The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-25

The STANDARD IL throwing SOME
pretty strong side lights on the
that were employed by Silver bow re-
publicans i'm their effort tn steal the
state by counting out n tunnel pre-
einct.
While this work il going on the pub
lie will keep in mind the grounds on
which Mr.. Jack and his associates ex-
eused their share in the conspiracy.
The technicalities which governed the
conduct Of these gentlemen did not
concern the affidavits to which thu
STANDARD In making daily reference.
The precinct was thrown out
h tally sheet was in the handwriting
Of one of the judges. whereas h clerk
should have done the work and, con
~, because the count il alleged to have
been conducted with closed doors.
The STANDARD has shown how this
happened. but the facts are worth re-
peating. The testimony of the clerk at
the unne precinct is that, being a Ia
bOrer, he il not skilled in the use of the
pen and. therefore, at his request, M
Of the judges performed the clerical
work with the clerks knowledge, con-
ent and approval, and ~antly UNI
der his supervision.
As to the manne i'm which the
was conducted, testimony has already
been given to the public to show that
ON the evening of election the officers
OF h precinct were constantly mo-
Tested by a drunken republican deputy
sheriff who was sent to the polls for
the express purpose of making trouble.
n that with him were n half-dOzen
drunken lOuts whose presence became
no annoying that, at length. h door of
the precinct was locked i'm order that
the count might he made. No republic
can newspaper has ever yet denied this
version of the affair: and i'm the two
points just recited the public has all
the rus yer given for the rejection
OF the tunnel vote.
But when this whole business was
before the silver Sow canvassing board
Afidavits were introduce with the in
tent Of showing that, ON their face, the
returns from the tunnel precinct were
wrong. The utter falsity of these
affidavits will "a shown. The das-
tardly methods employed by the
affidavit makers will be put i'm clear
light, just ~ their own charac-
tes have been exposed. This
territory will he astounded when il
learns the exact nature of the testimony
to be produced against some of these
knaves. When their career IL fully be-
fore the people it will be u wonder il
tIlcy 8Tc IcIHlltttu 10 i've Wltulu the
borders of the territory.
The best hat can he done by the
gang of republican outlaws who are
plotting against the people of this ter
ritOry is To cry u that democrats are
seeking tn spirit away the men who
made the original aflidavits. The as
sertiOn il a lie foul and false. Ever
since the day when the cowardly pro-
curers dared to put their perjured tes-
timOny into type h STANDARD has
been i'm quest Of the voters whose afii-
davits were obtained. Some of them,
fortunately, have been found without
exception, those who have thus far been
discovered furnish sworn testimony
showing the afiidavit-procurers to be as
rank a group Of Williams as ever dis
graced a community We firmly be-
lieve that these men will hang from
the crOss-trees of telegraph poles be-
fore this business is finished. That's
where they belong.
And in every instance where the ma
kers of afiidavits have disappeared,
their sudden removal can be traced AZ
straight as a gun barrel to the repubii-
cans who are behind the conspiracy: if
any gentleman wishes this newspaper
to name the time, the place and the
circumstances. he has only To indicate
his slightest wish and he shal be salts
fled.