The representative., 1896-02-05
MONTANA POLITICS.
MORE TERRIBLE REVELA IIONS
)ne Hundred Thousand Dollars of the Funds
of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Expended. by its Receivers, to Corrupt
the Politics of State.

We showed, in our issue of January
22l. how eighty-six thousand dollars
had been raised, principally from the
railroad corporations, to corrupt and
debauch the people of Minnesota in
1894, and secure the election Of Mr..
Nelson to the United States Senate,
IN 1895: and now we have received,
from a prominent citizen Of Montana
a letter which shows that the disease
is universal. Here it is:
In a conf plant sworn to by Brayton
Ives, president of the Northern Paci-
tic Railroad Company,he charged that
100000 Of the money Of the bankrupt
company he represe ented, had been
divested, (stolen) by its receivers and
used to corrupt the politics Of the
state of Montana. The result Of this
complaint, flied in United States
court, ,pds the resignation of th3 re,eireri
Later, a director of the same COM
pany. an eXUnited States Senator,
stated in his capacity OF an attorney.
before another United States court,
that $4,000 Of the money of the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company,
in the hands of its receivers, hau been
used to procure the election of a sitting
member of the United States Senate, repre-
senting the state Of Montana.
The first accusation stands proven
by the act OF the parties charged with
the crime, in resigning; but no move
has yet been made 90 punish them.
Not only was the immense sum of
100000 stolen. but the public policy,
the voters and the officials of SOW
ereign state, were pros tituted and
held up to shame.
Under the second count, either
Mantle or Carter, in addition to the
same crimes being committed, if this
sworn testimony is true, were Illegally
and fraudulently elected aud repre-
senting the state of Montana to-day
in the United States Senate; or Hon.
William d. Saunders violated his
oath, as an attorney in the United
States district court, at Helena, Mon
tana, before Judge Knowles, when he
made that allegation.
Is there no way Of reaching these
vlolaters of the law? Is there no
God in Israeli" 1t looks doubtful.
Where, after these charges were
made, was the Attorney General of
MOnatna? Part Of the time he was in
Dawson county prosecuting poor
devil for stealing "a full one-gallon o.
genuine Yankee syrup" and it re-
mains for jury to find out Who OF
what was full. the genuine Yankee.
the culprit, or the can.
If this power could corrupt and COZ
tro] the politics Of Montana, hoW
about North Dakota and Minnesota.
he opponents of government
control Of railroads say that this
measure would tend to corrupt POI
tics. Now. unless Brayton Ives Sworc
ia a lie, and Hon. W. T. Saunders,
stated lie in open court. could
worse, or as bad corruption exist un-
der governmental oWne rship?
Now we submit to all honest men,
if there are any left in this degener
ate age, whether or not politics are
not a cess-pool Of filth and rottenness:
whether or not the Republic is no,
already overthrown:-whet ther or no.
united effort of all true men is no
necessary to lift up the land Of WASH
ington and Jefferson from the aby
into which it has fallen.
What say you, friends, do you loNt
liberty or are you content to see youl
country destroyed?