, 1890-04-03
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Montana's Election Case Comes
Up in the Senate.
Idaho's Admission Bill Dis
cussed in the House.
Minnesota Farmers Attack the
Supreme Court.

WAsHINGToN, April 2.-Edmunds,
from the judiciary committee, reported
back the antitrust bill in the form Of a
substitute aud said hat as soon as the
Montana election case was disposed OF
the bill would be taken up.
The senate then proceeded to the con
sideratlon of the Montana election case.
the majority report being in favor Of
Wilbur F. Sanders and Thomas q. Power,
the minority report in favor of VIM. A
Clark and Martin Macinuis.
Hoar stated the case on the part OF the
majority of the committee, saying that
the whole matter turned upon the ques
ton OF whether one set OF delegates, who
voted with the twenty five Republican
delegates for Sanders and Power. were
legally elected from the county of Silver
Bow, or whether the other set, who voted
will. the twentY-four Democrats for
Clark and Maginnis. were legally elected
deputies.
Gray, representing the minority of the
committee, made a statement in support
OF the claim that Clark and Maginnis are
entitled to the seats. He commented
upon the finding of the ~canvassing board
of Montana, which declares that no alb
stract of the votes had been received
from Silver Bow county: that they had
exhausted the authority" given to them
by the statute c~ndeavoring to obtain it,
and that it therefore became their duty to
assert and declare it from the best sources
of information obtainable, and he argued
that the canvassers had no authority to
act on any information obtained from any
source other than the election officers OF
county, declaring hat he had ne7ei known
such a bold and fragrant act of usurpation,
and the members of the canvassing board
Of Montana. the governor, chief Justice
and secretary Of the territory should have
been whipped at the Jail in every county
town in the territory
Georges there any evidence on re-
cord that the legislature. of which this
Iron Hall house (Republican house,
claimed to be a part. eyer formed any leg
islatlve act or passed any law
Gray-None whatever. The governor
never recognized this Iron Hall house,
but recognized the house which met at
lawful aud rightful house.
Teller interrupted Gray to say that va
rious communications had passed between
the Iron Hall house and the senate.
Hoar-There is no other lawful evidence
of the title of the governor or any other
state officer of Montana except this very
canvass which the enato from Delaware
SAYS has no validity whatever.
Gray hen went on to 1%enounce the IN
decent haste with which the territorial
canvassing board made Its report and a d
journed with the full knowledge of the
fact that a court of competent jurisdiction
had issued a psrrmptory mandamus or
dering that an abstract of votes IN Silver
Bow county : C made aud furnished mem
bers; that the territorial canvassing
board stand convicted of participation in
these sharp practices in which the ma
jority Of the committee on privileges and
elections would have the senate also be
come a participa, or. Gray went on to
speak of the evidences OF haste with
which the presidents proclamation
for the admission Of Montana had boon
issued. He dil not accuse the president
of being a participation In the conspiracy,
but alleged that the president had beer
persuaded bv the conspIrators to AK
himself an instrument in concentrating
their designs. The minority of the com.
m'ttee, he said. accepted the findings Of
the county court of Silver Bow COUNTY
and they held lawful credentials Gray
yielded the floor without concluding his
argument. and the death Of Represents
tive Wilber being announced, the senate
adjourned.