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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26
On the Merest Technically.

Philadelphia Times: It is only logical
that the man who organized the theft OF
an election precinct in Siiv.r Bow county.
Montana, to change the political complex
ion of the legislature, should be an old
convict and jail.bird and that he mar.
rowly escaped lynching for his villainly.
The Homestake Tunnel precinct OF Silver
Bow polled 198 votes, OF which 16S were
Democratic. There is no allegation OF
fraudulent voting or fraudulent count, and
the whole theft lie based upon the merest
technically that has been settled by the
Montana courts as immatsrial and Insult.
Gent to vitiate the return.
The board OF canvassers was solidly Re-
publican; the chairman OF. the board, w.
M. Jack, had heavy wagers on the county
e~lecting the Republican ticket, and he
skipped for Europe. When it is considered
that the pretexts for this theft were pre-
pared by a convict; that the ch airman OF
the board Of had heavy wagers
on the result; that no allegation OF fraudu-
lent voting or fraudulent count was pre-
sented, and that the canvassers have no
legal powers beyond computing and certify
ing the vote, the utterly lawless and revo-
lutionary nature Of the political theft may
be fully appropriated. ~
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26
A Cold Steal.

Helena Independent: No, no, Messrs.
Harrison and BotkinI Your talk about a
fraudulent vote at the tunnel precinct
won't 60. There was no fraud there. None
has been charged. Your Republican judges
OF election make affidavit that it was an
honest poll. Your Republican
IN Silver Bow know it was a fair vote. The
sealed ballot box was before them. They
were asked by Democratic counsel to omen
IL and the vote for themselves. They
wouldn't do it, because they were in the
conspiracy to defraud the people. They
Threw out the entire vote without excnss
or reason. oA'"0
i. was a case OF plain, cold stealing, a
crime which should make you blush that
our party gives shelter to men who ore
capable OF such ~villaiuy.
You don't need to await the action Of the |
courts to understand that. You know IL
now, n it is II sorry commentary on yonr
norai courage that You don't come ont
men aud say SO. We can find Won 2OO |
'epnDllcans in this tow who do not bas;,
ate to call the crime by it's right name
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26

ths res,,lt Az declared ut the polls has been
rsyersed was technical only and one that
mint be urged asainet any election That
vas ever held, and It knows further thai
the machinations Of Republican boodiea
in Montana since the close Of the poih'
have had but one object, namely, the re-
yersal Of the will Of the people as duly ex-
pressed ct the ballot box.
It is this certainty that every Republi-
can leader and every Republican newspaper.
will defend crimes calculated to advance
scoundrels everywhere. The Herald has
vet to find one instance OF Republican vii
Iainy in office or out Of office which Repub-
lican newspapers have not Endorsed and
ratified.
The party criminal who could cause the
Chicago Tribune's gorge to rise would bean
uncommonly Interesting devil.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26
PRESS COMMENTS
THE STEAL.
As an independent Journal Views the
Tunnel Burglary.


Philadelphia Times: The Republicans
fairly won four congressman and six
United States senators in the three new
states OF North Dakota, South Dakota and
Washington, and they fairly won one con-
gresham in Montana, but lost the lsgislar
ture by five majority, the governor and
two United States senator's. With such a
victory any reasonable party would be
satisfied, but the Republican leaders OF
Montana have decided to rescue them
selves from defeat by resorting to the
science OF theft in politics.
Since the monstrous political theft OF the
Presidency in 1857, whereby Hayes wa
made president in defense OF q full quar- er
OF q million popular majority, the science
Of theft in politics has been generally prac-
ticed by defeated parties when there was
reasonable prospect Of success. The Demo-
Gratis OF West Virginia were willing i tia
tors OF the Louisiana and Florida electoral
burglaries, and they have disreearded the
plain command oil the constitution, re-
quiring the legislature to count and de.
clare the vote, to find an easy method OF
taking the g~overnorship by theft. and now
Montana is playing a Dol ) hand to win a
governor, legislature and two senators by
open political theft.
In Montana, as in Pennsylvania and gen.
orally elsewhere, the officials who canvass
and return the vote possess no judicial
1t is their duty to compute and
the votes as they are cast, and not
to assume judicial authority and pass upon
the legality OF the election or votes; but a
q vsr0 n ~ Ala unkoa ~4111l . ~l ~,,rAo
10 Silver o county elected q Democratic
and by entirely discarding the
whole poll Of one large Democratic precinct
Republicans would secure the legisla-
ture. The political complexion OF the
legislature and two United States SENATOR
ships thus hung upon the acceptance or
OF n precinct, and the science of
theft was adopted and the legisla-
ture stolen by lawlessly rejecting the whole |
vote oil one district. :
A score OF years ago, when Montana ad- |
rinistered justice with stern severity in
to the unwritten laws of the |
such q theft would have made the |
dance a jig on nothing |
rom q neighboring tree; but Montana has
entirely within the pale OF ~civiliza-
ion since then, and theft is not SO perilt us
10 it was. We doubt whether decent citi-
ems OF any party would regret the sum-
nary punishment of revolutionary politi-
al theft. such as the old.time vigilantes
administered in many cases without the
eproach OF a single unjust judgment; but
forbids it and political theft,
Inder our boosted civilization, is often
tronger than the law. All parties agree
hat political theft must cease to have i'm
nunity by partizan power il we would
free government; but, as a rule.
rgans and politicians declaim against it
oily when their particular side loses by
he steal. When will the good men OF all
arties unite in solid phalanx to dethrone
olitical theft and stamp political thieves
18th infamy.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26
just Changed Attire.

River Press: The Independent having
telegraphed to the warden Of the Idaho
territorial prison, ashingi if a man by the
name OF Henry Bernard had been confined
there, was answered in the affirmative and
that Bernard was pardoned by Governor
Shoup. This settles it,, Shoup was ap-
pointed by Harrison and the inference is
that Bernard went from the prison direct
to Helena, where he was given employment
BY the Republican state central committee
1t may also be reasonably inferred that
Seligman and Hershfield knew the
man as the AIN paper refers to Hershfield
8 Demands uncle" Just how many
other convicted murderers and thieves
in the employ OF that committee will
probably be learned in time. .""
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26
IT WILL BE DIrrEREsr.

MEAA#GETH 81
Monday. the Tunnel precinct man
damus will be heard in the district court
in this city before Judge DeWolfe, and
then it will cease to be a farce. The men
who have been yelling fraud and the ju-
dicial powers Of a ~canyassing board have
already begun to weaken. When the
Bernards, the Jacks. the Halls and the
gang get into a duly constituted court
fully equipped to determine the right and
topunish the wrong, there will be no rot
ten affidavits; no winking between Can
wasting Board Jack and Chairman Camp
bell; no secret conferences between the
two during the progress ola count; no ac-
ceptance of the testimony Of witnesses
whose credibility has been successfully
impeached, to the rejection Of that of
those whose lives havee ever Deen above
suspicion; no fraudulent practice of
whatever character, no matter by whom
presented, but there will be a square deal
without even the faint Of partisanship.
Judge DeWolfe is learned in the law
and no man eve sat on any bench
endowed with a higher sense Of right
- A.-1. -oc,I,o - IL - &Iay, h III"
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26
From High Authority.

New York World: It is creditable to
some of the leading Republicans o fMontana
that they refuse to countenance the st.
tempted larceny OF their state by the
agents Of the Quay Dudley committee.
the pretestors is Ex-Governor B.
Platt Carpenter, formerly of this state,
who says: THE Republicans have no case
and the masses Of the party will not sup
port them in this outrageous proceeding"
carrying elections by returning boards isn't
30 easy as it was in 1875.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26
GLADSTONE L
The Grand Old Man Makes q Speech on the
Irish Question.

Aho UTauG OIu man MAKES q speech on the
Irish Question.
LONDON. October 23.-Gladstone, who
delivered an address at Southport, ths
evening was enthusiastically welcomed.
Gladstone reviewed the work Of The
Liberal party during the past year. Hs
paid a tribute to the laudable anxiety Of
the powers to postpone the European
crisis. He referred to the Cretan question
as a formidable menace to the peace Of
Europe. He criticized at length the govern
ment's work and claimed that all it's useful
measures were Liberal. His speech wal
short and somewhat disappointing. Glad
stone made a point by declaring thatths
principles OF the dock-strikers ~apphed0
the tenants and tradesmen in Ireland
would have been pena'. He VAS touched
by the election gains and believed thstt
they could end the s~eptemnia
act and appeal to the people to
morrow thu verdict would be in faVord
the Liberals and justice to Ireland. Ihs
bulk OF the speech was devoted to the
Irish grievances. He said the neeesslsgd
the continued proclaiming Of the new do
tricts was evidence OF the failure oil tho
coercian policy, and he declared the crime
was now the same as in 1884, When
n order to secure the support Ol tN
the Tories declared cOetcI0n
vas no longer necessary.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26

According to the St. Louis Globe Dem
ocrat (Rep) the Hon. Thomas B. Reed
with his accustomed egotism has again
elected himself speaker of the House of
Representatives. We had an exhibition
OF MI. Reeds modesty during the last
campaign, and If that be a qualification,
ne is eminently qualified to handle the
gavel. There will be however no silvery
ring in the rap Of that symbol of authori-
ty In the hands Of Thomas B. Reed. He
opposed to- silver, opposed to our lead
interests, opposed to all interests except
hose OF Wall street and Thomas B. Reed.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26
The River Press.

Mcbride & Haldorn, who represent the
Republican candidates whose election de-
ponds on the counting OF the Tunnel pre-
cinct. called on County Clerk Booth and
notified him to issue certificates of election
to the Republican candidates. This Mr..
Booth declined to do. The lawyers then
asked him to give them a certified copy of
the returns OF the ~canvassing board. Mr..
Booth said he would consult his lawyer be.
fore he consented to d. this. Later, acting
under the advice Of Judge Dixon, he re-
fused to give a copy. 1t is limited that con-
tests will be begun IN the disputed cases in
q few days.
A telegram has been received from
the New York Herald asking if William
M. lack had any money bet Oh the recent
election. William Noonan, of VAUDEVILLE,
went to the Mining Journal office and
wished it stated over his name that Mr..
Jack on the day the tunnel was made a
precinct bet $3.50 that the precinct would
Republican. Mr.. Jack also had q bet of |
800 with F. V. Carey that Silver Bow
county would go Republican by 500, but |
hat bet had been paid.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26
g York World.

Whether Russell Harrison, who is un-
doubteGly a candidate for the United
States senate in case the Montana lsgisla-
ture can be made Republican, will really
attempt to secure from his father the re-
moval OF Judge De Wolfe and the appoint.
ment Of a Republican to succeed him-thus
bringing the contested election returns be-
fore a Republican judge-cannut bedecided
tonight with any certainty. That such a
move has been discussed among the young
mans friends is indutiable. The World
correspondent will probably be enabled TO
give tomorrow the exact basis for this
revolution airy report. As telegraphed yes
no contests other than the one in
Silver Bow are known oil, and, as the count
in all counties is complete, it is not thought
there will be any more. As the legislature
stands-giving the Democrats the ten
members OF the Silver Bow delegation
the returns show were elected-the
nave b majority on joint ballot
Of three. Throwing the Tunnel Precinct
out or giving it to the Republicans. the
would have q majority on joint
ballot OF five In Beaverhead county there
s a tie, which will require a new election.
This county, it is thought, will return q
Democrat at the new election.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26
BOUNCE THEM.

The attempt to blow up and fire a
Chinese restaurant in the center of this
city early yesterday morning proves very
conclusively that there are still some
dangerous fire bugs at large, who should
be dangling from the limb Of a telegraph
pole Helena and the cities Of the Sound
have driven out their criminal classes
and they have taken refuge here. Mar
shall Macarthur has thus far proved unable
to cope very successfully with the situa-
ton. The vag and criminal element
should go; if Macarthur can't send them
he should trade his star for a white
wash brush. ~.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26

What is the use of increasing the ex-
penses of elections if VIM. M. Jack and
Bill Hall are to do the voting?. Their
joint services ought not to come high.
They could elect a ticket in, say Is
minutes which at $3.50 a day for each
would amount to but 1219 cents, whereas
under the present system an election
costs this county a good many thousand
dollars.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26
Helena Independent.

The consistency OF the organ OF the state
stealers is one Of it's strong points. One
day it sharply attacks Judge DsWolfe for
fixing so late a date as November 4 for
hearing the mandamus proceedings against
the Silver Bow canvassers; and the next it
characterizes as revolutionary the calling
OF a special term of the court by Chief JUS
tjee Blake to give opportunity for earlier
action on this important case. 1t looks
nightly as ii the co~nspirators were afraid
OF getting justice.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26

Why didn't the Republican managers
raise a howl about the Tunnel precinct
before the election? The Inter Mountain
says some Of the voters were not citizens,
but it kept very quiet about the matter
until after the election because it had
been told that every man at the Tunnel
would vote the Republican ticket OF lose
his job. That's why. .1.,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26
All Departed.

Globe Democrat: The dsatb q, n.,.-o,
har'ifant removes all the conspicuous as.
p'rants for the Presidential nomination :,
1910 except Blaine, who led in the vo,in.
nntil the close OF the next to the last no ,,ot.
who received the nominatiou aDJ
nr,stow, the favorite OF the Mupwumn eIs.
msnG Of that day. Conkling Jewell NE
ION, wheeler, Washburn and Hart,sn,.
tne men In addition to those three Who Oh
tnd votes at that time for the nom;oai
.on, ave all departed. And vet that cnn'
met only thirteen years aoo
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26
Given

Chicago Herald: The Herald may as
well inform the Chicago Tribune at the out.
set that it has never expected It to de.
nounce Republican election frauds in Mon.
tana or elsewhere. There never yet was a
Republican thief or ballot box suffer who
a not shielded and defended by the
Trib Inc, and there never will be one. II ia
part OF the genius and inspiration of the
Republican party to applaud it's own vii.
liaiis and to prevent their punishment.
The Montana election stealers are NO ax.
to the rula. The Tribune knows
that the Democrats carried Montana 90
fairly as the Republicans carried the Da'
kotas; it knows that the pretense on which !
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26
SINCERITY.

1t is now demonstrated that the int.
rior department gave Montana land and
mineral claimants q favorable and quick
hearing for a few weeks previous to the
election for campaign purposet only.
The new states were put upon the
special List" for the same a that
Secretary Windows assistant issued a
circular to stimulate lead. Window has
now turned the cold shoulder to the
mining interests Of the West and Mon
tana business with the interior depart
nsnt has already begun to drag and will
really suffer for a long time in the future
because Of the DISQUALIFICATION squirt. |
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26
Exceeded Their Authority.

New York World: The board OF can.
vassers of Silver Bow county, Montana,
exceeded their authority in rejecting the
returns OF a contested precinct. They were
appointed to canvass the r turns, NOT to
decide contests gro wing out of them. This
ls a check to the scheme to steal a Republic
can majority into the legislature devised
unquestlonably by the Republican national
committee.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26
An UNKNOWN TRAMP.
Farmer Wright's Victim Never ldentlns@
But the Murderer Indicted.

Aut kIIC W.
INDIANAPOLIS, October 23.-EmsH
Wright, the aged farmer, and one " 'N
prominent and wealthy citizens oil Wayn'
township, wss indicted for murder tO'dSh
growing out of the killing OF an unEDo'H
tramp in the roadway fronting bis 'AD
several weeks ago.. The tramp built Buzz
too close to his barn, as Mr.. "fE~
thought, and the latter ordered him SaH
Refusing to 60 and making Whs' A'
Wright regarded as threatening dtrnon'"'
tiops, the latter fired upon him Tl1ns'D"
gun, killing the fellow almost Instantly.
The remains of the murdered man pobb
first identified as Anthony Rabb, MrS. nnE
recognizing her husband by certain Ps6b
as well as by the face. AfterWstu ps"|s,
turned up all right. Then Franz i ,S"r
Ok commissioner OF Madison counIy, tSs.,
nized the body as that OF his hall O os.asut
Madison Pence, form erly a wealthy psue
If Madison county, but Madison were
'oon reported. Then again frIeno0 ,snr
that it ives Mr.. MlltS, ,.dir
land of Pike township, but this pro,sr h
orrect. Who the victim is VIII n0 ;astis
Mr.. Wright is over ~ srst
the peace and a mar OF hlgn cp
lis plea is self.defense.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26

The MINER is increasing the size of
its edition every day and yet at 10 a. m.
yesterday there wa not a copy left. The
MINER has three times as many readers
as any paper published on the west side,
and more than any other paper published
in Montana. The value of a newspaper
to advertisers is in the number of its
readers. -
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26

~Canvassing Board Jack is said to be
gathering thistles in Scotland. He
could have found them all over Montana.
They will flourish here during his alb
sence and await his return.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26

There are hundreds of Republicans in
Butte City and thousands in Montana
who denounce the attempts of Jack,
Hall and the convict, Bernard, to steal
the legislature of Montana. A free vote
and a fair count is the sentiment of the
people; it is their will, and it must be
obeyed. -+ ...
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26
A ALB / +

Even a further reduction In the pfict
of the Inter Mountain would not saw
it from a universal boycott were it tt
support the Republican administration
in the position which Window has taken
upon the admission of Mexican silver
lead ore. That journal cannot blame
The MINER for the very embarrassing
and humiliating position In which il
now finds itself to be. Before the cleo
ton we warned it that the promises OF
the administration respecting this mat
ter were made only to deceive the people
in the new states, that they were only a
bid for votes, and that after the election
Secretary Window would do just what
he has done. The Inter Mountain and
every other Republican organ then de-
clared that the administration was sim
cere; that the lead circular was not a
bid for votes, and that journal
made every other declaration in
the premises that a dishonest
craftsmanship could dictate which was not
warranted by an honest analysis Of the
facts. 1t required no Jack, no Hall, no
Bernard, no affidavit making to show the
presence of deception and fraud in those
before-election promises. And while
that was the fact, it was believed that
such promises could be made to subserve
a great political purpose, If they
could be sworn into the confidence of the
people through the afidavits of the Re-
publican press; that the inherent evil
dences Of fraud could be thus overcome.
The Inter Mountain vas among the first
to engage in the affidavit business, and
Il kept up its lick until the battle had
been lost, until the lie had survived its
When there was nothing to
gained by lying, but something to be
lost, then it wa that the Inter Mountain
ienied its before-election identity and
'tOle the mask of Truth which it now
'eeks to wear with an ill-ftting grace.
an example Of death-bed repentance
he Inter Mountain has always been a
conspicuous example, and the probable
ties are that it will always continue to
e as 1t is incapable Of anything better.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26
MANY IN STORE
The Opening of the Cronin Case w"
Great Surprise.

The Opening of the CrOnin Caso
Great Surprise. -.
CHICAGO, October 23.-The JoufD1 ',.,.
evening asserts that either in sta.s M
ney Longnecker's openin, speec" :,.,s
Cronin case to. morrow or in Inc ..,s
to be INTRODUCED later, there VIII ,hs
surprises. The weak point III 'h' Srt,G
always be- n thought to be the ln" .,nsr,
the state to show that DR.. Croni Lo niehtd
entered the Carlson cottage on 'p0
the murder. ototfs a.
lie Journal claims that the sta stsc crOpp
torney has two witnesses VINO tcbed br
dri, en- up TO the cottage ana wa" vilh
enter. 1t is also said that eVIu cook poi
produced 10 show that four men BurSs
The murder-Coughlin, Coon'i n lictS
and a man not yet arrested or .entry@
Sullivan, it is claimed, acted as d 10 The nsa
he outside. Kunze is said 10
who drove Crunin to the cottage