The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-10-29
rs THIS AN ATTEMPT AT FRAUD?

Section y OF the laws OF Montana, pass
ed by the sixteenth session, is as follows:
Sec. 8. On the next day succeeding
that on which the registration of electors,
prior to any election mentioned in this
act, shall have been closed, the registry
agents shall, with all reasonable expedi-
ton and always within seven days, pre-
pare and cause to be written or printed, a
full and complete and true list of all the
names registered by them, and then re-
naming on the official register for each
election precinct, alphabetically arranged,
commencing always with the surname of
each, and they shall have written or print
ed such reasonable number of copies of
each election list as they may deem nee
essary. showing on n sheet, but under
separate headings IN such list, the regis
tered voters in each polling precinct in
the district, at least five copies of which
said lists they shall cause to be posted up
in as many public and conspicuous places
within each and every precinct in the
district to which they apply. 4 * 4 *
The registry agents shall give notice in
said lists that they will receive objections
to the right to vote on the part of any
person so registered until six O'CLOCK
p. m. on the seventh day previous to the
day of election; and also requesting all
persons whose names may be enormously
entered in said lists to appear at his office
and have such error corrected. Such OBJ
j~ectlons to the right of any person regis.
tered to vote shall be made only by a
qualified elector IN writing, setting forth
the ground Of objection or disqualitica-
ton and sworn to, or affirmed to, to the
best of his knowledge and belief. The
registry agent before whom any such
aftidavits or objections are made shall
carefully preserve the same and deliver
them with the "check lists and other
papers required by this act to be deliver
ed to the judges of election, as is herein
provided for, and he shall write distinctly
opposite to the name of any person to
whose qualification as an elector objec-
tions may be thus made, the words "to be
challenged or words to that effect. l,
shall be the duty of the Judges of election,
it on election day such person who has
been objected to applies to vote, to test
under oath his qualifications, and if lie
shall be found to be- IL disqualified voter
for any cause under the law, or if he re-
fuses to take an oath of his qualification,
he shall not be permitted to vote.
The law in regard to preparing and
posting in public places the lists has been
disregarded. They should have been
posted on Oct. %, but up till late yester-
day no list has been seen. What reason
have the registry agents for this negli-
gence? 1t is believed that the reason
may be seen from a study of the last part
OF Sec. y. 1t is reported that a number
of Illegal voters have been hired to vote
the republican ticket and the lists have
not been posted so that the democrats
would not have time to examine and OBJ
ject to any illegally registered voters be-
fore "G o'clock p. m. IN the seventh day
previous to the day of election" That
Seventh day previous is today. Have
you seen the lists and know who is regis
tered?
Another reason may be that the
registry agents liz conjunction with
the republican leaders desire to
conduct this election in such
an illegal manner that if
the democrats are successful the republi-
cans will false the cry of fraud and on
technical ground throw out a pre-
cinct which will decide the county in
their favor. The leaders in the republi-
can party are INSCRIPTIONS and will not
pause at a little thing like throwing out
a precinct or two in order to carry their
point. The question to be settled by the
voters is "Are you going to submit to
such outrages:" Shall Cascade county
another precinct "a? The repub-
lican party has absolute control of the
machinery in this county. They
the registry agents, the election