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Show Governor Potts or Montana iu Trouble. Washington, 23. The charges of maladministration recently preferred againBt B, T. Potts, governor of filou-tana, filou-tana, coupled with an appeal from the chief republican authorities of the territory for his removal from office, were supplemented by additional addi-tional strong papers placed in the hands of the president yesterday. Among theeo is the swnrn deposition of J. K. Aldm, clerk of the supreme court of Montana, charging Potts with withholding fees collected and long due to D. V. Middleton. clerk of the supreme court of the United Slates. There is also a letter of Potts' copied from the records of the department de-partment of justice stultifying Potts' endorsement of James H. Mills for secretary of Montana, whose appointment appoint-ment was recently made, but afterwards after-wards withdrawn by the president. In this letter Potts characterizes Mills as a mudelinger at tbe administration administra-tion and as abusing the attorney general roundly. Potts further remark": re-mark": "I think it bad enough to be abueed by our political enemies, but when men who live by the favors of the administration abuse us, they should be compelled to draw their sustenance from some other quarter." It is believed that Governor Potta will' be suspended or notified thr.t bie resignation would be accepted. |