The Daily Missoulian., 1912-09-06

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knowledge our obligations for the eff
fective.. services he has rendered the
republican party and the state of Mon
tana. We shall miss him in his alb
sence and when tiring of that harm
less diversion in which he is now en-
gagged he returns to the fold he will
find awaiting him the hand Of fell
loWship.''
Smith Nominated.
The nomination of Judge Smith for
the senate was made as per slate
While Judge Smith worked with the
committee on credentials, Senator w.
r. Meyer took an hour and Is min
utes to extol the Helena judge and
then. placed his name before the con-
vention. Judge. Smith addressed the
convention at the evening, session, his
address Following the lines !. Of the
platform, Which it is admitted he de-
termined in all its essentials.
The platform mdorses Taft and
Pray; stands for protective tariff:
asks for a better employers liability
law; wants the antitrust statutes en-
forced; asks for preferential presi-
dental primary laws, and one to put
the nomination OF all candidates for
office directly in the hands of the peo-
| pie; one to limit campaign expenses:
10 give women the right to vote: es-
ltablishing a national department az
labor; inheritance tax; a law govern
| ing the issuance of injunctions in
| labor disputes, except under very
stringent cases., being practically the
old Bryan doctrine, and MANY, other
| things which smell loudly, of the
| Rryap d0ptrir1ac nf fa1,, .,o..,
and some Of them that out BRYAN
/ Bryan. i 4St
4 With the nomination of Judge Smith
| out Of the way, the convention re-
cessed till $3.50 ia the evening. when
/ it resumed business The first order
/ was nominations for congress. After
short time during which the conven
tion did a little maneuvering Gem
eral Warren of Butte rose and shouted
att the top Of his voice, Il nominate
/ Charles N. Pray for congress and
move that it be made unanimously,''
It Went through with a Whoop and
Pray was called. He told Of what a
great victory the republican party was
about TO enjoy at the polls and painted
I things rosy for thesMaft crowd till he
, reached his peroration and in closing
he said: .e
But it we must be defeated, let us
stand together on the deck and with
the old flag nailed to the mast. all
sink together"
The people who heard Pray haven't
Quit laughing yet.
Senator Meyer was next nominated
and he, too, in keeping with the slate
| plans, Was put over by acclamation
and accepted. During the length of his
afternoon address he modestly re-
Trained from making a speech, but
simply confined his talk to thanking
the convention.
/ The first business of the convention
was naming the presidential electors
as follows: T. A. Cummings of Fort
/ Benton, G. A. Truscott of Boulder, A.
/ WI Miles of Livingston and r. G..
I Davidson Of Anaconda.
There were but two votes taken in
the state convention, and the only one
of general interest was that on gov
ernor. The other was for superin-
| tendent ,ofe schools and resulted in the
defeat of e. K. Bramble of Philipsburg
by Lewis TerWilliger of Livingston.
For the governorship. Harry l.. Will
son was nominated over E. Fl. Cooney
Of Great Falls by a vote Of 3S0A OF
26SR. All other nominations were
made unanimously ts
Judicial nominations were as fol-
| lows:
Lincoln and Flathead counties--C
TT. Foote, kalspell.
Madison. Beaverhead and Jefferson
countles-L. l.. Galloway. Virginia
City. and H. n. Rogers. Dillon,
]! Missoula, Ravalli and Sanders coun-
+, i
4 e. Mulroney of Missoula.
Fergus and Meagher counties-Judge
i. Is. Cheadle
! To rebuild the Pyramid Of Cheops
under modern conditions would cost
/ $loo,ooo,o In money and the labor of
/ 10000 men fnr two yna