The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-05-07
AFTER THE FIGHT,
Outline Of the Most Interesting
Incidents Of the Republi.
can Territorial Con-
vention.
The Crosbyttes Downed by Rea-
son Of the Superior Cen
eralship Of their
Opponents.

Opponents.
The Blaine and Ddmunds Me,
Finally Unite and Divide
the Delegation.
Independent May II.
The Bozeman Republican Conven'
ton, which ended its labors yes.
terday, was in every respect
A REPRESENTATIVE BODY
of that party although we presume
his E%xcellency, Governor Crosby
thinks otherwise; for in all the bal
lettings the highest vote cast for al
Arthur delegate was seven; anG
Sanders, who conducted the figh1
against the Governor and his meth
DDS, goes to Chicago as a Blaine del
egate, while Mantle, before the bal
loting, had to declare himself ar
Edmunds man.
THE FUN OF THE CONVENTION
really began on Sanders motion fol
the election of two vice presidents.
Cohn and O'Bannon first declined
the honors; then Mantle and Meyen.
dorf declined, lit may be stated here
that there is No salary connected
with the o%fice;) and so they kept on,
until finally the president was au-
thorized to select . couple himself.
Capt. Mile and Ferd Kennett were
designated and accepted. Meyendorf
and Mantle thought their chances OF
going to Chicago would be slim il
they accepted the vacant seats on the
platform.
I.vin, when he nominated Mantle,
desired to impress upon the conven-
ton that Mr.. M. "wore no mans
collar"
VIM WILL HE vOx6 EO6S
demanded Judge Blake. But George,
with q sm0othness all his own,
slipped around the subject and left
the Judge in darkness as to Mr..
Nantes preference.
In nominating Mr.. Meyendorff
for delegate, Marshal Botkin also as.
sured the convention that Mi. Mey>
endorf had
NO RIvETED COLLAR AROUND HIS
Judge Blake then nominated Judge
Knowles and Mr.. Edwards, of Gala.
tin. as Edmunds delegates.
Mr.. Bogert nominated Col. Geo. O.
Eaton Of GalIatin county.
"Who will be vote fol? :" inquired
sanders. Silence in Gallatin county,
Gould of Custer, nominated Col.
Leaning of Choteau, and DR.. Rot
witt nominated Col. w. F. Sanders,
who declined in favor of Meyendorff.
After some little sparring and
lodging, McCutcheon introduced q
seemingly innocent little resolution
that
NIPPED MANY A BRIGHT HOPE
in the bud, and doomed numerous
aspiring statesmen. The resolution
was to vote by ballot instead of viva
v0ce. Sanders advocating the reso-
luton in q telling speech of consid-
cradle length, saying it protected the
members from the espionage Of spies
and also from being bullied w by
those who happened to he Temporal
rily in q position to whirl the lash.
1t protected men in their sacred
rights without the fear of offending
majesty. "And what a contemplate
ching it u.s." continued the skeeker,
glancing toward certain parties who
were present, but not members of the
convention. ito have spies lurking
around q convention peaking over
members shoulders to see and report
how they vote" Even the Demo-
Gratis stood for the ballot as the cor
ner stone OF liberty, and he wanted
the members Of the convention to
vote without being in reach of the
lash.
The resolution brought out q run-
ming debs te debate, it dawning upon
the convention that this question was
\ pet measure of the Sanders party.
O'Bann0n took q tilt with Sanders
against the ballot, saying, among
other things, that four years ago there
were no bulIies nor bulldogs in
the convention.
"Who said there were, four years
ago ?" said Sanders.
Botkin said that the eagerness with
which the other side fought the mo-
ton, which confirmed the rumor that
there were foreign influences at work
in the convention, and he did not
wish to place some delegates in the
position he occupied beyond the
hope of executive clemency.
Carter and McCutcheOn for, and
Irwin and others against the resolu.
ton. made the fur fly for some time
until it was finally carried in favor
OF the ballot, and the Sanders party
bad gained good fighting ground.
Then George IRWIN, with q smile
that was childlike and bland"
moved that the
EXPRESS THEIR PREF.
EKEECE.
Mantle preferred Edmunds; Mey-
endorf, Blaine; Eaton, Edmunds;
Arthur; Sanders, Blaine;
Edmunds; Knowles. Ed
munds; after which the convention
adjourned until next day.
After reassembli3g Saturday morn
ms Col. Leaning, who had stood pat
for Arthur, made = neat speach in
favor of his candidate, but the day
was lost for Arthur, his friend
Leaming's highest vote being seven.
Edwards. it was claimed, had been
in to break the strength of
the Gallatin vote. The candidates
the then began to withdraw. Sam
ders withdrew twice in Meyendorf's