The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-11-18
IT Cockrill is Defeated. Benton and
Beechcr viii he Counted Out
in Like Manner.
Returns from the State Come IN SlowI,
1t May Require an Official
Count H. Decide.

Pioodpio oulcoule Oh tie contest OF the
election of Mr.. Cockrill to the Office of
clerk OF the district court by his rcpubli-
can opponent for that office. Mr.. Cock
rill does not feel at all agitatcu over the
outlook. He sad yesterday to aTR1BuNt
reporter: II only want to know that I
have received a majority Of the votes of
the electors Of the county. ! do not feel
worried AS to the result of any contest.
| do not believe the expressed will Of the
people will be defeated by a mere
tcchnicality. At present | am in the
lead, and the returns vet to be received, !
| do not anticipate, will change the re-
suit. Mr.. Athey may contest if he so
elects, but | am not borrowing trouble.
! believe | have been honestly and fairly
elected and expect to qualify and dis
charge the duties of the Office. That is
to say l will continue to discharge them
for the next two years. and trust my as.
sociations may prove as agreeable as
they nave in the past
#*@
This contest of Athey against Cock
rill will do the democratic party more
in Jury than it will the republicans said
a prominent democrat yesterday. IF
Mr.. Cockrills election is nullitied Pigott
will be the judge Of this district instead
of Benton, and Beecher, for representa-
tive, will also be counted out. If Athey
is sustained the others must 90. too. and
we will lose two important offices and
gain one"
The vote which the other cities re.
ceived in the capital race surprised me-
said a laboring man yesterday. when
the K. of l.. assembly adopted the reso-
luton they did, the members Of that
BODY should have stood by the decision
reached. Great Fails is the only anti
Chinese city in the state. 1t is the best
place in Montana for the wage-earner
| am proud of the vote the w~orkingmen
here gave the city. and ! blush to think
a workingman resident elsewhere should
have voted against the only munich
patty in Montana which excludes
Chinese. This exclusion is for the benefit
of the men who are dependent upon
their daily toll for a livelihood. They
should be prompt to recognize this act
of friendship. but it seems they have not
done SO. We have the consolation Of
hlloN lIE' lbNtNtl. mat Nitdl J. dis van
get along without the capital better than
any other city which was before the PEG.
pie for their votes. Our resources re-
man and are lasting AS time itself. The
fight was made and we were vanquished
but the city of Great Falls has Il brighter
future in store than any other place in
the northwest. We have sufficient rea,
sons for feeling grateful that we live il Il
nlnnn Gu nrpGnnrnnG and Gn fnlI al
promise.
Local politicians are very much az
grieved at the manner III which election
returns were received and given
to the public concerning the re-
suit IN this state. In cXplana-
ton it can only be said that ii
was an absolute impossibility to get hg-
ures. The TRIBUNE arranged for special
telagrams from every county in the state.
but they did not come. Private telc-
grams remained unanswered or were re
piled to a nay or two afterward. The
extreme length of the ticket and the un
usual amount of work connected with
counting the ballots. made the work Of
Judges and clerks Of election extremely
difficult. In no previous election has
thtIt iftL i'uii. - f''' ~ -
there was in connection with the one
held on Tuesday. The returns are com
Ing in slowly. the result is uncertain in
many instances and il will require AN
official count to determine the candl-
oates elected
There are still two or three precincts
in Cascade county from which the elcc-
ton returns have not been received al
the office of the county clerk and re-
corder. The official count viii probably
be made next week.
Here is an interesting matter for some
one 10 decide. Where names appeared
twice on the ballot as given to the voter.
in many instances the elector made II
cross after the name of the candidate
each Inn it appeared. Many of the bal
lots were rejected entirely it is said. See
ton 30 of the election law provides That
when a ballot is sufficiently plain to
gather therefrom a part Of the voters il
t~rntion. that it shall be the duty of the
Judge of election 20 count such part.
The question arises. were not the can
Iidatcs entitled to have these ballots
counted in their favor: 1t is understood
there were a large number Of ballots re.
icc,cd in this city for the reason above
cited.
As ii general rule it is not wise to pay
election bets until I'm official count has
been made. This does not necessarily
apply to Great Falls men who named
the winner when they put up their
money on President Cleveland.
49,
At the court house Sheriff Hamilton.
Clerk and Recorder Crosby. Treasurer
McClelland and District Court Clerk
Cockrill are doing business and saving
wool at their old stands. They have
not made any preparations to remove at
present. ,
s"
Howard Crosby: Il have been eN-
tremely polite to you for the past two
months. gentlemen. | have given you
undivided attention and treated you {
as best | could. You will be kind )
to overlook the fact that ] am {
very busy today II