The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-12
PRETTY RAW WORK.
Coarss Attempt to Correct the
Filing Of Clark's Labor" Ticket.
A LETTER DATED BACK
n Purporssd to Have Been Written and
Mailed IN Butte on Saturday. but Il
Wasn't Received In Helena Until
Monday Forenoon.
special Dispatch to the Standard.

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Helena, Oct. 1.-THE dispatch In Sun
days Standard calling attention to the
weak feature. from a legal standpoint,
q the nomination by petition Of the So
called democratic citizens labor par
~" Of Silver Bow and Deer Lodge
counties. filed with the secretary Of
state Saturday evidently opened the
eyes Of the parties behind the scheme
20 the fact that they had committed a
serious hlunder when they omitted to
give the address and business occupa-
lion OF each nominee. Evidences came
tto h surface to-day of a very raw at
tempt to remedy the defect by filing
the corrected nominations after the last
oay for Ming nominations Saturday
. passed 1t developed to-day that
yesterday mornings mail brought 10
the ONCE Of Secretary OF State Hogan
letter from Butte bearing the return
address. wv. NJ. Stills. Butte" and con-
tanning the state nominations OF the
democratic citizens labor party" with
h business address and occupation of
each candidate in conformity with the
Law. Mr.. Hogan was out Of town yes
terday N his chief deputy. not know
ing what to do about IL. waited until
the secretary's return to-day. when the
matter can public. The commune
cation bearing the corrections is:
Butte. Mont. Oct. s. ls9s.-Mr. T. s.
Hogan: Will you please file the sub
Joined corrections OF the state demo-
ratio citizens labor ticket. CThen fol-
lows the regular democratic nomina-
tions). The paper is signed m. W.
0ils. chairman of the executive COM
mittee OF the democratic citizens labor
party. and p. Z. Duban. secretary"
Al the bottom is an acknowledgment
taken before Burt Marsh. notary pub
liz TAla a. alaA AafnA n.f lGaE-
day.. 1t SENS rather odd II this paper
was prepared In Butte Saturday. as II
appears to have been. IL did not reach
h s~ecretary's office until Monday
morning. as all of the state officers OBJ
tain their mail Sunday. the same as on
any other day. The clerks In the office
are positive they procured the office
mail from the secretary's postofice box
on Sunday and are just as positive that
the letter was not found in the box un-
I'll Monday morning. An effort was
made this afternoon to find the en-
veiope in which It was enclosed In order
70 ascertain the date of mailing, but
n could not be found.
After considering the matter. Secre-
tary Hogan decided that while the
corrections" came too late to have n
effect on the status of the original NOM
nations fled. he % receive the pa
per and label IL Received for fling 2
- III. ott- ~, anu ne uih 81 lndl ~
secretary does not consider the Cor
rections" as having any weight Is evil
denced by he following letter he sent
to NJ. w. stills. acknowledging the re-
ceipt of the paper:
Your certificate pertaining to nomi-
nations has been filed In this office oct.
10, 1898. at . a. m. As this was received
after the time for filing nominations, !
do not believe IL will affect the original
certificate"
While the secretary Is not committing
himself on the question OF the legality
OF the original certificate. he admits
that n no steps are taken by others 10
find out whether II is legal. he will as
certain its legality In the courts by in
stituting proceedings himself. He
seems to think that the decision of the
supreme court in the Stackpole-Halla-
han case Is a parallel, I'm so far as fail
ure to include the address and occupa-
ton of the candidates is concerned.
There is opposed 10 this. however. an
other decision in regard to filing by pc
tition.
There was no change to-day in the
status Of the two wings OF the silver re-
publican party 80 far as their respect
i've candidates for congress are con-
cerned. No proceedings 20 test the
question were commenced. The secre-
tary does not say for publication what
he proposes to do In case neither of
the wings OF the party takes the mat
ter into the courts. As the nominal
ions must be certified 20 the county
clerks 20 days before election. he has
until Oct. 10 to reach a decision. pro-
viding. of course. the looked-for suit
is not commenced. as every one seems
TO think IL viii be.