Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-23
Year.
Promises To
Be Lively
Political Matters Will En-
gage Voters Attention
During 1890.
IMPORTANT OFFICERS
ARE TO BE ELECTED

With Old Man Winter giving us
a brand of weather that sends the
mercury several notches down below
the zero mark goodly portion Of
the time, 1t has been too cold for the
proverbial political pot to do much
boiling. But now and them while
idly passing the time around some
pleasant fire, one hears a little dis
cussion of the election that is to be
staged this year. It is an soff-year"
politically but enough will be at stake
to give the campaign plenty of inter-
est. Montana will elect United States
senator to succeed T. J. Walsh, two
members of the u. S. house of repre-
sentatives to succeed Scott Leavitt
and John M. Evans, an associate JUS
tice of the supreme court to succeed
j. H. Mathews, a railway commission
er to succeed Leonard c. Young.
In Lincoln county there will be
full list of officers to be elected. Sue
cessors will be chosen to all of the
holders of two year terms. The term
of County Commissioner Fl. E. Brink
also expires and a commissioner for
tliC ItDDy diSLI 1T Will DCA IHO5EH DIT
this election. County Treasurer John
G. Friend has held office four years
and as the law stipulates that county
treasurer cannot hold office longer
than two successive terms, or four
years, new county treasurer must be
elected
Successors will be chosen to State
Senator II. G. Pomeroy and Repre-
sentative Timothy Miller.
Very little discussion has been
heard SO far regarding probable can
dates and none has yet declared his
candidacy. The primary election comes
July Is WHICH puts it six months in
the offing and gives plenty of time
for candidates. to develop and for
hats to be tossed into the ring.
But the big issue before Montana
voters will be the outcome of the two
important referendum measures and
the selection Of members of the house
and senate. One half the senate will
be chosen and all members Of the
house. Then there are the city and
county elections as we'll as the school
district battles of ballots. Hence, de-
spite the offyear, things politically
promise to be looking up within
few weeks. The primaries come July
Is and the general election Novem-
Der 4.
Montana residents, keenly interested
in the welfare of state affairs are
anxiously looking forward to the
opening of the campaign for the two
referendum measures. Headquarters
will be established in Helena with Ray
B. Bowden, editor of publications of
Montana States college of Bozeman,
in charge, says the Montana Record
Herald. The executive committee of
nine we'll known Montana business
men and women will supervise and
direct the work Referendum No. 80
provides for the appropriation of 49,
100000 in excess of the constitutional
limit of indebtedness for the construc-
ton, maintenance, repair and equip
ment of necessary buildings for the
greater university, state prison, state
hospital and other state institutions.
Referendum No. 81 provides for in
creaslng the tax rate on real and per-
sonal property for state purposes not
more than three mills on the dollar
in addition to the levy now or which
may be hereafter authorized by the
constitution for the next 10 years
for needed work at greater university
units which have been expanded
through natural growth and through
addition Of the units at Billings and
Havre.