The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1900-10-03
COMPANY Is ALARMED.
Resorts to Technical Appeal to State Supreme Court to
Keep Democratic Ticket off the Ballot.
Il Is Afraid That LandTam And Flowers Will Win,
Writ Of Mandamus Issued-Retrnable October 10-A Hard
Legal Fight Promised

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Y Not content with having attempted
to split the democratic party in this
county with the sole aim of defeating
the regular democratic ticket and !.
thus securing the election of the coal oil
republican legislative ticket, the COM
pany lawyers have resorted to a TECH
nical appeal,to the state supreme court
by means of which they hope to keep
the regular democratic county ticket
off the official ballot. The company
fears that Landram and Flowers, the
democratic legislative ticket will be
elected. 1t knows that the people re-
spect the high character and integrity
of these gentlemen and have implicit
confidence in them and hence the
tAmalgamated will leave no stone un-
turned to defeat them, knowing we'll
that if elected there will be atleast two
| members of the legislature who will
not be susceptible to Standard Oil ,n-
fluences.
| The following dispatch tells of the
| latest move:
| Helena, Sept. 2o.-Howard y. Smart
county clerk and recorder of Ravalli
county, must show cause to the SUI
preme court of the state on or before
Oct. 10 why he will not print on the
| official ballot in the column headed
"Democratic'' the nominations for
county Offices in that county made by
the convention of which Charles M.
Crutchfield was chairman, instead of
his declared intention to print in tbe
democratic column the nominees of
the democratic county convention of
slwhich J. A. Landran was chairman.
State Senaror Myers of Ravalli county
and 7. ]. Walsh of Helena applied to
the court today for writ of mandate.
The court considered the petition in
chambers and then announced that the
writ would be made returnable on the
date mentioned. At that time the
court will fix time for hearing argu-
ments by the attorneys representing
the nominees of the Crutchfield con.
vention and those representing the
nominees of the Landram convention.
J. The petition asking for the issuance
of writ is 10 pages long, reciting in
detail the events leading up to the split
in the democratic convention at Ham
ilton September 1s,say1ng in substance
that c. M. Crutchfeld received 27
votes for temporary chairman and J,
!. A. Landram "a votes;that the delegates
voting for Landram refused to recog
nize Crutchtield as temporary chair
man and withdrew to a seperate portion
of the hall, where they participated in
separate convention presided over By
Landram; that the Crutchfield conven
ton nominated l.. d. Hatch and w. p
/ O'Brien for members of the legisla
. ture; John Stevens, sheriff; w. M.
{ Draffen, county attorney; Thomas H
Irvine, county clerk; J. T. Fitzgerald
l clerk of court; NJ NJ. Fowler, asses
: sor; H. c.. Croft, county treasurer, ,ane
l others; that subsequently the usual
certificates of nomination were filed
: with the county clerk and recorder
!, that the Landram convention proceed
t ed to nominate a county ticket with
: John A. Landram and T. W. Flower
as representatives; F. K. Parmente
$ as sheriff and others; that the certifi
: cate of nominations of these candi
dates was also filed. GHa IS
The petition then recites the occur
!, renee at the state convention and con
: tinuing says that Respondent Smar
has declared that he would not prin
upon the official ballot prepared b.
him under the heading of''democratic'
the names of the candidates noninat
ed by the Crutchfield convention, bu
would print the names of the cand
dates of the Landram convention
that Judge Frank H. Woody of tn
6 Fourth judicial district, who is car
!. didate for reelection upon the demo
& cratic ticket, was disqualified by sue
r. nomination to hear this application
IN and in conclusion the petition say!
If "And now the relators pray that
g writ of mandate issue out of this coul
If to the same respondent, Howard
n Smart, as county clerk and recorder
the county of Ravalli, commandin
him footprint the names of the relato'
and efthe said ]. T. Fitzgerald and
y May Miflion as the candidates. for I,
various county offices for which tn
were nominated aforesaid, upon the {
of ficial ballot to be prepared by him t
Of use at the next ensuing general els
tion in the column headed democrat