Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-04-12
NATIONS CAPITAL.
No Settlement Of The Montana
Cases.
Republican, Appoint . Committse to
Prepare . silver enl.

WAsHISGroS. April u.-Considerstior
Of the Aontana election Ease vas resumed
Eyarts proceeded to make the closing AZ
gument in support Of the committees re
port He criticised the Governor of the
State for placing the .ntor At the door OF
the court house assembly 70 aimif only
such persons ~ we're ert tied 10 20 in,
thus making him, for the occasion, judge
of ~ho we're elected repre- seniatives." He
said the proposition on the democratic side
vas hat the Senate vas to be canva. sing
board higher than the T. fris rial canvassipg Z
board. The proposition on the re publican
sids was thaI the Senate had no such power
Of revs The latter. be said. vas .
proposition Of the consultation. of the safe
~ of the Senate and the equality Of the
States.
Gray defended the Governor of Montana
fr )m the criticism made upon him on ae-
count Of his instructions given the jsnifor
Of the Court House asse mbly. and asserted
the only direction given the janitor by the
Governor vas letter Of instruction that be
should admit every one Who claimed to be
me noer Of the House Of Representatives.
George asserted thai und the ID . all the
votes cast In precinct "a. Silver Bow
county, we're legal votes, and the county
board of cauvassers who threw out these
vote. committed an act Of usurpation, and
asked whether ANY member of this hon
orable court" was willing to get up and
say ,he act was authorized by Law. He
said he would pause for reply"
Hoar made q r. mark ina I'D Bile to George
"lf the Senator" said George, '-desires
to make reply will wait little longer Z"
fter further pause" there is not one
member Of this curt. he said, who in the
face Of the American people will say on
his responsibility The canvassing board had
the right to do what it did. This was the
fret step in the iniquity. Without that
step no other part of The iniquity could be
transacted. Coming TO the territorial can
wasting board At Helena, George said
these three beautiful specimens of oliti-
cal rascality" had 'has,ened to be in
famous" and would 60 down to history rs
having furnished an instance of successful
viilainy holding out the fruits Of its crime
and Boosting of it. He asserted the body
calling itself the Legislature Of Montana
had not passed q single law. IL "thi honor
ably court should seat Saunders and Po~er
it would by that action give life and validity
to the only thing that the miserable Assem-
bly,. begotten 10 fraud and conceived in
inqnity. had ever performed.
Teller said that il there was no Lagisls-
ture in Montana he shonid like to know on
what hypothesis the minority committee
says Clark and Msginnis we're elected.
George-I am not . part Of the minority.
think the difference between these two
sets of claimants 10 simply this: reith
er has legal title. and neither represents
the Legislature. Mag nnis aud Clark rep
resent the honest vote Of the people of
Montana, and for all purposes it 10 far bet
ter to represent the honest vote Of the
people of Montana than to have seats in the
Senate a. ne6c,aries of this fraud. There
10 . tribunal hich cannot err in the de-
cislon of that question. 4 tribunal whose
voice ~as once suppressed. TO that tri-
bunal want to refer the case again. That
10 the hest and fsirest d..posi ion that can
be made of the case.
Htwley. from the select committee on
the qusdro- ntennial celebration, rep orted
back with amendments the House bill for
the Worlds Fair At Chicago, and said il
anything was to be done in the matter it
should be done at once.
After an executive session the Senate at
5 IS adjourned till tomorroS.