The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1869-07-30
ID" DISSECTED.

sd" DISSECTED.
In the last Independent On abortive attempt
4 made nv "D.". to dodge the feet that II.
b Harrison was regularly nominated for
District Attorney to the Judicial Convention
" the convention that nominated Addison
Smith. Mr.. McGovern and others. Now
this ID" 10 not Judge Dance, ~ the infer
encc IL clearly sought to be conveyed by the
initial, and, ~ It exposes the chlc"nery OF
the ring. VIC will disscct It little. 3D."
says: .,
1.-THE busincss Of the convention latsed Until ABOUT
10 D. m. All basIness was anishch ~ncn H'. tho
convention One Ut the telers, M. John C"d':an.
had left; nearly all the delegates had 'c '"efe s-
c.r,d 70 b. nothing moro u do but 70 adjourn whc"
WI. tho convention, there were only fifteen delegate"
prr,cpt out Of the cyhty-two composing It. The" u
,,.. thu. Jaucs Brown puuinasSd his psrtacr cooue!
Harrison. 10, District Attorney, and he was declared
according 10 "sosshcad~ report, the son'inee Ut tho
convention. What cenventionS convention Ut
e,eh,y-two delegates: No; Ut the aftcen"
In the first place, James II. Brown and M.
3. Harrison ore not, and never have been
partners. 2d-Mr. Brown did not then Or
there, and never did, nominate Mr.. Harrison
for any position. Mr.. John Shi'ely' delegate
from Butte City, nominated him. %'-l"e
:. forehead report" Of his nomination was
IN the Official proceedings of the convention.
over the signatures Of the President and
Secretary Of the convention, and officially
publishcd q follows in the sore-head" or.
van. LMdepswdent, May 22d, 1869:
THE names Of w. ]. Stevens and N. B. nanison.
were presented ~ candidates f"r District Attorney
On motion, Colonel Harrison declared the unani
NOUS nominee ol the convention aud the other eoun
tier OF the district rcqucrtcd to nifty the non'
nation"
But, says ID" in squ'rming out of this
close corner, ''ncarly all tho delegates had
lcft," ",hcre were only fifteen delegates
present out Of the eighty.two." Now read
this certificate, not from an imaginary 3D."
who asserts that he had left before what no
relates trxnspircd, but from well known
members in tho convention, who staid there
attending to business - did all but less than
half dozen stragglers who, perhaps, went
out with ID"
We the undersigned hereby certify that We were DE-
met At Dver Lodge on tho 18th u Nay, hst and were
present when the names Of w. J. Stevens and H., H.
Harrison, submitted 70 the eosvcuton fos ~
prevail for the Office Of District Attorney. M. Stevens
name Arst submitted and voted down. The name
VI n. b. Harrison was then subMittsd to the convcn
ton and he unanimously declared their choice for
District Attorney. At that time there not to e.
iced half dozen members Of the convention absent
from their seats; .l
+. Il. WATERBURY JAMES STUART
Il. DEGLNHART. llUOu BRATTON.
VIM. w. PROUsE. w. A. NORTON.
JAS II. BROWN.
Delegates In Convention.
There is the evidence scattering the tissue
Of untruths ID" hxs asserted. Not ono
of his statements are true, as shown by evil
dence indisputablc. DOzcus of delegates
and spectators will verify every statement
we have made. The whole trick WAS to
slaughter Harrison in Helena, after unsni-
nous nomination here in accordance with
the wishes of the Democratic party, and To
this purpose Addison Smith lent himself ~
was proven aud lie admita Where now arc
your - Regulars p There is but one Regular
nominee for District Attorney and that is
n. Il. Harrison.