The Yellowstone journal., 1894-11-07
A. 40 RESI- IT'S.

Out of the 'smuac and confusion of
yesterday 'sstruggle some results. are be
comlg apparent but Il J. difficult 10 say
yet. to which side the buls of victory
belongs. = Miles C,;! II vas a day ot
surprise and revelations. Many candi-
dates on the several tickets learned to
their cost that 1t is easier to lie than to
tell the truth, and in no single matter
was this unequsled mendacity so excm-
plitied as in the vote on the capital
From pledges given that were presumed
To DO sacred. Helena was supposed to
be sure Of a majority of l25 to 80 in this
town and some even put it as high as
1I5, and in view of these antlclpations
the majority of 90 in a vote of 81 seems
paitry: but the Helena people were not
the only ones fooled Fifteen minutes
before the polls closed a prominent ad-
yocate..of Anaconda told the writer that
the smelter town would have fifty ma
jority in this prec met While the Hell
ena prophets wer from % to - out of
the way he was bout 125 shy. There
was heap of ly lg done to both sides.
il is plain to b, seen. The floating or
transient vote If the town. amounting
probably to Is went pretty solid for
Anaconda. l. this element had been
absent. the cry would have gone for
Helena by about l1j.
AS to tn county ticket very little
seems to be certain. Present indications
are that the legislative ticket will be
composed Of one democrat and one re-
publican Hopkins and Gordon-al-
though there is a fair expectation of
Naddingham pulling up to place. The
Forsyth vote we merely refer to now as a
most extraordinary exhibition Of the way
some republicans stand by their ticket
We shall probably have something to
Say regarding this matter at some future
time. As It looks now, Mr.. Hopkins can
thank the republicans Of Forsyth for
his election, and should it so happen
that one vote would decide the senator
ial question next winter these same re
publicans will stand charged with the
responsibility Of that result. Mr. Aud
is evidently an easy winner over Condit
which was to be expected The sheriff
race is uncertain Hawkins leads but
by so slim majority that Peppers case
is by no means hopeless. Moran is ap-
parently lost. Il does not seem possible
for him to recover in the country the
ground lost m town Truscott has
long lead and though he may not mold
it. there is no good reason 10 doubt his
ability TO finish ahead. Swerdfiger and
Loud each received enough of majority
in Miles City to secure tn ir elections. |
without worrying about the outside. but
the country precincts that have been |
heard from show the same agreeable re-
suits; the people know when they have
secured a good officer and ion't care to
make any change. For assessor the race
is between Zook and Smell. with the for |
mer leading and promise Of holding his
own in the vote yet 70 hear from.
The contest between Miss Cooley and |
Miss Mckenzie is thus far spirited one
but there is hardly any doubt az to the
outcome Miss Mckenzie has heard
from all precincts favorable to her and
is in the lead, but when the county is
heard fsom it will be found that Miss
Cooley is chosen. Prof Bach is long
ways ahead Of his competitors and will
continue 10 increase his lead. SUN
mary Of the results at this writing is
that the republicans win with Aud,
Gordon. Swerdfiger Loud, Cooley Sexton
and Bach, and good show for Pepper
and Smell. The democrats will probably
land Hopkins aad Truscott and the pops
may get Hawkins. Altogether there was
a surprising lack of Of casualties in the
republican ranks when one remembers
the vainglorious boasting Of the demo-
cratic paper One thing to be proud Of
is the handsome majority which Miles
City gave to Mr.. Hartman. Two yearsi
lgo his majority here was very meag gscsi
expressed in one figure if we remember
and the 107 rolled up yesterday
shows most emphatically that our people !
are all right on the main proposition of
republican rule in national affairs. IL