St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-02
MONTANA ALL RIGHT.
The Democrats Of the Silver
State Roll Up a Big
Vote.
Butte and Anaconda Turn the
Tide Against Young Rus
sell Harrison.
It Looks Like a Democratic
Governor, Congressman
and Legislature.
Returns From Washington Do
Not Indicate Anything
Very Definite.
Special to The Globe.

HELENA, Mont, Oct. 1.-Montana is
a state. 1he constitution carried al
most unanimously. The vote OF the
territory, however, seems to have been
very light. Judging from returns re-
ceived uD to 8 p. m, it cannot have been
over $4,000 to $4,000 against 10000 at the
election for delegate last fall. The
state of things was brought about by
the outrageous gerrymander of election
districts, making it necessary for some
voters to travel at least fifteen miles to
a polling place, and the Australian
election system. The Montana law
required that cross must be
put opposite the name Of each man
whom it was desired to vote for. In
other states, under the same system, 1t
is only necessary, if a man desires to
vote for the whole Democratic or Re-
public ticket, to place cross opposite
the name of the head of the ticket and
the whole ticket will be counted for
that party. The Montana ticket was so
long that the brightest voter found 1t
impossible to go into his voting booth
and mark his ticket in less than eight
minutes. The law only allows five
minutes, which in two cases was found
inadequate. There were many voters
in Helena who remained in the
booths from ten to sixteen minutes.
The polls were open only eleven hours,
and as some of the precincts contained
not less than 700 voters, it is estimated
fully 5000 free American citizens were
diSfranchiSed. The returns so far are
meagre, and from them both parties are
figuring a victory. Delegate Carter,
Republican, who was last year chosen
to represent the territory in congress by
5,126 majority, is running ahead of bis
ticket in Butte, Deer Lodge, MissOuli
and Fort Benton, but was terribly cut
at Anaconda. He is believed to be
elected by about 1000.
THE RESULT ON GOVERNOR
will be close. James K. TOole, Demo
crat, seems to have the best of it: but, if
elected. his majority will fall short of
1000. Power does not cOncede his elec-
ton at all. He has advices from Custer,
Missoula and Park counties which indi-
cate that he may pull through. The
rest of the state ticket is so close that it
is probable. some of the candidates of
each party will turn up elected. Martin
DAILY, the Democratic, mogul, wires
from Anaconda that the Democrats
sweep the deck there. At this
hour the Democrats claim to have
elected their legislative candidates
in Silver Bow, Dawson, Custer.
Cascade and Gallatin counties and
divided those in Lewis and Clarke.
On these figures they base their claim
to the legislature and the two United
States senators. Republicans say their
maiorftieS are large in Missoula, Park,
Madison, Megher, Jefferson and Deer
Lodge counties. and they do not con-
cede the legislature has gone against
them. On actual figures, so far received,
with estimates on the others, the cOun-
ell appears to be tie and the house
Democratic by three majority. 1t must
be remembered, however, that returns
have only been received from large
towns and points along the railways.
There are ten Montana counties
which do not give majOrities Of over
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to decide the election of legislative can
didates. Col. BrOadWater, Democrat,
this afternoon bet A. j. Seligman, Re-
| publican, $4,000 even, that Maginnis
would beat Carter for congress. There
was good deal of scratching by Repub-
licans in this county, which is one of
the Republican str0ngbOldS. On the
other haud, the Democrats of Choteau
county scratched their ticket. The
probabilities are that the result will not
be made known, especially if it is close,
before tomorrow noon. The law pre-
scribes that the entire ticket must be
counted before any results are an
nounced.
WE ARE SURE WINNERS.
Returns up to IL O'Clock show almost
complete change in the vote in Mon
tana from the last congressional elec-
ton. The counties of Deer Lodge and
Silver Bow. in which the towns of Ana
conda and Butte are situated, and which
gave last year Republican majority of
$500, have gone Democratic this
wear. The Democratic managers
claim the entire state ticket and
a majority of the legislature.
The Journal, Republican, claims the
state for Carter by $500, and says
Power Will not run 500 behind him, and
says the legislature cannot be forecast,
but is confident of a Republican ma
jority. The Journal says the country
districts show large Republican gains
over Carter's majority, 5000, last year,
and returns from Butte and Deer
Lodge cannot overcome Republican
! country districts. The result cannot be
surely known before tomorrow.