The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-18
THEY WOULD NOT FUSE
Democrats of Flathead Put Up
a Straight Ticket.
LONG FOR SUPREME COURT
Delegates to the State Convention Are
About Evenly Divided in Regard
to Fusion They Go Un-
instructed.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

| Special Dispatch to the Standard
| Kalispell, Sept. 1.-THE democratic
| county convention OF Flathead county
met in regular session according TO call
of county central committee to nomi-
nate the following officers for the legis-
lature and county offices: For state sem
ator. Hon. Fred w. whltesde: repre-
sentatives, II. II. Carr. ]. \. Client and
J. II. Graves; sheriff, ]. c. O'Neil: coun-
I ty commissioners. w. H. Griffin. Seth
/ McFerrin, jr.. and David c. Greig; at
| torney, ]. f. Duffy; treasurer, A. ].
/ King; clerk and recorder. NJ Therri-
ault; clerk Of court, Charles Dickey: as
SCISSOR, a. Demsre: superintendent Of
schools. Fannie Spurck; coroner. George
McMahon; surveyor. w. T. Greer. No
nomination for public administrator
was made.
y lively fight arose over the PROPOSE
! tion of fusion with populsts on county
officers. A committee was appointed to
confer as a conference committee, and
after reporting to the convention, the
proposition of the populst party was
refused and the convention voted not To
fuse. After the business Of the conven-
ton was over Judge w. Y. Pemberton
who was present, made a few remarks
| closing the business of the convention
The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the members from
t1athead county to the state conven-
ton use all honorable means to secure
Tor Thomas ID. Long the nomination OF
clerk OF the supreme court of Montana" :"
The following members were elected
as members of the state convention
from Flathead county: Ed F. smith.
NJ. ID. Baldwin. J. II. O'Connell. r. ID.
~ a n
Is. j. Sout j. II. Graves, u. r. Peeler
Thomas ID. Long. J. +. Rogers, Fred
Whiteside, +. L. Sitter, J. w r. Moore
and II. III. Carr.
AS near as can be found out the
members are about equally divided in
respect to fusion on the state ticket
Some are non-committal: six have sa id
they We're opposed and seven are in
| favor OF fusion at this time They go
uninstructed by the convention in this
respect
The following was unanimously adopt
ell by the convention:
Resolved That il is the desire and
instruction Of this convention that i'm
the event Of the next session of the gen.
eral assembly of the state Of Montana
being democratic. that the members
thereof that may be elected from Flat
head county and nominated by this
convention use all honorable means 10
advance the best interests Of Northern
Montana by supporting Hon. w G..
conrad OF Cascade county as a candi-
date for the office of United States SEN
ator. and that they vote for none other
than democrat for said Office"
The populist county convention as
sembled to-day and nominated a county
and legislative ticket, excepting one
member of the house. which was left
vacant. They nominated c. A. Swaney,
republican. who was filling the office
at the outbreak Of the war who went
with the Kalispell company to the Phil
ippines, as compliment TO man who
would leave an office as good as that to
fight for his country. Their delega .es
TO the state convention are as follows:
j. c. Edwards, w. @. Fitzpatrick, :. II.
Logan, +. ]. Crull, A. Macarthur. A. A.
Schonfeldt, w. J. Sparks. All favor fu-
sion, but are uninstructed
The republican primaries were held to-
day and the largest vote ever polled a
primaries of the party was polled in the
contest for delegates. The contest was
over sheriff, and the w. F. Hubbard
ticket was successful in both Kallspell
precincts