Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-08-25


sponse "No candidate" became mono
tcnous. Throughout the whole list
this answer was made, and when roll
call was concluded sense of the ludi.
crous prevailed. II wss a case Of 'one
afraid and the other darsn't.m Some
one came TO he relief with motion
T. adjourn till Z o'clock, which though
contested and carried 10 count of
noses, finally prevailed, aud the bat
tslliOn Of delegates sought the outer
air 10 again buttonhole and buzz each
other for points. On recOnveniug the
same order Of business-th- nomina-
tion OF candidate for g0vernor-was
taken up. Again the secretary pro-
cesded with the roll call Of cnuntfe.
and for while 1t look d ss If the re-
suit wss TO be as barren az before. But
when Park county was reached Nc.
CutcheOn, Of Lewis and Clark, took
the floor and on behalf o. Park county
presented the name Of Major George
0. Eaton, OF Park. This broke the ice
and the orators Immediately found
J voice. Knowles, OF tSilverbow, nomI-
+ mated i. G. Power and the seconding
Of each nomination was numerous and
eloquent. Rhetorical pyrolechnics of
various grades were FREQ of and when
every delegate had performed his duty
In this respect an informal ballot wa.
ordered, resulting in Mr.. Power re-
c-iving rs votes, Major Eaton 6e,
Herschfield 80, Gov. White 20, Capt.
Mills ] and Babcock, Of Yellowstone,l.
Custer county's vote in this and the
first and second formal ballot was
Power 5, Eaton !. The first formsl
ballot resulted as follows: Power, slg;
Eaton. $50; White, Is; Carpenter, ];
Mills ]. The second formal ballot was:
Power, 50; Eaton, IS; White, q; Mile,
|. Toe third formal ballot settled the
matter. Cascade that had been jump.
ing around on the previous ballots,
gave solid for Power; this eau .-i 4
ripple of excitement which, when tot
lowed by Custer county giving her 8
solid for Power, broke into loud ap-
plause, IL being evident that the rout
had commenced. The counties fol-
lowing down to Lewis and Clark voted
much as they had done before, but
when the latter, which had been Civ
ing the bulk of its vote TO Eaton. an
nounced 100 votes for T. G.. Power"
the result was c.rtsin and Subsequent
pNeedir gs were of no particular IN
t.rest. Tn result of the ballot was,
Power, lii; Eaion, %; While, rs; scat
tering /. The announcement was
made by the chair amid the widest
enthusiasm. which was resumed when
1t was discovered that Mr.. Power had
been conducted to the stage and was
prepared t. make an acknowledgment
of the honor conferred upon him. As
soon "a quiet wa. obtained Mr.. Power
made n III r. and earnest speech. full
Of hard business sense and promising
much ."r bis success before the p "pple.
For l. L,a,euant-Governor, Yellow
stone county presented A. l.. Bah
C ick, az. S.rerbOw j. Z. Richards.
Mr.. Rick tie was nominated on tue
first ba .Jt by a vote Of 1877 to SO.
An adjournment was then had until
Friday morning at 10 o'clock. at which
time the convention reeonveHed aud
nominated the following candidates:
Secretary OF State-Louis Rotwitt,
Of Meagher, by reclamation.
State Treasurer-R. q. Hickman, Of
Madison, by reclamation.
State Auditor-E. A. Kinney, OF
Nj ssoula, by acclamaIion.
Attorney -General-For this offic.
n. J. Haskell, of DAVIS N, w. Sle
veil, of Custer. ana J. 4. Galloway, OF
were presented. On the
first ballot Mr.. Haskell received los
votes, Streyell 81, Galloway 80 and
two scattering. On motion Of Judge
Strevell Mr.. Haskelrs nomination
was made unanimous.
Supt. Of Public Instruction-John
OF Deer Lodge, and w. f
Of Gallatin, were before the
On the first ballot Mr.
Cannon received 100 votes and Mr..
rs. and Mr.. Cannon was de.
rlafed the nominee OF the convention.
Chief Justice Of Supreme Court
Henry n. Blake was nominated by
acclamation, 40 were also The two as.
sociate justices, Messrs. w. ii. Dewitt,
Of Slverbow, and +. II. Harwood, OF I
Yellowstone.
Clerk Of supreme COurt-F Z. .Roose-
welt. of Choteau, l.. De Lestry, OF
Lew 8 aud Clsrk, A. G. Botkib. of
Lewis A Clark. w. j. Kennedy, of
Missoula, and BENZ Webster, of Cho-
tpau. were placed ia nomination. Col.
Botkin 20 .itively withdrew his name,
as did also Mr.. De Lestry. ana a ballot
was had on the remaining candidates,
In the selection Of Mr.. Ken
Dedy by the following vote: Kennedy
ia; Roosevelt IS, Webster %.
This closed the business Of the con-
rention except the reading Of the re-
port Of the committee on resolutions.
which lack Of space prevents our giving
N this article. An adjournment sine
lie followed and the first republican
state convention ever held In Montana
vas at an end. II has left a record.
though, that will be emphaticaiiy
at the polls In Oc.
fobsr ne1t, when the people shAll
say, We abide by your sholcs.