Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-07-30
DIyrRICT CONVENTION.

lIticle in the Ms6ls0nian OF July 54th com
mentinx on my card to the 1ndependen
of the list The statements made in tha
j article were adyisedly and win M dOub
be endorsed by every member of the con
|vention from Gallat;n aad Jefferson. a
\ far as the slur of tho Madisonian is con
'|cerued-that the card WAS gotten ul
while the author was the victim of . stu
DOR, induced by the fumes of whisky en-
cendered over games of Pedro, ! have Z
say that do NOT fear comparison to
either truth or sobriety with the cock-eyet
scribbler of the Madisonian. l reiterat'
what l SAID before, that two Democratic
conventions did not meet in Gallatin CITY
lon the 18th. If any other convention
met than the one in which Madison, Gal
latin and jefferson participated it was
meeting Of the Madison county delegates
alone after they had seeded from the
regular convention. l do further asser'
that some of the Madison county dele.
gates did say, not only to me but to others
that they were forced to do whatthey did
|by the instructions Of their county con
yen,ions. Now, as to the representation to
which the different counties were entitled,
| state it as party precedent that the repre-
sentation which is made is always upon
the party vote and not on the popular vote.
We are called in convention to express
the will of the party, and in that conven.
ton only the party should be represented.
1t IS but necessary for every candid, think
ing man to read the proceedingskof the
regular Democratic convention. in which
was the Secretary, which met promptly
upon call; presided over by member OF
the Central Com'tee in which all the coun-
ties were represented and in which Madison
county acted up to within half an hour OF
and then read the proceed
ings Of the SO called District Convention,
which must have met, if at all, after four
O'Clock p. M. In that pretended body
C allatin nor Jefferson had any representa-
ton, vet Gallatin and Jefferson delegates
were in Gallatin City nearly all day. Is
It not a little singular that they did not
know anything Of its existence? Further
state as fact that the Madison county
delegates, before the convention met,
made proposition not 10 nominate at all.
but wanted as they expressed it to "turn
both men loosc''-even offered to decide
t by o game of ''seven up.' In fact,
hey seem ID to be willing to do anythingl
o that they could get Judge Spratt before
he people. Further, since they put judge
spratt up, they have written influential
Republicans in this and Jefferson counties
o help Judge Spralt GU, by endorsing him
N their ticket. Does this look like the
ction of regular Democratic nominee ?
} )cs i, no. rather look like put up job
or Madison to get away with the District
anyway. do not know
Who James Mitchell is, but suppose him
D be the driver of the wagon which
brought the Madison delegation y Gal.
attn City. No doubt he is q very con-
'cnicnt tool to sign his name to card
written by some one else. AT any rate he
avs the two conventions adjourned about
he same time. If that is true, il. only con-
'inccs me that I wasrlght in my conjecture
hat if they met at al. they were not long
nough together to transact the business
hey claim to have done In tn II procce!-
ngs they say they adjourned for half an
lour.
Now / submit this statement es fact
low could they secede from the regular
convention only about twenty minutes, or
ay halt an hour, before the regular con-
,ention adjourned, meet, organize, ad-
ourn for half an l.our, and Go all they
laim to have done?
Mr.. Barrett also waltzes into the ring,
Ioticins the card Of s. W. Laagherre
who claims TO have participated in SO
allied convention. Mr.. 3. knows wha
nv claim consists of because he sat in
hat convention for several hours. His
ard IS wllful prcmedltated garbling Of
he facts. IL all their efforts they en-
leavor to ignore the regular convention
u which they sat, and give undue prom!-
,cnce 10 the boilers. Mr.. Barrct says
Judge Street stated 10 the convention tha;
lie Central Committee had agreed upon
representatives. upon the basis of the pop
liar vote. Did they ever publish such
pportionment in their call? How does il
Happen that neither Gallatin or Jefferson
new anything of 1t? No, Mr.. Editor,
his is too thin. Now, do know that
Judge Street did rot make the statement,
S Represented by Mr.. Bart. After an
,our or two spent in coming to some IN.
Judge Street did say that he
lad talk with Mr.. Deyarmon some two
r three weeks before that, but he never
aid that the Central Committee ever met
md made such apportionment. The
ruth is, such thing was never thought
# until Gallatin and Jefferson had met
n convention and each sent elk delegates
o the District Convention. Then comes
ut this little game of the Msdisorian
Inowing that Gallatin and jefferson had
Sec