The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-11
MONTANA PROCRESSIvES.


MONTANA PROGRESSNES.
Nominate State Ticket and Adopt
Party Platform.
HELENA, Sept. 1.-THE state conven.
vention of the progressive party closed
Its sessions today. 1t was an enthus.
iastic convention. consisting of 592
deleg ates from the various counties. |
although the apportionment provided
for only 200. The voting strength OF
the deleg ations, however, was limited
to ten votes from each county.
Sen ator Dixon, who was selected as
chairman OF the convention, was &C.
corded rousing reception and made
q fighting speech In which he chal-
lenged his political opponents to do
their worst. In order to give all ae-
pirants q fair show, q committee was
appointed to make up list of candi.
dates for the several nomin ations, the
list to include the names OF all who
sought nomin alton for any state Office.
The list prepared by the committee
was duly presented, and from it the
convention selected the following
ticket:
For United States senator-Joseph
M. Dixon OF Missoula.
For governor-Frank J. Edwards of
Helena.
For lieutenant governor-W. D.
Symmes of Lewistown.
For members of congress-Thoma as
Everett OF II Harlem, and George Horkan
of Forsyth.
For associate justice of the supreme
court-George w. Farr OF Miles City.
For secretary of stste-George Met
calf OF Granite.
For treasurer-H. J. Thompson of
Billings.
For auditor - Edward Cumrine of
Butte.
For attorney general-C. M. Sawyer
OF Anaconda.
For superintendent of pu blic instruc-
tion-Bert Adams Tower of Beaver.
head.
For railroad commissioner-R. A.
Moore OF Valley.
For presidential electors-Conrad
Kohrs of Helena, j. T. Stanford OF
Great Falls, Sam Gordon of Miles
City and A. W. Merrifield of Kalis-
pell.
The selection of Senator Dixon as
preferential senatorial candidate was
by ACCLAIM alton. In his speech OF &C.
cept ance the senator declared that he
would not be in Montana during the
campaign, owing to his duties as man.
ager OF the Roosevelt campaign call.
ing him elsewhere, but he would make
the fight.
The platform adopted endorses the
declar alton OF principles OF the ma
tional progressive party, commends
the senatorial services of Senator
Dixon and advocates his reelection
and pledges loyal support to Roose
velt and Dixon. On state aff airs ther,
, are some radical declar ations. I
. favors complete reform In the stat
( tax laws, and an amendment to tn
, constitution giving the legislature tn
, power to determine the method of tax
: ing mines and railroads in the state
r 1t favors q guarantee bank deposi
, law, the submission of a woman suf
I frage amendment and condemns th
g reclamation service for what it call
q excessive cost of engineering.
: favors q guarantee bank deposit la,
g for the partial support of women whe
9 the husband is insane, or q convict
j and constitutionally unfit to -provid
9 for his family, and of widows VIII
a are mothers of children under 16 year
q old.
1t favors the establishment OF fire
state asssying station. and recon
mends that the present convention b
4 made permanent, and that all non
y, inees of the convention file their uu
- dated resign ations so that the conver
tions may recall them If they prov
:. unfit, the recall to be by go per cent {
the members of the body. The pla
- form also declares for the initiative
~ referendum and recall and q judici,
= referendum on all constitutional que|
= tlons.
J. JUDITH GAP, Sept. I. - Clarent
u Engberg, the fourteen.year-old son (
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Engberg, died th
morning in the hospital at lewiston