The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-31

resurns can he disro9ar1ed; and she
scope u tho invs.tigation can he extended
Which h.v. been cited and indcssi under
the unquestions-d weight of authorities, IL
was the plain duty Of this CONTRASTING
which the Law requires and their failure |
to do 80. ther,hy throwing out this pr~
cinct and DISTINGUISHING Ia legal voters |
was 70 gross and unwarrantcd osItragc.
Tho fact that tho returns ar, not i'm the
handwriting of the clerk does not invali- |
are attached to those returns. hut the ati-
dtvits before the -canvassing bnard dis |
CLOSES that these signatures were made by
quest of "A clerk. Dusss this make the sig |
nature II forgery: Can IL In, maintained
for a omcn that thu signature as made |
was mot a. legal signatiIrs. Ot the clerk
Cotsd one directing another tn sign his
name tn n prnmissory note sscai. liability
writing: And yet il is upon this prctext |
that this board exercised this enormous
jurisdiction to go beyond the returns and
enter into an Investigation of the question
of fraud ON atiitlavits, and when one
to look at il there is absolutely nothing to
justify IL.
Stripped Of the meaningless sbsnrIitics
which arc sought as justification il he
comes the most monstrous p%rctrnsc andthc
ever known in the history Of this country.
Because the clerks of election did not sign
the names in exactly the igh place on
the blanks for the rpturns these s,ntocrats
disfranchised. The law doves not m
vote hut the board say they viii not CON
slider votes not canvassei by the clerks.
The board has gone far out of its way to
wrong behind the returns. After a
long hunt they claim tO have
f1amd IN, four ,nsn ; who say they
precinct. while the returns show that only
three republican votes wer, found. This.
The Silver Bow board iranscendeJ its
duty in going ts'yoiid the returns tn search
for fraud. Substantial compliance with
this kind, bit just now the whole force of
republican wit and knowledge in fs,inR ir-
for tic nf lry n' x"s,.r.,
Because the Silver Bow republicans had
n vague idea. q. suspicious prejudice, that
some person had done something which
he should not have done. this is sufficient
reason for them to seek to throw out IA
precinct which voted against them
During the course of his speech Mr..
Kirkpa,rick filed the following protest by
Judge Caleb +: Irvine against the ruling of
respect to "a precinct:
Now comes sacp 4. Irvine. On. OF the rriat-
,erna,iss writ 81 'aai,siamns iSs"e,i AGAINST Tie
board ~ c:tnvassers ia and for tn. county of Sill
held on imes,iay. 6cio6sr /. Issi, 81, the relation
off, >. M.iiatt"p. alleges as follows:
S..,rs las, pas. the duly qualified and acting pro
Was in 4 mirs,,anc. 81 law, reg,s.stsd. Called anu
summoned by my coIeiator. Nm. VI. Jack, the
the returns ana make abstract of the VOTES east
nj said election AT the various eles'tiDn prssinctS
in said county of silver Bow: that he also called
ers oi said county; that he c.snvassins board ~
AND ana , a"s Sa,a sN ~ Tie 81 Said S, jazz. flei ffaii a sSH; msssii.
%d,y %s1 and a.a@ sA'i ~ = sSs , =. the no s".nty " e ;,,a
in said county as the board Of can,assers thereof
and Their. began and entered mInn the work and
duties imposed by iaw upon said b.ard of Fan;
make al..ra1..s d tie votes cas-. 81 said si.r;ion
a " s.. ii.aiG %"nts. s..sS no. every sa !n and ia! ali III, sSs ' ',san Sass
Of said bDird Of canyassers wer, present Ut and
a anring thu p sasn : ...sa Of s's ssIa S s.sSsass s" sar;"'is ., ~!
Lotions wers made and protests alsh against !ii s
:onn,y ON a.,S,,nt % .srt.in irrss,,,ari'iss and
However, tile said board made or had their
clerks make entries tn The tabulat.d abstracts
ut said election Of all the votes east az each.
s,,f sn ;'', Ma N, t,r ei Est.sS,Pr 'i sitn. is ~ s'' ir, ,s,n s,yi
iahtiiat.d abstract, had been fully completed 50
iii. y ecincts. the said objections and protests.
save: and sSe'.g. .l,ase relating 70 said .slssti.1
SS.rr9,.d ~ said l s%,s Int a So,. Then and
| objections against sounding aud abstiactin. the
votes EAST nt the pr,,,in,t last ano.r mentioned,
Jazz and 'iIIa,iiif afor. ss Voted 10 sustain;
said objections AMI protests to counting and
ahstrac,i"g said VOTES cas-! at the irec,nst last
! afDft>att, ana they Resolved To ulsrrSitfu the ft-
turns thrrcfrom and to throw out and exclude
the vote. east thrrrat from the ttlmiat.-i alb
stracts Of the votes east in. said county at said
election and instructed and required the clerk Of
said board tn erase and exchange the entries Of
votes east at the precinct aforesaid, from the
said tabulated extracts at the votes east In said
entire county. which MAS accordingly done. Not
withsianding ! then and there voted against said
proposition and strcnuously objected and protest
ed against the said action 81 the majority 81 said
board AS being Illegal and without warrant Of
law whatever, and I will ever so protest. I was
at all times during the sessions Of said bssird.
ever sincs. then have been and am now willingly
ready and prepared to count and abstract the
votes east AT the precinct last aforesaid I'm said
county mt said election. as I verify believe I am
In duty required and bound to do,
Wherefore this respondent pr:sys that the
court will make such order in the premises AS
may he hence dismissed with "A Judgment for his
costs herein laid out and expanded.
CALEB r.. IRVINE.
In the afternoon Judge Knowles for the
board proceeded To discuss the motion
from their side. The tally sheet he con-
tended did not satisfy the. law. Proper
tally lists could only he those which fully
complied with the law. But "a return which
I'm no particular complied with demands
of the law, cannot he considered proper
or legal. The petitioners had claimed
that the returns hal been duly certified
to and duly attcsted by Judges and clerks.
This he denied. rs even the blanks used
were not of a legal kind. Could the county
clerk send ont any style of blank which
he liked and then term IL "a legal blank.
h result of the vote at precinct II, could