The Ravalli Republican., 1898-10-19
HOGAN OFF THE TICKET.
Hartman Refused to File His Resignation
Until Too Late.

Hartman Refused to File His Resignation
Until Too Late.
Our readers are familiar with the
fact that Charley Hartman, the "hon-
est and consistent" statesman from
Sour Dough Creek, some time ago
sent letters to Cheirman Mantle Of
the silver republican state committee
and to Chairman Shittlebin Of the
populist state committee, declining
the nomination for congress made by
the state conventions Of those par
ties. They also know Of Hartman
going to Butte, pulling letter from
his pocket from one Charles A.
Towne Of Minnesota, deposing Man
tie from the charmanship of the
silver republican committee. and his
WalkOut Of the cOmmittc with O. p
Chisholm of BoZeman and r. A.
OHara Of Hamilton and the subse-
qucnt nomination by them OF the
democratic candidate for congress as
the nominee Of the silver republican
party. Also Of the regular committee
nominating Il. S. Hogan, who had
been nominated by the populist state
committee to I'LL the place made va
can't by Hartman's resignation. Also
OF the fact that the nominations Of
Mr.. Hogan by these committees and
of Mr.. Campbell by the rump COM
mittee were filed with the secretary
OF state on the 7th Of October, the
last day allowed by law. Perhaps,
also, they will remember that when
Hartman waited nntl 8 o'clock on
the night Of the 7th to file the nomi-
nation Of Campbell, he was requested, !,
in order to conform strictly to the
law, tD write out in the secretary's
Office and file ut the same time his
resignation Of the nominations, and
his refusal to do SO. lie filed it on
the 18th, five days slater. Now comes
the sequel, and the showing of Hart
mans "honesty.'
AS there were two certificates Of
the nominations Of the silver repub-
llcan committees for congress-, the
matter naturally went into court on
the question of certifying down to
county clerks the name of the party
to be placed at the head Of the silver
republican ticket, and the matter
came up before Judge Smith Of Lewis
and Clarke county on Monday, Judge
Smith inviting Judge Mcintyre to
sit with him. T. j. Walsh, the at
torney OF the Hartmann Chisholm
O'Hara outfit. raised the point that
the nomination Of Mr.. Hogan by the
silver republican state committee
was void, inasmuch as there was no
vacancy at the time Of making and
filing said nomination, for the reason
that Mr.. Hartman's resignation, d.
rected to the secretary Of state, had
not been filed up to that time, and
was not filed until the 18th. 1t will
be remembered that it was on Walsh IS
advice that Hartman refused to file
in on the 7th, showing that even at
that time he and Hartman, who is
| himself q lawyer, and acquainted
with the election law, intended then
some such sharp practice to keep Mr..
| Hogan's name off the ticket as they
are now putting into effect. 1t was
no doubt their knowledge Of the fact
that the courts would not recognize
the right OF Mr.. Towne to depose a
state chairman which prompted them
in their conspiracy to prevent the
populists and silver republicans from
having a man of their own choosing
to vote for AS they anticipated,
the court, both judges concurring,
decided that at the time Of the max
ing and filing OF the certificates there
was no vacancy, and that therefore
the nomination OF Mr.. Hogan was
void. This decision was the diGect
Consequence Of Mr.. Hartman's refusal
to write out and file his resignation
with the secretary, as he should have
done had he been honest. The com
mttees acted in good faith, as they
filed all they could, the letters of Mr..
Hartman to them declining the nom :
! inatiOnS.
An attempt Will now be made to
get the state committees Of the two
parties together and make the nomi-
nation Of Mr.. Hogan over again, but
it may not succeed. However, the
nomination OF Campbell by the Hart
man -Chisholm-O'Hara crowd will
probably fail for the same reason that
the nomination OF Mr. Hogan failed
If the whole conspiracy of the
Hartman outfit to keep the name Of
Mr.. Hogan off the tickets Of the sill
yer republicans and populists SO as to
prevent the members OF those par
ties voting for a man Of their own,
and compel them to choose between
Campbell and Marshall or loose their
votes for congressman, in the hope
that they will vote for Campbell,
should succeed, as the conspirators
hope, we have enough confidence in
the manhood Of the rank and file of
these parties to feel sure that the
scheme Of the gang will fail, and that
it will be properly rebuked by an
almost unanimous vote for Marshall.
| People will not stand this attempt to
disfranchise them, and will assert
their rights in one way or another.