Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-04-08
NATIONS CAPITAL.
Montana Election Cases Occupy
the SeDate's Time.
4 Series Pension Bill Introduced In
the House.
Favorable Report on Recoinags OF
subsidiasy Coins.

WAsHISeros. April THE House
amendment Ia the JOINT resolution for the
removal Of the naval magazine from Ellis
isiHnd, New York hafbor, vas concurred ia.
Plat presented = me mortal for the I'd
mission Of New MEXICO as . State, bu.
withou, committing himself, he said, to the
views set forth in it.
Evarts from The library committee re-
ported the bill appropristing $50. 600 for an
eQuestfisn statue Of Msjor General john
$ ark at Manchester, n ii.
The Montana slsctie q case vas taken up
ard Vance made an Argument in support
Of the minority report declaring Clark and
Msginnis, democratic claimants. were en-
titled to seats. Referring 10 Hoar's posi-
ton that willie No enc OF the objections 10
counting the votes of precint 81. Silver
Bow county sufficient Of itself to justify
the ~ election Of the votes, all Of them to-
gether did constitute sufficient grounds for
ioing so. he said he never heard title to
9 seat In the Senate based on such slender,
technical, trihing grounds. Had never
known the public will Of q community
thwarted and trampled under foot on such
hmsy pretexts. He knew the republican
claimants would be seated. But in the
wise regulation Of the moral world there
was compensation for all things He
thanked God that in all future denuncia-
tons Of the South for the suppression
Of colored votes. all the southern Senators
would have to dc, would be to inquire of
the republican Senators in their sltiiudi.
nous cerulean fights of oratory for purity
of ballot. who sole precinct "a, Silver Bow
county, Montana.
Edmurds inquired whether the ia per-
sous who voted at Precinct "a were legal
voters.
Vance asserted that they we're. They
were aliens who had declared their inten
ton to become citizens under the terri
torial avs and were entitled to vote.
Spooner made an argument in favor of
the majority report that Saunders and
Power the republican claimants. were en-
titled upon the merits of the case to be ad
mitted to seats in the Senate. The ques
ton affectt not only the right of Montana
to be represented in the Senate by the men
of her choice. but it affected the dignity
and integrity of the Senate itself and should
be considered with judicial calmness and
freed as much as might be
from partisan bias and pr judice. Ii was
not necessary. in his opinion. TO go beyond
" hat might be called primd (aeie evidence.
Prtmd fdeie evidence was found in this
case in the certificate of a board of cas-
vsssers consisting of the Chief Justice,
Governor and Secretary of the territory.
Proceeding honestly in the exercise Of
their conceded jurisdiction. it was the dnIy
of the csnvsssers to rs ject the vote Of Pre-
cinct "a as false, fraudulent and void. II was
their duty to do so. Not to have done so
would have been virtually to disfranchise
the other 1000 votes of Silver Bow coun
ty, honestly and legally cast. SpOoner
without continuing the argument yielded
for motion to proceed to executive busi-
ness, and after an executive session the
Senate at 8 20 adjourned