The Dillon tribune., 1884-08-16
DELEGATE TIMBER.

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The ensuing political campaign in Mon
tana will be tame unless the contest over
Delegate to Congress wakens up things.
County contests will depend to large ex-
tent for vim and vivacity on the noEina-
tons made by the two parties for local Po-
sitions. The candidates mentioned on both
sides as possibles and probables are, to use
stereotyped expression, almost too numer-
Gus to mention.
On the Republican side the "war-horse,'
Col. Sanders, is first noticed, but the Col
onel's many defeats and the questionable
odor attached to his being railroad attor-
ney, destroys his chances of securing
nomination. Col. Botkin's denomination
will be urged on the ground he will be
strong candidate and that courtesy requires
that he receive second nomination to take
the sourness out Of his first defeat Tom
Power, of Benton, has been named as the
only Republican that can capture suffi-
cheney Of the Irish vote to make success
reasonably sure, but MIR. Powers opposi-
ton to railroads would leave him small
following, outside Of the Missouri river
roustabouts. Col. Eaton, of Cooke City,
known to fame by being beaten at the
Bozeman Convention for delegate to the
Chicago Convention, is talked of favorably.
Mr.. Eaton's obscurity may, possibly, make
him formidable candidate when the Re-
publican Convention meets. Old Doc.
Rotwitt, of White Sulphur Springs, comes
next among the East Siders named. Ro:-
witt is a tough Republican. He carried
Meagher county at the last election as an
Independent candidate for clerk and re-
corder against both the Republican and
Democratic nominees. He is a sort of an
old Ben Butler in get-in-if- you-can polit-
cal fight, and hence the 5revet Doctor of
Meagher is considered suitable timber for
Delegate. On the West Side the only
candidate considered in the ring is Judge
Knowles. The Judge left the bench with
a good record, and many who admire him
lover the left say that he has had the Con-
gressional bee in his hat for some time past.
1t is said that the Judges modesty would
not prevent him from accepting the forth
coming nomination. These are the most
prominent Republicans mentioned, but
there are host Of lesser lights, who, in
tight pinch could be counted Delegate
timber
The Democratic candidates are just as
numerous, if not more so. Joe Toole, OF
Helena, distinguished for being brother
Of Warren, is the most conspicuous Dem
crat mentioned on the East Side. Mr..
Toole is quite we'll known as Democrat,
and because he can carry Jefferson county.
Aside from Toole's candidacy the East
Side does not present any other candidate,
save and except Sam Langhorne, of the
unfortunate Bozeman Daily Chronicle. On
the West Side the crop of candidates is
large. This state of affairs is created, pre-
sumably, on the ground that the West Side
is entitled to the next Democratic nominee.
Hon. Bill A. Clark has been mentioned,
but it is now understood that Mr.. Clark
looks toward U. S. Senatorship, and de-
clines entering the field. Hon. Wash Sta
pleton, if he would accept the nomination,
is considered the strongest West Slider on
the list. Hon. w. w. Dixon is frequently
alluded to in connection with the nomina-
ton. Hon. Sam Word and District Attor-
ney Pemberton are spoken of-but as the
latter desires denomination for District
Attorney he is not counted. Last, but not
least, in the political pot is the Deer Lodge
Doctor. DR.. Mitchell has waited long
years for Maginnis to quit and let his turn
come-but there are SO many slips in pol
itics that the present chances Of the Deer
Lodge Doctor are as few and far between
as it is from here to fiddler's green. Here
is an array Of Delegate timber out of
which the nominees Of the Republicans
and Democrats will be drawn, but to name
the successful candidates is something that
can not now be did.
SOMETHING TROUBLESOME.
Gil IL r.