St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-03
BATTLING FOR TOGAS.
Both sides Of Montana's SEN
atorial Squabble Presented
to the Senate.
Clark and Maginnis Might
Just as Well Return to
Montana.
Idaho'S Admission Bill Dis
sected and Wrangled Over
by Representatives.
Pan-American Delegates De-
clare in Favor Of Inter-
national Coins.

WASHINGTON, April 2.-The senate
to-day began the discussion of the Mon
tana election cases. MIR. Edmunds.
from the judiciary committee, reported
back the antitrust bill in the form of a
substitute, and said that there was one
section in the bill as reported which he
thought went further than iC ought to
go. On motion of Mr.. Hale, after some
debate, it was agreed to (32 to 25) that.
beginning Monday next, the senate
shall meet at noon. The conference re-
port OH the urgent deficiency bill was
presented and agreed to. The house
recedes from its disagreement to the
senate amendment (as to irrigation sur
veys) with proviso that no part of the
amount shall be expended in sinking
wells or in the construction of
irrigation Works. and that the
government shall not be committed
to any plan of irrigation. The senate
then proceeded to the consideration of
the Montana election cases, the major
ity report being in favor of Wilbur E.
Sanders and Thomas G. Power, and the
minority being in favor of William A.
Clarke and Martin Maginnis. Mr.. Hoar
stated the case on the part of the major
ity of the committee. The whole mat
ter, he said,
Turned Upon the Question
whether the delegates of one set (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 with twenty-four Democrats for
Clarke and MaginniS) were the legally
elected legislators. Mr.. Gray, repre-
senting the minority of the committee
on privileges and elections, made state
ment in support of the claim that
Messrs. Clarke and Maginnis are entitled
to the seated as senators from Montana.
He commented upon the finding of the
canvassing board of Montana, which de-
clareS that no abstract of votes had
been received from Silver Bow county;
that they had exhausted the authority
given to them by the statute in endeay-
oring to obtain it; and that it therefore
became their duty to ascertain and de-
clare it "from the best sources of infor-
nation 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 the county, declaring that he had
uGFcI hLOWu VI SuCu IL pdlu duu Id
grant act of usurpation, and that the
members of the cangassing board of
Montana, (the governor, chief justice
and secretary of the territory should
have been whipped at the cart lail in
every county town in the territory. The
Title TO a Yellow Dog,
he said, should not be decided OH such
a statement, much less the title to seats
in the United States senate. Mr.. Gray
yielded the floor without concluding his
argument, and Mr.. Evarts offered res
olution declaring that the senate had
heard with deep .sensbility the an
nouncement of the death of Hon. David
Wilber, late representative from the
state of New York, and concurring in
the resolution Of the house of repre-
sentatives for the appointment of joint
select committee to take order for at
tending the funeral. The resolution
was adopted. Senators Hiscock, Squire
and Kenna were appointed the commit
tee on the part of the senate; and as a
further mark of respect the senate at
4:50 p. m. adjourned.