, 1890-04-03
THE MONTANA RIVALS.
Final Discussion of the Case
BE gun.
SENATOR GRAY is ELOQUENT
He Denounces the Majority Com
mittee Report, and the Local
Canvassing Board.

WAsuisGroN, April 2.-Senator Ed
munds, from thc Judiciary committee,
reported back the antitrust bill IN the
form of substitute and said that as soon
as the Montana election case was dis
posed OF the bill would be taken up
The conference report on the urgency
deficiency bill was presented and agreed
to.
The house rccedos from Its disagree
mant TO the senate amendment ~ 90 the
irrigation surveys, with the proviso that
no part of the amount is to be expended
In sinking wells or In the construction ol
irrigation works and that the govern
ment is not to be committed to any plan
of irrigation.
The senate then proceeded to the con
sideration OF the Montana election case
the majority report being in favor oI
Wilbur +. Sanders and Thomas G. Power
and the minority report in favor Of Mar
/ tin Maginnis and Mr. Clark.
senator Iloar read the report on tho
part Of the majority OF the committee,
| lie said that the matter turned upon
/ the question Of whether one set of dele
/ gates who voted with the twenty-five re-
| publican delegates for Sanders and Power
were legally elected from the county OF
/ silver Bow, or whether the other set who
/ voted with the twenty -four democrats
| for Clark and Maginnis were legally
elected.
Mr. Gray, representing minority OF
the committee, made statement in
/ support of the claim that Clark and
/ Maginnis were entitled to the seats. He
commented upon the finding Of the can
| yns,ing board of Montana, which do.
ctares that no abstract of the y,t,., had
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/ "S." 'S'''N '""' '''',' ~" ''u"'l
at 'hat Gate 'hat 'hey hAd exhausted
the authority gwen to them by thosht'
utus In endeayorlng TO obtain H. and
that Il therefore became their dtty Ia
meet and declare II from I'm. bcsi
|
s1u'''s VI '"iul "lH''"i oo'''""p'o
| TIC urEuei thut the CHNNhs7
ers had no authority tC
act on any information obtained
from any source other than the election
0tliu.rs Of tho county. dcclarinp lint n,
mad never Known such n hold and Ma,
rrnnt act of usurpntion and tLni ia,
inembers of the conynssinp hoard m
Montana. ia Q governor. chief iu.tirca au,
s,rrcttr,- la tIe territorv sLnui h.y,
been wLippri y. the t,'I in ey.rv conn
ty-scat In The territory,
MIR. GeorVe.-l, there any cyidonce m
record that the Icpislnture of witch nj.
Iron hall house lthe ropublIcnn honse
claimed To be- mari ever periornad an y
legislative act or unsseJ npy law '"'
Mr. .Oray-Nons whntey,I. The govorr
or never recornIzed this Iron Han bnns"
but recognized the house which, mo, a,
the court house 1.-THE demorrntic bouss
ms the lawful and riphtful Louse
Mr. Teller intorrupt.d Mr. CTnv In an,
that various communications Ind nes,e,
between the Iron Hall nous" n ' pd ib,
} senate. "''' Wv
Mir. Honr-'rherc is M o,bor n.c,
evidence of the ti,lo al gnyernnr NV ~, w
other state oilicor of SIoui"nn nvran
This very canvass which ~" ona,pp p
from Delaware snys hns nn voiiIi,,
whatever. ~ ' '''''''
Mr.. Gray then went on denounein,
the indecent haste with which III,
territorial can Vassing board made its rc
, port; and which had adjourned with