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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1889
Page
6
The report covers U S political moves including Harrison appointments and Samoa losses, prices in metal markets, delegates for constitutional conventions in Montana and Beaverhead County, and a St Louis court ruling on newspaper mail handling. It notes social issues in Chicago and Ohio politics while detailing April fiscal figures.
In Helena District Court twenty four cases were disposed of. Fifteen wives were allowed to travel alone or until they sold their decrees to men who would remarry them. Nine husbands were released from the bonds of matrimony. The article portrays a rising trend of divorces across the country.
On July 4 Idaho Territory will convene a Constitutional Convention alongside Montana Dakota and Washington efforts. Idaho cites a 10,000 population and 25 million dollars in assessable property to back its push for statehood as Congress may readiedly admit territorial status.
Attorney General Clayberg clarifies the law on electing delegates by limiting each voter to two votes. The piece explains party tickets and how to handle printed and written names, noting that ballots with three names are illegal and would be discarded. It argues for two candidates per party and cautions against three-name ballots.
Beaverhead voters see strong candidate list for the coming Constitutional Convention. Henri Knippenberg of Glendale's Heels Consolidated Mining will be a creditable delegate. Aaron Witter has county and state service, Fielding Graves is a long time county Democrat, and Robert Bo Smith, former U S District Attorney, served in 1915 16 and helped craft a model constitution.
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