Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-31

! 4N''hluaAIOn- were lltH clo"'H duu =
ballot ordered RESULTING as follows;
Uranhln.......",.......... On
hyen ~
hnohe'"...-,............. 81
80
NJ. NJ Coleman, ,..........."...,.......".
and the char declared Messrs. Grt
ham, Ryan and Rhode the nomine :.
A very little arithmetic applied TO The
total vote DISCLOSED the feet that 5gi
votes bad been cast while the report
n the committee on credentials only
authorized IS. Mr. Harrison ssked
the chair how many votes rad be, n
csst; the chair referred The question L.
The secretary and the secretary replied
IS. This settled The matter 'or the
time being, and business WAS re1um-d
The next thing TO b. done vas t.
nominate a candidate for county clerk.
This was not very arduou. task, ~
there WAS no one 10 oppose l.. &, Dear
aud his nomination vas made by sc.
cls'nation.
When the chair named a. the next
order Of bus ness tue selection Of n
candidate for sheriff. Mr.. Basinski
arose and moved for an iniermission of
fifteen minutes. Whitbeck moved to
amend by proceeding TO an informal
ballot, but got no second and the ORR
giual N ltion wa put aud carried. The
Ring straightwsy proceeded to caucus
aud recount Of noses proving sati--
factory, the cpnvent'on r-sssembled
sud proceeded t. pluck tue sheriff
plum. During the reces. the matter
OF excess Of votes on the nomination of
ommis.ioners had also been discussed
aud as soon as the convention was
called to order Basipski moved TO re-
consider the votes for commissioner
as between Scheetz and Rhode. This
involved Two parliamentary points
one OF which was, had Mr.. BasiDski
the right to move for y reconsiders-
ton; the other beng, ir the vote rs sf-
fecting Scheetz aud Rhode was void,
then the vote on all was void also. But
the chair overlooked both aud put the
motion to consider. IL carried aud
nominations for county commissioners
were declared in order. Scheetz was
nominated and Withdrew, but the
point was raised that he had no right
TO withdraw aud the chsr ruled him
out OF order. w. b. Jordan nominated
Geo. Rhode. LOUIS King nominated
Geo. Ll.com but Withdrew the name
subsequ 'n'ly. Som body else moved
to reconsider the vote by which Mr..
Wesr was nominated for prblic All.
ministrator and rut him In the race
for oommissinnsr-'he second attemt
tD out Mr.. Wear rs publIc admins.
traitor. A very pretty tsngle here eu-
sued which the chair seemed to be un.
able 10 clear 40. In the midst Of the
confusion Whiibeck gained the floor
and commenced a speech by saying,
"Mr. Sci e z has withdrawsd In favor
OF Mr.. Rhode At this point h. wa,
ruled out of order by .hs chair, but
he de8sd the rulings Of the chair and
proceeded TO enquire, "Whst is the
reconsider Of that notion" Being
powerless to choke him of the chair
permitted him 90 proceed with
sen .eless haraugue, and a. its conclu-
sion ordered ballot TO be taken-the
nominees being Geo. Rhode and Col.
sehestz, The ballot wa. taken and
when counted by the tellers 1t was
found that 81 votes had been east.
This WIS worse than before. The char
ruled the ballot void. aud ordered
new one. Rhode moved that each
delegate come forward aud deposit his
ballot sngly. One ~ the tel.ers sug-
gested that no more ballots be folded
and the chsir so directed. Whitbeck
ut once took issue on this proposition
aud SAID he didn't think they could
stop that; a msu could fold his ballot
II he wanted 10. The chair replied
that there was no necessity Of going
over this thing half dozen times, "to
which the gentleman from Cutler, de-
termiued on having the last word, rs-
| torted, mo necessity OF going over IL
10 the first place. Order being re.
stored the ballot was again collected
aud ayain found u. be In exces. Of the
qualified votes In the convention, This
time the total being SO. Despair
reigned In the hearts Of he chair ana
TIA. secretary and as q last resort |, wns
decided TO take the ballot by calling
the roll Of delegates. aud having each
one come forward and vote Ms called.
This Was done, and when the roll wss
completed u was found that A. n.
Wilson. Of Sadie, and w. #. Jordan
with proxy from Blatchford. had not
bssn called. Recourse WA had 70 the
report Of che commIstss ou cssdsn nlislr