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Show DIXON DELIVERS KEYNOTE SPEECH HELENA. Mont-. Sept, fi. Temporary organization of the Montana state Progressive Pro-gressive convention was not effected until un-til tonight, delay in the arrival of parly leaders having caused a postponement of (he session. Senator Joseph M, Dixon, as temporary chairman, dellvorcd the keynote speech. Senator Dixon was given a rousing reception re-ception by the delegates today and his nomination as tho Progressive senatorial candidate appears certain. Candldulns for state offices ore not numerous. nu-merous. James A. Metcalf of Glendive iieems likely to win one of the congressional congres-sional nominations. It was rumored tonight to-night that T. IS. Everett, chairman of tho state committee, who was regarded aft the probable nominee for govornor, would decline to make tho nice j In his keynote adilr-ss tonight Chairman Chair-man Dixon dwelt upon the Incidents preceding pre-ceding and attending the organization of the Republican national convention In Chicago. He referred to the religious fervor of the d elevate that attended tho Progressive convention In tho same city and declared: "If tho men of America would read tho declaration of human rights adopted by the Progressive party t Chicago there would b nothing to this election." A feature of the hall decorations was the head of a monster bull moose, trimmed with clcctrle lights. Latest Vermont Returns, MONTPELIER, Vt.. Sept. 6. With SO small towns still to decide on the representatives repre-sentatives in the legislature or unrecorded unre-corded in the vote caft on Tuesday, the 207 that had been reported tip to" noon today, together with the number of senators sena-tors elected, showed a Republican majority major-ity of II In the new legislature, or sufficient suffi-cient to elect Allen M. Fletcher, the party par-ty candldatft for governor on the first ballot bal-lot Returns from the 20" cities and towns divide the legislature as follows: Senate 25 Republicans, 3 Democrats and 2 Progressives. Pro-gressives. House. 125 Republicans, 53 Democrats and i0 Progressives, |