St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-30
For a Citizen of Montana to
Vote Under the Austria
liam System.
It is Believed That Many Will
Not be Able to Vote
at ALI.
The Whole Democratic Ticket
Will be Chosen by Small
Majorities.
Republicans Giving Most of
Their Attention to Dele
gate Carter.
Special to the Globe.

Speclal 10 the GlODe-
HELENA, Sept. 29.-The campaign in
Montana has now reached the stage
when forecast of the result of Tues
days balloting may be made with some
certainty. The principal element of un-
certainty is caused by the Australian
system of voting, under which the cleo
tion will be held. The law in Montana,
unlike that of other states, requires that
a cross must be put opposite the name
of each man whom it is desired to vote
for. In other states, under the same
system, it is only necessary, if man
desires to vote for the whole Democratic
or Republican ticket, to place cross
opposite the name of the head of the
ticket, and the whole ticket will be
counted for that party. The Montana
ticket is six feet long, and the
brightest voter cannot possibly go
into his voting booth and mark
his ticket in less than eight
minutes, as several experiments have
proven. The law only allows five min
utes to each voter, and this will be
found to be inadequate. There are
thousands of men in Montana who will
be found not expert enough to mark
their ticket in less than fifteen min
utes. In many of the precincts there
are 500 voters, and as the polls will only
be open eleven hours, it will be seen
that even at the time allowed by law to
each voter hundreds will be disfran-
chiSed.
THE REGISTRATION
shows a total of about 1.500 over the
vote of last year; LIT, making allowance
for those who will be unable to get to
the polls and those who will be dis
franchised through lack of time, the
total vote Tuesday wiki fall at least
1000 below that of last year. Much of
the result will depend on the organiza-
ton each of the parties has for getting
in the votes early, and in this the Dem
Democrats are far ahead of their OppO-
nents. The Democratic state commit
the is Officialed by veterans, thoroughly
up in all the needs of political cam
paign, and who have known the Situa-
ton in every precinct in the territory.
On the other hand, the Republican cam
paign is run by some very excellent
gentlemen, but who, to use the express
sion of Col. W. F. Sanders, when asked
what he thought of his state committee.
said: ''Vealy, very vealy." De
spite their youth and ineXperience
the Republicans have made good fight.
Recently the national committee and
the national administration have come
to their assistance, and for the past
week the battle has been very warm.
Money is plentiful now around the Re-
publican headquarters, while in the last
days twenty-five campaign speakers
from the East have come into the terri
tory, among them HOrr, of Michigan;
Reed, of Maine; Sheridan, of Louisiana,
and lesser lights. The Democrats have
only home speakers with the exception
of Judge l.. NJ. Rand, the Minnesota
Scandinavian orator, and Hon. j. NJ.
Cassidy, of Nevada. For six days the
daily average of patents received at the
MONTANA LAND OFFICE
from Washington mas been 200-many
for men whose applications have been
in the general land Office for years, held
for some irregularity or alleged fraud,
and who have long since left the coun-
try. This is what the national admin
istration is doing to help carry the new
state, and in addition men against
whom the government has actions
pending or who are under investigation
for offenses against the land laws are
given to understand that if they will
help the Republican party in this cam
paign they will have no trouble with
the government over past offenses.
This sort of argument is made with
effect, especially in Missoula county,
where the principal operations of
the Montana Improvement COM
pany are carried on. Under Sparks
administration of the land office
this corporation, which had cut millions
of feet of timber of public land, was
proceeded against in the United States
courts, but when the case came to trial
it was always found that important
witnesses for the government had been
spirited away, resulting in all actions
against the company falling to the
ground. Last year the company came
out for the Republican ticket, and
owing principally to its influence, L.
I'll. Carter was elected delegate. Sixty
days had not elapsed before Mr.. Carter
and Mr.. Bonner, the head of the COM
pany, called together on Secretary
Noble and all suits against the Montana
Improvement company were quaShed.
This year Mr.. Carter is the
REPUBLICAN, NOMINEE
for congress, and while leading Repub-
licans in private conversation admit the
chances are in favor of the Democrats
electing James K. Toole governor, they
say Mr.. Carter will be sent to congress,
basing their belief on the fact that Sec
retary Noble has it in his power to
make lots of trouble Tor men OF influ-
ence who have violated the land laws.
and that of all these people none have
more to fear, and none more power than
those who control the Montana Improve
ment company. Carter'S promises, as
the representative of Secretary Noble,
heretofore held good. Settlers have seen
in the past six months that it is better
to stand in with the powers controlling
the general land Office than to live up
to the law, and all those who have any
thing to fear from government prosecu-
ton have been working for Carter. But
the majority of MontananS are neither
land T. ieveS nor subject to corporate in
fiuence. Martin Maginnis, Mr.. Carter'S
opponent, represented Montana in con-
gress for twelve years. His work in
the interest of the territory during that
time was so productive of good that
only the most outrageous debauchery of
the ballot will defeat him. That the
Democrats will control the legislature
and thus elect two United States sena-
tors is fOregone conclusion. Carter
has been the controlling spirit with the
Republican campaign, and every move
by that party has been with the idea of
sending him to congress. The result
has been an almost total neglect Of the
balance of the state ticket and now 1T is
too late to repair the mistake. On the
other hand, the Democracy has watched
its legislative ticket With peculiar care,