The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-08-17
CUSTER'S DANGER.
Republican Leaders Fixing Up Plot
TO Disfranehise Democratic
Voters.
a Secret Circular Which Shows the
Sort Of Campaign They
Will Run.
Republican Registry Agents to Keep . Pri
vate List For the Use of the
Committee.

MILES CITY, Aug. l6.-ISpecial to the IL
DEPENDENT IA republican kindergarten
school has been opened at Miles City Z,
educate the republicans OF Custer County
ssIn the ways that ara dark, and the trick
that are vain" The first composition o.
the little boy attending this school hsl
taken the form of the following circular:
lConadeatisI.l
| MILES CITY, Mont, Aug. 5. 1Ss9.-( Name
and address Dear Sir: The registry
| offices IN the various districts Of Custer
county are now open and ready for bus
ness. IL Is a matter of vital Importance IL
the party in this county that every Tepubli-
can IL registered. The man who is not
registered cannot vote. Under the new
law your name must appear on the regis
try list OF your vote viii De refused, and
you cannot swear Il IN This feature OF
the law must be explained 70 every repub-
licau who does not understand il. Don I
take he trouble TO explain IL 10 democrats;
let them find il out for themselves or re-
main in Ignorance
Ii being apparent that every republican
must register, fret attend to that duty for
yourself, and then make sure that every
other republican in the district does like
iss. IL this is done faithfully and sys-
tematically there Is a big chance for the
republican ticket TO carry the county clean
this fall, and by q good majority; in fact,
there never was better chance. The dem
Oeratic cowboys will not register except
where it is very convenient for them to do
so. With this advantage in our favor, Ad-
deG to the close race we ran last fall, il
must be apparent to you that we can win
IL cur voters are all registered
From the LIST TO the 10Th of August the
registry agents are not required TO keep Of
fee, but they are qualified 10 register if
you happen to catch them where their
books are. From the 10Th of August 10 the
5th of September they are obliged 10 be in
their respective Offices from p. m. until S
p. IN. on all legal days, and from the 9TH OF
September until the 18th of September
from 10 a. m. until 10 .. m, after which
date no man oan register, and those not
then registered cannot vote, though fully
qualified in every other respect.
Ii is scarcely necessary to call your at
tention 70 the great Importance Of the com
ing election. Ii Is our first state election,
and at il we elect state officers for three
years term. We also elect members OF
the legislature that will. when assembled
at Helena in November next, elect two
United States senators TO represent the
state of Montana In the senate for six
years. In addition TO this We Will without
doubt be called upon 70 elect a full county
ticket. Think these matters over aud you
viii see that the results of this campaign
are most important both at home and
abroad, and that we cannot afford TO lose
one vote by neglect or Ignorance Of the re-
quirements of the law.
We trust that you will be able to make
this a personal matter and give your atten-
tion to il during the period of registration.
II this is impossible, then please delegate
the duty 10 some one in your district who
will give 1t the attention Il demands.
In addition to this we desire where the
registry agent is q republican to have him
keep a private list OF all persons registered
by him with the political faith of each per
son given as correctly as possible. Where
the registry agent is democrat We want
some republican 10 undertake this duty
and as soon after the fifteenth day of Sep
tember as possible send the list 10 the sec
retary of this committee as named below.
If this duty is attended 10 faithfully and
intellige0tly We shall know ten days be-
fore election very nearly how the election
Will go and where work is needed.
Remember the election this year is on
Oct l. The republican primaries are Aug.
II and the republican convention is Aug.
49, Yours fOf Victory,
J. b. COLLINS,
:. GORDON, Vice Charm'n Cen. Com.
Sec'y Cen. Com.