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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1888
Page
7
A jumble of 19th century political notes reports Harrison's New York plurality at 14 374, Indiana GOP edge, Blaine rumored as editor at $30 000 yearly, and Quay predicting nine Republican House seats. It mentions Pope Gibbons congratulating Harrison, a Utah judge’s death as a pauper, and tariff reform talks.
The Montana Legislative Assembly meets Monday January ith with both Council and House expected to be Republican. Campaigning for presiding officers is underway with Judge Lawrence A. Brown of Beaverhead mentioned for Council president and Hon. Lee Mantle of Silver Bow for House speaker among those favored.
A proposed secret order positions itself against the Knights of Labor. It seeks the eight hour day and child labor abolition, demands regulated female labor, inspection, manual training, and local industrial assemblies keeping funds home. It plans open political meetings while remaining secret and will back either party to advance its aims.
A historical note highlights the Dead Letter Office report on careless writers. It cites about 1.3 million dollars in money and postal notes found in opened dead letters. Many funds could not be returned due to illegible or missing sender names and vague closings.
The article notes probable admission of Dakota, Montana and Washington to Congress next session due to sufficient populations. It highlights rapid growth from under 5,000 in 1860 to over 14,000 in 1870, 135,000 in 1886, 415,610 in 1885, and an estimated 640,000 by June 30, 1889, excluding government employees and Indians.
The New York Saw, a Democratic Mugwump organ, laments the fall of the Mugwump faction and accuses the Democratic Party of abandoning its founding principles. It decries an educational canvass as the party’s new strategy and calls the current defeat a result of that shift.
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