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Show uu - MONTANA'S 810 POLITICAL FIGHT HELENA, MonU, Feb. 2. Political Helena tonight is waiting with interest inter-est the outcome of what promises to-be to-be n sensational fight In tho Democratic Demo-cratic State Central commltteo tomorrow to-morrow afternoon A special meeting meet-ing or tho commltteo was callod at tho Instigation of Walsh men for tho avowed purpose of bringing pressure to boar upon insurgent Democrats to compel thuin to enter a senatorial cnucus It B bcllrfVcd that Mr. Walsh would undoubtedly control such a caucus. There Is maoh dlfreronco of aentlmont amn,ng die mambcrs of. tho ronjinlltQfl who have 'nlrendy arrived In Uolona. ' ' Added to- t,he complication Is the fact that Sain V. Stowart, rhalrman of tho stato CAmmiyce, and personally popular- with 'nil factions, Is a ery rcceptlvo 'comWomlso candidate for the, bonatorslirp. Of the do.eji members mem-bers now bore, seven iCjrc Known to favor the passage ipf- a Walsh resolution, resolu-tion, while five are Vloloatfy opposed to It. -;,, , The deflection of Representatives Law and Baker from the Walsh column col-umn was tho only significant feature of today's balloting. Both voted for Representative Owonbouso. Mi. Law's colleague. Until today Mr. Uw had voted on overv ballot for Walsh. Tho twentieth Joint ballot, taken today, resulted re-sulted as follows: Democrats: T. J," Walsh, 2S; W. G. Conrad, 18; T. M.' Swlndlohurst, 2'; E. J. OwcnhoiiBc, 2; R. R Pnrroll, 1; absent and paired, 2. Total, 53. Republicans: T. II. Carter, 3C; C. N. Pray, 5; W R. Allen, 2; C. F. Web-stor. Web-stor. I; "W. F. Meyer, 1; JI. C. Smith, 1; absent and paired, 2; nocessary to choice, 49. ', |