The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-26
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Added Testimony Piled Up Against Silver
Bows A1AdaYit Piends.
NQ~n whose Names We're Cs~d without
Their q noW ledge and who Hack Their
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esmps at bribery Wa Worked.
Special tn the standard.

BUTTE, Oct. 25.-Evihcnce il coming i'm
every day tn show how utterly shameless
the r~cpublican boosters of his city were
In their attempt To count out the faino'is
tunnel precinct. Tine chase after tho facts
i'm thisb~ business has not been arr easy one,
As NOON as they learned that Exposure was
before them. the republican affidavit
ncnds did everything in their power tn get
out Of the way the men whose names had
been published i'm connection with the con-
spiracy. II must Tx. admitted that. in this
undertaking. the republicans have scored
n partial success. One ar two men whose
names they used arr. now I'm sCclnsion in
This city, and watchers are keeping them
under close supervision. furnishing them
with liquor enough tn keep them stupid.
and promising them days wages and II
bonus a. soon as the storm blows over.
More than three score of men engaged
in work mt the Homcstake tunnel have
willingly testified as tai the orderly man
uer i'm which the election WAS conducted
at the tunnel precinct. They declare that
they wcrs, free To vote as they wished and
that therc was no confusion at the poll
until N noisy deputy sheriff. who was too
drunk to command the respect Of any de-
cent man, tried tn Interfere with the
count and delay the returns. This man
Openly declared that the republicans had
''flxesi" the precinct and didn't propose tai
let any one interfere with tho arrange
ment.
rho afHdavrt-fakir~ are getting them
selves more and InOrs, In the tolls every
day. Below are given two atftdavIts,
which. like those already printed, show
the clumsy plan by which IL was proposed
To steal the state.
James Whalcn. u witness III lawful agr. bring
duly sworn upon his oath. dOes tielOse and say:
My name IN James whaIen. ! am u laiorer In
the west end Of the Honestakc Tunnel. Butte
4 s;allatin Branch raiiroad. AMI have been
working there continuously during thr last three
months. I ann u resident of Montana Territory.
having lived there continuously for the last ~
years. I was u duty qualified voter at the last
election and voted on the list day II Octoi'rr,
lsso. mt the tunnel precinct. No. -, i'm silver
Row county, Montana territory. My name zap
pears upon the list III Registered voters rs pub
lisheti by the registry agent of South Butte. No
far as I know Z am the only man uf the name nj
whairn who voted nj said precinct an said day.
I know that M either man 10y the name Of wlialen
has worked On the tunnel. ar In that vicinity dur
ing the past six weeks. ! have made no anida-
Wit In this matter prior To- this one. ! never made
AN amdavit that I voted the straight republican
ticket nj said election ar any Otner affidavit cen
corning my vote AT said election. ] voted the
straight democratic ticket at said election AMI at
said precinct, and ! voted u freely and Nolunta-
riiy of my own accord and without suggestion ar
request of any person ar persons. ! was ai work
at the piacc, above named for months before the
sai,, elect len, and . did not at any time, either
prior to said election az IN the day Of said risc-
tion hear any person ar Iersans suggesting or
ordering men To vote ar io vote In amy particular
way. From the position which ! am In at said
tunnel. II any influence had been used To make
the men vote in amy particular way Z would have
known az IL.
This affidavit in duly acknowledged he-
fore. Perrin w. Irwin. notary public for
Silver Bow county. The second affidavit
reads thus:
Lewis Fish. ~ lawful age, upon oath. being
duly sworn. sieioses and says. that he IN u quail
fled rirstor in and for silver How county. Mon
tani territory, and voted at Precinct M. ~ in
sai, county. on the first day of tstober. isss;
that an cr atnbut the tenth day of trtober. iss?.
while he was on his way from the city Of Butte To
TIN tunnel at Homestake Pass ne was stopped an
the road. at "a point about eight miles from said
city of Butte. by IA young man. whose name WIS
not ,iiyuigrd tn afiant. hut whom ani;int describe
as follows. towit: He WAS "a young man about
-, years al age. smooth sl,ayen, dark hair. no
mous;iclic. and we'll dressed, who stated
that ic WAS the son OF the chief
engineer of some mine in Butte: said here
in,rfor. described person told afii;lut that IL he
would make AN affidavit that nj the time the vote
counted. the dDOr of the counting place WAS lock-
cd. together with AN Affidavit stating the ticket
he voted and how he marked IL. and also that IL
lac woir,l give Information and swear tp such i'm
formation as would Justify the canvsssing h~nsrd
of silver how county in throwing out the vote
east nj tunnel precinct No. ~. he could get his
own price: that pe could get the SIM of saD. ar
any other sum; that money WAS no object to the
republican committee: that he refused Ia make
ANY anidaNit containing any such statement.
Aniant further states that neither at said election
nor AT any time prior thereto did any person ar
persons suggest To him how his vote should be-
east. or endra,or directly ar indirectly Ia infiu-
ence his vote. hut that he voted according to his
own wish. and as lac pleased.
This affidavit is duly acknowledged he
fore Will l.. Clark, notary public for Sill
yer Bow county.
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