The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-11-21

snail run a greater distance than 100
or $50 miles without being changed.
Yet this locomotive has, on several
occasions, covered 800 miles in good
schedule time, and on the run from
Omaha to st. Louis it performed the
unexeelled feat of making 476 miles
in IS hours The delegates are unani-
mously in their praise OF the Pennsyl-
vania Company, its management and
the perfection Of its equipments,
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The Admission or Montana.
Philadelphia Times.l
The President is criticized in some
quarters for seemiHg haste in pro-
claiming the admission OF Montana as
State; but careful examination OF
the facts will show that he simply did
his duty. True, he did it promptly {:
very promptly, and it ispossible that
his proclamation was hastened by the
pressure OF political necessities, but
the condition OF the enabling act were
fully complied with and there can be
no Just criticism of the President for
promptness in issuing his proclama-
tion Of admission.
The practical effect Of the prompt
admission OF Montana by the Presi-
dents proclamation is the transfer OF
the Silver Bow county appeal from
the Territory District Judge to the
new State Supreme Court, that is
unanimously Republicans, instead OF
transferring it to tie Territorial Su-
preme Court, that is Democratic ; but
that is the fate of political war. The
State Returning Board had computed
and certified the returns OF the elec.
ton for State officers, Legislature, ETC.,
and being Republican, it rejected the
Tunnel precinct OF Silver Bow and
issued certificates OF election to the
Republican candidates for the House
in Silver Bow. The law was thus full
ly complied with, and the President
proclaimed Montana State, as was
his right and duty and if his prompt
nrs- gave his party any advantage, he
was doubtless glad to have 1t so, a:
would any President under like cir
cumstances.
The rejection OF an entire pre-
cinct in Silver Bow county was a
revolution assault upon the plainly
written law. The county canyasserl
had authority only to compute and
certify the vote, but they usurped the
highest judicial powers to perpetrstt
fragrant fraud, and the chief Of tht
board had large wagers depending up
on his perversion of the election fig
nres, 1t is barely possible that thu
new State Supreme Court, that is Aov
called upon to give final judgment II
he case, may reverse the lower Ter
ritorial Court, but. il so, considerat'
Republicans as well as Democrats viii
regard their highest court as self-tain
ted with lawless partisanship ut th'
very threshold of its grave preroga
tives. The new Supreme Judge hav,
Just been elected in one OF the mos
bitter and desperate contests Of mod
ern times, and they may ge upon th'
bench with their partisan prejudice
80 inflamed as TO make shipwreck o
both law and justice at the start; bu
when they shall have done so vii
they give to their friends the unex
pected fruits OF this atrociouS pnlitica
theft?
This theft is intended to give tn
Republicans the Legislature and twt
United States Senators. The Senat
is Il tie there can be no Organization
OF the Legislature without the aid 9
the Democratic Senators il they shal
refuse to sanction the theft by refusin
to organize the Senate, how can I'm
ted State Senators be elected?, TIL
> Governor is Democrat, his majorit
being too large to be reversed by tn
Silver Bow theft and with resolnt
Democratic Governor and resolut
Democratic Senators, the completio
u Of Montana Statehood is likely to b
posponed until the Republicans cor
Q sent to abandon the revolutionary Law
j lessness that -summarily rejected tn
entire vote of precinct simply b.
= cause it changes the political complel
y ion uI the Legislature.
y Such is the situation in Montana
u and it would have remained substal
q TALLY the same weather the Presiden
e acted promptly or delayed in the a.
g mission OF the State, as the Sta
Ie board has past finally on the return
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