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Sixty Days of Montana Law-Making Summary
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Helena reports the Seventh legislative assembly’s dramatic end. Paris Gibson is elected senator after a chaotic late-night session. MacGinnis faction sulks, Frank withdraws, and Gibson wins by a narrow margin amid disorder and wit. The joint assembly adjourned around 3:20 a.m. with public spectators, including many women, present.
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House of Representatives
Joint Assembly
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Assembly
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Stull
Yellowstone
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Ravalli
Carter
Myers
Commonwealth
Congress of the United States
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Villien
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Frank
Corbett
H. L Frank
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Joe Toomey
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