop,
struck his desk whack which made the
nervous members to his right jump, and
turned himself loose, hot as n wolf in q
speech in which anger, pathos, sarcasm, re-
proach and defiance were all intermingied
He characterized Writer'S course as con-
temptible, saying that nothing in the action
OF that csurt-martial in any manner disquali-
fed him from serving ~ member Of the
Council, and such being the case, he could
only regard IL as a dastardly personal attack.
Ten wears and more had the proceedings OF
that urt-martiai followed him in all places.
They had chung to him in the populous East
and had trailed him into the wilderness of
the Yellowstone. Wherever his fortunes
frightened, malice hurled them at him.
Wherever the clouds gathered above him,
this curse came too to darken the shadow.
And this gentleman the put an exclamation
point after that word with his voice. claimed
that he brought up this thing for the good Of
the accused. Faugh! II no respect was due
a member Of this body was none to the soldier
who had served his country twelve years,
part Of which time was in that country's
days of greatest perl?-who had fallen
thrice on the field of battle, shot down b.
the enemy?-who bore on his person scar
in plenty to testify to where he could have
been found in battle? This action, at this
rage. All this he said, and much more, but
he ddn't say word about that sorfel horse:
There was q good deal -of talk on both
sides, and the result was that the reading of
the resolution wasset on firmly by q vote Of
sir to fve-Cox not voting. 49,. .,.,.. ..:-..,
Notice was given to-day BY Back that he
would contest Haniltonsseat, on the basis
that he Back received more votes thAn
Hamilton, aud Is consequently the proppr
person to represent the Joint Council Dis.
trict of Choteau and Dawson counties. PEN
ing action in the contest; Back has been
granted the privilege OF. . seat on the Cpun-
Gil floor, and although be does not vote
seems to extract good deal Of comfort out
Of his one small privilege. 1t was more
than his side did for Hamilton when that
| gentleman Was on the anxious seat. - .'..'''
HELENA. Jan. 30:-Back's contest, ss stated
yesterday, H., based on the assumption tas
| shown blythe returnsA that he eceivsd the
most votes He claims that the G42 votes
| credited to him in Dawson county were nil
on { he square, but this the Democrats dis,
puts In the first place. they say, Botkin
and NJ agianis both together only received
Gal votes; then It Is not probable that all the
| votes cast for Botkin were also cast for Back
he surely would have been scratched by
part Of them. As he was known to be Dem.
| ocrat In fact, they claim they can prove
that he As scratched by fully enough Re.
| publisans to bring his vote below Hamil'
toms. The difference being only forty-one,
a. AZ Svaa IN md
In the Dawson County election, II rnust have
| been In counting for Back certain RspubB.
can votes on which his name had beer
scratched, Is an ingenious Democratic plan
for distracting attention from the prebabin
ty Of q fraudulent Democratic vote In thai
county. -
Back was approached to-day for the pur.
pose Of ascertaining what he expected to do
| about II. The whole case was In the bands
Of the committee on elections, and o. the
| majority Of the committee was not on his
side, It was quite probable that very httls
effort would be made to obtain evidence on<
way or the other. There was NO way So
which the committee could be forced to Wig
| orously Investigate the matter. and there W.
no way in which evidences conld be forced on
It, either BY himself o.; anybody else, Ne,ihsI
could the committee be compelled to report
| untii.it got ready He thought II NOT I'M
probable that action ID the matter. II taken
atasli, would be deferred till very nsar the
End Of the session. After looking the whole
subject over carefully since gixnk i.otics o.
contest he. bad about concluded that be
would not DO given . fair shew, even II the
committee should report immediately. The
Democrats had the bulge and there was nc
doubt but that they intended TO kssph. he
thought 10 would not wait here much
longer. - ~.
The bill for the redemption Of the oatstand
ing bonds sf Montana hssing passed -boti
branches Of the Legislature and received the
Governors signature, haa become Law. The
amount Of bonds outstanding Is $4,000, and
Il ~ yu~.sn,. kn~ ~aw cn1rt i, 4