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Anelection ja^t now In Montana^would rennlt In an overwhelming demo^^cratic majority. The republicans have^all gone to VYanbtugton to get an office.
ItVfortunate for Montana that the^ceDKUiilnnot to be takeu uutit next^year. By that time tke pilgrims will all^have returned from Washington with or^without the office* they so much covet.
Thesense of humor among the people^of Spokane Kails is abnormally devel^^oped. The other night a practical joker^aroused the town at 1 B'clock in the^morning by wildly ringing the Are bell^It In needless to aay that the Jest cou^vuNed the town, but not with laufMBJ
Tubregistration bill wad signed by^the governor yesterday, and goed into^effect at once. The operation of the new^law will be watched with Interest. It 1h^largely experimental, and many predict^that it will prove too cumbersome for^the sparsely populated portions of the^country. However, the (eat is not so dis^^tant that Hpecu latlon would be protlta^ble or interesting.
Okcourse there's no politic* In the^question of the removal of Gov. Church^of Dakota. BUM It 1h b trlile suggestive^of politics that white house dispatches^to the Helena Court Journal should so^plainly foreshadow the removal of all^the territorial governors within a few^days. The Court Journal'* whttd house^correspondent should give a word of ex^^planation upon tula point.
