The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-16
DEMOCRATS SURE
TO GAIN SENATOR
Official Returns Insure Their
Control of Montana LegiSIa-
ture by Slight Majority.

Helena. Mont, Nov. 15.-Oficia
counts. made today in various close
counties of the state, insure Democrat.
ic control of the next legislative as
] sembly. which will elect a successor
10 United States Senator Thomas H
Carter. The official returns insure
the Democrats fifty-four votes on
joint ballot, with Custer county still
in doubt, although the unofficial re-
turns in that county give the election
TO W. d. Terrell. the Democratic can
didate.
Fifty-two votes are necessary 10 a
choice in the election OF a United
United States senator.
The official count was completed
today in Granite county and showed
the election of A r. Dearborn, Dem
ocrat, as senator, and James c. Duffy.
as representative. each by a plurality
of six votes. Both of these seats had
been claimed by the Republicans.
The official count, completed today
IN Rosebud county, shows the election
of F. ID. HerbOld. Democrat, as rep
resentative. by a plurality of seven
votes. This seat had also been claimed
by the Republicans.
The official count was completed to-
day in Silver Bow county. and con-
firmed the election of one Democratic
senator, eleven Democratic representa-
tives and one Republican representa-
tive in that county. The official count
was practically completed in Lewis
and Clark county today, and showed
the election of six Democratic repre-
sentatiyes and one Republican. This
as IN accordance with the unofficial
returns
Although it had been previously
announced that the official can
Vass would not be made in Custer
county until November Is, the county
commissioners in that county met to-
day and canYassed the returns. which
gave ". W. Terrett. Democrat, for
the legislature. 46 plurality over
Freeman, the Republican candidate.
Republicans in Helena tonight admit
the election of a Democratic legisla-
ture, and say that Senator Carter has
privately conceded his defeat. The
senator, however, declined TO make
any statement for publication.
With Democratic control of the next
legislative assembly now assured, indi-
cations point to a spirited fight for
the senatorship now held by Thomas
H. Carter.
There are numerous active and re-
eeptlve candidates, but the narrow
margin or Democratic control, which
will make il possible for few Iegis-
lators 10 defeat any candidate, leads
n any TO believe that the contest will
be long drawn out Among the most
active candidates are ". G. Conrad.
the Helena and Great Falls capitalist.
and I. j. Walsh. the Helena lawyer.
w. B. George of Billings, who has lust
Deen elected TO the state senate, is
mentioned as a possibility, as Is Con f.
Kelly, prominent Butte LAWYER
There Is also some talk of Governor
Edwin L. Norris. and it Is conceded
that ne would make a strong candidate
were it not for the fact that the lieu
tenant governor is Republican and
MOTIFS election 10 the Senate would
give the Republicans complete con-
troll of the state administration. The
present indications are that the real
battle viii be fought by Walsh and
Conrad, and that if neither can be
elected, some dark horse" will be
brought forward