Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1900-09-07

this county and turned everything up
side-down has the prospect of a repub
lican victory been so bright. Upon Mr..
Anderson calling for nominations for the
position of temporary chairman of the
convention. the name of j. w. Johnston
was presented and there being no other
nominations, he was unanimously elect
ed. Mr.. Anderson then appointed Messrs.
katzenstein and L. o. Caswell to con
duct the temporary chairman to the
desk whereupon he was introduced to
the convention over which he was to
preside
In taking the chair, Mr.. Johnston ad
dressed the convention at some length
referring to the great opportunity that
presents itself to the republican party in
the county and emphasizing the fact
that there should be no mistake made in
the nominations, especially in the case
Of the nominees for the state legislature,
for there is question before the repub-
licans Of the state as to whether the next
United States senator shall be a repub
lican or an amalgamated democrat Il
mixture. I'VE want no mixtures" Mr..
Johnston said I'VE want two republican
senators elected. We want men there
who will stand by the flag in peace and
in war" (Applause.) Referring 70 the
expansionist talk Of the democrats, the
speaker declared that the greatest cx-
pansionists ever known in this country
were George Washington, Patrick Henry
and Thomas Jefferson, the "father of
democracy" The latter by one stroke
of his pen doubled the territory of the
United States. The Mexican war was the
outcome of the principle OF expansion and
the American people have resisted On
the battlefield any effort to cut down the
territory Of the United States or to haul
down the flag on territory already ac
quired Mr.. Johnston closed his remarks
with the forceful statement that Bryan
himself is the -imperialist of the
country, for the reason that he exerted
bis every effort to have the Paris treaty
ratified and did as much as anyone to
bring about the theory Of Imperialism.
VIM. Larkin nominated j. +. Trumbo
Of Bridger for temporary secretary and
his election was made unanimous. On
motion of A. A. Ellis, the chair was i'm
powered to appoint committees on ere
dentials, order Of business. and platform
and resolutions. There was 10 need Of
any committee on conference in this con
vention. Everything was true blue re-
publicanism from start to finish. More
over it was noticeable that the chairman
in making his appointments On commit
tees had no cut and dried slate in his
pocket to read off, us occurred in recent
convention in this city. The following
nominations were made off hand
On platform and resolutions: Gregory
Ellis, Meyer, Cummings and Chappell.
Order of business: Trumbo, Caswcll
j Williams, Shaw and Lane.
Credentials: Hobbs, Gof, Gilbcrtson
Wrote and katzenstein.
The question arose as to who should be
the chairmen of these committees. Mr.
Johnston stated that the first one namet
was always considered the chairman o
the committee, but Hank Williams didn'
like that idea and his motion that eacl
committee be allowed to select it's owl
chairman prevailed. On motion Of Will
liam Larkin the convention then ad
journed until o'clock to allow the com
mittees time to formulate their report