The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-08
new SKIN GAME
The Latest Fake Of the Silver Bow Shys-
tiers and What IL Amounts to.
a Remarkably Clever sshesns. which the
sBsg tsensts Think They Have hh
lrv.sn q" Defeat the VIII at
the People amt tss~ Courts

The latest ss.turtue of tho republicans ~
tai make the count of the tunnel precinct,
ordered yesterday, apply absolutely to- the
count ON live Legislative candidates only,
and not to- the list of candidates voted for
at the precinct. This will simply shift
the uiajorities on five candidates who
were made parties to the proceedings in
court, still leaving four repubiirans
elected, although they have no majority
of tin, total vote east in silver bow county.
such evidently was not the intention OF
the court. The. situation il presented in
the following summary from III. STAND
ARr's correspondent
Special ;n III. Standard.
BrrrH, Nov. 1.-Figur.s tonight dis
close tii. fact that ths. d.nnoo ratio victory
is 10y no means complete. and will not he
complete until the vote of precinct ~ Tor
the entire ticket il counted. When the
writ of mandate To compel tile board of
canv.ts-ers tn count th" vote for icgisla-
tive. candidates was IpctitiofIcd for, the
democratic managers asked II only
i'm regard to live democratic cardi-
dates. Courtney. Day, Dusss,anlt.
Gilligan and Hogan, Ia would
he elected IL precinct "a was counted and
would IN, defeated il precinct ~ was not
counted, IL was taken for granted that
there. was not need of including other
Democratic legislative candidates in the
p~etition since they were elected without
counting precinct ~. Consequently the
~perernptory writ cornrnan dcsl the board to
! count the vote of precinct ~ for these
five democrats, who contested, and tia"
board this afternoon followed instructions
explicitly, adding III votes tn the vote OF
Courtney, Day. Dusscault, Gilligan and
Hogan, hut not to the vote of Clark,
Frank, Pcnrosc. Schmidt and o'Mara.
the other Democratic candidates.
The result * one Unforeseen 10y demo
Gratis and one which, republicans alsociain,
not to have anticipated. Ii was expected
that the five contrasting democrats would
take the place of five republicans. hut the
result is that while five democrats are
raised la the victorious column three. dem
ocr,ts aud two republicans are oustcd ilto
the column Of defeat. According to til,
returns as originally canvaSsed without
the vote OF precinct "a, four democrats
and six republicans were elected
According tn the actual vote
including tho vote Of precinct "a for al
candidates. min" democrats and one re-
publican are elected. But according, &,
the returns a. figured 10y the canvas-ini
board to-day six democrats and four re-
piiblicans are elected.
Adding III votes To the vote a
each live contrasting Democratic c;iIidi
dates makes their total votes as follows
Courtney, BAGS; Day, i,i1i; Dusscauii
3.A54 Giilican. 3.ii2; Hogan, 3,iil. Clark
democrat. has 3,5s2 woes without prccinc
~, and ia elected any way. But Bray
Dolman, Hoffman and Thompson. rnput
licans, have a larger vote than Fran
O'Niara. Pcnro>c and Smith, democrats
So long as the vote of precinct "a is no
counted for these candidates. Hoffman
vote * 3.sa2, Dnlman's :i,:sii. Thompson
3,gpi and Bray's 3.:5o. They are elected
The vote. of tie defeated candidates, fo
whom the vote of precinct "a is nu
counted are Frank. democrat, 3.:s5a
Schmidt. democrat. 3.:Ss2; Pcnrosc, d.Iuo
crs,t, s,3iO; DNiara. democrat, 3,i6s; Mon
teath. republican. BIZ; Noble. rspubl
. can, 3,t6i; Roberts. republican, 3.:i2a
Scott. republican. 3,243; Sturbridgc. RI
publican. 3.1Il; Eoder, republican, BIZ
Hence. according tai the present statu,
th.. Legislative delegation from Silvc
Bow il six democrats and four republ
; cans
The situation il rendered more connpl
/. Gated from the fact that the state board 4
/. canvassers had issued certificates Z
Frank, pcnrosc and Schmidt. dcInocrat
who were elected without Precinct 3
The cauvassing board has adjourned sin
= die and the republicans claim NO furth.
|, action can bc taken against il. The tlcm'
J Gratis deny this. The only thing to b
: done tx to compel the board
! count the vote +" Precinct (.
. for all the Legislative candidate
Quests in Town.
Noyugiug about the country in the han,
some sp.,.ial car "Wau,Icr,.r.' a party