The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-10-27
Unable toSteaI the State,
The Millionaire Quartette are Down
i'll the Dumps.
They see Their Well Laid Plans
Gang all Aglee.
Money is a Good Thing, but it Won't
Buy Honest Republican
Voters.
The New York Tribune Lays Bare Some of
Their Plottings.

Inc NOW 1ofk tribune Lays Bare Some of |
Their Plottings.
The following Helena dispatch to the
N. Y. Tribune of the Goth inst, reviews
the political situation here and lets
blaze of sunlight in upon the dark lantern
doings of the democratic millionaires and
their confreres in most diabolical con-
spiracy to steal Montana from her repub-
lican moorings:
Many Misrepresentation have been sent from
Montana concerning the present political situation
here, picturing the republicans as revolutlonists,
seeking to capture by force what was lost to them
In the ballotbox. OF course these stories are all
from democratic sources, and of course, too they
are only another instance of the "stop thefp' cry
coming from the very knave who has the stolen
plunder under his coac. At o'clock on the morn
ing after election a sufficient number of returns
we're in to show that the republicans had carried
the state from end to end for their entire ticket
Carter for congress, Richards for lieutenant-gOv-
ernor and Blake for chief justice were seen to be
running ahead of the general ticket and It was ap-
parent that Power for governor and the Legislative
candidates were running behind. Themargin be-
tween them and possible defeat however, was
much too great to be overcome, so that the repub-
licans gave themselves over to rejoicings.
Some of the more far-sghted among the repub
lican leaders observed even at that time that no
word could be got from any of those precincts con-
trolled by the four great Montana democratic mil
lionaires- DAILY, Samuel T. Hauser Chas.
A. Broadwater and W. A. Clark-nor from any
Of the precincts where the Northern Pacific rail-
road vote was neavy. This fact occasioned no lit
tie solicitude Carters majority in 1888, when he
ran for delegate, was 5,126 In the country dis
tricts-that is i'll every other county except Lewis
and Clarke-which contains the city of Helena,
Deer Lodge, which contains Mr. Days smelter
sad his town of Anaconda, and Silver Bow, which
contains the great mining camp OF Butte City
everywhere else than here, Mr.. Carter and the
state ticket were winning by majOrities as large
as, and often larger, than those of last year. In
that contest the millionaire democrats, 1t had
been claimed, had not been harmonious. One OF
them Clark, was Mr. CarterS opponent. Two
others, DAILY and Hauser, were alleged to have
gwen secret aid to Carter in order to down Clark
DAILY is mining king, the partner OF James b.
Hagsin and Senator Hearst In the famous Ana
conda copper mine. In his mines at Butte and
in his smelling establishments at Anaconda City
he employs not less than 5000 men. He Is by al
odds the most powerful individual In the entire
northwest. Hau;er is railroad magnate, tht
owner of u score of National banks and the ma
chine through which the Northern Pacific rail
road works in building and operating its brancf
lines in Montana. The Northern Pacific is for
bidden by its charter to build branches, so when
wants to run a feeding line into some new MINING
hon ryor1 IT.
corporation, of which Hauser is president an'
money-getter
Now. in the late campaign t he democrats work
ed with the utmost intensity. The millionaire
early in July got together and agreed upon d
vision of the spoils. Clark forgave DAILY and Hat
ser upon the promise that he should go to the ser
ate. Hauser fOrgave his ancient enemy, broau
water. and agreed that Broadwater's friend, Ma
ior Maginnis, should 60 to congress, Whlie he
uauser, should be tho other senator. folloWe
of Hauser, Joseph X. Toole, was mace tne oai'u
date for governor and DAILY vas appointed chall
man of the campaign committee ana poss VI VI
whole outht. The republicans had fortified then
selves against this most formldaple array
adopting a registration law and the Aus'laii'
system Of voting, in the saving grace VI "iiio
thev put much faith. They knew they had W co'
tend, not against principles, but against eash Oh
coercion, and they believed they had hisl-eias a,
chance Of success If only they could convince '.
milionaires' workmen that they were aple ullue
the new law to cast secret ballot that "ouAo
really secret. sat-,
The campaign was hot active and pltte
Neitber side lost possible trick. The hiiiio
aires spent their money like water. hauser co
ducted bush-whacking campaign OF MS own
: the interest of his senatorial ambitions, iehdii
Il aid to legislative candidates and puliihs o'ei
,ybara and at whatever expense TO the genei
+,c,xat to secure his own interests When elecsp
dav came the democrats thought they hao thAii
axad They had succeeded through hausei
oontrol1ng the Northern Pacific vote. IheJ lit
r,n into Anaconda and Butte some oOo or
It.,ians who had been furnished with naturaii.
t,on Dapers work in the mines, skeleton pai
and n card addressed to the judges Oh elec'l'
hearing the words, 81 cannot speak or Wfite
- Epo,ish language. desire to vote the strae
S 1amocratic ticket" They had given thelf hieli
,,,,dorstand that unless the democratic tlcKet "
III tho mines and smelters Ill Montana "ouiu 81
,,ou, and thew felt very confident. They alu
,,oa,oo+ their arrangements to hold PACK the
is M .s',. s,o,,, the nrecncts under their lmmedl
e. -'...I ,,,+;l tho r5turns were in from the C
he counties" ,,+ s,tnat,on ari
lis All the trouble in the present sltu''i'i' a,'
from the holding back of these re'uflis' =. ~
r' we're about a dozen camps OF tehpoh" "a sa
acter where mining or railfoaa "oiN ""' y, ~
done and the returns from these pia.e' "
M Welded ND only when it became evident wa.
w ,o,,,ocratic maiorities were required 10 eiees
90 don,ocratic government and legislature, anu "a
40 .,suao fonr or five days after the electioh'
,naiorities began to come form. lnes "eAe
90 .,a,,t for the democrats. They dld Cie w
NJ, dacreas sed Carters majority ana tlet VI
90 remnbl:can state ticket about l'ooo 'o'eS a
..alected'' Mr Toole and democra'ic 'no'o'''
three in the legislature. s,o,,d
N, rba n,ost fagrant case of democralic ll"uo
a.,nrod In the tunnel precinct in Silver 30" q q
w ,,hora ont of 1893 votes polled, l7s were se'u
'. Inn,ooratic. The moment these returils
90 annonnced the republicans prouuceu WIN. -,
",,,o,,oo that the result as declared was WI
o. dishonest, and that republican, pnu baor
score had been falsely counted INC D
lie oanvassers thereon threw out the pi.o .,,o ~,
thereby rendered certain the elec.lo,lo " e,,or
ow ra,,hlican legislative delegation from oii'ea
via entv This will give the republicans moi
of stx upon joint ballot. There wiz n" aturn
aor,tost hnt its only effect will De 10 re.uiN =
'-,,,ao, members and to place MI
lar among the other democratc csiii''O'''
Els, elacted on false returns.
all
o+,, in the P. o. Department