New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-12
SENATOR EvARTS'S IMPRESSIVE SPEECH.
STRONG PRESENTATION OF THE FACTS IN
THE MONTANA CONTEST.

Washington April il (speciaD.-The senate dd
not reach vote tod av on the Montana contest ana
tomorrow being calendar dav. the debate went over
until Monday. senator HOar Is determined 10 sct'ic
the question then. however. II the Republicans nave
TO sit from noon until midnight to do it. and he VIII
move that 10 adjournment be taken until the io"r
resolutions are finally disposed Of Mr. Eva' closed
the case this afternoon for the Committee Priv lcccs
and Elections I'm an eloquent and conclusive speech
and according 10 the ordinary USAGE OF the senate
vote would have been taken when he hnished-aDoh'
half past = O'Clock Hut the Democratic managers
were ohstlnatcly bent on preventing decision ms
week. and senator Gray. who had already filled
numbcrless pages IN The Congressional Record wltli
his views on the Montana took the floor TO 90
once more over the familiar ground. lie was ably
suppcrtcd by senator George of Mississippi. and the
two maIaccd 10 hold out until the close Of the
session. senator George IN the heat of his argument
was led into s., ing that neither legislature IN Montana
legal and that there was no election Of senators
tie only consistent ground. Of course. that can be
taken BY the minority. Nevertheless. he expects to
vote in his judicial capacity for resolution that
declares that Mcssis. clark and Magnnis were law
fully elected.
senator Evarfss speech today a fitting con,
cIuson 10 the legitimate and serious portion Of the
debate. Though elaborated after that peculiar method
O. forcusics Of which the Ncw-York senator has long
been the unchallenscd exponent and master the arcu
ncnt was At direct. Impressive and convincing.
Tho question af issue Mr. Evars showed. was not
whether the election ~ silver Bow Precinct No. -
wa, regular or irregular rightly wroncfully dis
REGARDED IN tho issuing Of certificates 10 members Of
the LEGISLATURE The senate could not go behind the
returns. behind the credentials they existed To
,eat- in the Legislature If 1t found that certain
members Of the legislature had regular and sufficient
crcdcntials. no natter what the vote Was on which
they were issued. and If the authority which i-suci
the certificates was competent 10 do 30. Inc whole
case rc-tcd tCrc and the ~cnatc houff 10 accept
the action Of suc members Of the Legislature a, fnal
and binding. The Territorial Cdnvassins Board. MI
Evari, said was lawfully constituted. and The ere
dental II gave good against the word
until the Legislature itself ,hond nnl
ufv and destroy H. The Board might
have thrown out the county 81 silver 30" enuict
leaving the legislature Ia -iand a II then Wouh nay
stood "a Republicans 20 20 Dcmocrit' hh' ulr
Hoard de, dcd 10 canvass the return, ana on tat J."
turr six Republican member, from silver 80" Nc'c
found Ia be entitled To- certificates anC once aru'i
cans in lawful House Oi Representatives. Wa '4cai
and certain The Iron Hall House had tlus tl'
regularity and legitimacy which were required 70 eN
force and erect ~ action and lis choice III Joii
assembly with the senate. OF NeSsr>. sander, ana
Power conferred on iic.r two claimant, The most
Sia;c, senate This, ~ brief. Wa the argument Of
the New York senator. but no mere Outline can hu
iu-trc 10 the -ill and 'o-cncN IF hl, statement.
Tine speech lasted about two hour, and NAV be taken
ON The whole a. the hest and most powerful argument
made on either side IN The Montana case.