Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-30
PRESS COMMENTS.
rev York world.

Rev York World.
Ateleeram from Washington was pub
lished here to-day saying that President
Harrison would issue q proclamation in Q
day. or two admitting the Dakotas and
Washington to statehood, but that owing
to the trouble in Montana the admission
OF that state would be DELAYED until the
canvass OF the vote was concluded. The
news created much excitement and indigna.
tion, as had not the alta mpt been madeby
the Republican judges Of election to over
turn the result OF the elee tion as shown by
the returns In Silver Bow county, Montana
would be admitted to statehood stimuli
t~aneously with the three other territories.
Advices from Hnlena say that the Re-
publican conspirators advance the theory
to-night that it lie not necessary for the
territorial boari Of canvassers to have the
returns certified to by the different county
officials, but that they may send some onv
to look at the county records, and on this
messengers assertion can certify 10 the
President that the constitution has been
carried by a majority of all the votes cast
at the election held on October /.
It was the original plan Of the Republi.
cans, when they succeeded in inducing the
canvassers to throw out the vote cast in
the Silver Bow precinct. to have the county
clerks OF all the counties. the majority OF
-hnun oro ap,hl;cou ~aLa &bosr ratnrr,a
to the territorial canvassing board. which
would Immediately certify the returns to
the president. The presidents proclama-
ton would then be issued and the new
Judge would be Immediately APP
and take Office. The Tunnel pre-
cinct case would come up before them, they
would confirm the work of the Silver Bow
and the Republicans would or
the legislature and elect two United
States senators.
The first scheme was blocked by the clerk
Of Silver Bow county, who positively re.
fuses to certify the result of the election in
that county until the contesteH precinct
cases are decided in court.
Now that the conspirators ha We succeeded
in overriding the law as regards county
it is feared they will not hesi-
tate to outrage that which applies to terri
torial canvasssrs. That the territorial
OF canvassers, all the members of
which are Republicans, will certify the
result to the president without the official
and merely on unsupported state
nents or unofficial newspaper reports. But
hat President Harrison will aid d half
lozen self-seeking Republicans to overrule
law and steal the, state OF Montana they
will not believe.
There are sixteen counties in Montana
Ind OF these six have not made their re-
urns, and these are the six largest coun.
les. There were about 40, 900 votes cast,
md the returns on which the Republicans
to have President Harrison issue
us proclamation show only about ten
votes for the constitution. The
w governing the case il plain, and only by
ross violation OF it can the territorial
anvassing board certify it's result to Wash.
1gton before all the county returns are in
+ before the expiration OF the time which
he law provides for their return.
w. F. Sanders, chief OF the Republican |
left this afternoon for Wash |
lgton. His mission is twofuld-to secure |
issuance OF the Presidents proclama.
ion Immediately and the removal of Judge |
70 Wolfe.
WASHINGTON, October 1.-THE special |
to The World of to-day from
ELENA. Mout., touching the election in the
ew state, suggests for consideration some
oints which have not hitherto been de-
sloped and which have aroused consid-
'abl interest among the politicians in
~'ashington. Special interest is taken in
le report that the Republican managers
endeavor to have d Republican terri
>rso1 s,lra o~Dos-Aol H., D-..5 Il
N to take the place of Judge De Wolfe, who
ar and who now presides over the judicial
rcuit which includes Silver Bow county,
ont, The issue involved in this il that
10 board OF canvassers has rejected the
sction returns Of some OF the precincts
tn q view to changing from Democratic
Republican the political complexion OF
o new state Legislature, and therefore
ading two Republicans instead of twol
,mocrats to the United States senate.
The supreme court OF the territory of
ontana is composed OF Of one chief JUS.
70 and three associate Justices. Chief
'stice Blake wal appointed in March by !
esident Harrison to tnke sthe place Of 1
iei Justice Mcconnell, who was an ap- I
intee OF President Cleveland, but who ,
'igned the office in time to allow Presi-
ut Cleveland to nominate his successor c
ring the last session of the United 8 ates t
,ate. The senate, however, declined to q
3 upon that nomination just as it de-. {
ned to act upon ,,ost OF the nomina- n
Ms which President Cleveland made dur-
the last four months OF his Presid .ncy. t
Q three associate justices are Liddell. r
Oh and De Wolfe, all Democrats, and an. f
lnted by President Cleveland. The com. o
OF Liddell and Bach date 'front.'
SO, and have therefore q year to run fl
!. Justice De Wolfe wal appointed only J
ear ago, and in the ordinary course of a,
nts he would therefore have three years a
to serve on the Montana bench. II
'tlce DE Wolfe's predecessor, Galbraith. a.
was permitted to serve ont q
tull term OF Office, although it ran three cr
rs into the Presidential term of Mr.. m
rom all the facts it would be sieni6cant r
eed ii President Harrison at Just this in
o should remove Justice De Wolfe to O,
lace him by q Republican-considerine nj
t the present justice has only served in
fourth OF his natural term, that there in
no charges against him and that his dc
duct on the bench has been unim. or
enable. Such q change in the judiciary
,ontana at this juncture would be re- De
Ouo OA0 OUJoCU ana Gnat ~
ational Importance. 1t would not be an
in accord with the professed policy OF 10
Administration in regard to appoint liz
to generally, and mo especially in re. tn,
to judicial appointments. That pro. nj,
ID policy has been to allow every fed. ev,
Judge who conducts himself in a proper no
judicial way to serve out the full term tic
Fhich he was originally appointed. on
10 appointment therefore OF Justice De M
in place of a Republican Judge for
an obvious purpose would be revolu.
iry in tenor, and politicians in Wash.
70 are not surprised at the tenor ofthe t
lc feeling in Montana that it would re- for
in bloodshed. Packing a bench is seven fo,
Q than packing q jury. IT,,
1t doe not seem entirely impossible oee
President Harrison should decide to lent
very thing. The World correspon. vas
called at the White House this eyen.l ~,
communicated with the President m 1u
Ugh the regular channels ON this sub. stit
While the Presidents rule OF makino mo-
in advance as to possible low
may be quite right and
sr generally, yet one would supnose ana
in q case SO extraordinary as is here coul
nted, the President should have NO In O
to set at rest the public mind bv ona
and unequivocal declaration that ""
Oh act AS is believed to be threatened eide
Dared would be pe~rpetrated. Presi. site
Harrison, however, did not see his Ina,
IN makinu ann 1aolo.-:-- ooSs