| Show MONTANAS AFFAIRS Majority Ilfporl of tire Senate Com milt oa 3Iontanat Eke lIon Case 101 TREMENDOUS FLOODS OCCUR IN CINCINNATI Proposed Coaftrtnre Detutrn be Emperors of Gtrmali and Anstria Br Teljeraph 1 l Iwol 10NrSSA JLJcno CISC neJorlr Thc bjorlT or Th5en flit uliniiltce WASlliNdTOS Marcli 21TIre report of the uitijorlty of the Senate eommlttc on irlvltcrfvs und elections elec-tions ujion the Muutani eiectioi case seas submitted today by Hoar Fire majority ruler at the outset gin thu rircuimlancta surround lug the eUctiuu of Sanders ant Powers by therejRblranlegislature 1 and Mnginuls and Clarkby the court liuutu iiUlure TnH double choice arose item thin fet that the Senate was equally divided am botli sides claimed a majority in tine Ilousu by reason of two sets of rep reseutitlvea of live each claiming election from Sliver Bow County The report IJ tho case turned upon thu question as t winch of the two sets was entitled to seats a representatives from Silver Bow County The committee finds that tine reiublicanj from Silver Bow pre tle Ir entei credentials to thu canvassing luard the iluiuorats frau the clef of SilverBow Afierjrevisw U0 auteeedent legblallon upon tIre sut jeet of tire xieelluu including tire uabliug act qf Conareksordiiiances igtaetl 1 by thecoiistltutloualionreu lion and tire provtioiis of the old Territorial laws the majority law cunelude that the Territorial providing a county clerk bal ksuo certificates of election t members of the LegIslature L tIre ordinance was superseded by orlnle Constitutional Convention of the COlltutoDal COlwnton which lniK > ed that duty upon the State board of canvassen1 and hold that the republicans were tire ones who bore rpblcn credentials The whole inquiry turns upon the honesty t and fiirnos of tine election at Precinct Thirtifour Silve I BoW The majority think the dec tisn held at PrecinctThlrtyfour wa lent in fact irregular illegal and frnudu |
