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Show NO MATERIAL CHANGE IN MONTANA CONTEST Helena, Feb 4. With many of the legislators paired and absent, the vote for federal senator in the Montana assembly as-sembly today was: Carter, (Rep.), 31; Walsh, (Dem ), 21; Conrad, (Dem.). 1$; scattering, 11. Xecefasary to choice, 42. The feature of today's balloting was the loss of two votes by Walsh and a corresponding gain by Conrad. Thus It will be feeen that tho meeting of the Democratic state central committee, to consider tho question of tho sen-atorship sen-atorship proved of little avail so far as the -bringing together of the legislators legis-lators is concerned. The house adopted today a favorable report on the bill creating Musselshell Mussel-shell county and on third leading killed a bill allowing district judges their expenses when away from home. The senate passed a bill putting a prohibitive licenso on itinerant peddlers ped-dlers and nnothet ceding certain lands to the United States iu order to make lion selections. |