The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-14
DEMOCRATS IN To WIN
Colonization viii hot Avail the Rspub-
licans At To-day'S Election.
Challenges Only Biuffs-Every Man
Whose Name 10 on the
Registry Book Can
Vote.

by the Standards Special Wire.
BUTTE. April 13.-In the campaign
which eliminates with to-morrow's cleo
ton the most humorous, and at the same
time the most a~ggravating. thing that has
been said on the republican side is the
cry of fraud and corruption which is
heard to-day from republican lips all over
the city. A charge Of fraud by a republic
can of Silver Bow county is in poor taste
record. not only in regard to last falls
election, but not longer age
thar yesterday, the charge becomes
a~ggravating.. The p~ersistency with
which republicans have used the cry to-
day, is o' itself suspicious. II is too
plainly apparent that the cry is made to
cover up the outrageous methods resorted
to by republican leaders yesterday Ia
flood the registry books with ~colonists.
The cry has @ set afioa to neutralize
as far as possible the known act Of re-
publican fraud. But the democrats are
not worrying about the republican inn
portations from Walkerville and Burling-
ton, and even pass with a smile
the six men from Beaverhead county who
registered yesterday. They can afford to
smile for the utmost attempts have been
futile and the republicans acknowledge
In q fair election tomorrow to defeat the
democratic ticket Is an impossibility. Up
to Friday night the democrats had the
better Of the registry by 75 votes. An ex-
animation OF the names OF those who
registered Yesterday shows that the
ing a total lead Of LIS in a registry
of 3,ls7. Furthermore there will be no
treachery i'm the democratic ranks; not a
democrat will go back on his trip. In the
short n sharp campaign OF the past
week there has not been a breath as to
s~aa,har,y I'm tho slatnnarnfie rnnks md
with the great issue at stake, with the
great wrong hat must be righted there
will be no apathy or Indifference on the
democratic ticket. The only thing requisite
tomorrow is to get into h ballot-boxes
the votes of those who have registered.
Admitting that they are beaten in the
registry and that they will be beaten out
of their boots in IA fair election, tomorrow
the republicans will make q determined
effort to prevent many OF the democrats
who ave registered from voting. In the
face of the great registry of Butte, that is
their only II Is learned tonight
that that method of carrying the election
will be resorted to. There will he
an endeavor to brighten away dem
ocratic voters by threats of challenge.
Chairman Dingevon of the republican
central committee made the outrageous
charge to-day that 800 democratic voters
have committed perjury in registering
and that they will all be challenged when
casting their votes. That this course will
be pursued is openly announced
with the intention of Frightening
some who might be DISTINGUISHED
when challenged no matter on how slight
grounds. But no democrat who is regis
tered shall allow himself TO be bluffed
away from the polls or intimidated from
depositing his ballot. Every man whose
name is on the registry book a vote
and il is now too late legally
to prevent him. Under the Australian
system the law is hat all challenges
must be handed 10 the registry clerk in
writing with affidavit attached by o'clock
on the evening proceeding the election.
Up to 6 o'clock tonight not a challenge in
writing had been handed in. Conse-
quentiy challenges cannot go. The only
challenge that can be made tomorrow
will be i'm regard to a voters identity.
In such cases, II the identity is sworn to,
the vote can be deposited.
Another plot OF the republicans is to
challenge all democrats who have not
bccn in the state one year. In register
ing IL was only required that there should
be a residence of six months in the state.
Republicans intend to make n
fight on this point, although they
have registered hundreds who have
not been IN the state a year. The action
of the registry agents in allowing men to
register who have been i'm the state but
sig months, was taken mt the advice Of
City Clerk Graves and City Attorney Cor
bett. Section % of the avs enacted re-
garding elections says: 'Nothing in this
act shall be construed to effect the laws
regarding the registration Of voters
i'm municipal elections as provided
for by the municipal incorpora-
ton laws OF Montana and by
an act entitled: An act concerning the
registration of voters in Incorporated
cities, approved March 10, 1857" In the
act referred to. section AL says that at
shall he lawful for the city council to
provide by ordinance for the registration
Of voters" In accordance with this pro-
vision the ordinance has been followed.
Men have been registered accordingly
and those who have registered AN
not be prevented from voting.
Charged With Grand Larceny.