Show CLOSE ClOS VOTE I I IN MONTANA Returns Not All In and the Legislature Is in Doubt Though Senator Carter Is Sure Republicans Will Win WinI I I I I II I i SENATOR SENTOR T II n U FLENA A Monte Nov Xo v 11 A Ith both hoth HELEN H parties tonight still claiming control of the he h with the air nir full of 01 Wild UIl rumor of eon oon tests and onet possible contests content partisan feeling lellIng IH Is beginning to 40 run rim high Ow Owing O OIn lug ing In to tu the he closeness of the result In HO si foil counties title a n bitter tight fight for the control of the which will choose n a United States Stales senator Is la not Improbable United States Senator Thomas H If Carter Caner arrer whose successor will be chosen by the next legislature was asked by bythe b bythe the Associated Press correspondent to tonight tonight tonight night for tor a statement regarding the situation and he replied 1 I do not care to go into details but yOU vou can quote me as saying that the legislature will be Republican n on an joint ballot Republican State Chairman J IX LI Waite Watte alte was quoted tt this s afternoon as aa assayIng sayIng that the legislature would woold be a atie atie atie tie 51 to 51 on joint ballot The Democratic D state committee to tonight tonight tonight night issued a statement placing the time disputed dl seat Heat from Carbon county in tn inthe inthe the doubtful column claiming the sea lien ator from Granite county count one rep rel representative from Ouster Custer and the rep rp representatives rem from Sweet Grass Gra and Rosebud This Thill statement claims for tor forthe forthe the Democrats 64 51 votes on Joint bal hal ballot ballot hallot lot and concedes the Republicans 47 H with one seat in doubt are necessary for Cor a choice The unofficial returns received to today today today day seem seems to bear out the statement of ot the Democratic Del committee and Indicate that unless s the officials count changes the result the Democrats are already assured of at ii 62 it votes voter with three seats still in Ip doubt IJ n e ll S received from half a dozen sources to jo tonight tonight night are to the effect that the Demo Democrats Det o have elected Herbold representative live tive trots front Rosebud county by a l plural plurality ity tty of eight votes while complete though returns confirm the I election of Martin Marlin Democrat In Sweet SweetGrass Grass count county by b a plurality of 13 votes vote The Republicans assert that I the official returns from these counties will change the result in at least one and possibly in both born The unofficial returns complete col collected collected collected by y the Republicans In Granite county show abow the election lon of Power sen senator senator senator ator by a plurality of ot four while tie the t e unofficial returns complete collected by b the Democrats in the same county show the election of Dearborn Demo Democrat Democrat Democrat I crat by a plurality of two twe In Carbon county with one still missing I Tolman Republican Is 18 I still two votes 1 ahead of ot Pierson Neaon Democrat D A late message from Red lied Lodge Is to the ef of effect effect I feet that there wan wa no election held in the missing Carbon county precinct and that t at the Republicans claim the election of Tolman on the face of the unofficial returns In Ouster Custer county with unofficial re returns returns returns turns from SS 13 3 out of 48 precincts the vote on the disputed member mem er is as fol follows follows follows lows Terrett Dem 12 Freeman Rep 38 The missing precincts some of them far removed from railroad or telegraph line contain between and 17 votes |