The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-11-16
ECHOES OF THE ELECTION.
Possibility Of Contest Over the Vote
Of Elkhorn Precinct. Jeffer-
son County.
|If Thrown Out Tt May Affect
Results on Several
Offices.
What Miss Ella Knowles Has to Say of
the Result-A Place for the Legis-
lnture, Etc.

Information reached this city yesterday
that a condition Of affairs existed at Elk
horn, Jefferson county. which might fur
i nish grounds for an election contest, and
result in throwing out ths returns from
that precinct. The judges at that precinct,
it 10 said, just as soon as the voting ceased,
left the ballots and the poll books in the
rooms and went of to attend to other bust
ness, not returning to count the votes until
nearly twanty-four hours after the election
was over. There ia some talk of having the
Elkhorn votes thrown out on account OF the
length Of time the box and books were left
unattended. In the absence OF complete
returns from Jefferson county. il is not
known what effect ths elimination Of Elk
horn precinct would have. Unofficial
republioan plurality of forty
fasix on the presidential ticket,
forty-fve for Hartman for congress. and
about the same for the republican legis-
~lative candidate. The official canvass of
the vote of the state ia expected to show
such a CLOSE run on the part of the congress
%sional candidates that the taking off of
forty-ive from Hartman might have the
effect of changing the entire result. II was
also olaimed by the republicans that with
the plurality given him at Elkhorn. Wintsr.
lone of the republican legislative candi-
dates, would pull through by a few votes.
With Elkhorn thrown out they say there
would be no question of the defeat of Winter,
and the election of u solid democratic dele
cation. All of the dispatches from Jeffer-
son county so far have conceded that the
Legislative delegation woald be solidly dem
o~crotic. It is claimed that one result of
throwing out the Elkhorn votes would be
to wipe out the plurality of Sheriff Elect
MeNsill. 1t might also decrease the ma
jointly in Jefferson of Frank Showers, dem
ocratio candidate for judge of the dis
trict court, sufficiently to give the lead to
his republican opponent. Jno. M. Mcdonald.
who ran ahead in Beaverhead and Madi-
son counties. Mcdonald is credited
with 1888 plurality in B%eaverhead and from
eighty to 100 in Madison. The republican
nomination for district judge of Madison,
Jefferson and Beaverhead counties was ten
dered to Assistant District Attorney John
M. Mcdonald. and accepted by him at a late
day. He figures out that he may be beaten.
but does not know what effect the possible
Ill hAS"Ank WV VI IA Noso wouAa
have. The assistant district attorney says
he was not over anxious to run for the Of
fee. but if he is elected he wants it, and if
mot he don't care to get in ON a technicality.
Miss Ella Knowles now knows that she
. will not be the next Encouragement OF
Montana. The democrats have the CON
troll of things in their own hands for the
next four years." she says. ''If they dom
do the right thing for the country. you will
find me on the stump for the peoples party.
and I'll talk free silver right along. Look
for the peoples party to carry Montana
next time" Miss Knowles attributes the
fact that she did not get a plurality of votes
to the habit the ''oow counties" haye got
into of voting their tickets straight.
81 Dearborn Canyon precinct returns are
still missing, and unless they get in this
morning the official canvass of the votes of
Lewis and Clarke county will not be made
to-day.
A petition was being circulated yesterday
and numerously signed, asking the mayor
and aldermen to have a heating plant
Fl placed in the auditorium building. 1t ia
said that Gov. Toole, in looking around for
n place for the meeting of the legislature,
Il gave out hat-footed that he would not en-
II terrain any proposition for renting the
auditorium unless the building was properly
heated. The council already has bids for
" heating the building. and on Tuesday night
will very likely ACCEPT one of them. The
governor is also looking at the new high
school building as an available meeting
place for the legislature.
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