Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-11
CONGRESS-.
TIE MONTANA CASE AGAIN IN THE
SENATE.
rg,e House IN Committee Of tho Whole
on the Naval Appropris-
ton Bill.
n, ,olsxrsrn 10 the pispa,ch.l

the report Of the majority Of the commit
tee declaring the two Republican claim
ants. Messrs. Sanders and Power. entiticd,
upon tho merits OF the case, 70 seats ia INC
Senate from the State of Montana. lie
held il to be the duty Of every SENATOR 10
express his opinion in the matter and TO
Give 70 the Senate and country the reason
Tor that opinion and judgment.
He declared that the country was vorging
upon a condition OF things under which
men were 20 hold seats IN inc Sena ,s IA a, pe-
6apce of the public will and oil the ooi-
rnt;ons Of the Constitution. IL was last
snnroachinr the time when political power
was 10 be the end of all action, and not
conservatism of the Goyernment ana OF
its various departments. In ms OPINION
the action of the Senate IN TINS Ssse in Jus &c
regarding clear and unquestionable laws OF
The State of Montana and the principles OF
law. as declared 10y the supreme Court o.
Tho United States, was one of the longest
strides in that direction.
GRANNY HoAR on THE QUESTION.
Mr.. Hoar said that be would like 10 put
Into the debate one or two conAderatlohs
which had not been dilated upon. BEFORE
he got any further with his remarks 9ir.
Morgan called attention to the iact .ha t
there was no quorum present, ana sslu tna'
he would like very much to have quorum
present. especially on the Republican sac
Il hear the Senator from Massachusetts;
The President pro tenpore directed tue rOI,
20 be called, and senators having poured
into the chamber while the call was pro
ceeding. fifty-eight senators answered. u
their names.
Mr.. BLAIR WITH HIS LITTLE JOKE.
NJ p,s;r IN nresenting a memorial in
favor Of his educational bill remarked
that while that bill was under discussion
n had never been necessary 70 have can
Of tho Senate in order to obtain an audi
ence. lIAughter,]
Mr.. HoAR BrsUMEs.
Mr.. Hosr resumed his remarks on the
Montana election case. lie alludeu 10
some of the Democratic speakers having
snoken of the transaction as piece OF VII
ieinv and he thought IL worth while 20 re-
cali 10 the Senate what were the Simple
no;nts in the case. The majority OF the
f1mmittee on Privileges and Elections
had thought that it was clear, III
dsputably, almost impregnnably, on
tho evidence that the quaiihed voters
fair majority elected five Republican
renresentatiyes in the Legislature whose
eiection or non-electlon turned the scale III
the whole transaction. That was matter
of fact. Coming down TO the reJeeu9L Oh
the votes east at Precinct No. ~. Mr H0at
sid that no one had the least idea that
any of those alien voters had taken the ne
cessary oath TO support the Constitution.
lie smoke of them IA Armenans, Bo-
lemians. and Turks. who were WORKING on
arailroad line at that point on the morning
of the election. and not one oil WHOM Was
men. he said, whom the Senator from
Delaware mir Gray had spoken OF as pc
inc disfranchised" by the action OF the
Board of Canyassers
THE POSITION OF THE MAJORITY.
The majority of the Committee on Privi-
ieces and Elections held that these men
were not legal voters, and that, therefore
the majority of legal voters OF Silver 30"
were in favor of five Republican repre-
sentatives. That was the simple PROPOSE
tiop on which the committee placed the
ner;ts Of the case At the election In Pre-
Cinct e of Silver Bow county all the marks
Of honesty were absent, and 1t was not de-
MED that if the result OF tho
election in Silver Bow county WV hy
the votes of men who, by the express
statute of the United States, were not
qualified voters. He submitted seriously
10 Democratic senators and TO so mnch q
the Democratic press as had any restrain,
by reason of regard for truth land he had
mo donbt that that press had az much TO-
card for truth as the press OF any other
rsrtv) - Oh. no.n from Mr. Blairl. who-
thor the position taken by the commute
warranted the use OF such invectlves US
lad been applied 10 IL.
MI. GRAY FOR THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE.
Mr.. Gray disclaimed for himself and ms
Democratic colleagues the appncanoh Oh
invectve to the Senator rom r 1inssau
sstts or to any other senator. mat lnVee
tive had been applied to what had occurred
Comjnr down to the elimination of votCs
nj Precinct "a, Mr. Gray declared that THO
only objection on which 1lr. hoar lnstihea
that elimination WIS an aitet-thouen 1 W,
that no sucn objection had been made be-
fore the County Canvassing Board by the
ss;ute LAWYERS who wanted to have there
votes thrown out The objections made
there were: First, that the votes
lad not been sent III registered
narkace by mail to the clerk OF
the county canvassers, but had been
delivered to him in a sealed package by one
of the Judges; and, second, that the, re-
tnrns were signed by the judges and at
tested by the clerks, instead oil being slsh-
ed by the clerks and attested 10y tho
Judges. The Senator from MASSACHUSETTS,
did not consider either OF those objections
Wild. but brought up an objection whlc b
had not been made in Montana and which
was an after-thought.
Mr.. Gray replied to the objection made
by Mr.. HOar by the assertion that Precinct
"a was not peculiar and alone In haVlh
tho votes Of aliens cast, but that the same
thing occurred all over the Territory Ill
that DAVIS election and in all elections for
wears previously. He thought, III conclu-
sion. that the point made by the minority
Rad been established-to wit, that there
was not found in the hands oil
the FIVE Republican representatives ron
Silver Bow county sitting. IN the Iron
Hall Legislature the certificates OF any
hoard or officer authorized by law to make
il; and that on the contrary, the
five Democratic representatives from thai
county sitting in the Courthouse Legisa
ture sat there in conformity with the re;
turn of the county board, made as directed
by law and under the mandate OF com
petent court of justice.
Mr. Teller another member OF tho Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections, In al
vocacy of the majority report, spoke a.
considerable length.
The debate then became running ont
between Messrs. Sherman, Edmnnds, Iur
pie, Eustis, and Voorhees,.
question having been proposed by
Mr.. Renna as TO whether forty senators
with unquestioned acknowledgements
being a quorum-could go to work an'
organize and pass upon the credentials o
the other forty-two whose tito was CUES
toned, Mr.. Hoar said that no would hk'
70 think it over before undertaking 4
answer il.
THE REPUBLICAN, DO NOT CONE TO TAw.
That was precisely, MIR. Kenna said, tb
question that presented itself i'll the Mon
tanA case. Responses TO the que stlon wer
made by Messrs. Hoar, Dawes, Blair, ant
Dolph, but Mr.. kenna said that none
them came straight 10 the point.
Then. at 6:16. the Senate adjourned.
House of Representatives.
The House went into Committee of tn
Whole (Mr. Butterworth in the CHAIR o.
the naval appropriation bill.
Mr. Herbert. of Alabama, offered a
amendment providing for the constructio
Of two (instead OF three coast.line battle
ships.
Mr.. Herbert's amendment was lost-S
to62.
Mr.. Wheeler, of Alabama, offered o.
amendment authorizing the Secretary G