New-York tribune., 1889-10-21
THE MONTANA SITUATION.
DEMOCRATIC MILLTONAIRES UNABLE TO
STEAL THE STATE.
THE REPUBLICANS SECURE DESPITE THn
COOKED UP MAJoRITIEs IN MINING TOWNS
HOW THE sPoILs WERE TO BE PAR.
TITIoNED AMONG FOUR MEN.

TITIoNED AMONG FOUR MEN.
Helena, Mont, Oct 20.-MaDy misrepresenta atoms
nave oeeh sent from Montana concerning the present
political situation here, plcturing the Republicans as
reVoiuuonists seeking TO capture by force what was
lost TO them in the ballobox OF course these stories,
are all from Democratic sources and OF course too
they are only another instance OF the stop thietl"
cry coming from the very knave who has the stolen
plumber under his coat. At O'Clock on the morning
alter election, sufficient number of were in
TO show that the Republicans had carried tine state
from end TO end for their entire ticket CarNr for
Congress, Richards for Lieutenant Governor and Blake
for Chief Justice were 10 he running ahead
Of the general ticket and it was apparent
that Power for Governor and the legislative
candidates were running behind. The margin be-
tween them and possible defeat, however, was
much too great to be overcome, that the Re-
pubicans gave themselves over 10 rcjocings.
sOme of the more farsghted among the Republican
leaders observed even at that time that word could
be got from of those precincts controlled by tho
four great Montana Democratic millionares- Marcus
DAILY, Samuel T. HauSer, Charles A. Broadwater and
W. A. Clark-nor from any Of the precincts where tho
Northern Pacific Railroad vote heavy. This fact
occasioned little soicitude Carter's majority In
1883, when no ran for Delegate, was 5,126. In the
country disictsthat s In every other county except
LOWS and Clarke-whch contains the city OF Helena,
Deer Lodge, which contains Mr.. Days smelter and
his town OF Anaconda, and Silver Bow, which
tains the great mining camp Of Butte City-every-
whore else than here, Mr. Carter and the ticket
were winning by majorities large as and often
larger than those of last year. In that contest the
millionaire Democrats, 1t had been claimed, had not
been harmonious One of them, Clark. was Mr.
Carter's opponent. Two others, DAILY and Hauser,
were alleged to have given secret aid to Carter In
order to down Clark. DAILY is mining king. tho
partner of james b. Haggin and Senator Hearst In tho
famous Anaconda copper mine. In his mines at
Butte, and In his smelling establishments Anaconda
City, he employs not less than 5000 men. He is by
all odds the most powerful individual in the entire
Northwest. Hauser is railroad magnate,
tho owner of score of National banks
and the machine through which the North.
ern Pacific Railroad works in building and oper-
ating its branch lines in Montana. The Northern
Pacific forbidden by its charter build branches so
when 1t 10 a feeding line into some new min
ing camp other valuable place. 1t creates a special
corporation, Of which Hauser is president and money!
getter
Now in the late campaign the Democrats worked with
the utmost intensity. The mlOnaireS early in July
got together and agreed upon division of the spos.
Clark fOrgave DAILY aud Hauser upon the promise that
he should go to the Senate. Hauser foraaye his
ancient enemy, BrOadwater, and agreed that Broad
waters friend, Major Maginns should 20 to Congress-
while he, Hauser. should be the other Senator fol-
lower Of Hauser, Joseph X. Toole made the can.
didate for Governor and DAILY appointed chairman
of the Campaign Committee and boss OF the whole out
fit. The Republicans had fortified themselves against
this most formidable array by adopting registration
law and the Australian system of voting. 10 the sauing
grace of which they put much faith They knew they
had to contend not against principles but against cash
and coercion, and they believed that they had first
class chance of II only they could convince tho
mionaires' workmen that they able under the
law to cast a secret ballot that would be really
secret.
The campaign hot active and bitter Neither
side lost possible trick The mionaires their
money like water Hauser conducted a bush whack-
ing campaign of his in the interest of his Senar
Oral ambitions lending aid legislative candidates
and pulling everywhere and at whatever expense TO
the general ticket to secure his own interests. When
election day came the Democrats thought they had
things fixed They had succeeded through Hauser in
controlling the Northern Pacific vote. They had run
into Anaconda and Butte some 500 600 Italians who
had been furnished with naturalization papers, work
IN the mines skeleton ballot and card addressed TO
speak or write the English language desire to voto
the straight Democratic ticket They had given their
all the mines and smelters in Montana would shut
down, and they felt very confident They did not
from the precincts under their immediate control
until the returns were in from the COW Counties
All the trouble in the present situation arises from
the holding back of these returns There were about
dozen camps Of temporary character, where min
from these places were yielded up only when it be-
came evident that big Democratic maiortties were
qulfcd TO eject the Democratic Governor ana LegiS-
lature, and then, three four and five days after the
election such maiOritieS began TO come forth They
just right for the Democrats. They did tho
work. They decreased CarteTs majority and that Of
the Republican State ticket about 1000 votes. and
they elected" Mr. Toole and Democratic majority
Of three in the Legislature.
The most fragrant case of Democratic fraud oc.
Cured in the Tunnel precinct in Silver
Bow County where out of 153 votes
polled, 17o we're set down as Democratic. The
moment these returns announced the Repub-
Leans produced conclusive evidence that the result
as declared was wholly dishonest, and that Repub-
lcan ballots bv the had been falsely counted.
The Board Of Canvassers thereon threw out the pre-
cnct. and thereby rendered certain the election Of
tho ientre Republican legislative delegation from Sill
yer Bow County. This Will give the Republicans
majority of six upon joint ballot. There VIII nat
urally be contest but itS only effect will be 10
Turn Republican members. and 10 place Mr..
Toole among the other Democratic candidates who
elected false returns.