The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-13

judecs appointed hy the county commis-
.ioner bad failedI 10 report for duty. on
had sppoinsed two osners 70 MI the Va
ancies This was illegal. and pre-
that ground. He said he took the DO.
sition that in amy precinct where ths re-
turns were not properly made, the votes
.aHiss% nc" TO allow ''t prscinc. H No. ~ Il.
which had given q small republican
majority, bait the returns Of which had NOT
taen ~properly made tn he thrown out. As
tn precinct ~ the statutes distinctly nay
that In any prccinct where more than 100
ton b he appoinied. bus Their, had bes.n
Illegal, and the votes should not bc
publican board Of commissioners that neg
lected tn comply with the statutes Ia tins
r rsspes Ct. b ca%p's sn r. ssfs ; s;fa1,vi to
as to alleged Irregularities i'm prt..inct "a.
Judge Kirk patrick insisted that the hoard
To- n" shr r'sh. c to rsss,y' "" ~ ''s sss Vote: e.
Their duty was simply to c1Hnm,
10y the Judges and clerks of election. He
argued that IL the board received such
a~fiidavits they would have to give the
and thus the thing would drag along until
the board of ~canvassers would resolve
itself into a tribunal for the trying Of all
said the republicans had proof that fraud
had been committed and that certain of
the officials at precinct "a had practically
committed perjury I'M that they certified
to the election returns without having
been present at the canvass of the vote.
read %amthoritics to show that the
duties of the hoard Of canvassers
were simply and purely ministeriai and
Judge movies himself in u decision rem
dercd i'm a case almost the counterpart of
the present one a., ana whe" r the worthy
of Judge at the time was that
the duties OF the canvassing board were
face OF them and not to go behind them,
and the action of any individual membe
of The board or of the judges or clerks of
disfranchise voters legally entitled to vote.
Judge Knowles replied that full and
correct returns had not been made by the
Judges and clerks i'm precinct "a. The re-
pubiicans had afiidavits To show hat the
clerks i'm p~ccinct "a had been excluded
from the polling booth during the count
OF the vote and that they had signed the
certificate of returns fraudulcntly and
under undue pressure:
tated without amy notice or hint n lot of
atiidavits. They were read 10y Thompson
Campbell. IL is sufficient To say of the
aiiidavits that they were obtained ny
Churles Jones, who went to the tunnel
aud worked ~ N common laborcr several
S SSS William IL am ' E.Rssa m" Sn %' Of the a,.. Judges wa" Of
election at the tunnel district. He testi-
fled that he is "a democrat and one Of the
JusIkeH tlu Nuiitt " WITH III rN
Judges present during the count. They
locked the door, and permitted no one
to enter and blinded the windows;
and refused admittance to- everybody.
Part of the votes were counted in the place
where they were cast and part i'm another
from NJ. f. AIborn. Andrew Green. Axei
Anderson and John A. Anderson. who
claimed 70 have voted the straight reaaih-
rctarns only showed three nspabricsn
votes from that precinct. Thomrsson
md that No. d he thrown out because
there is no return from there at all.
must count the returns hut said the board
mel district. No. "a. he said the
Judge" judges did ali the an" Counting
by ihemselves and did the clerks work.
He said that three corrupt judges. ION:
paradise, shall not control this new state.
The returns are i'm the handwriting of the
Judge Mcconnell expressed SURPRISE
a late hour without any notification.
he said, nor is he before a tribunal. but is
simply making n hnstlinR speech for the
boys to hurrah. In Boulder and I'm Lewis
and Clarke county, precincts were counted
where the returns were only from three
Judges, without the signatures of
eight s5s I lacked only tn" Adding
no mp%r.ancs ; Whatever. T rs' speaker e.
called ON the judges to rise above party
prejudice and show themselves patriots.
No man doubts that the votes as east have
been CORRECTLY returned, and that IL sutfi-
Client.
Judge kirkpatrick said: 'If you decide
that the returns from precinct 4 is not n
return. then the returns are not vet all i'm.
The Is days i'm which the votes can be re-
turned have not yet expired. and you have
no right to canvass votes before the re-
turns are i'm or the Is days have expired.'
Chairman Jack asked AS to the duties
of clerks. Judge kirkpatrick said the
duties ascribed to clerks i'm the statute are
not mandatory. hut directory. The Judges
can legally fulfill them.
Al IL o'clock the board adjourned until
10 o'clock on Monday morning.
There is much excitement in the city to-
night over the counting.C Crowds are collect
ing about the streets and threats are openly
made i'm case the two preciucts are thrown
out. The throwing out OF these two pre-
cincts would elect six ar seven republican
representatives and several of the county
officials. As the vote stands, the demo-
Gratis heretofore announced as elected.
will he elected except Harry Hyncs for as
SCISSOR, the official vote showing five ma
jerity for Holland, the republican candi-
date. At the order of Chairman Jack. the
return Of theT Tunnel district has been
s,a1s1 ,.,