The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-23

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REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENE.
TIoN.
Pursuant to party usage and by
direction of the Republican State Gen.
trail Committee a republican county
convention is hereby called to meet
at the court house in Billings, at 10
o'clock a. m. on Thursday, Septem-
Der 25, 1902, for the purpose of select
ing thirteen delegates and thirteen al
ternate delegates to the republican
state convention to be held at Great
Falls, Montana, On the 9th day Of
September, 1902, and for the purpose
of nominating candidates for the fol
lowing county offices, to-wit: One
state senator, one member Of the
house of representatives, one sheriff,
one county treasurer, n county
clerk, assessor, one county att0r-
ney, one superintendent of schools,
n coroner, one public administrator,
one county surveyor, and for the tran
sactiOn Of sucn other business as may
properly come before said conven-
ton.
All electors of the county, without
regard to past political %afiliation, who
believe in the principles of the repub-
lican party and endorse it's policy,
are cordially invited under this call
to participate in the primaries and
convention of said party.
Each precinct in the county is en-
titled to representation in said con-
vention by delegate for every
Is votes or major fraction thereof
cast in said precinct for Honorable
Samuel G. Murray for congress at
the last general election, provided
that each precinct shall be entitled
to at least one delegate. The dele
gates to said convention apportioned
in this n to the several pre-
cincts are as follows:
junction .... -. $3.50. .... $50. ....l
North Billings. =. 49,. .......l1
South Billings. $4,000. .........l4
Canyon Creek...... -. ........ 2
Laurel. 80. $3.50. ...... $3.50. .
Park Clty...... ........ ......... +
columbus. So. . /. ........ $3.50. .... 4
Thomas Ranch. -. ........ ...... !
Upper Musselshell.. $685.. ...r. /
ROundnp.... ....... ........ 49,. l
Falry1eW III. ........ 1850. ..... 1
Musselshell..... ...... $3.50. 49,. 2
The primaries for all precincts ex-
cept North Billings, South Billings
and Columbus will be held between
the hours of two and five p. M; pri-
maries for North and South Billings
and Columbus between the hours Of
two and seven p. M; all primaries
to be held or the 18th day of Sep
TENDER. 1902; primaries for North
Billings at court house. South Billings
at the following places:
Junction-School house.
Canyon Creek-School house.
Laurel-Town hall.
Park City-Town hall.
Columbus-Town hall.
Thomas Ranch-Thomas' ranch.
Upper Musselshell-Big Coulee
ranch,
Roundup-Erwin's. ranch.
Fairview-Fairview ranch
Observation-Disclosures store.
Judges and clerks will be chosen
to conduct the several primaries above
mentioned from republican electors at
the opening Of such primaries. And
the judges and clerks will certify
in writing the names of the delegates
and a%lternates chosen to said con-
yention as credentials of such dele
gates and alternates.
The following rules have been
adopted by the central committee for
the government of the county con
ventiOn:
First-Delegates and alternate del
egates shall be elected to said county
convention, and in the event of. the
failure Of a delegate to attend, the
alternate delegate shall cast the vote
of the delegate whose alternate he
is.
Second-Inf the absence of a dele
gate and his alternate. a majority of
the delegation from that precinct shall
cast the vote of the absentee.
Third-In the absence. of all the
delegates and all the alternate dele
gates from any precinct no vote shall
be cast fer such precinct.
Fourth-In the precinct in which
the convention is held no vote shall
be cast for an absent delegate and al
~ternate delegate.
Fifth-Delegates and alternate del
egates must be republicans and resi-
dents of the precinct which they rep
resent.
By order of the Republican County
Central Committee, Yellowstone coun-
ty, Montana.
J.. B. AMIN, Chairman.
E. n. HOLLISTER, Secretary.
Dated Sept. s, 1902.