Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-12-09

THERE seems to be something radi.
cally wrorg with political journalism
when an Intelligent geDtiemsD like
the editor of the Butte Miner feel,
called upon to deliver himself of q
stultifying bombastic TRADE like the
following:
The republican organs are still harp
ing on an alleged supreme court de.
c,sion which declared that the repub-
lean claimants from Silver Bow
cnunty ARE entitled to seats in the leg
islature.
No such decision has been rendered
and every man conversant with the
facts knows 1.-THE only point decided
being that o certific lte of election |.
prima facie evidence Of the right to a
seat.
The only definite decision in the
c.se Is that rendered by the Silver
Bow district court, which il a complete
vindication of /. Z democratic position
and an oustirg Of the republican
ueurpers.
The legally elected members Of the
legislature will meet in Helena next
month, and II the republican contest
ants have an just claims (Which they
know they have not let them present
them before the legislative body,
which the constitution plainly pro-
v,des shall be the judge Of the luslifi-
cations OF its members. The legisla-
ture will ensct needed law, and tie
REPUBLICAN who Is now attempting to
buff by claiming that the supreme
court will declare the laws null and
void procisims that Montana's Judicial
tribunal l. n partisan club with which
t. beat the people into submission.
But the legislature il s higher court
than that which the books are blessed
10 call supreme" for under our form
II government the people are supreme.
1t has never been claimed by any
republican organ that we have seen,
that the supreme court rendered any
decision as to who were or were not
members of the legislature. 1t has
been and IL claimed. however, that
that body has interpreted Ordinance
No. 9 Of the constitution rs to what
constitutes q prima Jdcie right TO a
seat In that body. The imminent OF
title to that prima .Jacie right Ms to
those who claim to have been elected
To the legislature at the election held
October 1-f, 1889. has been declared TO
be q certificate Of election issued by
the state board of csnvassers. and that
imminent of title only five Of the ten
claimants from Silver Bow possess.
In the organization Of the lower
house these five possessing state board
certificates have pri'ad Gdcie right to
participate. while the other five have
the privilege Of attempting to estab-
lis1 their claims TO membership by
contest. This il all that the republic
can "orgsns" have ever claimed. The
decision of the Silver Bow district
court referred TO by the Miner may be
extremely "tefinite" In its deductions
from a dem cratic poiut Of view, but IL
lscks both the fore. and scope of juris-
dictioD tn reach and pover the case
In question, though Of course the edi-
tor Of the Miner need not be told this.
IL the legislature IL to be ~orgap'zed
conformably to the laws OF the land.
we shall see the five republican MEN,
beers occupying seats therein until
such I me as a better claim to those
seats j. shown by the democratic con-
testant-. If, however, the legislative
branch Of the government is 10 be
captured at ths point Of the bsyonet ~
suggested by Mr.. Days Anaconda
STANDARD last wiz er, we shall prob.
ably see something else.