The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-01

lican party and endorse it's policies
are cordially invited to unite under
this call in the holding of party pri-
maries and convention for the purpose
Of selecting delegates and alternates
to said convention. Said county con-
vention snail consist of the following
number of delegates for the several
precincts:
Each precinct in the county is en-
titled to representation in said CON-
v~ention by one delegate for every Is
votes or major fraction thereof cast
in said precinct for the Honorable
Joseph M. Dixon for congress at the
last general election, provided that
each precinct shall be entitled to at
least n delegate. The delegates to
this convention, a%pportioned in the
above manner, are as follows:
Junction, No. / l
North Billings, No. 2 ........... Z
South Billings, No. 8 ........... 5
Canyon Creek No. 4 ............ 2
Laurel, No. 5 5
Park City, No. 6 6
Columbus, No. z 4
Thomas Ranch, No. 8 ........... 1
Upper Musselshell, No. 9 ........ 1
Roundup, No. 10 1
Fairview, No. II l
Musselshell, No. IL ............ 2
North Billings, No. 10 .......... IL
South Billings, No. IA ............ 8
Total Sc
The primaries for all precincts ex-
cept Billings precincts Nos. 1, 2, 13
and Il and Columbus, will be held be-
maries for Billings and Columbus be-
tween the hours of 2 and z p. M; all
lprimaries to be held on Saturday,
April 2, 1904.
Primaries for North Billings, No. 2,
at court house; South Billings, No. 3,
at Stoddard's wagon shop; North Bill
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store; South Billings, No. IA, at Boy
kin house; for the other precincts at
the following places: Junction, school
house; Laurel, town hall; Park City,
town hall; Columbus, town hall; Tho
mas Ranch, Thomas ranch; Upper
Musselshell, Big Coulee ranch; Round
up, the Erwin ranch; Fairview, Fair
view ranch; Musselshell, Handel's
store.
Judges and clerks will be chosen to
conduct the several primaries above
mentioned from the republican elect
ors 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 conven-
ton as credentials of said delegates
and alternates.
The following rules have been adopt
ed by the central committee for the
government of said convention:
First-Delegates and alternate dele
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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-In the absence of a dele
gate the majority of the delegates
from that precinct shall cast the vote
of the absentee.
Third-In the absence of all the del.
egates and all the alternate dele
gates from any precinct no vote shall
be cast for said precinct.
Fourth-In the precinct in which the
convention is held no vote shall be
cast for the absent delegate and alter
nate delegate.
Fifth-Delegates and alternate dele
gates must be republicans and resi-
dents of the precinct which they rep.
resent.
BY action of the republican county
executive committee, Yellowstone
county, Montana.
O. B. PRICKETT, Chairman.
E. H. HOLSTER, Secretary.
March 81, 1904.
Reward.
We, the undersigned, will pay $500