The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-11-03

DA. MONTANA. oA3ULBDA
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unsil lass lest alshs, visa ~ eunsvias
afndavit was submitssd fes p1111untiea.
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eeada win question. Il thssws ~ ~ &
tss>h sa ths sltustiea. Nh ~ 1evs'
papse's spisise that h will ssopo osVe
land and psempl Kinslsv 10 isgs1go ths
lsavsna-sims q the next traia sse usosoa.
Here 10 the afldavit:
STATE or MONTANA Ia
COUNTY or DRnn Loooa
Wuliam J. Matthews, Of lawful - being
duly sworn. upon his oath Gays: fsea6s in
Ansconda. Deer Lodge county. HsaAans anA
have resided sAero for the last eix q oeven
yearA lam property owner sn1 tax1eDse IN
said city and county. About the soth eay oe
Oetebsr. iseA rcosrvcd Q check, drawn n A.
,. Davidson to NJ. on ". A. Clark 4 Desehsr's
bank at Butte. Montana. for Ave hanAss4 dol
lars, in consideration that would wssk y Ana
conda for Helena for the capital u Nh seals.
lnpursuance Of said arranesmsus. . ~ nrst
day OF November, isek In AnaeondA. skteoded
meeting at which there were psSeeak bessdes
myself. J. W. Kinslsy. II. d. Rssa and ehsr-
wood Wheaton Of llelsna, and n. J. CspslAnd
and Petef Moran. AZ this meeting Kinsley did
most OF the taikiAg. He had copg q ths reg.
isfry List Of voters Of two ysars go. tsrnished
htuu h~ V< ~
meeting that oil persons whose naDss ap-
psarsd On the registry Lists for the esnins sssc.
tioa but did not appear On the Lists oe two ysars
go and who were net known 10 saAd CspelAnd.
Moran OF myself. OF 10 n n. Duncan,
distSibuter OF the Atnsr, (whs Wns
not psssens) should b challeassa ~ cen.
peiisd 10 swear IN thslr vossa. ls was sxpestsd
that twelve hundred OF afbssa hsadrs1 vsess
would bs challenged In this way. n inbene1on
was by thsss means to delay the voting - mneh
- pesslbls. Kinslsy remarked that ~ wesld
ksep thso rustinst 70 sss IN tAslr thirty-slx hnn'
dred votss." It was agreed that 1eed shes1d
% to Butts the next morning and rstusn With
The nsssssasy blank aaAdavits fes obisssAoas 70
vetsgs. Thess q the meeting wses VT asxisss
70 have an Ansconda man make IL sGD1avlts
and objections 10 the voters. and n heas q -
was occupied In tho vain endeaver 70 think q .
man who would do %. II was thsa d.
clded that wheaton should Ct o. D.
O'Bxnnon Of Dess Ledes 70 81
- notary and should also ~ nf.
Brazeltcn. OF Deer Lodss. 20 ssad 0 mn whe
would make the necessary s6AdAvits lor oo1ee.
tious to voters. Aftes much talk q % ~ pc
priety Of having ~ Anacoada man maks ~
aiIidavts the said N. J. Copsland seOosd
10 make said sfldavits In eonjunsetea wilA
Deer Lodge man. upon cosdifiea thas ~ ~.
ena committee would ''protecs" him (cepslan1l
and Copsiand said he would ges ous q eeW1 -.
fore the afhdavits were aled with the registry
agents. TWAS also agreed that n posslbls.
every voter should be made tol produces IN
naturalization pagers and swear whers b eeek
out his nrss and hnai papers and aloo how lona
he had bssn in Moataaa. Dssr Lo1gs eoq9ky,
etc. Is was agreed tAss III rhs parties 6G
meet to-niehs andE 10 work AlIlns %
tho blank afhdsvits. except tho names, which
were to bel pus in whsn ,eopiss Of The rsgistry
lists were obtained from the Anaseada
capital committee. lt was talked s,se that tho
samc plan proposed about challenging votsn n
Anaconds would be pursued IN Butte. eilvss
Bow County. Montana. for the purpose of dslay.
Afhans further says. have dspositsd In the
First National bank Of AnAcoadA. The idaakieaI
money In bllls, received By NJ in payment u
tho check Of 4. J. Davi1sea. absvs nsetisasd,
being soeo In alL subiset to the erdse q the
Helsaa Capital eonniitse. and ! nsvsr ussd q
spsnt any Of said monsy; that have nsves 70.
osived any money o. preniss ee eng moasy q
other valuabls thinCs fren the Assconds ststs
capital committee or any one connsetsd with it,
o. any oae elss IN ooasidsrat,oa Of making thil
aindayit, but make the came voluntarily, 30
lisving that the methods proposed BY the
Helena capital eommlssee arc unfair ana In.
tended 70 aspgivs lsgsl voters Who are 10 fAvos
OF Anaconda for tho capital. Of thslr rights and
privileges. WILLIAM J. MArrHEws.
Subscribed ana sworn 70 before NO this SEQ
eod day Of November. ises.
ts.ALl GEORGE D. WINSTON,
Notary Public,
Deer Lodge County, Montana.
II any gentleman repressnting hslens
desires to contest the statements In the
anldavit quoted above. the columns ol
the STANDARD are open to any declara'
tions he may make. II 10 this newspaper
opinion that Copeland viii not bs lingsr
Ing In Anaconda. looking sos long.term
lodgines-Dssr Lodge 70 doubtless bsttes
suited to his allegations. II the member
ef the Hslsns outfit flnd II desirable ia
tarFy IN town, Anseonda promises them
the extension Of such Inequalities - ars
due to residents Of Montana who make 4
their business to buy dishonest afildavits
and who make themselves the sponsors oi
scoundrsls. II will b seen from las,
nights arrivals st the Montana that the
gentlemen who were expected to come
here ON Hslsna's call 70 run the wholesale
ahldavit business found previous engage.
msnts at homo. They sre not up to thai
sort Of business.
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