The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-11-05
FOR Them AL.
fhe Candidates the Democrats Of
Lewis and Clarke Have Named
for Office,

for 0fice,
It Ia the Strongest Ticket Ever
Nominated In This
County.
fhsy Represent Every Interest Of the
County and No Nistake wan Bn Made
by Voting for Them.
The campaign that will close Tuesday
hight has been the longest and the hardest
bver seen in Lewis and Clarke county. The
democratic county convention put it's ticket
in the field Tuesday, Sept. 9. and the re-
Bpublicans a few days before, and the peo-
Gple's party about the same time. The nom.
bnses did not tarry In starting the work OF
yote-getting, but began Immediately,
and they have kept 1t up ever since. From
The start the democratic nominees have had
The best Of the fight, and when the polls
CLOSE next Tuesday it will be proven
that they have not failed to increase the
head given them by the convention when 1t
the strongest county ticket that
has ever been placed before the voters Of
the county. Individually and collectively
liz 10 a winner. Every man on 1t has the
Of the community. and not a
word has been said. or could be said,
against the oapabillty. or integrity OF any
one the democrats have nominated for
office in Lewis and Clarke county. III two
offices in which the most interest CEN
tefs are sheriff and treasurer. The
democrats knew they must put up
two men for these offices who had
the confidence of the public, and they Sc
lected Charley Curtis for the first and Clar-
ence Garrett for the second. And what a
campaign they have made! Where they
were known they were all right. Int it was
necessary that they become acquainted
with those they did not know. and this they
have done, 80 that to-day there 10 scarcely
a man in the county that does not know
them. They have both been in public life
before, and their records are such as any
man would be proud of. Col. c. d. Curtis
10 known to all the old-timers as a gener-
ous, whole-souled man. ever ready to help
those in need, and never known to 20 back
on a friend or take advantages of another'a
necessities. As a business man his stand
Ia second to non in Helena, while as q
public servant he has always been faithful
to the minutest detail. For years he was
the chief of the Helena Ere department and
that important branch of the municipal
government never had q moro efficient
head. Az postmaster at Helena for four
years he proved as competent q servant of
the national government as he had of the
city he calls his home, and when he retired
his administration was praised in the high
est manner by both the government inspec-
tors and the assistant postmaster general.
And the Helena public also said they had
never had a better postmaster. This rec.
ord will bear it's fruit in q big majority for
Charley Curtis next Tuesday.
No man in Helena enjoys the confidence
of the business community to q greater ex-
tent than Clarence b. Garrett. Elected an
alderman in a strong republican ward. he
served his constituents SO we'll shat they
sent him back for a second term. Atten-
tive to details, faithful to the interests OF
the whole people and trustworthy in every
respect, theFo 10 a universal feeling that
MIR. Garrett is Just the man to be intrusted
with the care of the county funds. and
THAT with him in the Office there woulC
Hnever be cause for suspicion that there
'Inight be something wrong.
The democratic candidates for district
Iudges are men whom litigants can safely
.strust to act justly and according to the Law
band evidence. Horace Il. Buck, now one o:
the district judges, has been a careful
lhard-workinR official; he has proven him
self to be well-equipped for the bench
and should the voters of Lewis ant
Clarke honor him with an election mex
Tuesday they will never have cause to re
brat IL Hia QaanNiQfa nm the tlrkat- ~ h
EiJrutcher, is without DOUBT one of the bes
read lawyers in the county. Quiet and un
assuming, he is noted for his trmness whel
such q course Is necessary, and AT the sam
time he never forgets that there are w
sides to every question. Off the bench h
lis a democrat, and to his credit 1t can b
Ahaid that during the present campaign h
has spoken more good words for others o.
Che ticket than for himself. he feels it on
Sof place to canvass voters for a judlcia
position. but he allowed his name to b
FUSED because he felt he could fill the offic
kof district judge with satisfaction to him
kself and to the people of all shades of politi
cscal opinion. Those who know him are can
ncvassing for him. and I. f. Crutcher will b
izn mong the leaders when the ballots ar
accounted.
u When the dem ocratic convention selecte
Denver +. Dayton as its candidate for cler
of the district court it builded better tina
1t knew. Mr.. Dayton was, at the time b
was nominated, in st. Paul, where he ha
gone as a representative of the Order {
Railway Telegraphers, of which he is
member, to meet representatives of til
Northern Pacific railway in regard to q
increase in the pay of operators IN its EN-
ploy. His mission was successful an
largely as the result of his efforts the tele
grapher along the line OF the Northern Pa
ciiic railway are to-day the best paid me
in their branch in the country. Mr.. Day
ton has been identified with labor organ
tionB ever since he reached his MAORI
and among them he has many of his stron,
est supportes 8. He has been in the emplt
of the Northern Pacific railway for a nur
be- of years as ticket agent, and as such III
won the confidence and esteem of the of
cials OF the company. There is no questit
as to the competency of MIR. Dayton al
undo his supervision the business of Il
district court will be conducted in a NAL
ner that will leave no ground for complain
Peter M. Collins. candidate for clerk al
recorder was another Fl, %st-class ~6electit
10y the county convention. When a nun
%neighbors and friends show their confiden
in him in such a substantial way as did 81
voters of the Fifth ward in Mr.. Collins la
spring. it is proof conclusive that he h
proven himself to be possessed of tho
qualities that 60 to make a good pub
servant. Mr.. Collins is also q thorough
equipped railroad man, being in the empl
of the Great Northern as train dispatch
at Helena for five years, until the Office W
moved to Great Falls. He could nave go
with the other employees, but he did n
want to leave Helena, where he has |
home and whore HIS children were bo n,
he has GtRid by the town And the vote