The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-03
Some More Witnesses Tell What
They Saw and Heard.
THE TESTIMONY is ALL IN
Mr. HARDWOOD Argues That the Law Is
Glass Legislation and Is Therefore
Unconstitutional-Co Cal
lahan Speaks To-Day.


stitutional question involved are under
way and will probably be finished to-
day.
w. j. Jameson testified yesterday
morning that he voted at the East
Broadway school house but had great
difficulty in doing so. He went to the
polls at $50 o'clock in the morning and
found a line of people waiting to vote.
He stood in line about two hours and
half before his turn came to vote. He
saw a number leave the line without
voting. Jameson said there was an
unusual interest taken in the election
and everybody wanted to vote. but
many were shut out. though the cleo
ton officers were receiving all the votes
they could.
Under the conditions that existed I
think they did the best they could"
said the witness.
Jameson visited the West Broadway
building and found the same condition
existing there. He said he saw no in
timidation of voters other than the
slowness of the voting. The election
was orderly except at the East Broad
way building. where the crowd broke
the doors down.
r. G. Whitman, a. resident of Walker
vile, testified that he voted in that pre-
cinct at the school election. He was at
the polls ali day but he had only to
wait about an hour before he could
vote. He knew some persons who stood
in line all forenoon and didn't get a
chance to vote and came back again
in the afternoon. No one was prevent
ed from voting nj that precinct. though
some had to wait for an hour or more.
There was no disturbance but the door
of the building was broken down a the
polling place by the jam of the crowd.
NJ. S. McMurray of Walkerville said
he had not much trouble in voting
r,.Sr5O no III.
noon.
They abandoned the new style of
voting and took the votes just as they
came in said the witness.
What time did they abandon the
new style of voting?" asked MIR. Har-
wood.
Right after the noon hour"
What effect did that have on reduce
ing the crowd?"
We'll, the clerks didn't have to stop
to look up the registered names and
people voted faster They just gave
their names and went away"
Thompson Brown. who voted in Cen
terville. was the next witness
What conditions did you meet
there"
Il didn't meet any
How was that"
well. they were voting without re-
gard to the law. | went up and they
gave them my name, but they did not
ask me for it."
How long had that condition been
going on?''
Il was there between 3 and o'clock
and understood it had been going on
all afternoon
Brown said he understood that in the
forenoon they voted according to law
but in the afternoon the law was en-
tirely disregarded. He did not know
that any one voted who was not quail
fed to vote, but no effort was made in
the afternoon to see whether the voters
had been registered.
David Runkle also voted at the Cen
teryille precinct and acted as clerk
The polls We're late in opening and when
the doors We're opened the crowd rushed
in and about 300 or 400 votes were cast
in the forenoon. The voting was
thought to be too slow and at / o'clock
the judges adopted a new rule and al
lowed everybody to vote who gave their
names. The names of the voters were
taken down and after the polls had
closed the names of the voters were
checked off with the registry list and
found to be correct except that the vote
was % short of the registration. The
witness said the people could not all
have voted if the new rule had not beer
adopted by the judges.
Malcolm ellis said he voted early at
the Parrot school house and met with
no obstruction. He practically spent
all day from o'clock in the morning
until in the evening at the polls
Voting was slow and the system in
adequate. Some men We're In line from
one to four hours, and some left in dis
gust without voting. There was great
interest taken in the election. On cross
examination by Colonel Callahan the
witness said there was good order
about the Parrot polls. no intimidation
but often considerable time was spent
in finding names on the registry list.
The greater number of voters in that
precinct voted.
William Bray, a man who acts as
prompter for the plaintiffs and who dis
plays more interest I'm the contest than
the parties directly interested in it, was
the next witness. He testified that he
was a mechanical engineer and lived in
South Butte. He said he was familiar
with all the school voting precincts and
spent most of the election day at the
Parrot polling place. At 2.l0 in the
afternoon there was a line of men $50
yards long. He took his place In line
and il was five minutes after o'clock
when he voted Others got In the line
after him and did not vote because they
had to go TO work at $3.50.
o. j. Mcconnell was recalled and tes-
titled as to the boundaries of school
district No. l. which includes all of
Butte. Walkerv.lle. Centerville and
Meaderville. He also testified as to the
different polling places and the portions
of the district they embraced
n w. Simmons. deputy clerk and re-
corder. was called to identify copy of
the order Of the county commissioners
establishing precincts and registry dis
tricts.
Certified copies of the journal of the
house of representatives and of the SEN