The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-04-12
STATE STEALERS IN P|LlORY.
The Three Thugs That Strangled
the Young State Ar
raigned.
Powerful Speech by Turpie of Indi-
ana as Photographed to the
Butte Miner.
The Hoosier Senator Mops the Floor
With the State Stealers-Sanders
Uneasy at the Searching
Attack.

WARRINGTON, April 3.-This was one
of the greatest days In the Montana de-
bate. The justice of their cause and the
righteous indignation they feel seems to
call out the highest efforts of the demo-
cratic senators. Each speech seemed to
surpass its predecessor, though none are
on like lines. The republicans are
annoyed, uneasy and FESTIVE and wish to
close or avoid the damaging debate. The
leading republicans are dissatisfied with
Spooner's defense. 1t is openly pro-
nounced q failure. The democrats pro-
pose to continue the exposure. To day
Senator Pugh concluded his great legal
argument. Not as oratorical as the other
speakers, his law and logic we're Ike q
woven chain. All speak highly Of the
effort.
TURpIE's ATTACK.
He was followed by Senator Turpie Of
Indiana on behalf of the democratic
claimants. He made concededly not only
one of the closest legal arguments, but a
speech which for cutting sarcasm and
polished invectives stands unsurpassed
In the annals of the senate, and on its
close he received the warm congratula-
tions of the senators, who closed around
him, Evarts among them.
He followed the history of the trans
sactlon from the establishment of the
precinct to the close, followed 1t up to
the v at Butte and denounced Jack
and Hall and tainted the majority with
the fact that nowhere in the case had the
action of the scoundrels been attempted
to be justified.
1.-THE THREE THUGS"
He followed up to the state canvassing
board whom he designated as the "three
thugs who had strangled the yonng state"
He proceeded to analyze their action;
they could either receive or reject the re-
turns; but they had no right to alter
them. They had no more right to elm
mate the returns of Precinct "a than they
had to fill in the blank for Gregson's
Springs where no polls were held, with
enough to make the same change. In
either case 1t was On act of forgery, a
false court and a false entry. The word
elimination in their dialect was nelliflu-
GUS prelude for forgery-forgery like
cancelling the figures on q note or rails
ing those on a check.
"TPE soDoM OF A CoUNTy BOARD"
Never in the history Of elections was
such a crime committed by this Sodom Of
a county board or this Gommorrah of a
territory board-the chief justice, the
governor, the secretary whose only con-
spicuous act during the brief terms for
which they were appointed, was the
commission of this crime.
After reviewing the whole case, he
closed with a reference to the attempts
To buy up and suborn perjury to cast
doubt on the vote of precinct "a.
He read several af1davits from the rec
ord. When he came to the n where
Power approached PennycoOk he said
what the records show. He Is a nan of
wealth and an old and prominent resi-
dent of the territory. The records also
show that he was an unsuccessful can
didate for a high office at this particular
election. This man Power sent a mes
senger to Pennycook to come to Helena
W see him about the vote of precinct, "a.
To this Pennycook responded and then
Power told him that he wanted that pre-
cinct thrown out and did not care what
means were used. He would pay him
(Pennycook) for the time and expense
but the Croesus of Montana did not have
money enough.
The republican senators were very I'M
easy, even Pretender Sanders left the
chair where he hSd been Ostensibly
sprawling and fed to the cloak room,
where Power was hiding.
Then Teller got up and said he only
wanted a few moments and Evarts would
close the debate. He thought enough
had been said and proposed to take the
vote.
John Sherman got up and said the de
bate had gone far enough and That he
was ready to vote.
SHERMAN REBUKED.
Morgan arose and administered a mos
twinging and scathing rebuke to Sher
man. He said that although Senator
Sherman had been in the city, this wal
the first time he had honored the 'debats
with his presence. He had not heardtht
argument on either side, yet he professet
to be ready to vote on q cause which b.
knew nothing about. Wa this the con
duct Of atjudge; was this judicial action
What would he think of any member o
the supreme court who would SO demeal
himself during the trial Of a great cause
He (Morgan) proposed that the debat'
should 70 on so that the thieves would b'
exposed and branded In the sight of tn
whole country.