The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-12
Both Republicans and Demo-
Gratis Claim Majority of Forth
coming Legislature.
INDICATIONS In FAVOR
OF DEMOCRATIC VICTORY
Chairman Asserts His Party
Will Have Assembly by
Close Count.

HELENA, Mont, Nov. 1f.-With
both parties tonight still claiming con-
troll of the legislature, and with the air
full of wild rumors Of contests and pos
sible contests, partisan feeling is be-
ginning to run high Owing TO the
closeness of the result in so many coun-
ties, q bitter fight for the control Of
the assembly which will choose a United
state senator, IS not improbable. Unit
ed States Senator Thomas II. Carter
whose successor will be chosen by the
next Legislature, was asked by the As
socIated Press correspondent tonight for
a statement regarding the situation aud
he replied
81 do not care to go into details, but
you can quote me as saving that the
legislature will be Republican on Joint
ballot
Republican State Chairman !. D.
Waite was quoted this afternoon as say
ing that the Legislature would be a tic,
ol to 5l, on joint ballot.
The Democratic state committee to-
night issued a statement placing the
disputed seat from Carbon county in
the doubtful column, claiming the sen.
atorshlp from Granite county, one rep
resentative from Custer and the repre-
sentatives from Sweet Grass and Rose
U"h' j h'o oidtcDlSHL Claims TOR the
Democrats 5i votes on Joint ballot and
comedies the Republicans Al, with one
seat In doubt. Fifty-two are necessary
for q choice
Returns Favor Democrats.
The unofficial returns received TODAY
seem TO bear out the statement of the
Dcpocratic committee and indicate that
unless the Official count changes the re-
suit the Democrats are already assured
of % votes, with three seats still in
doubt.
Complete, though unofficial, returns
received from half dozen sources to-
night are to the effect that the Demo
Gratis have elected Herbold. representa-
tive from Rosebud county. by plural
lty of eight votes, while complete,
though unofficial, returns confirm the
election of Martin, Democrat, in Sweet
Grass county, by a plurality Of thirteen
votes. The Republicans assert that
the official rcturns from these coun
ties will change the result in at least
one and probably IN both.
The unofficial returns, complete, col
lected by the Republicans III Granite
county show the election of Power. sen
ator. by n plurality of four, while the
unofficial returns. complete. collected
by the Democrats in the Same county
show the election of Dearborn, Demo
crat, by plurality of two
Close in Carbon.
Tn Carbon county, with one precinct
still missing. Tolman. Republican,: is
still two votes ahead of Pcrson, Demo
crat. A late message from Red Lodge
is TO the effect that there was an cleo
tion held in Dryhead, the missing Car
bon county precinct, and that the Re
publicuns claim the election of Tolman
on the face of the unofficial returns.
In Custer county, with unofficial re-
turns from thirty-three out of forty
eight precincts, the vote on the disputed
member is as follows: Tcrrett, Demo-
crat, 912. freeman, Republican, SIS.
The missing precincts. some of them far
removed from railroad or telegraph
lines. contain between $50 and Ia
votes.