Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1896-11-06
TREASURER AND COUNTYCLtRK
The Fusion Candidates for Those Two
Offices Elected Beyond a
Doubt.
Total Vote for Every Candidate for
a County Office - Returns
About Complete.

The election returns received yes
terday were very encouraging, they in
surfing the reelection OF Lawrence M
Mcdonnell, to be clerk and recorder, ant
also the election of DR.. w. H. Gels
thorpe to be county treasurer. The
plurality for Mcdonnell is 25 and the
only precinct unreported on this Office is
Millegan, in which only lG votes were
registered, and it is expected that the
three candidates will break about even
in this precinct. The most surprising
result is that Martin, who ~endeavored
to defeat the entire silver county ticket,
is third in the race, although he received
the almost unanimous support of the
McKinleyites, who were offended be-
cause Huston denied that he was 2
member Of the Hanna club. Martin
was stingingly rebuked by the voters of
his own neighborhood and the alleged
disatfection from Mcdonnell did not ma
terialize.
For treasurer DR.. Gelsthorpe's ma
jority is Il, and the precincts that have
not yet reported had only 81 votes
registered and Gelsthorpe will get ut
least 40 per cent of them, iusuring his
election. He made a great race, defeat
ing not only his opponent but the com
bined strength of the majority of the
banks of the city, despite the fact that,
two years ago, his opponent received the
lprupGt maInrlfy nynr uncpr1p1 IN u nom
didste in the county.
The majority for Jere B. Leslie for
judge is Unexpectedly gratifying and is
a sufficient rebuke to the contemplate
methods employed in the attempt to de-
The entire fusion ticket, with the ex-
ception of O. M. Holmes, candidate for
clerk OF the district court, and James II.
Donlin, candidate for sheriff, is elected
and the majorities show conclusively
that the voters OF Cascade county will
not tolerate men who are too cowardly
to have an opinion.
The maioritias for the Legislative
ticket are great and are very important,
as they will enable Cascade county to
WELD great influence in the Legislature.
Another feature that is gratifying to
every taxpayer ie the guarantee that the
county affairs will be administered by
good commissioners, whose acts will be
strongly in contrast with those deeds OF
the present republican commissioners
which have been so @, q atically re-
buked.
Throughout it is q glorious victory,
and the totals to show it follow:
For representatives. in the legislature
Anthony Morton 2,l3G, NJ, George
O'Malley 2,050, George II. Stanton 2,l5G,
G. F. Stork 200, Emmett r. Carroll
2,O71, Joseph Schuler 1897, Henry II.
Nelson 1882, Samuel B. Robbins 1866,
Edward j. Lowry 1858, w. +. Chamber
lain 1872. All the fusion candidates
are elected. The missing precincts, with
the registration, are: Hound Creek 10,
Millegan IL, Riceville 81, Mason %,
Davis Creek %, total, LOG.
For district judge-Jere B. Leslie,
fusion, 2,19G; Charles H. Benton, repub-
lican, 1921; Leslie's majority. G75. The
missing precincts, with the registration,
are: Hound Creek 10, Millegan 16,
Riceville 81, Davis Creek %, total, 81.
For clerk OF the district court-John
T. Athey, republican, 1908; Oliver M.
Holmes, fusion, 1,735; Athey's majority,
26S: The missing precincts, with the
registration, are: Hound Creek 10,
Millegan 16, Riceville 81, Davis Creek
%, total, 81.
For county commissioners - James
Erickson 2,O1O. B. P. McNair 1,947, j. J..
Patterson 2,1G6, Harry f, Randall 1,469,
Frank D. Cooper 1856, William l. Baker
1,5l5. All fusion candidates are elected.
The missing precincts, with the reRistra-
ton, are: Hound Creek 10, Mlllegan 16,
Riceville q, Mason 25, Davis Creek 25;
total LOG.
For county attorney-Marcus M. Ly-
ter, fusion, 1903; James w. Freeman,
republican, LIT; Lyter's majority, l32.
The missing precincts, with the regis
t~ration, are: Hound Creek 10, Millegan
16, Riceville 81, Mason Is, Davis Creek
%; total LOG.
For county clerk and recorder-Law-
renee M. Mcdonnell, fusion, 1875; Jos
eph E. Huston, republican, l,25O; Ed. T.
Martin, democrat, 1924; McDonnell's
plurality, Is. The only precinct missing
is Millegan, in which l6 votes we're regis
tered.
For county auditor-Robert Hendry
fusion, 1872; w. F. Junkin, republican,
LAC; Hendry's majority, 523. The
missing precincts, with the registration,
are: Cascade lSJ, Hound Creek u, Mil
Logan 1G, Riceville 81, Davis Creek %,
total, 27O.
For sherif-Charles G. Proctor, re-
publican, 2,l28; James II. Donlin,
fusion, 1,725; P~roctor's majority, 403.
The missing precincts, with the registra-
ton, are: Hound Creek 10, Millegan
1G, Riceville 81, Davis Creek %, to-
tai, 81.
For county treasurer-Dr. Gelsthorpe,
fusion, 1926; Arthur E. Dickerman, re-
publican, 1855; Gelsthorpe's majority,
II. The missing precincts, with the
registration, are: Millegan lC, Riceville
81, Davis Creek25; total 62.
For county assessor-Willism Birken-
buel, fusion, 1926; Harry e. Jones, re-
publican, LIB; Birkenbuel's majority,
213. The missing precincts, with the
Registration, are: Hound Creek 10, Mile