The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-09
Helena, Butte, Great Falls, Boulder
Door Lodge, BozemAn.
Anaconda, Pony.
Under the Law Yesterday Was tho Las
Day ON which tho Entries Could
d Made for It.

Montana will bs either at Helena. Butte,
Great Fails, Boulder. Deer Lodge, Bozs-
man, Ansconda, or-last. but not TOO late
Pony. in Madison county. Pony got In
yesterday. II was we'll she did, % yestsr-
ing nominations. Pony's application. or
nomination. wal, signed BY thirty-thrse
OF the citizens Of that place. II was . sub
ject Of some regret about tho court house
that Ubst. the geographical center OF the
state, did not SEQ ft TO hle an application
for admission to the lists. The fact that
Ubst has no railroad probably kept her cit-
liens from placing her in nomination.
Pony. the last place to enter. 10 q flourish
ing mining camp Of Madison county. .
has q rich and prosperous agricultural
country contiguous to it. Thu population
Of Pony IL between 700 and 800. and 1t IL
reached by a tri-weekly branch of the rail-
road running from Logan to Butte. Should
Pony secure the prize. ii 10 understood hat
the RAILROAD will run one train each WAY
every day to accommodate people having
business at the capital.
Pony's application is in regular form. 40
follows: I'VE, the undersigned. hereby
nomir ate the town Of Pony. In the county
OF Madison. for state capital Of the state Of
Montana" Had Secretary Of State Rot
witt not gone down to the postoffoe for the
last mail in the afternoon. Pony might
have been left of the list. for the law pro-
vidinR for the submission Of the question
of the permanent location of tho seat Of
government says that all nominations
must be made not less than sixty days pre-
csdiug the general election in tho year
1892"
Now that all the nominations have been
received, which can be received. it may be
of interest to give a summary of the act Of
1891, providing for the submission of the
question of the Pc, location OF the
seat of government. 1t provides that At
the general election of 1892 the question OF
the permanent location of the seat of gov
ernmsnt shall be submitted to the qualified
electors of the state. Nominations of towns
ton of the seat of government shall be
made in the following manEet: There
shall be presented to and filed with the Sec
rotary Of state q certificate of nomination,
containing the name of the town nomi-
mated for the place. and signed by twenty
wherein the town is located, and contain
ing with each signature the place of resi-
dence, business and business address OF the
elscto;s. From the day Of filing OF the
certificate. the town or city named shall be
+ deemed to have been regularly nominated,
that all nominations must be made not
less b sixty days preceding the general
election.
Immediately after the closing Of nomina-
tions, the secretary of state must prepare
a list of ali wi or cities placed in noml-
/ nation, with the announcement of the day
and date OIL which the election 10 to be held,
and publish the same in at least n news
paper Of general circulation In each county.
The secretary must also have ballots printed
in this form: "for place of location Of the
permanent capital Of the state of Mon
tans." and Immediately under this, in al
phabetical order, q list of the places nonli-
conda, Boulder. Bozeman. Butte. Deer
Lodge, Great Falls, Helena, PONY. these
official ballots are to be distributed, in suf'
fcient quantities, to the various county
ole" ks, who are in turn to distribute them
to the different election precincts. They
delivered to the electors. voted. returned
and counted in the same manner and at the
same time as the general official ballots.
Each elector is entitled to vote for but
one town on the list, indicating his prefer
ence BY the same Q oss mark that he uses
On WIG OluClAl pailOt LOT OIuCofes nc uUst
prepare his capital ballot and vote in the
same manner and At the same
time as the general election ballot.
The capital ballots are to DO counted, re-
TUNED, reported and oanvassed in the
same manner as the general ballots; and
all acts made punishable as a crime when
committed at the general election are t.
apply to the vote on the capital.
A majority of all the votes cast upon the
question of the permanent location of the
seat of government in favor of some single
town shall DO necessary to determine a
choice OF such location; and in the even,
that any town or city shall receive such q
majority of all the votes cast 1t shall there.
after be the place of permanent location OF
the seat of government; but in casa there
be no choice at the general election of 1882.
the question shall again be submitted al
the next general election. provided that tbs
only towns OF cities to b balloted for al
the second election shall be the two rsceiv-
ing the highest number of votss At the
election of 1892.
New voilinRa. ruohinrs and ribbons At This Bee