Montana Electoral History and Early Territorial Elections
The article traces Montana's shifting party votes from early statehood through 1912, notes women voters and party figures, and recounts the first elections west of the divide in Missoula County. It covers local offices, irregular early practices, and the 1864 onward municipal and territorial ballots with attention to turnout and governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Missoula County
Washington Territory
Legislative Assembly
C. P. Higgins
F. L. Worden
T. W. Harris
M. W. Tipton
H. M. Chase
Higgins
Harris
Spokane
Idaho
Legislative Assembly of
Virginia City
Congress
Lewis and Clark County
Last Chance
Helena
Silver City
Jefferson County
Lewis and Clark
Territorial Council
E. S. Peck
Abraham Mast
Hell’s Gate
Missoula
Ashley
Election Party Vote Totals Across Years
The data lists party vote totals by year from 1892 to 1912 with Democratic, Republican, and minor parties. It also provides total votes per year: 1892 44 315, 1896 53 217, 1900 63 693, 1904 64 444, 1908 68 822, 1912 79 960.
Montana Teachers Association to Convene at Missoula
The Montana State Teachers Association will meet in Missoula on November 27 28 and 29. Distinguished out of state speakers include Henry Suzzallo president of the University of Washington and Caroline Crawford of Teachers College Columbia University. Crawford will lecture on Dramatization The Principles That Every Teacher Should Know.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers’ Association
Montana State Teachers’ Association
Missoula
Henry Suzzallo
University of Washington
Caroline Crawford
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Crawford
Half the World Does Not Stop to Consider Its Business
An aphoristic line notes public indifference as the other half of society surveys life and its duties. The remark emphasizes social commentary on who ignores moral obligations while observing others.
Montana News in Brief from Various Cities
Multiple small items report local incidents and updates across Montana. Browns request arrest after house robbery while jailed. Do lores Smith acid incident. Fergus county election registration up 100 percent with 5 000 women voters projected. Great Falls potato and corn displays. Missoula school land transfer. Ada Holmes India missionary account of submarine chase. John A Russell fine for fishing with intoxicated fish. potato sales for Rainbow hotel to Holter camp. Flathead Sam Baptiste vagrancy protest. Cody sulphur plant reopening under new management. Montana militia funding allocation. counterfeit $10 note warning in Butte. Conrad estate trustees seek final settlement and $2 000 000 funds handled. Helena band revival funded. Bitter Root Brownson compensation award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
W. S. Brown
Brown
Poplar
Dolores
Smith
Lewistown
Fergus County
Cunningham
Great Falls
Peter Stukey
Missoula
James M. Parks
Franklin School
Daly Addition
Ada Holmes
India
Methodist Missionary Society
United States
John A. Russell
Wolf Creek
Rainbow
Holter
Montana Power Co
W. I. Ward
Rainbow Hotel
Cody
Wyo
Yellowstone Sulphur Co
du Pont Powder Company
Helena
Montana
Silver Bow National Bank
Treasury Department
Washington
Federal Reserve
James J. Stanford
Conrad Banking Company of
George H. Stanton
Stanton Bank & Trust Company
District Court
Conrad Brothers
Commercial Club
Brownson
Bitter Root Valley
Montana Women In The News Of The Week
Yellowstone Women Voters report that thirty two percent of Yellowstone county voters are women. Zallo of the University of Washington and Miss Caroline Crawford of Teachers College Columbia University will speak on dramatization The Principles That Every Teacher Should Know. A new monthly magazine edited by women lawyers in New York City aims to inform women about legal status across states and offer free advisory inquiries.
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Yellowstone County
New Monthly
Women Lawyers
New York City
Daughters of the Revolution Elect State Officers at Butte
At the Montana Daughters of the Revolution state conference in Butte on October 19 Mrs. Charles A. Blackburn was elected state regent with several officers named from Helena and Butte. The next annual conference will be in Livingston. The group placed a silk Montana state flag in Memorial Continental Hall and donated 50 dollars to the Martha Berry school in Georgia and over 300 dollars to the Belgium relief fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Daughters of the Revolution
Butte
Charles A. Blackburn
M. W. Atwater
Helena
Charles S. Passmore
Hill
Bozeman
D. J. Fitzgerald
Livingston
Virginia Wright
Memorial Continental Hall
Washington, D. C
State of
Montana
Martha Berry
Georgia
Belgium Relief Fund
Women's Legal Status Oyez Is The Appropriate Title
A brief note identifies Oyez as the suitable heading for a topic on women's legal status.
Girl Clerk Wins 320 Acre Farm in Settlement
Waterloo Iowa Miss Margaret Morgan a clerk in a department store received a 320 acre farm from E J Muenich formerly a Sioux City auctioneer as settlement of a $15000 judgment from Muenich in Lemars district court after trial of breach of promise suit A girl likes to listen to soft nothings when they mean something.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Margaret Morgan
E. J.muenich
Sioux City
Muenich
Lemars
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Benjamin Harrison
William Jennings Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Woodrow Wilso
Senate
Ave
Wilson
Charles EK. Hughes
G. E. LaFollette
Democratic State Central Committee
O. M. Harvey
Republican State Central Committee
Divide
Fort Owen
Stevensville
Ravalli County
Jocko Agency
Lander
Wallace
Garfield
Dr. Bates
Spokane County
Henry Claren
John Beadle
William T. Hamilton
Frank H. Woody
Granville Stuart
H. van Dorn
Henry Brooks
Woody
Gold Creek
Powell County
Deer Lodge
Pioneer Creek
L. L. Blake
C. T. Higgins
James Stuart
P. W. M. McAdow
Blake
Madison County
Plummer
Alder Guldh
Fairweather District
G. G. Bissel
Richard 4A
Henry Edgar Recover
J. B. Caven
Cayen
Henry Plummer
Grasshopper
Nevada
Ells
T. J. Bisson
Butte, Mont
Wits
Edison
K. Babson
Editon
Zai Ison
Block
Chews Fh
School OF Quality
Pioneer Business College of Montana
J. Lee Rice
D. P. Patenaude
News OF the Week
Yellowstone Women Voters
Daughters of the Revolution
Sloan
Ubbing
Butte College
Lewishon
Mont
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