Helena weekly herald., 1889-11-07
IT IS SETTLED.
The State Canvassing Board Complete the
Official Count.
Silver Bow County Canvassed as Returned
by the County Oanvassing
Board.
The Legislature is Republican, by Six
Majority.
Tools and Two District Judges the Onlv
Democrats Elected.

At 10 o'clock this morning the State
Canvassing board, consisting of Governor
White, Chief Justice Blake and Secretary
Walker, resumed the official canvass of the
State vote. All the returns having been
examined previously, the Board had moth
ing to do but foot up the totals and sign
their report This was done in about five
minutes. Chief Justice Blake then moved
TO adjourn sine die. The motion was sec
onded by Secretary Walker, put by the
Governor and carried unanimously.
The abstract of the votes and the report
were then placed on the Secretary's table,
where the press reporters and groups Of
politicians Immediately gathered to inspect
them.
Following is
THE REPORT OF THE CANvASSERS.
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
CanvassiDg Board designated in the act of
Congress, approved February 22d, A. d..
1889, providing for the admission of Mon
tana as State Ofthe Union, and also under
and by authority of Ordinance Number
Two, passed and enacted by the CODstitu-
tional Convention of the said Territory, do
hereby certify that the above and foregoing
is tull true and correct abstract of the
votes cast in said Territory at the election
held on the first Tuesday in October, A. D..
1889, as appears by the duly certified re-
turns from the ounties named, and as
counted and canvassed by US this, the
fourth day of November, A. d. 1889.
And we further certify, that having con.
vened as uch Canvassipg Board on the
31st day of October, A. ID. 1889, the same
having been the 30th day after the close of
said election, and having received no duly
certified returns from the county of Silver
Bow, in said Territory, we duly appointed
and commissioned Benjamin Webster a
special messenger to proceed forthwith to
the said Silver Bow county, and to de-
mand and receive from the County Clerk
of said county properly certified copy of
the abstract of votes cast in said county at
said election as canvassed and declared by
the proper Canvassing Board.
That the said messenger, Benz jamin Web
ster, duly appointed as aforesaid, did pro-
ceed to the said Silver Bow county, and
did demand from the county clerk OF said
county, the duly certified copy of said ab-
stract of votes as aforesaid, and thereafter
returned to Helena and made his sworn re-
turn that the demand for said abstract was
by the said county clerk refused.
Being therefore without any proper copy
of the abstract of votes cast in Silver Bow
county, and having exhausted the author
w given by the statute, in endeavOring to
obtain the same, it now becomes their duty
to ascertain and declare the same from the
best sources of information obtainable.
We have before us the official certificate
of Chas F. Booth, county clerk of Silver
Bow county, showing that certain num-
Der of votes were cast fl r the different can
didates in that county, in the different
precincts thereof, naming each OF them,
and the number received by each of the
candidates in each precinct, and including
the 34th precinct as having voted at said
election. We also have before US an
official notice signed also by Mr. Booth as
county clerk of said county, stating in
effect that the Board of Canvassers in said
county met as such on the 14th day Of
October, 1889, and did then and there can
vass and count the vote of said Silver Bow
county, and declare the result thereof, and
that they did not count, nut did reject as
false, fraudulent and void, all of the votes
reported as cast and counted In election
precinct No. 34 in said county.
No other or further action having been
had by the canvassing board of said county
in relation to the canvass OF the vote
therein, we conclude that the true result
as canvased and declared must be found by
eliminating from the list of votes cast by
County Clerk Booth the vote OF precinct
"a, which was rejected by said canvassing
board as stated in the certificate of said
county clerk, and which shows the true
vote of said Silver Bow county to be as
follows: