The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-20

cheered by the returns that were received
early on Tuesday morning from the city
elections In Montana. Everybody about
the senate chamber was talking about
Butte. The result was accepted as an in
dication of home sentiment on the sena-
torial contest. Mr.. Clark displayed his
kilograms, Major Maginnis showed that
Helena il not the only town that Is stirred
up, Mr.. Hoar felt Grabbed and showed Il,
Mr.. Plumb looked uneasy, Vest read all
the dispatches with smile, Beck shook
hands heartily with the contesting demo-
Gratis. Senator Hearst tugged away at his
whiskers with his left hand, as he always
does when his mind is particularly preoc-
cupied, and Mr.. Gray was happy to feel
that his speech on the Montana question
had received such hearty endorsement.
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Taking everything into account, there
has been no stronger speech made i'm the
senate chamber during the hearing OF, the
Montana case than that of Mr.. Gray. II
was an eloquent presentation of the whole
case, with every detail Of which the sena-
tor revealed remarkable familiarity.
There were exciting incidents in the
speeches of other members, none more
noteworthy than when Turpie aroused
the attention of everybody in the chamber
with his scathing comments on MIR.
Power, but the address of Mr.. Gray, of
which unfortunately only a brief summary
went TO the press of the country, was a
magnificent effort and was in fact de-
clared by two or three republicans to he
the most finished speech 70 which the
senate has listened in Ave years. 1t was
mastery effort. The senate does not
often hear n more generous outburst OF
applause than that which followed when,
i'm concluding his speech, Mr.. Gray said:
"Can IL be, Mr.. President, that the line
which divides this senate chamber right
there in that aisle is so to distort intellect
ual processes, so to change the human
conscience, SO to operate on the human
heart that, upon evidence like this, that
line shall be the line of demarkation be-
tween an Affirmative and negative vote on
these resolutions? I do not believe ii. l
do not believe this senate will violate the
most sacred traditions OF American
history and American liberty. II is a
poor service, sir, 10 one of this fair
sisterhood of states that we welcomed so
gladly into this union last November to
blazon upon her coat of arms the odious
mark of bar sinister thus early i'm her
career. She has come, this fair state of
Montana. with all her wealth and her
vast proportions, to contribute, as fondly
hope, to the common glory and the COM
mon prosperity of this great Union of
ours. do not wish 10 see the star that
shines for her In the constellation of our
flag dimmed or obscured while only thus
high in the horizon. She has come To be
part and parcel of this great American
Union, to he one sovereignty among many
that 90 to make il great and glorious, and
TO remain such forever and forever. But
long as her history may he, il will never
be forgotten, il the resolution reported by
the committee on privileges and elections
is adopted, that her birth was attended by
fraud and that i'm order To give her repre-
sentation in tins chamber portion of her
citizens were denied the equal privilege of
their fellow-citizens in that state and ter
ritory and their votes were ruthlessly
thrown aside as unworthy of being
counted in making up the general result
of that election. Mr.. President, for her
sake, and for the sake of her future his
tory, trust that no such stain will be
put upon her."
The final decision i'm the Montana case
has been delayed. In order TO reach the
readers of the Sunday STANDARD this let
ter must start on its journey before the
vote is taken, but il takes no prophet To
tell what is going To happen. There are
republican senators who do not well con-
| ceal the disfavor with which they must
sustain their party in this bad business.
| Walking up Pennsylvania avenue not
longer ago than yesterday afternoon, one
of these senators said TO the STANDARDS
correspondent in SO many words, that
after all, il would have been better 10 an
early decision had been reached TO send
the whole question back to the people oI
Montana to bc settled by them. But its
too late for that. The case has dragged
| as all such contests do. Once disposed
| of, Montana will cease to be a conspicu-
Gus figure in politics here, and it will be
refreshing to turn to the social even,
| which is soon To attract attention here
when Governor Toole is married. A
member of the Rosccrans household has
| just told me that the governor will he in
Washington early next week. +. q. ID.