The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26
JUDGEsn1p NOMINATION..
"a second Judicial Convention Endorsed
candidacy OF Judge Kerr. Of Glasgow.

candidacy OF Judge Kerr. Of Glasgow.
In giving an o of the proceed
ings OF the judicial convention of this
district, held in Helena on the 18th
INST, the River Press remarked that
they furnished San instructive object
lesson OF the necessity for nomination
OF candidates by direct vote of the
people, That view of the matter is
sustained by information regarding
what took place after the regular judi
cial convention broke up in disorder,
and the chairman and several of the
delegates had left the hall.
An effort was then made to organize
q c convention, L. V. Bogy be.
ing chosen chairman, and 7. Nj. Ev-
erett secretary. There were only a few
Chouteau county delegates present,
and a noisy dispute having arisen as
to casting the votes of the absentees,
the secretary vacated his position aud
left the hall. His refusal to take
further part in the proceedings was
due to the fact that Chouteau county
was not represented at that time by a
majority of its delegates.
1t was nearing the hour Of midnight
when a sufficient number OF Chouteau
county delegates had been rounded up
to make a majority of the deleg alton,
n arrangements were made to pro.
coed with the convention. The meet.
ing was held at the Grandon hotel,
there being present nine of the four.
teen delegates from Valley county,
q thirteen of the twenty-five dele.
gates from Chouteau county. The
Chouteau county delegates who took
part in the proceedings, as far as can
be learned, were: B. d. Phillips,
Chas. Whitcomb, A. ID. Gill, II. Y.
Lewis, a. J. Brodrick, II. NJ. Reichel,
y. w. Hyndman, Nj. j. Healy, Geo.
3. Bourne. d. Il. Thornber, j. +.
Templeton, L. V. Bogy and L. NJ.
Everett.
After q brief discussion as to what
vote should determine the nomin alton,
a ballot was taken with this result:
Kerr, 10: Stranahan, I. Mr.. Kerr
was called upon to state whether or
not he would accept the nomiu alton
under the circumstances that had
arisen, and after brief d%eliberation
announced that he was willing to make
the race. A certificate of nomin alton
in favor of Mr.. Kerr was afterwards
signed by the chairman and secretary
OF The convention, aud filed with the
secretary Of state.
AS to the validity or regularity of
these proceedings. the River Press
does not feel competent to express an
opinion, but it does protest against
the undiRnified and ~reprehensible fea.
lures of the several judicial conven
tlons OF this district. The Office O,
district Judge is one of the most i'm.
portant positions to be filled, and
judicial nouina atoms should be made
in an orderly manner--free from
acrimonious discussion and acts oil
rowdyism. Proceedings not so char.
acterized are to be deplored.
The filing of a certificate of nomina.
ton in favor of Mr.. Kerr as the re
publican candidate for judicial
honors in this district should be salts,
factory O every republican in Chou
teau county and Valley county. 70,
the first time since this judicial dis
trict was created, republican voters
will have an opportunity to marx
their ballot for a republican nominee
for district Judge, and there are sufi
cient republican voters ia the distric
to secure his election.