Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-20

| TEE COMING DELICATE ELECTION.
AProcIamation By Gegernor white Order
ing am Election tuesday, Nay ~.
Gov. B. +. White, ID compliance with the
law admitting Montana TO statehood, has
issued q proclamation namiug the day on
which delegates to the constitutional con-
~vention are to be elected. It is a. follows:
Whereas, The congress Of the United
| States OF America, by an act entitled. IAN
| act to provide for the division Of Dakota
into two states and to enable the people OF
North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana
/ and Washington to form constitutions and
state governments, and to be admitted
into the union on an equal footing with the
original states, and to make donations OF
public lands to such states," Improved
February 22d. A.. D., 1897 provides
among other things as follows:
s.That the inhabitants of all that part OF
the United States now constituting the ter
ritories of Dakota, Montana and Washing
ton, as at present described, may become
the states of North Dakota, South Dakota,
| Montana and Washington, respectively. as
hereinafter provided.
s.That all persons who. are qualified. by
tue laws of said territories to vote for rep
resentatives to the legislative assemblies
thereof are hereby authorized to vote for
l and choose delegates TO form conventions
in said proposed states; and the, qualiica.
tions for delegates to such, c INVENTIONS
tories respectively persons are required to
possess TO be eligible to the legislative as
Esemblies thereof; and the aforesaid dele
tgates to form said conventions shall be APP
| pointed within the limits OF the proposed
| states, is such districts az may be estab.
| lished as herein provided. in proportion to
the population in each OF said counties and
districts. as near as may be to be ascer.
tanned at the time of ma <ing said appor-
tionments by tho persons hereinafter auth
orized to make the same, for the best in
formation o~btaiEable, in each of which dis
tricts three delegates shall be elected, but
no elector shall yote for more than two
persons for delegates to such conventions;
that eaid superintendent shall be made by
TIE governor, the chief justice and the Sec
fstary OF said territories; and the governors
Of said territories shall, by proclamation,
order an election OF the delegates afore-
said in each OF said proposed States, to be
he'd ON the Tuesday after the second Mon.
day in May, eighteen hundred and eighty
nine, which proclamation shall be issued
on the fifteenth day of April, eighteen hum
dred and eighty-nine; and such election
shall be conducted, the returns made. the
result obtained and the certificates to per-
persons elected to such convention issued
in the same manner as is prescribed by the
laws OF the said territories regulating cleo
tiODs therein for delegates to congress; and
the number of votes cast for delegates in
each precinct shall also be returned"
The number Of delegates to said conven-
tioDs respectively shall be seventy-fve; and
all persons resident in said proposed states
who are qualified voters OF said territories
as herein provided, shall be entitled to vote
upon the election OF delegates. and under
such rules and regulations as said conven.
tions may prescribe, not in conflict with
this act. upon the ratification or rejection
Of the constitutions; and
Whereas, The governor, the chief justice
and the secretary OF Montana Territory,
did, on the 9Th day OF March, 1889, APP
portion the delegates to form the conven-
ton as above provided, and did establish
districts in and for said Montana Territory
as follows, to-wit:
District No. 1.-Beaverhead county.
District No. 2~.-Choteau county.
District No. 3.-Custer county.
District No. All OF Cascade county,
except the following voting precincts, to.
wit: Mission, Sun River. suu River Leav
ings and Willow Greek.
District No. 5.-Dawsou aud Yellowstone
counties.
p nso<ro@ NJ q ILL., fz--- .-.z:--A-
OF Deer Lodge count, to-wit: The city OF
Anaconda, Anaconda upper forks, Carroll.
Blue-Eyed Nellie, Cable aud Silver Lake.
District No. THE following precincts
Of Deer Lodge county, to.wit: Georgetown,
Rumsey, Kirksville, Granite, Hope mine,
Hasmark. Black Pine, Philipsburg, Hen
nessy's, Stone Station. Tower, New Chi.
cago, Willow Creek.
District No. S.-The following precincts of
Deer Lodge county, to wit: Bearmouth,
Beartown, Avon, Blackfoot, Blossburg,
Blanchard's, Boyd & Swift, Drummond,
Elk Creek, Elliston, Garrison, Cold Creek,
Lost Creek, Mill Creek, Orc Elmo, Ovando,
Pioneer, Race Track, Seven-up. Pete, Stu
art, Sunset, Warm Springs, Washington
Gulch, Willow Glen, and the city Of Deer
Lodge.
District No. 9. Fergus county.
District No. 1O.-Gallatin county.
District No. 11.-Jeferson county, except
the following precincts. to wit: Woodville,
Elk Park, Calvin. Basin, Whitehall, Fish
Creek, Wickes and Gregory.
District No. 12.-The following precincts
OF Lewis and Clarke county, to wit: Au-
gusta, Canyon Gre. k, Gainesville, Craig,
ranch, Middle Fork of Dearborn. Rock
Creek, Basin, Hogan. Jay Gould, Empire,
Gfoster, Stempte. Marysvitie, Silver City,
valley and Goodwins; and also the follow.
ing precincts OF Cascade county. t o wit:
Mission, Sun River, Sun River Leavings and
Willow Creek.
District No. 13.-The following precincts |
OF Lewis and Clarke county. to-wit: But
Ter, Rimini, Little Jennie, Mouth of Nelson
and kess'er's and the fifth and fourth |
wards OF the city OF Helena.
District No. 14.-The first second and
third Yards of the city OF Helena.
District No. 15.-The sixth and seventh |
wards of the city of Helena, and the follow
ing precincts OF Lewis and Clarke, to.wit: |
French Bar and Spokane, East Helena and |
District No. 16.-Madison county.
District No. 17.-Meagher county.
District No. 1911 he following precincts
Of MeaPher county, to-wit: Ashley, Camas
Prairie, Demarsdale, Egan, Forest City,
Grass Valley, Heron. Horse Plain, Noxen,
OG'Keeie, O'Rourke, Quartz Creek, Selfish,
Thompson Falla, Trout Creek
Weeksville and the city OF Missouia.
District No. 19.-The following rrrcincts
Missoula county, to.wit: Bonita, Bon.
'er, French Town, Carlton, Cold Springs,
ira"tsdale, Lo Lo, Mexican, Rosse's
Hole, Stevensville, Victor and Wallace.
District No. 20.-Park county.
District No. 21.-The following precincts
II Jefferson county, to.wit: Woodville,
Park, Calvin, Basin, Whitehall. Fish
jreek, Wickes, aud Gregory, al d the fol.
owing precincts d Silver Bow county, to
Wit: Meaderville, Parrot and Blacktnil.
District No. 22-The following precincts
Silver Bow county, to-wit: Clipper Mine.
locker. Silver Bow Junction, Divide
'eely's Station, Melrose, Norton's Gulch.
'oup Gulch, South Butte andthe Sixth aid
wards OF Butte City.
District N :. 23-The following PRECINCTS
i Silver Bow county, to-wit: Walkeryillr,
,enterville, Burlington. Centennial BreWery' ;
torman Gnlch EroUoop1,