Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-06-24
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office. The others who had been placed
before the convention before the execu-
tive session, were L. o. Johnson OF
Ravalli; W. D. Rankin, Helena: W. w.
Palmer. Custer county; Lewis Irwin,
Glacier county: A. d. Stillman, Flathead
county; r. A Thompson, Flathead coun-
ty; A. G. Waite, Chouteau county, and
Wade Parks, Sanders county.
Sanvik for Auditor.
Following the executive session the
convention turned to the other state
offices and for state auditor the nomina-
tions were Margaret Ham, Sweet Grass
county; Art Jeffers, Wibaux county;
Mrs. r. NJ Lord, Cascade county;
Beatrice O'Grady, Sheridan county; Ole
Sanvik Hill county, and A. ID. Stillman,
Flathead county. The nomination of San
vik occurred on. the second ballot.
Taking up the nomination of three
justices for the supreme court, the con-
vention had the following persons to
consider: w. W. Palmer, Custer coun-
ty; j. A. Williams, Fallon county; Har-
low Pease, Beaverhead county: t. A.
Thompson, Flathead county; j. +. Hur-
ley, Valley county; c. c. Hurley, Daw-
son county; Louis Donovan, Silver Bow
county; A. G. Waite, Chouteau county;
Tim Nolan. Silver Bow county; w. l..
Holloway. Lewis and Clark county, and
L. o. johnson, Ravalli county. After
the third ballot, Palmer and Pease were
nominated for the six-year terms and
Thompson was named for the two-year
term. .....
Wheeler Arrives.
Burton X. Wheeler, the convention
nominee, arrived in the convention hall
while the work of selecting a supreme
court justice was in progress and made
an address to the delegates. He told
them he was ready to enter any party
the convention determined upon and to
make fight right down the line, and
he predicted that the ticket named by
the convention would be victorious in
the primary and also in November. He
cautioned the delegates, however, that
it was going to require q fight and one
in which all must do their part. adding
that if they did not win this fall, they
needn't have much hope for the future.
After the nomination of the court
tjustices, the convention adjourned until
10 D. M for the banquet held in the
Park hotel, attended by all delegates
This was an informal get-together, and
after the banquet the work of naming
the candidates for congress was taken
up and the convention completed its
task.
State treasurer drew the following
nominations: c. f. Foster Fergus coun-
ty; Margaret Hanna, Sweet Grass: Mrs
| r. NJ Lord, Cascade; Mrs. Beatrice
Fergus and Art Rueber. Sheridan. The
nomination of Mrs. Lord was made by ac-
clamation after some speech making and
the withdrawal of some of those whose
names had been proposed.
Meadors Is Chosen
| For railroad commissioner, there was
| a large entry and considerable speech
making. Those offered as candidates
were III. f. Benjamin. Toole county; n.
Curley. Yellowstone country; Mike Holl-
and Cascade county: II. c. Kirby.
Broadwater county: NJ. McCuster. Rose
velt county: John Mckay. Sanders coun-
| ty; J. l., Meadors. Richland county; j..
! B. Saunders. Flathead county; T. J. Troy.
| Ia 1t took two ballots to eliminate and
leave Meadors the candidate for this
office.
When the office of state school sup
erintendent was reached Chairman
Martin told the convention he would sug-
gest this candidate be selected by the
other candidates in conference with the
executive committee. stating that this
| office had been one of the hardest pro-
blems of the Nonpartisans in North Da-
kota.
Take Martins Advice
| He said they wanted to be sure the per-
son named to that place was right be-
fore the selection was made His advice
was needed and that is the way the can
didate for the school superintendent Of
Montana will be named for the Nonpart-
isans.
For secretary of state. r. A. Haste
of Yellowstone county was nominated on
the first ballot with 56 out Of the 80
votes. The other candidates were r. JEFF
fers, Wibaux; r. NJ. Lord, Cascade and
J. L. Meadors. Richland.
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