Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-31
Il DIXON MEN
N0M|NATEDFOR
STATE SENATE
Governor Campaign
for Friendly Solons
Succeeds.
tTribune's Helena Bureau.)

Helena. Aug. 30.-When the seven
teenth legislative assembly adjourned
its extraordinary session which follow
ed Immediately the regular session IN
the winter of 1921, Governor Joseph
NJ. Dixon at once laid his plans for
campaign of action which would give
him a friendly senate in the eighteenth
legislature The program of tax legls-
Iation which he had presented and
had put through the house of repre-
sentatives had been blocked or seri-
ously intefered with by hostile senate
and he set out to put a ticket In the
field which would give him an upper
body which would not eradicate the
work he had been successful in getting
through the friendly house.
From the returns coming in from
Tuesdays primary it appears that the
governor has been successful in bring
ing about the nomination of legislative
candidates, the election of whom would
result in giving him control of the
next assembly.
While the results of the vote upon
the legislative and county candidates
in most parts of the state are very
slow in being reported and the result
in that many of the races are still in
doubt enough have been received here
to indicate that as general thing
the Dixon tickets have been successful
and that a good share of republicans
who will 60 before the voters IN
November for legislative offices are
friendly to Dixon and to his program.
Needs 28 "FrIendly" Senators
In the senate, which proved a
stumbling block to the Dixon program
during the last legislative assembly,
the governor must have at least %
friendly members in order to assure
the success of his line of action.
Twenty six senator's are holdovers and
of the Dixon people claim as friendly
to their program IA senators with the
possibility of one additional.
This makes necessary the election OF
at least IA senator's out of the 2S
counties which will elect senator's this
fall who will fall in with the Dixon
ideas. Indications at this time, with the
election results still in doubt in many
counties, are that at least IL Dixon
candidates for the senate have been
nominated.
Counties which must elect senators
this fall are Mineral, Fallon, Still
water, Teton, Silver Bow, Judith
Basin, Rosebud. Wibsux, Broadwater,
Jefferson, Sanders, Ravalli, Granite,
Yellowstone, Chouteau, Missoula, Car
ter, Lincoln, Valley, Sheridan, FlatheaG,
Toole, Park, Cascade, Fergus, Rich
land, Wheatland and Madison.
Indications from incomplete turns
are that the Dixon senatorial randi-
dates have been nominated in II of
these counties. In five of the remain
ing counties-Mineral. Saltwater, Sill
verbow, Cascade and Missou'a-.de
Dixon faction had up % senatorial
candidates; in two counties. Chouteau
and Valley, the Dixon candidates were
defeated in two, Madison and Rosebud
the outcome is still in doubt, while in
Fergus and Granite there is some
doubt as 10 whether the successful
candidates are Dixon men, although
they are claimed by the new era club
workers as being in sympathy with
Dixon.
Rosebud Race Close
In Rosebud county the race between
SenatorqJ. Z. Edwards, leader of the
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