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Newspaper
Choteau Montanian
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1900
Page
2
A chaotic mix of political chatter fills the page with names and claims. Theodore Roosevelt referenced as vice president candidate while local figures contest census rankings and party strategies in Helena and Fergus County.
Gen. Grant quipped that the democratic party has a genius for blundering and the piece argues the party will do nothing to mend its reputation as the Kansas City convention approaches.
Democratic readers confront results as Oregon June returns reveal bigger Republican majorities than 1808. Supreme judge candidate wins by 10 880 votes while two Republican congressional contenders tally 8 022 and 3 139 respectively.
The Louisville Courier Journal asserts the country favors expansion, noting Oregon as the first state where the issue is fairly tested. It warns Democrats against repeating the test in the upcoming presidential election.
A distressed note on China warns that war could erupt as Boxers clash with allied troops. The piece details county clerk fees from ceded mining districts since April 15 1898 totaling 868 15 dollars including locations millsites deeds and water rights. It also critiques Daly politics and preview of Shelby News editor Trescott's weekly paper.
The Lyre national Republican convention adopted a resolution empowering the national committee to fill vacancies in its ranks never the chairman. The organizing meeting selected Mark Hanna as chairman and later the committee named an executive panel from the general membership. The report contrasts this with Montana where local chairs claim centralized power.
Boss Hanna faces Boss Platt and Boss Quay in a Philadelphia bid but they ally with nine tenths of the delegates. J. B. Neill signs a call for a Democratic convention to nominate a State ticket at Helena on September 19. The delay mystifies observers as Daly faction conventions and filings proceed earlier in the presidential year.
The text describes a dispute where a chairman allegedly appointed members to fill vacancies without the committee’s consent, provoking a split as Clark faction withdrew and reorganized. It notes that central committees are legal bodies under Montana law and can depose a chairman, who overstepped his authority, creating a precedent for filling vacancies.
A prominent Democrat reports that in Butte the leading figure of Teton County delegates and W A Clark were the undisputed chiefs during the committee meeting and the regular convention. The informant did not know which delegate held the leadership, and said the name does not begin with B.
A customer from Bugettstown, Washington County, Pa, recounts severe stomach pains and weakness after which Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy provided instant relief. The testimonial notes the product as the finest for stomach trouble and essential in the home, with local sale by C. H. Drake.
A Democratic state convention in Butte produced a double header as Clark faction won a delegate majority but Calyites kept the chairman. Vacancies on the central committee were filled by proxies or county delegates, ignored by the chairman who filled the vacancies anyway.
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