Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-12

sunday, January Il, 1850.

the senatorial elections INDUCED IN ~
both psrties in the legislative assem-
bly,, II remains to be said and is he
yond c~oniroversion, that the acts q
the republican party, from The begin
ming t. the end, have been thoroughly
consistent, while those of the demo
crazy have been the exact reverse
Starting in with the proposition 'ha'
they would by concerted absence from
the sena'e prevent the organization %
that body, the eight democratic sera.
tors held out Just long enough "a
awaken a feeling of indignation
throughout the state, and then. having
incurred the censnre Of the oppo.ition.
they excite the ridlcule and disgust of
the radicals in their W PARTY by
meekly vacating their former position
and taking the oath Of office. Having
done this they stupidity essay to block
the wheels Of government by refrain.
ing to vote on the question of orgsniz-
alton Of their body, though present rs
sworn member thereof. Notvith-
standing this coutumacy on their Part,
the ssnste is Organized and proceeds
TO business, an which IL the elec.
ton Of United States senators. Loud.
ly proclaiming that the election of
Sanders AMI Power by the republicans
is invalid on the ground that the sem
ate has never been organized. the
democratic legislators imme.
diately proceed to follow the republic
can lead, and though four or five DAYS
elapse before a sufficient number a
be induced 10 attend {, constitute a
gu, rum on a joint session, the attempt
Is daily made and finally successfully
m, and the democratic senators and
the democratic members Of the house
proceed In joint session to elect United
States senators. But without any Of
the officers Of the senate or even its
records. II might he supposed that
when the democratic senators lad
gone IN such lengths rs this, they had
vacated the absurd claim that the sen.
ate wss not organized. as without an
organized senate, the joint session at
which th,y solemnly elected Messrs.
Clark and Msginnis ss United States
aanatnru anpll hama M .xlt.ox
barely a day elspses before IL becomes
Necessary for the senate to send sfter
Of its democratic absentees. One
Of them il found by the venerable SER
geant at arms, In the office of the gov.
ernor In company with bis excellency
Gov. Toole, and his serene highness
Martin Msginnis, accredited as sena-
tor from Montana by the democratic
OF the state. The sergeant-
at-arms having delivered hls sum-
mons, IL fatty told by the senator
fPsrberry) that he does not recognize
authority, and Mr.. Maginnis,
whose claims to a senstorship, how
attenuated they may be. rest
solely on an organized senate with
properly accredited officers, takes il
upon himself to instruct the sergeant
at-srms to go slow and be sure Of his
authority before proceeding to extrem-
tiles. While Gov. Toole, who recog- 4,
Dizes the organization Of the senate to (,
the extent Of holding official con- /
municstion with ii, sits quietly by :
and permits it, duly accredited officer,
while In tie performance Of his sworn
duty, to be buffet by a recalcitrant .
member and browbest by an aspirant
Toi a toga. Compare this record with
the dignified and orderly proceedings i
,f the republican side Of the ~leeisla-
lure from the beginning. Every act
has been accomplished with the regu-
|srity and precision that obtains in
high deliberative bodies. No step has
been taken from which they bare bad :
10 recede, DR. for which they have had 5
TO apologize-and when the proceed ,
ings on each side that have led up to !
the choosing of United States senators
shall be spread before that august
body in Washington, the republ cans Z
Of Montana will have nothing to be =
ashamed of, while we can scarcely
conceive the position Of Messrs. Clark
and Maginnis, who to be In perfect
accord with their party, must claim
IN election by the action # n Iirt ses.
sion of u Legislative body, n braOch /
Of which has never been organized. /,
II will take ADLER lawyers than al be )
found 10 successful ly argue their cases
from this hypothesis.
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