Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-03
SOCIALISTS ATTEMPT
TOL|sT CANDIDATES
ON ELECTION BALLOT
Secretary Of State Withh0lds
Certificate to Await Attor-
nev Generals Opinion.
Tribune's Helena Bursau)


Helena, Oct. Am attempt was
made Monday by representatives of
the socialist party of Montana to file
with the secretary of state a certifi-
cate of nomination of candidates to be
voted upon at the coming general cleo
ton. This action was taken following
a mass convention held in Helena. last
Saturday evening at which, 1t is
claimed by one of the leaders, 10
counties were represented.
The certificate Of nomination which
was presented to Secretary of State
G. T. Stewart Monday afternoon by
C. Fl. Paugh, of Livingston, was held
up by the secretary until he could sat
isfy himself by a study of the election
laws whether the socialists could claim
the right to file a list of candidates in
such manner, or until he can obtain an
opinion from the attorney general.
Barber for Senator
The candidates named upon the Ger
tificates as having been selected at
the convention Saturday, are:
For United States senator: George
Fl. Ambrose of Butte, occupation. bar
Der.
For congressman from the first dis
trict: Mrs. Lula F. Dawley of Essex.
FIathead county, occupation, house
wife.
For congressman from the second
district: S. r. Moody of Laurel, yell
lowstone county, occupation, railroad
worker.
For chief justice of the supreme
court: John Duffy of Kalispell, law
yer.
For associate justice of the supreme
court: J. H. Lyle of Arlee, Missoula
county, operator and law student.
For railroad and public service
| commissioner: Andy NJ. Getchel1 of
| Missoula, locomotive engineer.
For clerk of the supreme court:
Walter Smithers of Klein, Musselshell
county, miner.
! Missoula Man Chairman
The certificate showed that the con-
vention had chosen J. l.. Wallace of
| Missoula, as chairman, and G. HI.
Paugh of Livingston, as secretary ard
had named upon the executive COM
mittee J.. L. Wallace of Mssoula.
| james d. Graham of Livingston and
Il ". Brown of Missoula.
Attached to the certificate was a
copy of the call for the convention,
which was shown to have been pub
lished in the New Northwest of Mis-
soula and the Great Falls Town Topics
and which stated that whereas under
a decision of the supreme court of
| Montana the socialist party has no
political status by reason of failure TO
present candidates for office at the
regular primary elections held in the
state during recent years and it is de
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the laws of the state. it appears nee
essary to nominate and file with the
secretary of state names of candidates
TO be voted upon at the general election
November {. n mass convention was
called to be held in Helena at Z p. m.
September so.
Court Decided PolHt
The supreme court Of Montana il
an opinion handed down October ?
1920. in the matter of the state ex re
Clinton l.. Williams VS.. c. t. Stewart
secretary of state. has already rulet
adversely to the filing of nomination
certificates of candidates not nomina
ted at a primary election. In this cast
%mandamus proceedings were not inltia
ted to compel the secretary of state
to place the name of the relator anC
I ptDtTS uDun Int palitt U Iht CltttsVA
OF November ., 1920. for the offices OF
presidential and vice presidential cleo
tors of the socialist party.
The court sustained the motion o
the attorney general to quash th'
alternative writ previously issued ant
to dismiss the proceedings and in III
decision said:
THE court Is of the opinion tina
since the socialist party vas organ
lied and in existence at the time thu
primary election was held on Apri
! %. 1920. for presidential and vice
presidential electors, and was entitled
and required under the provisions o
the act initiated and passed by tn
people at the general election held ii
November. 1912, to vote for and nom
mate for these offices. but omitted Il
do so. il is not entitled now to hav'
the names of any persons appear upol
the ballot as candidates for these of
! fees"