St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-07
1t Is Proffered to Montana
Republicans by the DEM
Ocpatic Senator's.
A Chance Afforded to Inves-
tigate the Vote in Silver
Bow.
Prohibs Are Outgeneraled in
the Legislature Of North
Dakota.
SiSseton Braves Summoned
to Confer With the Fed
eral Commission.
Snecial to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
HELENA, Mont, Dec. Gas was
fOreshadowed in the dispatches last
night, the caucus of Democratic SEN
ators prepared proposition to the Re-
publican senators for an investigation
of the vote in the Homestake Tunnel
precinct, which was submitted to the
Republicans to-day. The document is
signed by all the Democratic senators,
is addressed to the Republican senators,
and is as follows:
We assume that in common with the rest
of our fellow-citiZens and the people OF the
country at large, you fully understand why
We the Democratic sena tors-elect to the first
legislative assembly of the state of Montana,
have not joined with you in an organization
of the body to which we aud you were duly
elected. We have held and still hold that
the action of the Republican members-elect
of the coordinate branch of the legislature
in refusing to comply with the governors
proclamati ion designating the time and
place of meeting for that body, and
| in organizing as separatee BODY,
! to which they admitted members not elected
either IN law or equity. was revolutionary in
authority. Believing that meeting Of the
senate under such circumstances, with a
difference of opinion among its members as
| TO which of the bodies claiming to be the cor
| nlzed. we have pursued the only course
| which we believed would tend to the preser-
vatiOn of peace and the avoidance of TUT her
disorder and confusion, and refraineu from
| joining with you in the organization
| of the senate. Recognizing, however, that
| there may be those among your members, or
am ong your constituents who may have
| honest doubts as to the fairness and integ-
T1ty OF the election at Precinct No. 34 in
Silver Bow county. over which all the un-
fortunate existing differences have arisen,
and wishing, in common with all other law
abiding citizens, to do everything in our
power TO bring about speedy and honora-
bic adjustment of the controversy which is
so detrimental to our business interests and
damaging to the name of our state,
we respectfully invite you to join
| us in i a full. fair and searching in
quiry nto the manner in which the
election was conducted at said Precinct No.
81. with q view to throwing out every vote
found to have been fraudulently cast thereat
II you will select three out of the eight Demo-
eIatic senators for that purpose. we will in
| like manner select three Republican senator's
to join in such investigation. We pledge
you on our part to make such inquiry as
thorough and complete as you may desire. In
our opinion. in suah investigation all techni-
calities should be avoided, court proceedings,
newspaper comments and canvasslng board
decisions passed over. and the inquiry di-
rected solely TO the question of fraud at said
precinct, with the view of throwing out every
fraudulent ballot and the entertainment of
the true result of said election.
AS vet the Republicans have returned no
answer to the proposition.