Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-06
The Canvasser's Report.
The state canvasssrs' report is as fol-
lows:
TERRITORY OF MONTANA, I
COUNTY OF LEWIS AND CLARKE.

1uo stdIe CduNasssI1 iepoLV 10 u5 iois
lows:
TERRITORY OF MONTANA,
COUNTY OF LEWIS AND CLARKE.
We, Benjamin F. White, governor,
Henry N. Blake, chief Justice, and Louis A.
Walker, secretary OF the territory OF Mon
tana, the duly appointed and authorized
canvassing board designated in the act OF
congress, approved Feb. %, A. D., 1889,
providing for the admission OF Montana,
as state OF the union, and also under
and by the authority OF ordinance No. 2,
passed and enacted by the constitutional
convention OF the said territory, do
hereby certify that the above
and foregoing is a full, true and correct
abstract Of the votes cast in said territory
at the election held on the 1st Tuesday in
October A. D. 1889, as appears by the
duly certified returns from the counties
named, and as counted and canvassed by
US this fourth day OF November, A. ID.
1889.
And we further certify that, having con.
vened as Isuch canvassing eboard on the
thirty. first day OF October, A. D., 1889,
the same having been the thirtieth day
after the close OF said election, and having
resolved no duly certified returns from the
county OF Silver Bow, in said territory,
we duly appointed and commissioned
BENJAMIN Webster, q special messenger, to
proceed forthwith to the said Silver Bow
county, and to demand and receive from
the comfy clerk OF said county a prop
srly certified copy OF the abstract OF
votes cast in said county
st said election, as canvassed and declared
by the proper canvassing board. That the
said messenger, Benjamin Webster, duly
appointed as aforesaid, did proceed to the
said Silver Bow county, and did demand
from the county clerk OF said county, the
duly certified copy OF said abstract OF votes
as Aforesaid, and thereafter returned to
Helena and made his sworn return that
the demand for said abstract was by the
said county clerk refused without any
proper copy OF the abstract OF
votes cast In Silver Bow county
and having exhausted the authority given
the statute in endeavoring to obtain the
same. It now becomes their duty to ascer.
tain and declare the same from the best
source OF information obtainab o. We
have before us the official certificate oil
Cbas. +. Booth county clerk OF Silver Bow
county, showing that q certain number OF
votes were cast for the different candidates
in that county, in the different precincts
thereof, naming each OF them and the num-
ber received by each OF the candidates In
each precinct and including the Inlrty
fourth Dr6clncG Hb uhf"S NSueN wv e~~
elaction. We also have before US an
Official notice signed also by Mr.. Booth as
as county clerk Of said county, stating IN p
effect that the board OF canvassers o. Sa said n;
county met as such on the the l4on and otS tSsrs us
canvass and coune the vote OF said Silver
Bow county, and declare the result thereto;
and that they did not count but did retsct
as false, fraudulent ana voio an t.a o. sIne ;n
votes reported as cast and counted IN
election Precinct No. "a in said county
No other or further action hav'
ing been had by the canvasslne va ans
board OF said county in relation 10 oIe
canvass Of the vote therein, we conciuae
that the true result as canvassei and De.
clared must be found by eliminating IRON =
the list Of votes cast by C'unty "hgh c,sss sas
Booth, the vote of Precinct "a cd Hn,cd "as as
rejected by said canvassing hoaro, az
stated in the certificate OF said county
cierk and which shows the true vote o.
said silver Bow county to be as follows: