Itis probable that E. D. Weed, who was^appointed TintedStatesdistrict attorney for^Montana territory, will be renpiNiintt d to^the same position for the state. It is not^known whether Marshal Irvin, who was ap^put.led last spring, will apply for reap-^point men t.
Thereare yet four land office i ^ i-
heldby demiK-rats, for which there are nu^^merous republican applicants, It is not^Ilk- h that ap|siintmeiits will be made for^tbe iHistoffici s until the terms of the pres-^^ lit incumbents expire,
Mr.Carter in an interview says^the early or later admission bv proclama^^tion of the president would not in the least^affect the status of the Montana dispute^'The state government goes into operation^as it should, and as was intended ill the^enabling act; the mutes! will Is settled on^the same grounds as it would havi been had^the priM-lamatioii Is en withheld two^weeks.
Theeorres|Hindent of the St. Istuis lt^^public, on the same subject, telegraphs his^pa)s r as follows: The extreme hurry with^which tin- priM-lamatioii was issued admit^ting Montana, irumeuiiitcly after the arri^^val of the returns, little delay being taken^to examine the constitution, us in the case^of the Dukotas, makcN it appaniii iliut the^administration stands in with the attempt^to steal the Montana legislature and^through fraud elect two republican senators.^It was only a few days ago that the liniil^count was completed bv tin^ n public-n re^turning board, which hoard threw out the^tunnel precinct in Silver How county.giving^the republicans a majority of the legisla^^ture. Prince llussell, the son of his father,^hurried immediately from Helena eastward.^Whether he brought the returns, or they^were forwarded by mail to President Haiti.^son, it is not known. At all events they^hardly had tune to reach Washington when^the prtwlaiuatioli was issued admitting^Montana to statehood.
