The Dillon tribune., 1882-09-09

Whole number of votes cast


Mayhew.... ..................'.'''.:
tOole. ...........s...... 10
Whole number Of votes cast ..........i6
The President announced the noinina.
ton Of Voolfolk and appointed Messrs.
Mitchell, Hauser, MAYHEM, Waterbury and
Hamilton committee to wait on the nom.
inee and notify him Of his nomination.
The committee reported that Mr.. Wool
folk would respond at S p. m.
Upon reasse,nbling In the evening Wool.
folk, "the hero Of an hour" appeared on
the stage and held the banner Of Democ.
racy over the heads Of his ardent admir-.
ers y for fully forty minutes In language
the eloquence Of which might be equaled
in Old Missouri but in Montana, never,
or scarcely ever. At the conclusion Of
Woolfolks elegant harangue Mr.. Wool.
folk said the Democratic party of Montana
was mighty sick and they must 'send for
Maginnis." That was the quintessence OF
Woolfolks address, and he declined the
nomination for Congress In favor Of Martin
Maginnis. Thus ended the first act In the
grand, transparent farce.
Following this there was scene In the
convention that almost beggars descrip.
ton. The uproar was tremendous. "Old
Jake" nominated Maginnis BY acclamation.
The shrill voice Of the Deer Lodge Doctor
was heard above the Democratic din fran.
tically nominating, In turn, Alec Mayhem
and Bill Clark. A Deer Lodge Irishman
shook his muscle at Voolfolk and moved
that the "perceedings" adjourn until the
next day. Mayhew's bass, sounding like
the roar Of crippled lion, was heard de.
manding division of the question and
solemnly appealing from the decisions of
the Chair, but admitting that he had been
beautifully, but fairly, scooped. The Deer
Lodge Doctor threw Stapleton into the
breech on an reclamation motion, but that
was not the kind Of medicine the conven.
ton wanted, and, while Word watched, Sta.
pleton in neat speech slid out Of the rum.
pus. The Chair ruled the West Siders q
disorderly mob--or, In substance, words to
that effect. MAYHEM was mad and appeal.
ed, hut his unterrified brethren would not
harken unto his appeal. Motion AFTER mo.
ton to adjourn came from the minority,
who were gamely fighting . foriorn hope.
The Maginnis men, headed by Hauser,
were calm, cool and collected, for they
were powerful In numbers and ponderous
in purse. The hour Of midnight was ar.
irving and rampant wrang. Ing was running
riot In the convention when Woolfolk, who,
It seemr, held the convention in the hollow
Of his right hand, waved the sceptre over
his dutiful and devoted delegates and they
adjourned until 10 o'clock the next day.
| Pursuant to adjournment the conven.
ton again assembled In Renshaw Hall on
the 9Th. The President stated that the bins.
tness before the convention was Waterbu.
rvs motion declaring Hon. Martin MaRin.
mis- the nominee Of the convention bv &C.
clamation. The minority, respectable In
point Of ability but powerless in numbers
vigorously renewed the hopeless struggle
and fought the motion until two.third,
Maginnis vote wiped them out and stilled
their voices Tor the ensuing two wears
DR.. Mitchell moved anything and every.
thing o medicine Tor the minority but tie
political prescriptions Of the Doctor were
all anti. Maginnis pills and the convention
declined to swallow them. Robinson, af
ter firing hroadside, LETT the convention
Mayhew rallied but relapsed when hi,
!, motion to adjourn was defeated by vot,
Of o. to 30. The President, on the pre-
vtous question heing demanded, orderet
/! the delegates 70 face the Maginnis must,
: ana vote: The motion to suspend tn,
rule: and declare Martin Maginni. tn,
nominee OF the convention BY acclamatio,
preSniled oy two'thtrds vote Of ll3 h
&s-Kobtnson, disgusted, "bucked" and d..
serted. A motion making the 'acc:ama
!: ton arrangement unanimous was adopt
ed amid few growis.
l. Major Maginnis, under the wing Of Wa,
Is terbury. was introduced 10 the convention
:. and delivered = short address. His n
= marks were smooth and studied, and wer
. greeted with much applause, showing tin
y Ma4innts medicine was q powerful RENE
Is dy In curing the bucking disease anon
'e Democrats. He gently chided the buci
'e ere, and poured oil out Of the Masinni
le bottle on the head Of Robinson. In ords
!. to bring "Jackey" back to the bosom !
% his chief. lie said that unless he cool
% feel confident Of receiving the united gu,
v Pot OF the party he did not want the mon
L tnation, Then, while q Coneres.ion,
y smile illuminated his features-like n
y smile OF Roman Emperos-he waved h
= hano ana pronounced . Democratic ben,
e. diction over his devoted followers G."
to was the ending Of the sixth Msoinn;. :.
b umph In convention. '' ~
" Subsequently, and before the conx.,
ton adjourned. other proceedings we.
had. a. committee. Of which Woolfol
.. was chairman, Manufactured a n,.tfor'
;, for the campaign. 1t is 4 document en-
-. ningly devised, well.worded and cont.;,
=. all Of those glittering xeneralities ,,s,,.
- " showed into party platform bv The =.
!" ished politician or BY the rascaiiv roa,
~ the case may be. It l. not like the III.
form that Mr.. Voolfolk made come ~
o. eight years ago when he started n
Peoples Party In Lewis and Clarke n
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