The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-13
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Governor Joseph NJ. Dixon was tenn
porary chairman of the convention,
and c. C. Conser, Of Plevna, Repubr
lican nominee for stats senator in
Fallon county, was named to preside.
permanently during. the proceedings.
With one or two exceptions every
county in the state had one or more
delegates on the floor, and some idea
of the harmony which prevailed may
be gained from the fact that there
was not a dissenting motion Or vote
at any stage Of the proceedings.
Pledging the people of Montana
loyal support to the efforts of Gov
ernor Joseph M. Dixon and other Re-
publican state officials for having re-
habilitated the finances of state gov
eminent, and calling attention of the
citizenship to the facts concerning the
condition of state affairs, resolutions,
forming the party platform for the
campaign before the general election
in November, were adopted at the
state Republican convention in Hell
ena, Saturday afternoon, without a
dissenting vote.
The resolutions were drafted by q
committee of II headed by Judge E.
K. Cheadle, of Lewistown. Other
members of the committee consisted
of L. Q. Shelton, of Boulder; H. J,
Miller, of Livingston; DR.. o. M. Lam
strum, of Helena; H. S. Buell., of
Bozeman; R. n. Jones, of Harlowton;
]. H. Wedum, of Glasgow; Senator
Robert Pauline, of Kalispell; Senator
Frank Hazelbaker, of Dillon; Senator
o. H. Junod, of Sheridan; Attorney
General Wellington D. Rankin, of Hell
ena; o. j. Collins, of Plentywood; DR.
R. c. Monahan, of Butte; Senator
Frank B. Connolly, of Billings; E. F
Meyerhoff, of Glendive, and c. G
Conser, Of Plevna.
Not Snly did the resolutions indoors,
and pledge support to che administra
ton Of Governor Dixon, but also t.
President Harding. The platform
calls attention to the depleted condi
ton of the state treasury when Gov
ernor Dixon assumed office, and ia
vored a full plan of equalizing the bun
den of taxation. With that object i
view the the proposed tax commission
was favored, as was the enforcement
of the Volstead act, and the purpose
and measures for the agriculture
bloc, cooperative enterprises of tn
farmer and other workers and produC
ers were Endorsed. The rights of Ia
Dor were recognized, new revenue
for the public schools urged an
bonus for the soldiers of Montana VIII
served in the late world war favore'
The full text of the resolutions fo
low:
We, the legally delegated Republic
n of Montana, in state conventio
assembled, hereby renew our ALI
glance to the great historic party
national achievement, whose recol
under the leadership of Fremon
Lincoln, Mckinley, Roosevelt al
Harding has been, for go years, tn;
Of the republic itself.
We pledge to President Hardin
the loyal support of our Republics
nominees for the United States Sc
ate and House of Representatives
his endeavors to solve the perplexir
questions of national administrator
and endorse the action of Congress
men Riddick and Mccormick in the
past loyal support Of the nation
Republican administration, and pledi
them our loyal support in the ensuil
election.
The Washington conference W
stand out for all time as one of t
most important events in the worlC
history. We rejoice that this gre
achievement for the peace of
world was conceived and carried to
successful conclusion through the
forts of a Republican administratic
We pledge to the people of Nc
tana our loyal support of the effol
of Governor Dixon and the other
publican state officials for the
Mobilization of the state finances {
call to the earnest attention of
citizenship of Montana the follow
facts relative to their own state g
eminent:
First.-That when the present
publican state administration come
to power, it was not only %confron