The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-10
TURPIE DREW BLOOD
The "Pungent Parslmony OF the
Helena Gentleman Exhibited In q
Terrible Picture of His Deal
ings With Pennycook.
Special TO the Standard.

WASHINGTON, April 9.-Sepator Turpie,
of Indiana, made great speech to-day
on the senatorial case, i'm which he took
the hide of Power and gave the senate
an opportunity to form an opinion OF the
remains. Turpie, II may be remembered,
is q member of the election committee OF
whom Sanders circulated the report that
he had disagreed with the rest of the DEM
ocrats ON the committee and would make
a minority report all by himself. Turpie
probably heard that report and took no
pains to show how little reason Sanders
had for circulating il. After he had
characterized the canvassing board as SO
many thugs who had stran-
gled the vote of Montana,
he took up Power. No incoming
senator of the United States has ever had
such portrait OF himself printed in.the
congressional record. II was heard by
Sanders and Carter in the senate cham
ber, but Power was i'm hiding in the cloak
room.
Mr.. Turpie handled Mr.. Power without
gloves. He knew nothing of Thomas c.
Power, he said, except what the records
showed. Mr.. Power was a man Of
wealth, an old and prominent resi-
dent of Montana, and had been
an unsuccessful candidate for
high office. The records showed that
he had sent a messenger to VIM. A. PEN
nycook, one of the judges of election at
precinct "a, asking him to go to Helena
to see about that precinct. They showed
that Power told Pennycook he wanted
precinct "a thrown out. He did not care
what means were used to throw II out, he
was willing to pay Pennycook for his
time and expenses and all expense that
| might be necessary to get rid of that pre-
cinct. He was willing to pay all that IL
would cost Pennycook, the Justification
of his official oath, the betrayal Of his
trust, the denial of his sworn returns, the
disfranchisemen Of all his neighbors and
friends who had voted there, the brand
ing with lasting disgrace that no gold
could gild and no shameless indifference
could hide or cover. The Croesus or Cas-
sius Of Montana did not have money
enough to pay handsomely. Power did
not expect a refusal, but Pennycook must
not make his charges too high. Wallow,
of St. Paul, would have done the work,
but his charges were exorbitant. The
natural tendency and bias of this attempt
to corrupt seemed to have been tempered
by the shrewdest and most pungent parsi'
mony.
Power" continued Mr.. Turpic, "may
have been dishonest, somewhat unscrup.
luous, unprincipled, impure, defiled; he
may be political and social leper, loath
some with a stencil, with an odor worse
than he who was seven times dipped In
Jordan to be cleansed. But he was nc
spendthrift. He was victim to the most
rigid habits of economy i'm the mystery OF
iniquity which he professed and prac'
ticed. He might he mistaken about
what had been done at the
county seat of Butte. He and
those for whom he was laboring nigh,
have been disappointed i'm the effect oi
that which had been done for them n
Helena, but one thing, he made up hi,
mind to, he would have no more to d,
with Wallow. Wallow wanted too mucl
money. The pimp who panders To polit
ical self-polution is sometimes mistaken
in his objects. The regular course of pro
cecdure in that hideous plot at Helena
the murder of the ballot-thc assassina
tion of the free vote of the people, Ia,
hitherto been extremely cheap
exceedingly inexpensive. What powe
wanted Mr.. Pcnnycook TO d.
was to throw out the vote of Precinct "a
and how he threw II out he didn't care 81
long as il didn't cost too much"
An effort was made by the republican
TO bring the case 10 q vote, but the demo
at great length, succeeding in carrying
their point. Several senators desire to b.
heard ON the democratic side.