Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1902-09-26

manent organization and order OF bus
mess was adopted ON motion Of J. w.
Johnston and in accordance with the
recommendation therein contained
the temporary organization was made
permanent and Chairman Ellis pro-
ceeded directly to business. AS judges
of election he appointed r. l.. Clark
John Doty and Roger Fleming, with j.
Nj. Woodcock as clerk, and e. c. Nc
Nominations for representatives
were declared in order MI. Johnston
of Gebo named John Mccullough Of
Joliet, d. G. Russell Of I4inley named
A. A. Ellis of Linlcy but that gentle
man promptly declined Whereuron
| William l4arkin nominated A. Il. Fla
ger and Frank Sell presented the
name of j. N Tolman. On motion of
! Frank Church the nominations We're
declared closed and it took three bal
| lots for the convention to make a
choice.
On the first ballot Tolman received
20, Flager 25, and Mccullough "a.
The second ballot resulted in "a votes
for Tolman, 2S for Mccullough and 16
for Flager, On the next ballot Fla
gers name was dropped and Tolman
was nominated by vote of 46 as
against 80 for Mccullough.
On being called for Mr.. Tolman re-
sponded by thanking the convention
for the honor conferred, declared that
he would do the best he could for the
party and the ticket and pledged him
self, If elected, to observe the spirit
of the resolutions.
For she. i'll j. j Frank nominated NJ.
W. Potter, the present incumbent. and
his nomination was made unanimous
by acclamation, amid great enthusi-
asm and loud calls for Pot" Mr.. Pot
ter responded in a short and charac-
, teristically humorous speech Of ac-
[ ceptance, as follows:
: Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of
the conventOn---l am somewhat hand
icapped by reason of the fact that Mr..
Tolman the next representative from
> Carbon county, Slipped into my Office
just before his nomination and stole
, my speech However, l am gratified
V to receive this nomination by acclama-
: ton Election day this year has to me
! a tender significance. | first saw the
4 light of day on Nov. and | don't pro-
! pose to have the democrats put out
that light on my birthday"
For county treasurer l.. o. CasWell
s named the present incumbent, Charles
l. e. Wright, and on motion of ]. N. Tol-
= man Mr.. Wright was nominated by ac-
i clamation. The gentleman responded
: in a few words, expressing his appre-
c citation of the compliment.
u For county clerk r. G. Beattie nomi-
r mated Jesse L. Smith, J. f. TrumbO
1t named W. l.. Hyde of Bridger, Il. l..
McDo naldpresented the name OF Eu-
gene Thayer OF Absarokee, and Pete
l. Marshall nominated Frank Roberts,
G the baggage and express messenger
t. of the Rocky Fork branch. Mr.. Smith
q was chosen on the third ballot. Fol
e lowing is the vote:
V First ballot-Smith "a, Hyde 2G
G Thayer IL, Roberts z.
Second ballot-Smith 80, Hyde ~
Thayer T.
n Third ballot--Smith 40, Hyde 3S.
n On the announcement of the result
a. Mr.. Smith heartily thanked the con.
1T vention for the honor and said that
t. ii elected he would fill the office tc
st the best of his ability.
D. For assessor w. r. Crockett was
nominated by j. j. Frank, and G. p
Cummins was named by J. W.. John
lie ston. The ballot resulted in the nomi
al nation of Mr.. Crockett by vote o.
rs so to 18. The present incumbent o.
IL the office thanked the convention fol
le the hearty manner in which it hae
n placed him on the ticket, and pledged
IS himself, ii elected, to give each tax
payer of the county fair and impair
tial assessment.
in For county attorney John McCul