The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-04-11
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.
The Winning Ticket put up at the City
Convention Yesterday
Afternoon.
Representative Men Who are Capable
of Guiding the City's Inter-
ests at the Helm.
The Convention One of the Most llar-
monious that Ever Assem-
BLEED in the city.

The democratic convention composed
Of the delegates and altcrnatcs elected at
the primaries was held in the court
house yesterday afternoon at 2:}o, pur-
suant to the call Of the chairman Of the
| city committee. In the absence Of the
chairman of the city committee. j. i.
Dvas. the convention was called to order
hv H. l.. Mcintyre. j. w. Stanton was
chosen temporary chairman and Ernest
Ringwald temporary secretary. Mr..
! Stanton after taking the chair appointed
the following committees: On crcdcn-
| tials: Mat Dunn. Sam Quail. John Cor
nclius. J. W. Gaunt and Il. t. Stone:
On order Of business and organization.
Robert Pontct, II. t. Mcintyre and
Thomas ". Murphy.
The convention then adjourned for
fifteen minutes to give the committees
time to report. which they did in the
stated time.
The committee on credentials reported
that all the duly elected delegates, with
tn exception Of Theodore Burgctt. were
present, as were their altcrnates.
The committee on order of business
and organization recommended that
nominations for the various offices be
made in the following order: Mayor.
police magistrate. city attorney. and city
treasurer. and that j. W. Stanton and
Il. f. Stone be elected permanent chair
man and secretary. respectively. Of the
convention.
The r"ports Of tn" i've committees
were unanimously accepted and the con
v"ntion was dul! organized to proceed to
business.
Samuel Quail moved that the conyen-
ton taxi" a recess If thirty minutes. hut
his motion was amended. changing the
time to ten minutes. n in that shape
passed.
At the expiration Of the time allotted
for Il recess, the convention again came
to order and on ~roll-ca.l it was foundthat
all the delegates. including Thco. Bur
gctt. were present and ready to proceed
with the order Of business. The chair
man accordingly announced that the time
IA III w. ilililiiiS 'hil'A''ll'F l'l
the position of mayor. Sam Quail arose
and in "a neat speech placed before the
convention the name Of John y. Bridges.
Thomas W. Murphy proposed the name
Of a man well known in the community.
who possessed all the admirable quail
ties requisite to fill the hon, rable posi-
ton Of mayor of the city Of Great Falls
Andrew Jensen. There being no
other names presented To the
convention the chair announced
the nominations for that position were
closed and appointed II. J. Nellie and II.
l.. Mcintyre as tcllcrS 10 act in genuine
ton with the secretary in receiving and
counting the ballots. The convention
forthwith proceeded To- ballot on the
two names proposed and when the votes
were counted it was found that Andrew
Jensen had received fourteen votes 10
six east for J. y. Bridges. The latter,
when the result was announced. very
gracefully moved that the nomination If
Mr.. Jensen he made unanimous which
was done, and in Response to cries
of Jensen speech and similar
ordinations from the delegates
and a~ltcrnatcs, the popular CAPTAIN
came forward and after IA brief introduce.
tlon by the chairman, made n
few impromptu remarks. He thanked
the gentlemen Of the convention for the
great honor conferred upon him and
stated that if elected he would do
everything in his power to fur
thcr the best interests Of our city
and promote the welfare Of all
Amid Il storm "f applause the new
mayor resumed his seat and the ronycn-
tlon proceeded TO name candidates for
III" next position on the ticket police
magistrate.
H.. l.. Mcintyre in afew suitable words
proposed the name of Thomas w. Muir
ply as a Stanch democrat Of tried ability.
thoroughly competent to till the position.
Sam Quail named r.. S. Ball for the
same office. and there being no other
nominations the convention proceeded to
ballot on the two names presented. 4
canvass of the votes showed that
Mr.. Murphy had received sixteen and
Mr.. Ball four votes, whercupon the tor
mer was declared to be the democratic
candidate for police Judge.
Being called on to speak Mr.. Murphy
briefly thanked the gentlemen Of the
convention for the nomination and
trusted that if chosen to fill the office he
would do so acceptably to everybody re-
CARELESS Of party.
Next according to the ordero Of business
was the nomination Of a candidate for
city attorney. Earnest Ringwald
il a becoming speech. which
elected hearty applause, pre-
sentcd to the convention the name Of
our present city attorney, Jere Leslie, as