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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1888
Page
7
The article surveys political chatter across Montana and beyond noting prayers at Congress, fund struggles of the Knights of Labor, and a range of partisan and local campaigning. It mentions Victoria in Berlin, Livingston convention talk, and warnings about rival journals amid a boom in new Montana papers.
The Montana committee at Hetera selects Nov Martin Maginnis of Helena and Tous C Marshall of Missoula as delegates to the National Democratic Convention in St Louis. They will be uninstructed but expect to back Grover Cleveland, with Beaverhead counting ten delegates and Butte named for the Territorial Convention.
In a Dillon Tribune note from April 23 1885 Me Knippenberg disavows any aspiration for county office. He identifies as a Republican Stalwart and pledges to support his party against Democratic opposition and free trade policies he condemns as harmful to labor and industry.
The article notes 1,642,000 dollars in bonds offered to the government on Wednesday. It predicts Cleveland will receive the Democratic nomination while Republicans rally for Blaine across the country. It suggests a Cleveland versus Blaine contest again this year.
A clipped perception labels Dick Tate’s embezzlement shortfall at 230000, suggesting frugality could enable a swift escape to Canada. The remark frames Tate as a symbol amid Kentucky’s financial loss and calls for accountability.
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