Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-19
THE RINGS WORK.
md DRIED NOMINATIONS I'M
ruK RBPUBLICAN CONTENTION.
THE GAG APPLIED.
.sr PRESENT REPUBLICAN, COUNTY
oFFICERS AL RENOArINA7ED.

tangled Up at the Noon Session an,
wastes Much Time I'm the Afternoo,
"A Night Session Needed to Nominal.
1ssislative Candidates and Pass Reso
lutionss
The Republican delegates OF Silver Bow
.ssembled at the Court House yesterday
4 pomna to county ticket to be beater
N November by that nominated by the
Dsmocracy OF the county week ago, and
70 90 through the motion Of selecting dele.
cates to the Territorial Convention that
msets in Helena tomorrow, to select ome
victim to be defeated for Delegate to Con-
,rsss. An effort to appear at ease was yisi.
Ne on all faces. Everyone had been at sea
az to who would accept nomination, but
when the convention settled down to bust.
meas il soon became evident that the Har-
rson and Morton Club had fixed things 90
az to relieve the delegates OF any trouble.
n was essentially Captain Wyman's con.
yeution. The genial captain is the leading
spirit IN the club, and he was more numer.
Gus in the proceedings OF the convention
than anyone else. 1t saved q heap OF
trouble, but the proceedings were spread
out With more prolixity than was neces-
sary, and an evening session was necessary
10 conclude the work.
THE PROCEEDINGS.
In the absence OF Chairman Pinkham OF
The County Central Committee, who is on
o. pleasure tour, Clerk Graves called the
n aslsgates to order at 1915 inviting within
| bs railing OF the District Court room those
pitled to seats in the convention. This
I Eluded nearly everyone in the room and
aly seventy five of the elect responded.
NJ air Of restraint and indecision seemed
prevail and there was no enthusiasm
Vhibe anywhere. Mr.. Graves read the
al and asked for the nomination OF a
hmporary chairman.
sNARL.
Mr.. Norris nominated Captain Coulter. |
Mr.. Hanscome nominated w. o. .Speer.
This unDrece Tented proceeding had a |
demoralizing effect. Mr.. Norris had been |
too previous. The chairman was in doubt |
as to how to proceed, whether by an aye |
sence OF the knowledge OF parliamentary |
usage was evident. The chair looked at |
The nominees as il expecting one OF them
would help him out Of the dilemma but |
bsither stirred, though it was plainly the
duty OF one of them to decline, which would /
have simpli6ed matters and made every
thing pleasant.
Adslegate nominated G. e. Calkins for
temporary secretary 80 as to provide some
one 10 count the ballots and the question
was put by the chair when J. v. Long pro-
tested that t0 pass to the election OF
secretary when the chairman was not yet
chosen was entirely out OF order.
Captain Wyman suggested that Mr..
Graves call to the chair a temporary chair
man and assume his own duties oil sec-e-
tsry.
CRUSHED BY wYMAN.
A delegate had the temerity to suggest
that etanding ballot be called, but Cap
tain Wyman sat down upon him with !
crushing severity at such q suggestion and
said that was where the beauty Of the bal
lot came in, that no one should be asked
to declare openly his preference for one ]
over another, and his remarks were re- I
csived with applause.
Judge Knowles declared the present pro- I
ceedings unprecedented in his experience.
The chair did not need q secretary or any 9
thing OF that kind. The matter was easy 4
oisolution. As presiding officer the chair !
might need as q helper and his remarks
we're endorsed by j. e. Richards. c
II was evident the snarl never would be
unravelled at the rate they were going, so
A. T. Bray cut the Gordian knot by ask
ing that all the delegates be invited inside
the railing and all others remain outside v
90 that there would be no trouble abont t
who should cast ballot aud who should
not. The motion prevailed and the chair
appointed Messrs. Thompson and Potter
tellers and called Mr.. Calkins up to assist =
him. The vote was counted and resulted
in 81 votes for Speer and "a for Coulter.
Captain Coulter then moved that the y .
nomination OF Mr.. Speer be made unani-
nous. Faint Applause greeted the captains :
tardy withdrawal and the motion passed.
sPEER's SPEECH. It
Light hand clapping only was in order
when Mr.. Speer moved to the chair, where
tie 6rst thing he did was to render thanks d
Tor the honor OF being selected as tempo a
rary chairman. He had been in all the
conventions OF the party before there was
aSilver Bow county. but this was the frat a
time he had ever been asked to act In the t
capacity Of even temporary presiding q
officer. Mr.. Speer even forgot to mention
that on nearly every other occasion ne
had been an applicant for favors OF q Il
more substantial kind. He then INDUCED t
10 the usual fapdoodle about nominating a
ticket that they could go before
the people with confidence and claim It's a
election. Mr.. Speerindulged In some obscure
references to timid ones ia the ranks OF the b
Republican party who were overpowered {
by the dazzling brilIiancy OF the Demo- Q
cratic ticket and talked valornusly 80 as
TO screw their courage TO the sticking
point" with much consoling thect 10 DIS II
hearers. He also showed his familiarity q
With Biblical lore by recalling stvry he Il
had once heard when q boy about DAVID i
and Goliah, and prOphesied that the Il
Helena convention would name q DAVID
70 knock out the Democratic Gollan WIN
stones which ia no doubt the kind OF war
hte the Republican party would prefer an r
Stead Of ballots.
Nv. Long was chosen assistant tompo-
aty secretary and B. 81. Cook for assist 9
SNt ditto. .
In calling for the action OF theconvention Z
on these nominations the temporary chair
man merely asked for the ayes, leaving the q
noes to express their disapprovai silently. 9
ANOTHER sNARL. :
The convention got into hot water again. q
The chair announced that committee on U
CREDENTIALS was the next order OF business.
Mr.. Hanscome moved the chair appoint !
one Of seven members, but Captain Coulter
moved to amend that the committee con-
sist Of one delegate from each preclnct, ana
Mr.. Hanscome accepted the amendmehe q
and the chair called for the ags ignorins /
the noes again. The chair had no nst 70
go BY and labor hard for some minutes
With some slips cut from the Inter MouD I
tain but finally gave up in despair anu
asked that the clerk call the roll OF tne ,
precincts which showed about hal Of .heH 4
represented from which q choice OF eieveh
gentlemen was finally made.
Seeing the time wasted by this proceeG &
ios and evidently Tearing repetition, a.
iSray moved that the committee on resoiu. |
uons and order OF business consist oi
seven seven to be appointed by the chair ano 1
Saptain Wyman made q similar moglon
!or Io the committee ON permanent organiza I
uon and order Of business. This helped Z
matters along considerably and when the
s0air to had appointed the several commit on /
OSes the convention adjourned TO z;5o. liz
AFTERNOON SESSION.
itWas 8 o'clock ere the temporary chair