Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-09
GOT EN-? OF COURSE !
Nine Out of Ten Democratic
Candidates Elected to
the Legislature.
The County Offices Will Not
Go to the Republicans
This Year.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
The nsmocratic bird whose picture is
shown above has been slow in putting in
his appearance. He is a very gentlemanly
bird and disliked thrusting himself forward
90 long as there was a possibility that his
presence would not be acceptable. Now
that there is n longer any doubt as to the
result OF the election his roostership is not
only cognizant Of his right to a brief strut
but he is aware that q few vigorous crows
on his part will be %applauded.
Up to last night all Of the returns, ex-
cepting those OF Melrose, Norton's gulch,
Feeley, Divide and Black Tail hadsbeen re.
csived. One OF the election judges from the
last named precinct was in the city yester-
day, bringing the information that Black
Tail had given a Democratic ma.
iority; he had forgotten the figures,
however. Enough is known Of
the result in the county to show
that the Republican claim to three
representatives is absurd. O'Meara is
the only Democrat on the legislative ticket
thought to have been defeated. Late last
night he claimed his election by q majority
Of two. Casey, for treasurer, is thought to
have been defeated but there is still a
hope that missing returns aud q revision
OF the figures may combine to demonstrate
his success. The race for sheriff was a
very close one and Sullivan's majority will
be very small, some statisticians figuring
il down to 16. All OF the Democratic can
didates for county offices and the legisla-
ture, barring the exceptions already noted,
have been elected by majorities large
enough to silence dispute.
The table printed in THE MINER yester-
day-and. by the way. it was the largest
newspaper table ever published in this ter
ritory-was correct i'm the main as far as it
went. Two mistakes were made in the
figures for Miss Carrie Cox. One precinct
giving her u majority OF 100 was omitted
entirely, and in another instance the omis-
sion Of q figure gave her only 20 votes,
where she should have q 219. Thus in
the aggregate she was entitled to 296 more
votes han tn se accredited to her. The
correction explains why her vote and that
cast for Miss Layton seemed to be 80 near
equal. When all the returns shall have
been received, THE MINERS table will be re-
published complete.
1t was rumored yesterday that Marshal
Irwin had gone to McCune's wood camp, at
the instance OF the leaders Of the Republi.
can party, to arrest as many as he could
find OF the men who voted tht Democratic
ticket there. Mr.. Irwin was seen last night
and said that he had not been to McCune'si
he had been to Deer Lodge on business con
nected with the penitentiary. II the Re
publicans had determined to cause thu
arrest oil any of the men, he was ~ignoran,
OF it. The leaders OF the party had moi
taken him into their confidence, IL they
had any such intentions as were ascribec
to them.
II ia said to be probable that il the Re
uublicans make a fight on McCune's cam
the Democr ats will retaliate by contestinl
the result in Meaderville, where Irregular
ties are known to have been practised
Men came and vent to and from the poll
ing place, taking tickets out with them ant
fixing them up on the outside. 1t was il
MeaderviIle, too, that the Republican
managers handed out to the voters printed
slips reading: 81 annot read, write o
speak English. I want the Republican
Judge to make out q straight Republican
ticket"