Montana Labor Party endorses Walsh McClernan Toole at Butte convention
A Montana labor party convention in Butte endorses Thomas J. Walsh for representative in Congress and John B. McClernan for associate justice, with Governor Toole released from a 1904 pledge not to seek the U.S. Senate. The vote was largely unanimous and featured party leaders naming a state central committee and endorsing labor-friendliness while attacking monopolies and contract labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Walsh
Helena
Congress
John B. McClernan
Butte
Supreme Court
Joseph K. Toole
Labor Party Committee
United States
Labor Party of
Joe Shannon
State Central Committee
Bred Shanden
William Walsh
Supreme Bench
J. W. Whitely
Judge McClernan
Labor
J. K. Smith
Henry C. Smith
McClernan
Smith
Peter Breen
Blank
J. K. Toole
Montana
Labor Party
Prem
Sanden
W. R. Waleh
Gallatin
M. J. Geiger
Silver Bow
Committee On Credentials
Committee On
Businveys
M. P. Haggerty
Trusta
Alexander Mackel
Senate
State Labor Convention
Labor Convention
Toole Declares Senate Candidacy In Montana
Governor J K Toole announces for United States Senate in Helena Montana. He recalls past service in Congress and as governor and discusses a 1904 labor convention pledge affecting his candidacy and subsequent release from that pledge. He commits to seeking support of good citizens and presenting his record to the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toole
Senate
Mike Geiger
United States
Isthmian Canal
Helena
Mont
J. K. Toole
United States Senate
Ita Terma
Labor
Ita
Butte
Labor Party
Montana
Edwin Nottis
Leutenantgovrnor
Edwin Norris
Railroad rate commission and railroad value debate in Montana
Questions presented on support for a railroad rate commission to fix charges and ensure adequate facilities, and on punishing officers for accepting bribes from railways. The Montana railway value is cited as $196,000,000 by the U S census and the text notes current assessment discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LN Commission
Montana
United States Census Bureau
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William Dee
Lewis and Clark
William R. Walsh
Granite
John Power
Fergus
Mathew B. Regan
John J. Quinn
Edwin Norrin
Thier
Pullman Car Company
Meat Packers
Express
General Greene
George Kunzman
Bannack Street
Kunczman
Dillon
T. J. Walsh
John B. M’clernan