Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-10-03

An election bet of two to one on Me
1 Kinley was reported yesterday. w. A.
5 Long giving those odds and John DUFF
! field taking the short end of il for Sloo.
For some time past il has been public
report that there was $1,000 on the cor.
ner of Fifth avenue and Main street Ia
wager on McKinley's election, but il
appears that the Bryan men are a little
shy and the holders have been com
PEELED to give odds.
Mr.. +. X. 0headle, Republican candl-
date for judge of the Tenth judicial dis
triet, leaves on Friday fora tour of Cho-
teau and Valley c%ountiss, which will &C.
cupy his time until about the cath ofthe
month. By that date he expects to be
back in Lewistown and ready to take
up the work of his campaign in this
county. II should be remarked in pass
ing that Judge Cheadle already possess
es a wide acquaintance in both of our
neighboring counties, and should there
fore receive a handsome vote in every
part of the district.
There wac a fairly well attended
meeting Of the Mckinley and Roosevelt
club at the court house last Saturday
evening, though the weather was chilly
and the people tired after their days
attendance at the fair. f. L. Smith
held the attention of the audience for
three-quarters of an hour in discussing
the chief issues before the people. He
made many good points, showing up the
weakness of the opposition rs regards
Imperialism and trusts. In closing he
paid a splendid tribute to the Republi-
can nominees, eliciting hearty applause.
Frank +. Smith, who had been as
signed by Chairman Webster, ofthe Re-
publican state central committee, TO
make a speech-making tour Of the
western part of the state in company
with the Hon. Lee Mantle. has received
notification from headquarters request
ing him to join 5. q. Murray, the Re-
publican candidate for congress at
White Sulphur Springs tomorrow even
ing. The reason for this change of
program is the serious illness of Mr..
Mantle's mother, which renders it i'm
possible for the ex-senator to fulfill his
engagements. Mr.. Smith started for
White Sulphur Springs this morning
and will probably remain with Mr..
Murray for the balance of the campaign.
Oliver Doris, an old Frenchman who
has been a charge upon the county for
the last couple of years, has received
welcome news from the pension bureau
at Washington. Mr.. Doris is an old
soldier who served in the civil war and
is now in feeble health and for the last
four years has been vainly trying to
secure a pension through a firm Of
Washington attorneys, About two or
three months ago he brought his case
to Attorney Frank +. Smith, of this
city, whose sympathies were at once
aroused on behalf of his aged client by
the hardness or unwillingness of the
pension authorities to act upon the APP
~plication. Mr.. Smith took the matter
up and has since been pressing the
claim with great insistence. The PEN
sion bureau has at last decided to
award Mr.. Doris substantial justice
by granting him a pension Of Sl2 a
month, the same to take effect dating
from August ;, 1897. A back pension
will therefore be paid TO the appli-
cant which will amount to sl3j. Mr..
Doris enlisted as a private in Company
ID, 10Th Regiment of Kansas Volunteer
Cavalry.
The Republican central committee
last Saturday afternoon nominated DR..
o. +. David, Of Utica, for coroner. and
W. T. Mcfarland. of Lewistown. for
public administrator, thereby filling
the places on the Republican ticket,
which had been left blank by the coun-
ty convention. The committee decided
that they were without authority to
make nominations for township officers
and the people of each township will
have to certify these by petition to the
county clerk If they wish to have JUS
tices and constablcs elected in their
townships. The law provides that
names may be placed on the ticket upon
the petition of five per cent. of the
number of electors who voted for the
successful candidate for such office at
the last preceding election. The certi-
fcate must contain the full name and
occupation and residence of the nomi-
nee and the same particulars must be
given of each of the signers 10 such PEE
tition. These certificates must be filed
with the county clerk not less than
twenty days before election. 1t is a
matter which the people of each town
ship must decide for themselves, both
the Republican and Democratic conven-
tions having failed to make any nomi-
nations. II no persons are elected to
such offices the vacancies viii be filed
by appointment of the county commits
'~sioners.