The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1896-09-04

one county treasurer, one county clerk,
one clerk of the district court, one
sheriff, one county attorney, one coun-
ty surveyor, one coroner, one public ad-
ministrator, one assessor, one superin-
tendent of public schools, three county
commissioners, and for the transaction
of such other business as may come be-
fore the convention.
&C. F. Richards, Chairman.
The resolution committee presented
the following: We, your committee on
resolutions, beg leave to present the
following: We, the republicans of
Granite county in convention assem-
bled, believing that the free coinage of
silver at the ratio of l6 to one is for
the best interests of our state as well
as the entire country, and that it is
the main issue in the coming cam
paign, therefore, be it
Resolved, That we commend the ac.
.tion Of the Hon. Charles S. Hartman
and Senator Lee Mantle in their un-
faltering fight in the interests of the
white metal and the tolling masses in
these United States.
Resolved, That we heartily indorse
the nomination Of Hon. w. j. Bryan
for president on account of his pro-
nounced views in favor of the Tree
coinage of silver and pledge him our
earnest support.
Resolved, That we denounce the adj
ministration of Grover Cleveland as
unpatriotic and un- American, he being
subservient in the interests OF Wall
street and Lombard street and not III
l>o intc Of Iva
majority of the American people
Resolved, That the delegates elected
by this convention to attend the repub-
lican state convention held in the city
OF Helena, Montana, meet with the
delegates of the county Of Deer Lodge
to said state convention and while III
attendance at said state convention
then and there nominate a candidate
for district judge Of the district court
Of the third judicial district Of the
State of Montana. Be it further
Resolved. That we denounce the So
called county republican central COM
mlttee for the outrage perpetrated upon
the voters Of Granite county in the
unjust apportiOnment made by them
for delegates to this convention. We.
however, congratulate the republicans
OF this county in that they have dis
C c,rned the object thereof and admins
tered a stinging rebul1e to the most
brazen gerrymanderers that ever
sought to foist themselves on any poll
tical party.
w. |. Power.
Thomas Hale,
II. q. Congdon.
All the above reports were adopted
and the resolutions We're received with
tumultuous applause, which was so
pronounced that no one in the large
audience could doubt the sincerity of
the Granite county republican conven
tion.
After the cheering and applause had
subslded motion was made that the
chairman appoint a committee of three
to select the names of eleven represent
tative republicans and alternates to at
tend the republican state convention.
The chair appointed DR.. W. |.
Power, G. f. Richards and Duncan
Dingwall, who submitted the following
list OF names, which was adopted.
Delegates-C. B. Stevens, George
Metcalt, L. j. Hendrikson, David
Sterrett, r. G. Congdon, James
Featherman, BENZ. Pizer, J. G. Ar
gall, Joseph Dixon, Duncan DlngWall,
r. B. Horton.
lternates-Conrad Wipf, G. B.
Rust r. M. Ferguson f. W. Sherman,
H. r. Campbell, John Edwards, John
Kaiser, l.. G. Johnson, G. f. Rich
ards James Carnegie, r. d. McRae.
On motion of DR.. W. l. Power, a
committee Of three was appointed to
select the names of seven republicans
to compose the republican county CEN
trail committee for the ensuing two
years The committee reported as fol-
lows: G. b. Stevens, r. G. Congdon,
J. G. Argall, w. c. Bradshaw, l.. j.
Hendrikson, Joseph Dixon, George
Metcalf.
The convention adopted this report
and then took recess until Tuesday,
September 29th, when it will again
convene Tor the purpose Of nominating
! county ticket.