Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-03-30
THREE TICKETS
IN THE FIELD
Fusion, Independent and Socialist
Candidates Striving Hard for
Municipal Offices.
REGISTRATION BREAKS RECORD
Nearly Five Hundred Voters Have Al
ready Qualitied-Politieal Talk
Fills the Air.

there is more politics TO the square
foot in Lewistown this week than can
be found in any otner community in
the state. The political beehive, at.
ter being closed for eleven and a half
months. was opened Thursday after.
noon by the socialists and there has
been a continual buzz on the streets
and alleys ever since.
Walsh. Harvey and all OF the other
socialists in the city, comprising from
a half dozen TO a dozen, net Thurs
day afternoon at , o'clock in Union
hall and nominated three candidates
for places in the city council and
three for the positions of school trus-
tees. There were no one but mem
bers of the socialistic cult present, so
what else they did is a deep, dark
secret. The aldermanic candidates
selected to lead their iorlorn hope
are: First ward, George S. Creed:
Second ward. Frank Partridge; Third
ward. H.. b. Mcdonald. The nomi-
nations for school trustees were j.
L. Corbly. c. f. Richards and A.
Brooks.
On Friday night a number of Re-
publicans and Democrats met in the
office of Frank f. Smith and nominal
ed George j. Bach. Ed. Wright and
f. q. Busenburg for school trustees.
Ward meetings of the Republicans
and Democrats of the city were held
Saturday night and candidates for al
derman on the non-partisan citizens
ticket were chosen. The meeting in
the First ward vas held in the court
house and was largely attended. j.
NJ. Vrooman presided and A. HOge-
land acted as secretary. The meet.
ing was most harmonious and there
was no opposition to the nomination
of Harry Brown. who was the only
person nominated.
In the Second ward the meeting
was held in the telephone building
and was attended by from thirty-iive
to forty representative citizens Of
that ward. Frank 4. Smith was chos-
en- to preside and IA. l.. De Kalb to
act as secretary. w. ID. Symmes, the
present alderman FROM the bloody
second. was renominated without a
dissenting voice.
Equally harmonious was the meet
ing held in the Third ward and at
tended by not less than thirty yot'
ers. After the election OF Edward
Brassey ana X. A. Hanke to act as
chairman and secretary respectively,
John LauN was renomlnated for the
position OF aldarman, his selection
being unanimous.
The certificates OF nomination were
signed as follows:
First ward-Harry Brown. nomi-
nee. David Hilger. Austin W. War;,
j. NJ. Vrooman. j. c. Bebb. Hugh
Wagner. George W. Cook. w. w.
White. J. l.. Mears. l.. ". Eldridge.
F. o. Busenburg. A. Hogeland A. b.
Lehman, J. W. Arthur, j. c. Scott, T.
II. Tubb. A. II. Russell.
Second ward-W. ID. Symmes. nom.
inee. Frank Z. Smith, Horace Hill.
J. f. Pinkley. Z. W, Norton, G.. j,
Wiedeman. A. Froembling, E. K. Nor.
ton. NJ. NJ. Hedges. Ira WILDER. Earl
IdSllldls -. w Itlllluih, Eu. w lbuNi
Emil Jensen, W. X. Walker. j. C..
Smith. Morris p. Hazard. John Sat
agangz. II. Leonard De Kalb. Ander.
O Cort, Charles Clancy. Walter Nor
ton, Frank Goss. w. II. Parrot, o. E
Bennett. Z. V. Eastman. G. r. Creel,
j. s. Hovis. s. S. Hobson. Charles b
Jamme, Chris Wiedman.
Third ward-John Laux. nominee
Edward Brassey. Rudolf Won ToDei
Halsey II. Watson, A. w. Stoddard
G. A. Parrot, Tom Stout. G. w. Can
non. w. L. COrt. F. j. Hazen. N. j
Littlejohn, w. w. Watson, ]. w. Eos
ter, T. b. Lease. T. ]. Johns, A. II
Van Iderstine, A. H. Klein, E. II
Stoll. r. A. Hanke and Ed. Stacey.
IL was thought that two sets OF
candidates would be sufficient for a
town of this size. but there were q
few who decided that the situation
would be made more interesting il
another ticket was put in the field
accordingly. a number OF citizens met
in labor union hall Monday afternoon
and nominated three additional can
didates for the lucrative aldermanio
jobs. The new ticket is styled the
independent citizens ticket and w
n. Culver, Girls. Weidman and Char
lie Wentworth were gwen the tasks
of carrying the banners in the First
Second and Third wards. respective
iy. The third ticket somewhat up
sets speculations on the final out
come. but il is generally believed thal
the non-partisan ticket still has q
clear lead.
Chris. Weidman. the independent
candidate from the Second, is a mar
with a grievance. At a meeting O