Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-08-14
COUNTY POPULISTS.
Candidates for Every Position Excep,
District Judge Suggested.

Candidates for Every Position Except
District Judge Suggested.
The political pot is beginning to boil
energetically in the p)pulist Scamp
these days. To fuse .or not to fuse, that
is the question: whether it is better to
stand alone and take chances of getting
a whole loaf or nothing, or to make sure
of half a loaf. 1t may be said, however,
democratic and popuIist parties on ma
tional issues, there is much stronger
feeling in favor OF a fusion all along the
line, making victory certain. Taking
the vote on congressman in this
county two years ago as a fair basis for
computing the combined strength of the
democrats and populists against the
republicans, it shows that they cast for
Corbett and Smith 1,9J5 votes against
l,52l for Hartman. Taking other offices
as basis, in most cases the fusion ma.
jority shows up considerably larger. For
example. on supreme court judge, the
fusion majority would have been All.
On state senator, it would have been
lob. 1t is safe to say that on the fig
ures of 1894 the democrats and populists
combined would have an average majority
over the republicans of between 400 and
800. These are facts which strike chill
to the backbone ofrepubican candidates
when they note the growing disposition
of the democrats and populsts to make
fusion ticket.
The populist party has, however, no
lack of material with which to fill out u
ticket in case they decide to go it alone.
The only place for which they have up
to date no candidate OF their own is that
of district judge.
The following names have been recent
ly mentioned in populist circles as being
desirable men to fill the Offices with
which their names are connected:
For county attorney, H. H. Ewing ap
pears to have the field pretty much tc
himself in this city, although he will
have other aspirants, doubtless, in the
race with him before the convention
meets. The names of A. p. McAnelly
and j. G. G Burns of Belt have been favor
ably mentioned in this connection.
For clerk of the court, O. M. Holmes
editor of the popuist organ, the News, il
a prominent candidate. w. f. Brown
and S. M. Moore have also been men
toned for the place.
For sheriff, Dan Tracy, Judge Han
son, j. Ii. Donlin, of Great Fall
and Harry Mclaughlin, and Thoma
G. Carter of Sand Coulee have al
been suggested.
! For clerk and recorder there seems t.
be but one name mentioned in the par
ty, that of the present efficient clerk, L
NJ. Mcdonnell.
For county assessor, r. e. Spurrier ant
VIM. Murphy of Belt are suggested.
For coroner, the popular county physi
clan, DR.. G. A. Brady, has been Otter
suggested.
For county commissioners the name
of j. n. Bridges of Great Falls, Mat
Richardson of Belt. and W. r. Dick
son of Sand Coulee are mentioned.
: For county superintendent of schools
Geo. A. Graham OF Sand Coulee, is sal
to be candidate.
For county auditor, Robt. E. Hendry @
Belt and Harry Ringwald of Great Fall
are both often mentioned.
= On the representative ticket not muc
talking is yet heard. The names, how
ever, OF James Donovan of this city an
Anthony Morton OF Sand Coulee wer
suggested by one leading populiet 9
being men possessing the qualification
necessary to do the party credit in tn
legislature.