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Show II o PUH IPC llU btlANuL nFtninPK U L o U L U u I HELENA, Mont , Jan. 31 Today, for tho first time since tho senatorial contebt began, the combined votes of T. J. HValsh and W. G Conrad, tho two Democratic candjdates, were sufficient suf-ficient to havo caused an election had thoy been centered on ono man In ndditlon, W. G. Conrad today polled the highest vote ho has received during dur-ing tho session. These facts arc accidental ac-cidental rnther thnn significant. Thero wore tori members paired, ono of them being Senator Whiteside, who has been among the thrco Democrats in the scattering column during the past week Representative Alley, one of Mr. Conrad's conslstont supporters, was present today, after several days' illness, thus Incronslng the Conrad vote. Two of Mr. Walsh's supporters who wero paired yesterday, voted today. to-day. There vwas not a change of con-Beqiioncc con-Beqiioncc and tonight tho deadlock looks moro rigid thnn It has at any previous time during tho sosslou. Walsh Plays Trump Card. Apparently the Walsh people played play-ed a trump card whon thoy secured a meeting here Friday of the Democratic Demo-cratic State Centrnl committee. No matter what tho committee mnv do or what ultimate significance on the senatorial sen-atorial election, the fact remains that the calling of the mooting, has solidified solidi-fied the Walsh forces, two days a?o apparently on tho point of disintegration. disintegra-tion. . An effort will be fnado to havo the state committee declare Mr. Walsh Is tlio choice of the party, that the people peo-ple expect his election, and that thoso Democrats who aro refusing to go Into caucus aro imperiling tho futuro TJf tho party. That such a declaration will be made 1b not doubted, but tho anti-Walsh mon expect to put up a fight which will minimize tho offect of the committee's action. - Looking for a Dark Horse, Despite tho prosauro bolng brought to -boar upon tho Democratic Insurgents, Insurg-ents, tho anti-Walsh men aro confident confi-dent that they can not only prevent tho election of Mr. Walsh, but can bring tho majority around to tho point i --.. ' ii in i ii BmmaBHMiiBUL of electing somo compromise candidate candi-date Of the two factions, the Walsh people are the least confident, and It Is known that they are quietly looking over the situation for a candidate who will bo acceptable to them in tho event they finally decjde that tho election of Mr. Walsh is an impossibility. impossi-bility. Tonight It Is currently reported that tho Walsh supporters havo sent emissaries emis-saries to Norninn Mack and to W. J. Bryan in an effort to aecuro an endorsement en-dorsement for Mr. Walsh. How the Vote Stands. The eighteenth Joint ballot today resulted re-sulted as follows: Democrats T. J. Walsh, 27; W. G. Conrad, 19: T. M Swlndlohurst, 1; R. R. Parcel!, 1; pnlrod, 5. Total, 53. Republicans T. H. Carter. 33; W. R- Allen, ,4; C. N. Pray, 2, H. J. Haskell, Has-kell, 1; F. C. Webster. 1; Ed Donlan, 1. paired, 5; absent, 1; total, 4S. Necessary Nec-essary to a choice, 10. |