New-York tribune., 1890-04-14
MONTANA IN THE SENATE.
A FAITHFUL AND COMPLETE STATEMENT
OF THE FACTS IN THE CASE.
THE TRUTH SHOWS CLEARLY THAT THE RE-
PUBLICAN CLAIM RESTS on SOUND
FOUNDATION IN MORALS AS
WELL AS IN LAW.

WELL AS IN LAW.
Washington April 13-Montana will probably
be admitted tomorrow or Tuesday TO that reDre-
srntation in the Senate which has until now been
denied her through the preteXt Of a contest against
the two Republicans chosen by the lawful Legis-
aturc of that State. A persistent effort has been
made in the Democratic newspapers and by the
more partisan of the Democratic Senator'S in de-
| bate to cloud and dscredit the title of the two
| Republican claimants Messrs. Sanders and Power,
| by lavish and vehement denuncaton of what
they are pleased to call steal of the two seats
| from their rightful holders the Democratic
| pirants Mcssrs. Maginnis and Clark. This ex-
travagant outcry might have some effect il at
the same time Democratic lawyers like Senator
George did not confess openly that Messrs. Clark
and Maginns had no lawful title to the seats at
all, and that the only consistent thing for the
minority 10 do was TO disclaim their election. or
any election whatever by the Legislature, and
send the case back to the people Of
Montana for another verdict
The Montana case is very complicated one,
and may be readily distorted so as to reverse tho
moral proportions. In order to appreciate fully
and accurately the right and wrong Of it. one
must acquaint himself with vast array Of facts
chronologically arranged. There can be no doubt
| Sanders and Mr. Power, rests on a sound founda-
| tion of fact, of law and Of morals There is
distinguished Democrat in Montana named Hauser.
| He is a millionaire banker and miner. lie was
| Governor of the Territory during the Cleveland
Administration. II was his power which saved
the Democrats from utter rout last fall lie was
the life of their campaign lie furnished all the
| brains and much of the money by which it was
conducted. lie brought James b. Iiaggn and
the Northern Pacific into the fight, and secured
their tremendous influence in behalf of the Demo-
cratic legislative ticket. These alliances were
worth at least 5000 honest votes to the cause
they served. What they were worth in dishonest
cotes in the votes of non-residents and unnatural
lied foreigners along the railroad, at the Anaconda
mines and smelters and in the coal camps, Mr..
IIauser alone is capable of saying. II Is said
that after the campaign. as Mr.. lIauser passed
through st. Paul on his way East, friend asked
him how it happened that his party had so
niserably failed Well he said. with cheer
full grin. "our folks stole the thing all right
enough. but the other fellows knocked us down
and took it away from us
This metaphor is al least half true The Demo-
Gratis did steal it. They stole it by frauds most
unhlushing. The moneyed men Of Montana. WITH
scarcely an exception, are Democrats lnere
are dozen Of these who employ vast NUMBERS OF
men II is not too much 10 say that fully one
tl,ird of thc LEGAL voters of the Territory las
October were employed by the wealthy Democrats
ench of whom was a candidate for the Initee
States Senate. Many of these voters were kepno
lcans All that coercion and persuasion conio
accomplish TO bring their Republican employees
into linc was done. and then trickery took
hand in the job. Such employees al
were SUSPECTED of intending to vote the
.;.i- Sfnrra f1p
election from the county where they had vote
into that where they had none at all. This was
done on various prcteXts. To refuse 10 GO meant
tho Ioss of their Jobs. At least thousand Re
nublican votes were kept from the ballot-boNes
by this despicable trickery. Nor was this all.
In the mining and railroad camps were hosts OF
low. ignorant foreigners" Poems and Dagoes
mostly-and up in the prairie countles-iellow-
stone Custer and Choteau-were many haIf-brecd
crces and Crows The Democratic managers
voted these creatures with unblushing impudencc
The Democratic Territorial Judges multiplied thclr
deputy clerks 10 any extent demanded Dy tDe
party bosses and sent them OF on ponies armed
with Bibles and leaves deliberately torn from the
naturalization records Of .hc courts. securing the
prarics after haf-brceds and other foreigners.
who were in the wink Of eye converted into
citizens and vested with the right to exercise in
lean fireman This rag-tag was duly corrallcd
and voted In some Of the mining camps. indeed.
the Dagoes" were actually registered before they
had been recorded as applicants for their irst
papcrs They could not speak nor read the En-
elish language and went into the polline-booths
M Anaconda and Butte City in droves. carrying
cards on which were printed L cannot speak or
write or read English | wish to vote the straight
Democratic ticket and ask the inspectors 10 pre-
pare such ballot for me in accordance with the
law
All this grievous fraud went into the general re-
sult and was counted in behalf of the Democratic
candidates. and yet. of them ALL but one pulled
through This was Joseph X. Tooe, their candi-
date for Governor He got in by the skin of his
tceth and as the returns upon the Legislative
tickets accumulated. il began 10 look rs If the
Democrats were going 10 secure small majority
on the Joint ballot. This had been the prime end
Of all their effort. Every conspicuous member
Of their party burning with the hope OF be-
coming a United States Senator. Both houses OF
the legislature were elected by counties. The
state had not then been divided into legislative
districts The constitutional Convention. after
imposing that rs a duty upon the first Legislature.
adopted an ordinance apporiioning for this cleo
tion only TO each county one State Senator and
80 many Representatives according to populationl,
and the electors were 10 Notc LOT All the repre-
scntatvcs assigned to their particular county.
TO the county of Silver Bow in which is the city
of Butte. ten Representatives were apportioned.
Among the polling places in Silver Bow was
certain railroad camp along a branch line of the
Northern Pacific, then in course of construction
This camp was called Precinct No. "a, and it is
the result in this one spot which has caused all
the strife that has mcked Montana for the last
SIX months and which is now III review before
the United States Senate.
When the returns came in from this precinct
il was found that they were signed by but two
out of five inspectors: that they were not written
~ the clerk a> required by law, bat by one OF
the signing inspectors; that they were list Of
names and amazing 70 relate of names in alpha
bcical order. signifying that the voters at this
camp had presented themselves at the ballOt-boX
p. 49, 1