The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-15
Battle Over Senatorship Begins
With the Springing of Sev-
eral Sensations.
RACE IN AUTO TO GET
CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION
Sheriff Disappears at Critical
Moment When Needed as
Vote CanyasSer.

HELENA, Mont. Nov. 14.-With the
actual situation Unchanged the legis.
lative situation, as relates to the cleo
tion OF United States senator was to-
day productive of ugly rumors and the
first shirmishes Of what promises TO be
one of the most memorable senatorial
battles in the history Of the nation were
fought out,
In Sweet Grass county. where NJ, l..
Martin, the Democratic legislative can
didate bad been declared elected on the
official count by plurality Of thirteen
votes, there We're rumors of an inlunc-
ton To- prevent the issuance Of ccrtifi-
cate Of election.
These rumors reached the ears of the
Democratic managers, and the clerk and
recorder of Sweet Grass county, who
was in Livingston last night, was
whisked in an automobile to Big Tim
Der, the county seat of Sweet Grass
county. and at 1921 issued the election
certificate 10 Martin. This certificate
permits Martin to participate In the
temporary organization OF the house.
day when IT was announced THAT the
board of county commissioners of Sill
yer Bow county, engaged in making the
official canvass of that county, had
found itself without full membership
when it met this morning to complete
the canvass.
The law provides that there shall be
a full board present when the canvass
is made and that il any commissioner
shall be absent the county treasurer
shall take the place Of the absentee
If the treasurer is absent. then the as
SCISSOR. and if both arc absent, then the
sheriff.
Neither Chairman Croniu OF the
county board, nor Treasurer Meagher
were TO he found. the assessor was sick
IN bed and refused 10 act, while the
sheriff was at some health resort, rest
ing up from the campaign.
Explanation offered
Later is was explained that the chair
man OF the board of commissioners and
the county treasurer had gone TO Chi
cago TO deliver the new courthouse bonds
and that tho sheriff would be present
tomorrow TO enable The board TO continue
the official canvass.
Thirty-ninc OF the fortyseVen pre-
cincts in Silver Bow county have been
officially canVasscd with no material
change from the unofficial returns which
gave the Democrats one senator and
eleven representatives and the Rcpubli-
cans ono representative from this county
The official canvass will be made to-
morrow in Rosebud and Granite coun-
ties In -ihc former the unofficial re-
turns show the election OF +. u. Her
bold, Democrat, to the legislature, by Il
plurality Of thirteen. and in the latter
the unofficial returns collected by rho
two parties fail to tally. the Democratic
returns showing the election of Dearborn
as senator by two votes and the Rcpub-
lican returns showing the election oi
Power senator by two votes,
The situation in Custer county Is un-
changed. The Democratic candidate. Ter
rctt being still ahead of the Republican
candidate. Freeman with several pre-
cincis yet to hear from,
The Independent, Il Democratic news
paper of Helena. i'm long editorial this
mcrning, openly charges United State,
Senator Carter with attempting To "stca
the senatorshlp' through the manipula
ton OF election returns, and declares that
the story OF precinct 81 which resulted
I'm two legislatures and the ''clectlon' o
four United States scna tors at the 1lrS
state election shall not be repeated,
The Record, tho Republican newspaper
defends precinct "a" and insists that Z
Republican legislature has been elected.
Politicians of both parties Caudidjy ad
NIT that the senatorial contest TO bt
Hagcd between now and the convcninE
| of the legislature Will be as bitter as any
| in the history of the state.