The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-06

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contests by adopting the majority re-
ports of the elections and privileges
committee in each instance. By this
action, Senators Whipple, Hopkins
and Tewey will retain their seats.
In the Whipple' contest, the action
of the committee and senate was
unanimous, there having been no evil
dence adduced showing that there
was any doubt as to Senator Whip
pies title to the seat.
In the cases of Hopkins and Tewey,
however, the republicans protested
vigorously, both in committee and on
the f1oor against their rights to seats.
Especially was this true in the Hop
kins case, where, in a lengthy minor
ity report, charges of bribery, cor.
ruption and conspiracy were made.
The democratic majority, however,
cast these accusations aside with the
mere statement that they were hear
say in their nature, and by a vote of
13 to IL declared Hopkins entitled to
the seat.
Without an Explanation.
In-the Tewey ease the minority
complained bitterly of the manner in
which it had been rushed through as
a result of the democratic caucus
agreement of the previous evening.
No time was given to the taking of
evidence, o was the report of the
clerks who had been detailed to count
the Silver Bow senatorial ballot even
received, because the clerks had not
completed their task. The majority
report simply deprived them of their
positions and recommended that Tew-
ey be seated and this prevailed by a
strict party vote of 10 to II.
The first business to come before
the senate this afternoon was the
majority report of the committee on
elections and privileges in the Lane
Hopkins contest case. This report
simply stated that the majority of
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of fraud in the Rosebud county cleo
ton and recommended that Senator
]. S. Hopkins be allowed tt retain
his seat.
The minority report was submitted
by Senators Anderson and Bremen.
It. consisted of briefs of the testimony
offered at the Forsyth hearing and al
SO related to the points of law involv-
ed in the election. 1t told of the al
legged corruption, bribery and colonial
ton in Rosebud county, and sought
to show that votes cast on the Grow
reservation even were counted for
Hopkins. i,
Charges of Corruption.
"The duty OF the senate is plain"
said the report. with all these glar-
ing frauds staring us in the face, you
cannot but unseat Hopkins.
Large sums of money were used
to secure his election-nearly 200 men
were imported there to defeat
voters of that county. These men
testified that they were paid salaries
to live in that county the 80 days pre-
ceding election day; their votes once
cast they left for other fields.
1.-THE Heinze movement" continued
the report, sent $4,000 into that
county to secure the election of Hop
- 1x;oc on1 oAha,,c ply Man lrnuy dpoftc On
the Merchants bank of Forsyth who
had never been known to draw drafts
before. Where did this money come
from, if not the HeinZe movement?
1.-The colonization of Rosebud
ty will forever remain a blot upon the
fair name of Montana if this senate
PERMITS Hopkins to retain his seat,
to which he was no legally elected.
ssThese men were imported from
Butte and Billings and were paid $1.50
a day by the railroad and 81 a day
by Mccarthy, or the 'Anheuser Busch
Kid as he was Familiarity
known.
Hopkins Conspiracy Exposed.
.After the falling out between Nc
Carthy and the corporation, the form
err offered to bet that Hopkins would
never take his seat or that if he did
he would be sem to the p~enitentiary.
What did that mean if not a threat to
xpose the operations of the Hopkins
conspiracy? And did not Mccarthy
so expose the methods of this nefar
ious gang in a conversation at Bill
ings?
s.rL. co,ore of 4bic minority re