The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-26
THAT AFFIDAVIT MILL
Grand Total Of the Swearing Done by
the Deer Lodge Lawyer.
He struck Dat for Lsasoring Man Every
Tiuse and Cisuslly Hit = Democrat
sounething AboWt t1se Chal-
lenResl vosers in this City.

city. The bundle OF aiIidavits has been
filed with the registrar. they will he
marked as the law directs and the Judges
will have tn administer an oath before the
challenged voters can get their ballots
into the box. The afiidavits will occasion
considerable annoyance and delay at the
polls-that is exactly what they are i'm
for, I'm the hope that, mt the larger
precincts i'm this city, the hours Of election
day will be too short to -conmoda all
the voters.
Reputable republicans i'm this city stout
~ deny all knowledge of what was pro-
posed by the Deer Lodge dealer i'm afIi-
davits when he came to this city. The
affair appears tn he n little side-isssie i'm
the campaign line gotten mp for Mr..
O'Bannon's exclusive use and benefit.
That eminent attorney sent his afiidavits
flying rights and left as soon as the list was
turned over to him for his inspection. He
managed to hit a laborinG man every
time. The STANDARD has already ex-
planned that the fact recited i'm each afi-
davit is that thu naturalization papers of
those whom he challenged were not on
file at Deer lodge at the time these men
applied for registry. The fact Ia that the
naturalization papers were In the hands
of the deputy clerk, i'm this city, who filed
them several lays ago, AS soon as he was
released from duty here i'm getting the
papers issued. Following il the form
used:
TERRITORY OF MONTANA
County Of Deer Lodge.
That am a qaaiinea " sisesor %" " iSsfai shsi
name appears ON the Reslsiered Lis, OF voters.
yoss at the coming election; ON the gronnd that
United. states. and has. 10. declared his intsn-
ton Of intention" upon which said ..:...c..-.
record; iha Tr sss sssl s , not r Al nj s' e s ssss S ss n.S
in said socaiied copy, and that there Is not
, a%S any n y,h ssc Sssss % 81 ra si,s G F;srs ~ the 81 b iSsfsi
s sS% ts q TIE Ss: I'd. i ..sS,sia s!o, Das,rir rom O. M %Hisn sh In
and sSsn .Sss is nop ssu, H"s nnsa tact e 4 s% WAS G newer ' ISSUED
true 10 the best Of my knowledge and belief.
The STANDARD has already shown how
il happens that, i'm Montana and i'm other
sections of the northwest, il has been GUS
tom, time out of mind, for the court to
send out deputy clerks empowered to is
sue papers. Ii has always been done for
the accommodation of voters I'm this Sec
ton, where settlements are scattered ana
distances are great.
IL il easy tn account for the large num-
her of naturalization papers issued this
| year in Anaconda. Practically. this is the
first formal session for issuing papers
| that has been held here i'm three years.
During that time the city has doubled it's
population. Then there are i'm town scores
of men, soIne of whom have lived four or
five years i'm Anaconda, who have never
before felt disposed to bNscolne citizens
while Montana remained n territory.
Now hat il IL to bc u state, they propose
tn become citizens and they wanted To
make sure of their papers this year. he
cause, under the new constitution, which
is quite stringent i'm this matter, many of
them would he forced to wait from one to
four years.
Naturally enough. the democratic work.
ers i'm this city were much annoyed at
first when the existence of the O'Bannon
afiidavits was announced. Their first
business WAS tn secure the best counsel
this territory affords. They learned yes
tcrSlay that ethe affldavits are no bar
technicality sprung i'm the challenges was
OF no account except as II would
give the Judges extra work on
election day. II was resolved tn Ro right
ahead and make the hest of il by arrang-
ing to get all the voters promptly at the
polls; and when Tuesday morning comes
the boys will he there.
Tn affidavit business was town talk yes
terday morning, although the number
of voters who called ant the registry office
to learn about the challenges was strpris-
ing small. Early i'm the afternoon il was
learned that no heed whatever would Ia
paid to the challenges, except when IL
comes time for the voters to be sworn. and
the whole business ceased tn he
a scare. A good many OF the
men named i'm the afIidavits are en-
ployed i'm town. although most OF
them work i'm the smcltcr. The men were
inccnsed To know that their vote had been
called i'm question without cause and
without warrant. Many OF them who
have been constant residents of Montana
for years and who have families and
property i'm town. were very severe 10
their comments. They asserted that the.
were willing to withdraw IL the.
were not lawfully entitled to az
quirc citizenship, hut they condemnet
the strongly partisan spirit manifested 10
affidavits founded On fiction and aimee
without exception at laborinR men. "Yo,
brt your life." said one of the men yeter
day, 'this thing won't work the way tina
Deer Lodge republicans planned il. 70,
will find that il will make votes for tn
democratic ticket. II is all well enough
for thess, tendcr-hearted republican paper
To tell how much they think Of us. Now
we can take pretty good rare of ourselves
and they needn't waste their breath trying
To ~tfp 'millionaircs' over our should
; er,.
= The STANDARD has n full list q
: name. of voters who are included i'm tn
r job lot of O'BAnnon afiidavfts. The frs
name to catch the reporters eye, when n
obtained the list from the registrar. WA
that of Peter Curlcy. He has lived nv
, years i'm Anaconda, and is the owner q
. several pieces of property i'm town. Lik
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