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MORAVIANS. 



tions of our own country, whether of the farm, the 

 factory, or the range, shall be accorded just and 

 advantageous recognition at foreign customhouses 

 in exchange for stipulated concessions accorded by 

 our Government to the products of other countries 

 which we can not ourselves produce ; and that wool 

 as one of the important products of the United 

 States be accorded a duty not less than that pro- 

 vided by the McKinley bill." 



The resolutions also declared in favor of the 

 Monroe doctrine, expressed sympathy for the Cuban 

 insurgents, and commended the State administra- 

 tion. They condemned the national administration 

 for its foreign and pension policy ; " for abrogating 

 and refusing to carry into effect the reciprocity 

 treaties of the last Republican administration, 

 through which our national commerce and trade were 

 being rapidly developed " ; and " for increasing the 

 national debt in a time of peace $262,000.000, for its 

 disreputable bond deal with foreign bankers, by 

 the Chief Executive, through his law partner, at a 

 cost to the people of more than $9,000,000. 



On Aug. 4 a conference of State party leaders was 

 held at Butte to form a plan of action by which to 

 hold the party together and elect a State ticket. 

 Senator Mantle and Congressman Hartman had de- 

 clared for Bryan ; ex-Senators Sanders and Power 

 were for McKinley. A compromise was reached 

 providing that when the State convention should 

 meet the State ticket should be nominated, and 

 then the silver Republicans should withdraw, leav- 

 ing the gold men to choose McKinley candidates 

 for electors. This plan was carried out at the con- 

 vention, which met at Helena, Sept. 9. Following 

 is the ticket : For Governor, Alexander C. Botkin ; 

 Lieutenant Governor, Peter R. Dolman ; Secretary 

 of State, Louis Rotwitt ; Treasurer, Charles M. 

 Webster; Auditor, Albert L. Love ; Attorney-Gen- 

 eral, Samuel G. Murray ; Superintendent of Instruc- 

 tion, John P. Hendricks ; Associate Justice of the 

 Supreme Court, George H. Grubb. 



After these nominations the silver men withdrew. 

 They held a session, renominated Charles S. Hart- 

 man for Congress and adopted resolutions declar- 

 ing approval of the national platform in every par- 

 ticular except the financial declarations. 



The delegates remaining in the original conven- 

 tion nominated 0. F. Goddard for Congress, chose 

 candidates for presidential electors, and adopted 

 resolutions approving the national platform and 

 favoring " the extension of the suffrage to all per- 

 sons of competent age, intelligence, and character 

 resident within the limits of the State, without dis- 

 crimination on account of sex." 



The State Democratic Convention met at Butte, 

 June 20, to select delegates to the national conven- 

 tion. The resolutions made no mention of the na- 

 tional administration. They declared for a revenue 

 sufficient to meet the expenses of the Government, 

 against the issuing of bonds in time of peace, de- 

 nounced the A. P. A., and favored election of Sen- 

 ators by popular vote. On the currency they said, 

 in part : " We demand that the mints of the United 

 States be opened to the free coinage of silver as 

 well as gold, at the ratio of 16 to 1, without await- 

 ing the action of any other nation." 



On the State ticket the Democrats and Populists 

 combined, holding their State conventions Sept. 3 

 and 4, the Democrats in Missoula and the Populists 

 in Helena. The Populists had one of the candi- 

 dates for electors and the Democrats two, and the 

 places on the State ticket were equally divided, the 

 Populists naming the candidates for Governor, 

 Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, and Super- 

 intendent of Instruction, the Democrats filling the 

 other places. The nominations were : For Govern- 

 or, Robert B. Smith ; Lieutenant Governor, A. E. 



Spriggs ; Secretary of State, T. S. Hogan ; Super- 

 intendent of Instruction, E. A. Carleton ; Treasurer, 

 T. E. Collins ; Auditor, T. W. Poindexter, Jr. ; At- 

 torney-General, C. B. Nolan ; Associate Justice, 

 H. R. Buck. No nomination was made for mem- 

 ber of Congress. 



The silver Republican party made nominations 

 for some offices, but their right to have the names 

 placed upon the official ballot was disputed, and 

 the courts decided against them. 



Following is the result of the vote for presiden- 

 tial electors, the highest in each party being given : 

 Democrat-Populist, 42,537 ; Republican, 10,494 ; 

 Prohibition, 186. The vote for Governor stood : 

 Smith, Populist, 36,688; Botkin, 14,993. The other 

 candidates on the Democrat-Populist ticket were 

 elected by majorities varying from 7,243 to 14,906. 

 Charles S. Hartman, who was the candidate for 

 member of Congress of all the silver forces, received 

 33,932 votes, to 9,492 for Goddard. 



A proposed amendment to the Constitution was 

 submitted to vote and defeated. It was intended 

 to do away with wholesale naturalization just before 

 election. The Legislature for 1897 stands : Senate, 

 Republicans, 11; Democrats, 9; Populists 3 with 

 3 of these seats to be contested. House : Democrats, 

 44; Populists, 16; Republicans, 8. 



MORAVIANS. The statistical reports of the 

 Moravian Church in the United States and the Al- 

 berta District, Canada, for the year 1895 give it: 

 In the Northern Province, 11.047 communicants, 

 1,116 noncommunicants, and 4.903 children, mak- 

 ing a total of 17,066 members, with 1,152 teachers 

 and 9,151 pupils in Sunday schools ; in the South- 

 ern Province, 2,567 communicants, 165 noncom- 

 municants, and 1,097 children total, 3,829 with 

 351 teachers and 3,648 pupils in Sunday schools : to- 

 tal for the two American provinces, 13,614 communi- 

 cants, 1,281 noncommunicants, and 6,000 children, 

 making a total of 20,895 members, with 1,503 teach- 

 ers and 12,799 pupils in Sunday schools. The total 

 amount of contributions in the Northern Province 

 for ( 'hurch support was $107,592, or $3,684 less than 

 in 1894 ; total contributions (Northern Province) for 

 Church enterprises and general Christian objects, 

 $26,302, or $2,959 more than in 1894. The statistics 

 of membership show a net year's increase in the two 

 provinces of 691 communicants, 19 noncommuni- 

 cants, and 311 children or 1,621 members and of 

 105 teachers and 643 pupils in Sunday schools. 

 Fifty-nine churches were visited during the year 

 by the members of the Northern Provincial Board. 

 One of the most important visitations was that to 

 Alberta, Canada, which resulted in the establish- 

 ment of a thoroughly organized mission work there. 

 Of the members recorded in the Southern Province, 

 the denominational newspaper of that province ob- 

 serves that " the smallness of the noncommunicant 

 list shows how thoroughly the growing youth are 

 being gathered into the communicant membership. 

 It will be noticed, with interest, that the adult bap- 

 tisms (121) are nearly as many as the confirmations 

 .(134). This fact arises not from a lack of testimony 

 among us to the value of infant baptism, but to the 

 coming in of new people. Much of our new 

 strength consists of men and women who have 

 come to Christ out of the great unbaptized world." 



The mission in Alaska returned June 1, 1896, 4 

 brethren and 8 sister missionaries, 27 native help- 

 ers, 240 communicants, 210 noncommunicants, and 

 175 children in all, 625 members ; 102 day-school 

 and 77 Sunday-school pupils, and 45 in training 

 schools ; with 28 adults baptized and 15 received, 

 61 children baptized and 8 received, and 30 mem- 

 bers confirmed during the year. Number of ' new 

 people," 12 ; of candidates, 35. An increase of 224 

 members of all classes is shown. A conference held 



