The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-08-08
Candidates for the Fat Offices Muster
in Great Force.
THE COURT HOUSE CONTINGENT
Nearly All Anxious to Succeed Them
selves, But the OutIanders Want to
Get INA Few of the Ambitious
Ones Not in Hiding.

rln agen or We'll gwa down thegither,
de We MINI" And this may or may
not apply to all the court house Off
Gals who think that one good term
deserves another and that life lease
, ON an office these times is all too
, short. There are several outsiders
who look longingly at Assessor Dun
sire's saddle bags.
; John H. Geiger thinks that while
the present sheriff's overcoat is all
too small for him, he has consulted
tailor, who tells him he can rip it
up and let out the seams. w. F. Hub
bard is also spoken of as a probable
candidate.
Several legal lights have handed
down opinions within the past week
highly commendatory of P. N. Ber-
nard's legislative ability, and not a
few substantial citizens" have been
overheard to remark upon the
amount of time former Under Sheriff
Jack Mccarthy is compelled to devote
to private business. And thus the
song progresses all through the court
house, where the mutual admiration
society express their fears that some
other candidate might get along well
enough with the recorders duties
but it would be well nigh impossible
for any other, on account of youth or
inexperience to instruct the county
commissioners in all their duties, or
do the thousand and one outside Jobs
that fall to him by virtue of his office.
Well, 1T may be so, but it might not
be impossible this fall to nominate
and elect commissioners who have
sense enough to perform the duties
OF their own ONCE. Of course, it is
a long chance, but it might be done.
The discovery by himself of H. o.
Christensen, the useless appendage
(minority member) Of the present
board of county commissioners. as a
likely candidate for county treasurer,
at first excited considerable glee, but
Christensen is numbering himself into
the good graces of the farmers at
rate which, if Col. Sam Hilburn does
not get up and hustle, he may be ap-
4 plying to the Big Swede for deputy
ship about March 1, 1903. Too bad
that the only Oliver has noted the
set of the wind and will not even try
to hold the Office in the court house,
even at the advanced salary of
$4,000, but there are others, oh, so
many others of the dimly sparkling
legal luminaries who aspire to con-
tinuous starring performance Black
stone, the green bag and $4,000
year looks awful good, and they are
SO hungry.
Miss Spurck, the superintendent of
schools and Mr.. Oliver only of the
court house contingent are unavowed
candidates. Why the lady wishes to
retire from public life may not be
problematical, but the county attor-
ney cannot well help himself
Although it is yet some time until
the firing of the opening gun of the
fall campaign, the candidates for the
various offices, both democrats and
republicans are depositing themselves
in the hands of their friends and are
getting ready for the fray. There is
a large number of offices to be filled
and far larger number of patriotic
citizens who are willing to sacrifice
themselves on the altar of country
at SO much per sacrifice.
Every elective office in the county
is to be filled, with the exception of
the clerk of the court and the district
Judge. While a number of the candi-
dates are boldly ayowing their inten-
ton of making the race, the greater
number are in a receptive mood and
are waiting for the plums to be
handed to them on platter
The contest for senator and sheriff
WILDE the most exciting and interest
ing of the bunch, and it is expected
that the fight for these offices, both
before and after the nominating con-
ventions will be a most bitter one
1t is stated that P. N. Bernard will
have no trouble in securing the re-
pul1can nomination, while the demo-
cratic convention will have to choose
between A. J. King and j. E. McCar-
thy, and perhaps one or two others
as yet unknown. Both Mccarthy and
candidates, and will leave no stone
unturned to attain the goal of their
ambition. There was some talk of
B. J. McIntire making the run for the
republican nomination, but he has
withdrawn in favor of Bernard, so as
to leave an opening for the judgship
two years hence
+ By the same token Judge Smith is
casting a wistful eye on the nomina-
ton for judge of the supreme court
this fall, and it is stated that he will
make strong fight for the coveted
plum If he is successful, it will Gre
ate a vacancy on the bench of the
Eleventh judicial district that will be
filed by appointment.
For county attorney there are num-