Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-11-18
TIE MoNrANA OUTRAGE.

To the light Ct the developed facts there
eau be very h.tie doubt that President
HAREls0N's hurried proclamation admit
haz Montana into The Ulion and the con-
ssq1ent removal Of the Montana Supreme
Judge, DE WOLFE, whom Mr.. CLEvE
LAND nau uppwnJeu, we're for the cole
purpose Of furthering the Silver Bow cut
rage, by taking it on. Of the hands Of b
Democratic judge.
The act;on Of the President gives The
Montana thieves one more chance, with
an apparent partiesn advantage on their
side. In the beginning, ne has been told
iD our dispatches. the trouble began by the
refusal Of the cfi,ers Of election to admit
The count Of the Homestake Tunnel pre-
cilc, 10 Silver Bow county. This precinct
was almost unanimously Democratic, and
its vote, if counted 81 il was cast. would
cleo. q Democratic majority to the Lsgisis-
ture, aud insure the election Of two Demo
cratic United States Senators. BY throw
ingout these votes, tue Legislature would
be Republican, and would choose Rspubli
can Senators.
The alleged cause Of throwing on, this
precinct was entirely technical. No fraud
was claimed, nor was it suggested that
the votes were other than n true express
sion Of the will of those who cast them.
The alleged technicality on which the pre-
cinct was excluded from the count, more
over, was trivial, aud when the Gaze as
taken 10 court there was no hesitancy in
declaring thevote Of the precinct legal and
ordering it to be counted It is to be
noted, however. that while the case was
pending there were loud threats Of invok-
irg the interposiiiou Of the federal author
i'y TO remove Judge DEWOLFE, before
whom the matter was heard. Meantime,
also, the Canvassing Board, in the interest
OF the Republicans, accepted the elimina-
tion of the Democratic precinct without
waiting for a Judicial determination Of the
case, snd returned an apparent Repubi-
can msiority in the Legislature accord
ngiy.
Tlis brought the matter TO To'ni at
which recourse was had to an appeal to the
Supreme Court Of the Territory; and while
IL was in ,his position the court is wiped
out Of existence, Judge DEWoLFE re-
moved, by the Proclamation Of the Presi-
dent Judge DEWoLFE was appointed by
President CLEVELAND; the court which
by Mr. HAERIs0N's ac. will succeed TO
the duty Of passing upon the ouirsge vac
elected on a party ticket.
The significance Of this is greater when
taken in connection with other incl
dents Of the policy Of the HARRI-
son administration. 1t is not for
gotten that, in removing the chief
Justice Of Utah and replacing him by
a Republican, the reason alleged was
that the President did not exact
ly Ike his policy Nor has 1t
escaped the memory Of the public
that the prevention Of the indictment. Of
B,ocks-offve DUDLEY was secured by the
reversal Of demonstrations given by Judge
GRAY to Che grand Jury at Indianapolis.
With these presidents for the prostitution
of the Judiciary to apariy organization, is
itat all inconceivable that Mr.. HARRISON
has deliberately hurried Montana into the
Uaion for the express purpose Of taking
the Silver Bow election case out Of the
hands Of the present court and placing IL
10 the hands of Republican judges9
It has been reported. and may readily be
believed, that this sclion Of the President
was received with criticism in the Cabinet.
With The election incomplete. Montana
certainly had not complied with the En-
abliug Act, and although the members Of
Mr. HARE's0N's Cabinet are rank psrti-
sa1s, there are enough OF them LAWYERS to
feel, aad perhaps to express their disgust