The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-09-21
Important Railway Meeting
Misery in Qnebec---'rwo Hundred Bod
les get Bnricd in Rock.
Georgia Legislators Threaten to
Fight.
The Senate COMMITTEES Considers ]r!i-
CATION.
Doodle and Sti,lkpots.

HELENA, Sept. 19.-ISpecial TO the
LEADER. The coming week will he one
of great activity in democratic circles. ln
employ of the democratic state commit-
tee special financial agents will be sent
into each county to buy up the floating
voters and half-breeds. They will be
literally supplied with money and their
instructions are to leave nothing undoue
that money will accomplish. In Cascade
county three men will have the handling
of the funds under the direction of the
Collins clan.
The meeting of the leading democrats
| Of the territory in Helena Oh Monday |
was to consider the situation and head
of the kick that was coming into head
| quarters about certain candidates and
money was appropriated for the purpose
of hushing up the kickers.
The great fight is for the legislature
and congressman, and in the language of
one Of the leaders, tive must carry these,
let it cost what it will in time and
money"
Every democratic worker has his pock
cts full of doodle and all that voter has
to do is to name his price and the cash IL
planked down.
This is bold and daring undertaking
and they make no concealment of the
scheme.
In the mining camps of Butte thous-
ands of dollars will be paid out between
now and election day in purchasing votes.
Already agents are at work rounding up
the FOUNDERS of Helena.
Never in the history of Montana or any
other state or territory was there such
hellish outpouring of Doodle to corrupt
the sacredness Of the ballot-box.
1t behooves the republicans of every
election precinct to be up and doing to
head off this gang Of hoodlers in their at
tempt to steal Montana from the honest
voters.
Thank God! the new manner Of voting
will stop them at the polls, but il neces-
sary, they will steal the ballot boxes to
gain their ends. They are desperate.
Watch them closely, for ten thousand
dollars will go into Cascade county in a
few days, to be handled by democratic
agents.
I Great preparations are being made, for
] the last weeks canvass will be strictly
one of Doodle and lying on the part OF
the democrats.
The republican state central committee
are fully advised as to the doings of the
enemy and will endeavor to check-mate
them at every point by honest efforts,
AS they have no Big Four to draw OH
for campaign money they are down tc
hard work and are confident of electing
the whole state ticket and good major
! ity Of the legislature.
The Webb "gobler" is sincher ant
can't he explained away. The democrats
are on the dead run with police after them
As far us we can be judged by registra
ton returns the republican majority il
the state will exceed 5000.
Harry Comfy, one Of the democrati
candidates for the legislature in Levi
and Clark county, in speech at the dem
ocratic mass meeting in Helena on Wed
nesday evening, came out square toed fo
u the new election law, saying that he "cor
sidered it the best law ever enacted fc
. protecting the purity Of the ballot" This
On the first direct appro al Of the law by
,st democratic candidate and has cause
H. quite tlutter in democratic circles. II
nc. further said that it "never would la,
mi become law in Montana but for tn
votes of the democrats in the last legi
nd laturc Jerry Collins voted for it and
ara now denouncing it as an "infamous law
.en Poor Jerry. Consistency thou art jewe