The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-11-04
A FINE STATE TICKET.

Their is no reason why any man on
the republican state ticket in Montana
should be elected in this campaign. The
personnel of this ticket is familiar to the
public. There is not a man upon it
whose election would bring any vast
amount of credit to the state or shed
luster upon the conduct of it's public
affairs.
On the other hand the people have
placed on the democratic ticket a set of
men who are prominently qualified for
the offices for which they have been
named. They are men who are calcu-
lated to bring the state government to a
level with the best in the land, and to
advance it considerably beyond any
thing which it has yet attained.
w. w. Dixon has always been dis.
tinguished as a man of i~ncorruptible
honesty, and of great devotion to duty.
His career through one session of con-
gress marked him as a man peculiarly
fitted by nature and training to do
effective work in the national legisla-
ture. His Mineral Land bill is a model
in its way, and is calculated to solve
this important problem when IT is
enacted into law, as it probably will be
during the coming session. Mr.. Dixon's
majority in 1890 was less than 300. His
services to Montana. past and prospective
entities him to a majority of 5000 this
year.
Il. f. Collins is rc-eminently fitted, on
account of his experience and knowledge
of the state. and his remarkable execu-
tive ability. to occupy the office of gov
ernor of a growing state like Montana.
Under his direction the affairs of the
state viii be managed with energy.
directness and economy. and the people
will realize, from the day that he grasps
the helm that the state has IA head. fami-
liar with its needs and determined to
progress its every interest.
The office of lieutenant governor is
one which is not especially arduous ex-
cept during the sessions of the legisla-
turc when this officer must preside over
the state senate. Henry X. Melton is
well qualified for this post, and will
bring to it varied accomplishments and a
suave and genial manner which will as
sure d harmonious exercise of his duties
as presiding officer of the senate.
For chief justice, we shall have in
Judge Pemberton a man who enjoys the
universal confidence Of the state bar.and
Of the people in general; a man Of com
mandinl legal ability. a iurlst of wide en-
pericnce whose success is admitted by
all, and a man who will bring dignity
and character to the Judiciary of the
state.
+. c. Day is. without question. the
most able man who has ever been nomi-
mated for the Office Of attorney general
10 this state. Ills training in the law
school and ut the har has been most
thorough and complete. and his acumen
as a lawyer is not greater than the log
zeal cquipoise of his mind. His ability
is admired and fully recognized even by
his opponents, and the people will un-
doubtedly select him as the next attor-
ney general of this state.
Mr.. Folk of Missoula. the candidate
for secretary Of state. is equally well
equipped for the office for which he has
been named. Mr.. Folk should also be
elected by "a substantial majority.
The nominee for treasurer. .lcsse
Haston: for auditor. W. c. Whaley; for
superintendent of pubic instruction, j.
G. Mahoney, and for clerk of the supreme
cpurt. j. l.. Sloan, are all men who com
mand public respect and against whom
no objection can be made.
Every citizen of Montana who desires
to aid in the election of Grover Cleve-
land. the great American reformer, and
the man who stands today as the cham
pion of American rights, will place their
crosses opposite the names of the presi-
dental electors on this ticket; \. W.
Lyman. Paul \. Fuss, and Walter
Cooper are the men who are calculated
to promote the best interests of Mon
tana and to aid in bringing about the
reforms which the people demand.