Anaconda Man Tommy Hogan Nominated for Governor
Anaconda worker Tommy Hogan, long a furnace tender at the silver mill, has been nominated for governor on the independent democratic ticket. Friends recall his rise from labor to public office, praising his honesty, hard work, and popular appeal among refinery workers and local residents.
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Thomas
Hogan
Tommy
Montana
Pat Sullivan
Tom McMahon
al Thrussell
Anaconda Works
Toughill
Hamilton
Helena
Anaconda
E. Wisner
Tommy Hogan
Wisner
Mr. Wisner
Thomas Leneghan
Butte
Leneghan
Clark Democrats
Tom Hinds
Clark
Montana Candidate Tour and Rural Campaign Hospitality
The piece describes how state and county candidates traverse Montana by rail and road visiting towns from Glendive to Hamilton. It details rustic hospitality, bartering, drinking, and speeches at barn or store venues, plus the rough humor and rivalries of frontier campaigning. It notes legal limits on gifts and how enforcement is weak in practice.
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Montana
Glendive
Missoula
Bitter Root
Hamilton
Great Falls
Butte
Dilon
Great Northern
Meagher
Fergus
Lkely
Helena
Jones
Anaconda
Legislative Assembly
Argentine Republic
Buenos Ayres
Rosario
Big Money Spent On Coming Presidential Campaign
The New York Herald notes an estimated 25 million dollars will be spent in the next three months on the presidential race with both parties more prosperous than in 1896. It details headquarters plans in Chicago and New York, declares national and state committees will spend vast sums on speeches prints and distribution, and notes extensive use of campaign literature and paid oratory.
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New York Herald
United States
James G. Blaine
Marcus A. Hanna
Republican National Committee
Mr. Hlaine
Hanna
James K. Jones
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
William J. Bryan
McKinley
Democratic State Committee
Bryan
Jones
New York
Mr. Bryan
National Committee
Democrats
Committee
Express
Washington
Beeches
Congress
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Cause of Labor
Knights of Labor of Montana
Jimmy Toughill
Elm Street
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Teddy
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