| Show AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS upon the political complexion of tho the next legislature of montana depends the question of whether the next united states senator from that state ball be a democrat or a the former party naturally ua dus a majority overall over all in te next senate that is i they want to be able to control without the aid of the abe peoples people party members and this abia the hey carnot cannot do without gaining one montana it booma that at the election hold held on the ath alt the democrats elected eleo teil thirty five five members of the or one ion beuthan than a majority absolutely they then laid claim to the member from choteau county jemne as aa alleged twenty or more halfbreed half breed indians indiana one of the precincts there and were paid by the republicans for doing it with the votes of this precinct I 1 eliminated the democratic candidate would hare a majority otherwise the he republican would be elected having this state of affairs before them the canvassing board throw threw out the vote thus thum making the necessary democratic majority in the legislature it Is way may readily be understood that there to is a storm of indignation and a multitude of protests against this action and strange to soy fifty they do not all odvie from the at least one democratic paper and several prominent politicians on that side ide have expressed themselves as being opposed to success upon such terms terme conceding the cwm claim of their political opponents opponent that it in illegal and unwarrantable while wanting the enato nhip badly enough they cannot they say eay afford to uphold such practices as the exercise of judicial functions by a purely min interial erial board especially when the remedy pot pol ted out by law and aus bained by precedent and usage none la a in existence and available in wyoming the trouble to la more complicated and serious Beri eue at the same time BB as that named above the citizens of our eastern neighbor voted for state officers as well as electors electon and a congressman grom man dr osborne Oe borne democrat was waa chosen governor by 1800 majority while the legislature like that of montana Mo atana was uncomfortably close here also a united states staten to Is in the issue lately the republican canvassing board of one of the counties also went into the throwing out business with the result of giving that party a majority on joint ballot in the legislature then the democrats became rampant A coup ws was determined upon and executed the acting governor bar boar succeeded to the office ad by reason of governor warrens Warr enle election to the senate after having been chosen to the he office and thus thue holding that the election and qualification of a anew new governor would necessarily displace dispa ee the temporary one dr osborne was on friday last sworn in by a notary public and took and holds possession of the governors office his him first official act was to proclaim himself and call upon all good citizens to sustain him the next was to call the canvassers lo together gether for the purpose of determining how the election had gone the to board were called to meet inset today whether they have done doneso so or not is in not known at the time of writing from these incidents it will be seen that statehood does not necessarily prod produce uce a condition of things alto gether lovely Mon montana tota in fact same earne in with an lection election dispute on OB her bands mad ad this kind of thing 8 soma seems somewhat in the nature of an heirloom to the youthful commonwealth wyoming had no such introduction but is experiencing enough of it now to amply make up for all delinquencies in that respect hitherto Idabo Idaho also almo has bas been having a warmer wair time over election iov matters th than anany any other state in the union kansas always excepted it it begins to look now as an it if the new administration would have to rely upon the votes vote of the populist senators in order to got get through anu republican legislation for a while anyway |
