Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-30
CARROLL DEMOCRATS CANNOT
COME IN TO HELP THEIR
DESPERATE BRETHREN
A LONG LIST OF CR00XEDNESS
Penitentiary and Heavy Fines Are
Waiting for Host Of Illegal
Voters, if They Show Up
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many disappointed voters in Anaconda
this morning. The members Of the board
of registration had announced that ,hey
would keep open house at the city hall
today, for the correction of the polling
lists. and also for the registration of all
voters who had not already had their
names put on the lists. But City At
torney Boarman's decision that only
such voters as had been physically in.
capacitated from coming at the proper
time, or We're absent from the city all
of the ten days that the board was in
session early in March. effectually bars
out all who have neglected to register
while they had the opportunity, and there
is mourning in certain political camps
as a consequence.
The edict of the city attorney has
caused CONSERVATION in the democratic
camp, for the reason that the unterrified
had concocted clever plan of colonial
ton in an effort to win the approaching
election. 1t was intended to run in
lot of these colonizers to register to-day,
believing that the republicans would not
get onto their little scheme. For several
weeks, lodging houses and boarding
houses have been filling up with Car
rollites, who had voted there last fall
in the interest of the democratic ticket.
It was intended to bring in this horde
of voters at the eleventh hour, but for
! tunately they We're discovered. check
was made last night with the Carroll
| list issued for the election last fall, and
the lists of the Fifth and Sixth wards
of this city issued few days ago. The
result was that IA names Were found
which corresponded with the same num-
ber who voted in Carroll last November.
They are as follows:
Fourth Ward-John Casey. James
Marsh. Fifth Ward-Edward Bertrand,
Patrick Connolly, Albert Dennis, Michael
Harrington, Lawrence keenan,, John
Meers James Meehan, Mike Marion,
Michael Mcdonald. James Mcdonnell,
Pat Powers. +. Marion.
Complaint was made to the registration
board this morning as regards to these
! men and challenges Were accordingly en-
tered up against those names, on the
poll book. so they will encounter diff.
Guilty when they present themselves to
vote next Monday. Another Carrollite
presented himself for registration this
morning, but was turned down. He made
| vigorous protest, but when he came
to taking the oath that he had been
unable to register previously he backed
out and went away.
Those of the Carroll residents who have
already registered have made themselves
liable to arrest The law is very se-
we're in such matters. as can be seen
by extracts taken from the political and
penal Codes as follows:
Section Ass of the political code says:
"All qualified electors of the state who
have resided in city or town for six
months, and in the ward 30 days next
preceding the election, are entitled to
vote at any municipal election" 1t is
also necessary to have resided in the
state at least one year prior to the elec-
ton as a regular citizen of the United
Statas.
Section 81 OF the penal code says: "Ev-
cry person who wilfully causes, procures
| or allows himself to be registered in
| the official register, knowing himself
| not to be entitled to registration, is pun
ishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or
| by Imprisonment in the county Jail or
state prison not exceeding one year, or
both"
Section g. Of the some code provides:
Every person not entitled to vote. who
fraudulently votes. and every person who
votes more than once, is guilty Of a fell
ony, which is punishable by imprisOn.
| ment in the state pententiary."
1t behooves these illegal votes to stay
out. Their names are in the possession
of such persons as those who will not
allow any infringement of the law if it
is in their power to prevent it. Carroll
is outside the limits of Anaconda, and
any person who voted there last fall can
not do so in Anaconda this spring.
Later to-day it developed that John
Meers. one of the Carroll men who had
registered, is an old-tinse resident of that
place. He read last nights Inter Noun
tain and came In to square himself. He
claims that he was ignorant of the law,
believing that it was only necessary to
reside In the city 30 days to become q
voter. His friends are endeavoring to
have his name withdrawn from the reg
istration list to avoid any trouble. He
being we'll along In years. there Is a dis,
position to allow him to do so.
HELD FOR FORGERY.