The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-03
THE MONTANA STEAL
a Debate in the House on How
the Republicans Did it.
EDMUNDS' ANN TRUST BILL.
Its Provisions in DetaiI-They are Stringent
and the Penalties Imposed are Very
Extreme.

WASHINGTON, April 2.-Edmunds, from
the Judiciary committee, reported back the
anti trust bill in the form of a substitute
and said that as soon as the Montana cleo
ton case was disposed of the bill would be
taken up.
The conference report on the urgent de-
ficiency bill was presented and agreed to.
The House reccdes from its disagreement
to the Senate amendment as TO the irriga-
ton surveys, with proviso that no part
of the amount be expended in sinking wells
or the construction of irrigation works.
and that the government shall be not COM
united to any plan of irrigation.
The Senate then proceeded to the consid-
Grafton of the Montana election case, the
majority report being in favor of Wilbur
/. Sanders and Thomas @. Power, the mi
nority report in favor of William A. Clark
and Martin Maginnis.
Hoar stated the case on the part of the
majority of the committee, the whole mat
ter turning upon the question whether one
set of delegates who voted with the twenty
five Republican delegates for Sanders and
Power were legally elected from the county
OF Silver Bow, or whether the other set.
who voted with the twenty-four Democrats
for Clark and Maginnis were legally elected
deputies.
Gray, representing the minority of the
committee, made statement in support
in support of the claim that Clark and
Maginnis were entitled to seats. He COM
mented upon the finding of the canvassing
board of Montana, which declares that no
abstract of the votes had been received
from Silver Bow county; that they had
exhausted the authority given TO them
by statute endeayoring to obtain it, and
that it therefore became their duty to as
md 5aalo,.o fbo hoe
of information obtainable; and he argued
THAT the canvassers had no authority to
dVt on any information obtained from any
source other than the election officer of the
county, declaring that be had never known
such bold and fragrant usurpation,
and the members CT the .canvassing board
of Montana, the governor, chief justice
and the secretary of the territory, should
have been whipped at the jail in every
county and town in the territory.
George-1s there any evidence of the
record that the legislature of which this
Iron hall house (the Republican house,
claimed to be part, ever performed any
legislature act OF passed any law!
Gray-None whatever. The governor
never recognized this Iron hall house, but
recognized the house which met at the
court house-the Democratic houSe-as the
lawful and rightful house.
Teller interrupted Gray to say that va
fious communications had passed between
the Iron hall house and the senate.
Hoar-There is no other lawful evidence
of the title of the governor or any other
state officer of Montana, except this very
canvass which the Senator from Delaware
says has no validity whatever.
Gray then went on to denounce thu Gin.
decent haste with which the territorial
canvassing board made its report and ad
iourned, with full knowledge of the faci
that a court of competent jurisdiction haG
issued a peremptory mandamus ordering al
abstract of the votes in Silver Bow county
to be made out and furnished the members
that the territorial canvassing boarC
stands convicted of participation
In that sharp practice in whict
the majority of the committee on privilege.
aud elections would have the Senate alst
become a participation. Gray went on tt
speak of the evidences of haste with which
the Presidents proclamation for the admis
sion of Montana had been issued. He dix
not accuse the President of being a partici
pator in the conspiracy. but he alleged tina
the President had been persuaded by tn
corspirators to make himself an instrumen
in concentrating their designs. ''Tn
minority committee he said, accepts
the findings of the county board of Silve
Bow county, and they held the lawful Gre
dentlals."
Gray yielded the floor without concludin
his argument, and the death of Represer
tative WILDER being announced. the Senat
adjourned