Show STILL the anomalous condition of affairs in montana still continues the republican senators elect are occupying the regular senate chamber waiting for developments while the damo cratic senators refuse to meet with them the democratic representatives hold the lower dumber and the republican representatives are bolding regular meetings on the side assuming for their delibera tons the dignified title of assemblies of the bouse of representatives in such capacity they have already sent their formal notification to the state governor a democrat that they are in session awaiting awai tins his communication a etc in answer to which the governor has informed the republican house committee hat inasmuch as he had designated in a proclamation a place where the house of representatives was to meet he could hold no official coman ni cation with the body aforesaid at present so the dead lock goes on with no prospect of any immediate change the double apportionment of representatives from the silver bow district are there atie republicans holding the certificates of the county canvassing board which threw out the tunnel precinct because of alleged fraud the democrats holding certificates issued in conformity with the decision ot judge deboli ordering the ballots of the tunnel precinct to be counted these latter have the advantage of the governors recognition and will not ba likely to give in the others have the unyielding support of the entire republican of the state and they exhibit no symptoms of backing down which ever side concedes the ground suffers the election of two united states senators from the opposing party the equity of the controversy can only be surmised but there is one thing about the condition which is evident beyond a guess such an exhibition of partisan filibustering just at this particular time is not overly flattering to montana and her claims to the amenities of statehood if this h the best material she has from which to erect a state government her malady is very clearly ona of premature politics UNTIL THE dealers can deliver brick lumber and lime and the teamsters haul more rock and sand t is folly to talk of a greater building boom than exists today to day the territory never beheld each activity in the erection of buildings buil dinga as has prevailed in during this autumn and it lias not been greater only because the material could not be had no amount of lealou y can alter this fact or belittle this bowing IBOS aft 0 to build a library and endow a scholarship in scot land to the memory of adam smith the great free trader is calculated to one with the perversity of human nature but per haps andrew would do something handsome in memory of G rover cleveland and roger quarles mills it thoe two dorthiea wor thiea would have the kindness to die and leave a memory IT WAS reserved for a chivalrous french editor to express hia disapproval of the rights move i ment in this elegant fashion the ladies dont want equality bacanto they already have royalty SILVER honored tom fitch 0 nevada nobly proved liia right to the title at alie st louis convention iffet n eek the fair white metal was the theme of one 0 his most glowing pan |