Salt Lake Herald | 1893-02-22 | Page 1 | Montana's Contest

f MONTANAS CONTEST A Joint Session of the Legislature Will BeHeld Be-Held Today HELENA Mon Feb 2lSpeclal The legislature did not elect a Senator today to-day but decided that it must meet on Washingtons birthday and take a ballot in order that the law might be fulfilled This question for the day absorbed more attention than the balloting Some held that a legal holiday is like Sunday as far a the legislature is concerned but the lieutenant governor decided otherwise and the joint assembly will meet tomorrow tomor-row and take another fruitless ballot The election of a Democrat in North Dakota and the fact that the governor of Wyoming will appoint a Democrat thus insuring Democratic control of the Senate has solidified the factions of the Democratic Demo-cratic party here and each will vote out the sescion and lay the blame for failure to elect on the other Mantle the Republican nominee has secured the support of all the Republicans except two and the one contingency that can brine about an election is that Marcus d Daly will swing five of his bolting Demo f 9 rats to his particular friend and protege Mantle