Butte semi-weekly miner., 1889-10-26
THESE ARE CLINCHERS.
An Exposition of Methods En-
ployed by Republicans to
Secure Affidavits.
Advantage Taken of Foreign
ers and Their Ignorance
of English Speech.

i 0fS diid uOIi tSiiOs 0aiSo
j of English Speech.
So lar the Republicans seem to have en-
ljoyei q monopoly OF the affidavit business
and like all monopolists, have plumed
themselves upon the possession OF their
wares, although it has all along been sus
pected that the goods they handled were
spurious and made to resemble the real
| articles. Yesterdays MINER contained a
brief synopsis OF the manner in which the
affidavit Of j. A. Andersen. relative TO his
vote cast at the Tunnel precinct, was OBJ.
tained. Annexed is the affidavit Of James
English, law.abiding and reputable citi-
zen, who was a witness to the transaction
and whose account OF the details is so plain
and clear that it bears the weight of truth
fulness upon its face. It will be noticed
that the Republican affidavit mongers also
prevailed upon Mr.. English to testify to
something which he conscientiously could
not do, and. thert fore, very promptly and
properly refused to comply with their re-
quest. Seeing that they could not cajole
him into it, they next attempted the bull
dozIng, process, but they failed and gave it
up as q bad job.
Amdayit of James English.
TERRITORY OF MONTANA
COUNTY OF SILVER Bow,
James English, being duly sworn. on his
oath does say, That he is q freighter on the
railroad work between Butte end Camp
No. A on the Northern Pacific & Gallatin
Branch railroad; has been in that business
since the 1stiof June, 1888. up to the present
time continuously; that he is registered
voter; WAS registered at South Butte to
vote at precinct No. "a, at the Tunnel;
that he did vote at the Tunnel; that he
voted the straight Democratic ticket; that
he requested the Judge to mark the
ticket straight Democratic, and he,
tie judge, did so mark. / have seen it
stated in the Butte Daily Inter Mountain
OF October IA, 1889, that made an atfi-
davit to the fact that voted the straight
Republican ticket at Tunnel precinct No.
"a, when in truth and in fact I made no
such affidavit, nor any other affidavit in
about the 11th day of October, 1889, while
on my way from Butte to the Tunnel, /
was approached by q party OF men, seven
or eight in number, one of whom was Will
liam Winters, one Swede saloon-keeper in
Butte, whose name I~cannot remember
and another from whose description he
lieve to have been Henry Bernard, an! by
them solicited to sign an affidavit stating
thae had voted the straight Republican
ticket at Tunnel precinct No. "a. Irefused
to sign any affidavit OF that character, or
any other affidavit They told me that
unless / signed it there I would have to
t<atu uhopo nd in md hot
by signing it there would save further
trouble. told them that wss willing to
take furthtr trouble. The man. whom |
believe was Henry Bernard, said: "Well, |
later, we may not be able to get you
when we want, you," to which IL
replied that they could always
ind me at the eNorthwestern hotel at South |
Butte. Then they asked me if I were |
afraid of losing my job, if by signing such |
ffidavit would lose my job. l replied |
that was nut afraid of losing my job on
account of any man in the country, to
which they replied that they would give me
that did not know whether they could or
not; that was getting q very good salary
here. There was man named Anderson,
! Swede, riding on my wagon with me at
hat time, and another man whose name
10 not know. He had been drinking in
south Butte before we left, and, while not
trunk, was under the influence of liquor.
The Swede saloon keeper of whom have
spoken before, gave him some whisky or
brandy to drink out OF bottle VIII ch he
,ad with him, and proceeded to speak to
Anderson in the Swedish language. did
lot understand what was said at that
ime between them. Immediately after
Yards the whole party approached Ander-
on, and the following conversation was in
English. They asked him if he had voted
he straight Republican ticket at the
tunnel precinct at the late election, and
1ould he swear to that. Anderson said
hat he had voted the Republican ticket
nth one exception. When questioned
lrthe. by these gentlemen, ne could not
ell who he voted for, except that he did
ay he voted for Power. One OF the men
4 the party, who was administ ering the {
ath to Anderson, said that that affidavit
'ould be no good, and that he would not &
axe that affidavit that way. More talk s
'as had among them. The bottle was !:
ASST around several times, and Amter.
On then signed an affidavit which the Judge
semed willing to accept, swearing Ander.
On in English. remember that the affi-
avit as read to Anderson at that time.
efore he signed it, did not contain the
'atement that he, Anderson, had voted for
foft hepVDHcdu Oh Gne IlcKeG. 1t was
OF an affidavit that he voted the
;raight Republican ticket. The party OF
en- Of which have spoken then took An.
srson with them in one OF the carriages in |
hich they were riding, and drove in the
rection OF Harrigan's camp, leaving me
'hind. Anderson joined me about q mile
Id halt further on, where they had put |
m off. He got on my wagon. 1 asked
BY he signed that affidavit. He answered.: /
Ny countryman told me everything was |
right, and signed" In addition to |
at be told me that they (the party of |.
en- who took him away promised him |
day; He went on to the Tunnel, where
'topped. Anderson all this time seemed |
ry much frightened and troubled and |
snted to get out OF the way. / told him |
at he could 60 down to camp No. 4 and
yer be found, and that he could stavt |
at night in the hay tent. He hid avail !
the hay tent that night and slept there.
aw him again the next morning after.
sakfast, about $50 O'Clock. He was =
ping me hitch up my team. We saw the
rty coming that had met us the eveninel
ore and that had taken Anderson's afi- ,
Wit, and he appeared to be very much ho
'htened and said: where shall I go?" is
l said Fly" He ran into the horse dol
raj, and from there he took to the bushes. the
is party stopped when they reached nv Im
yon, and said: "Where is that party an
It came out in the wagon with you YES.
day?" said: "Oh, guess he is around +
g somewhere" They then drove on tot n
Jones, unhitched the team, and three
d came back afoot. l did not see anv
re of this party OF men at that time, but
ct them two days afterwards when I
making another trip. They were com
into Butte, and they had this Swede,
lerson, and another Swede whose pamet
not know, with them at That time. Fo
His
JAMES x ENGLISH.
Mark.
fitness to mark of James English:
(Signed.) FRANK e. CoRBErr. IL
TERRITORY OF MONTANA
COUNTY OF SILVER Bow. }ss
4 this 18th day of October, A. D. 1889 -
a notary public in and for | r