Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-07-05
OF nominations for town Offices. tn,

oil nominationsfOr town Offices. tho
compelled tn use the names of gentle
men who had persistently refused to
have anything to do with the move
ment. As result one vacancy has
Observation-Disclosures willdOubt-
less be more before election day.
Considering that the Delegates
termed so through courtesy-had
been chosen without being gconsulted,
a very respectable portion attended
aud before the business of the even
ing was concluded thirty-two OF a
total OF forty-five had responded to
their names, thu at least eight of
these appeared very lukewarm.
occupying back seats and only vot-
ing on the motion To adjourn.
Of course doc" was there and
JEFF also. tho when Deaton entered
the room there were manifestations
Of fear on the countenance Of the
latter. Doc" was engaged in swing
Ing the second ward men into nam
Ing his ticket, behold the result
Regan and. Forsyth. JEFF en-
deavored to handle the third ward
men but entirely failed, his advice be-
ing given no attention whatever and
both nominations made were alto
gether too good for him to have
favored,
Before calling the convention to
order the ward delegates met and
named their tickets. or how 1t was
done In the second and third wards
we have already spoken, but as to
the first ward we can give no expla-
nation rs the caucus was private
because of an internal jangle we
were aft rwards informed-and re-
porters were not allowed.
The result was as follows:
First ward-Louis Landt, W. II
Culver.
Second ward-Matt Regan, w. A.
Forsyth.
| Third ward-J. +. Murray, j. NJ
Parent.
David Higer was In the chair and
4. g. Worden sat at his side as coach
incidentally recording the proceed
ings. As Dave never likes to let &C
OF n good thing, he declared the ten
porary organization permanent anc
out of respect tO party harmony
w. f. Cort refrained, until after tn,
nominations had been made, from
asking by what authority the chair
man had neglected to give oppor
tunity for the selection of perma
nent officers.
John p. Barnes was named TO
mayor without dissent, the still hun
D which had been in progress for si
weeks past failing to result in secur
ing the consent of one more salts
factory to the bosses and to the die
cOrdant elements, by whose vote
D was expected that the ticket shoul
: succeed. We were given to under
. stand by a warm personal friend {
u Mr.. Barnes that he had made n
: promises whatever, that whateve
D had been made were without hi
u knowledge ar consent and that L
could not nor should he expect {
abide by any such warrante
agreements.
OF course the meeting adopted re
, olutiOns and Of course they endorse
u the Chicago platform" and declare
against trusts, tho the latter plan
u did not state whether it was theste
e rail trust Or trust in the Democrat
F" party which was intended-prObabl
- the latter.
The concluding work was the sele
'' tiOn of two committees. One to
F" termed an executive committee an
= to consist Of j. A. Weaver. l..
" Slater and John Laux, and the 9th,
. the "finance" committee made up
" q. w. Anderson, Walter knight al
70 Geo. Stoudt.
Chairman Hilger appointed the
IL committees which accounts for Il
le absence of either JEFF" or Doe.
10 The lights were turned out and ii
knives drawn from the bootleg
Inside Of half an hour little co
!. ferences were being held and plal
:, being laid for getting even.' Al
, they are heartily at 1t, too.