Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-21

The Republican convention called for the
purpose OF selecting thirty.nine delegates
| To the state convention. to be held at An
aconda, August %, and for the further
nomination OF a full set Of county officers
and a state senator and the state repre-
sentatiyes, met at the court house at IL
O'Clock Saturday.
The chairman of the central committee,
A. Fred Wey, called the noisy crowd to
| order and stated the object OF the meeting.
The first order OF business was the selec-
ton OF a temporary chairman. Before the
voting began A. F. Bray, feeling a spirit oil
inspiration creep over him, brought on no
doubt from having sat on a copy OF the
Butte Nugget which contained a red-hot
article against the adoption OF the consti-
tuition, popped out OF his seat AMI asked
the chairman to read the list OF delegates
| elected to the convention, as q few persons
| present we're no doubt laboring under the
| hallucination that they had been elect
! ed. This was q direct stab at the
| Fifth ward delegation, which sat silently
up in the corner taking in the maneuvres
in open-eyed wonder. After q few other
| broncho movements on the part OF the
delegates to shut out the delegation from
| the Fifth, John Harris, q member. elect OF
| the delegation, arose and on behalf OF the
electors protested strongly against being
| shut put. Mr.. Harris was not allowed to
waste much time with his protestation, for
| about the time he was getting down to
| business the McDermott hotel dropped on
| to him and he shut up like q jack-knife.
After considerable time had been spent ar
guing the question, and as everybody
looked lean and hungry, the question OF
| allowing the Fifth a seat in the nven
| ton was referred to the committee on cre-
dentials, which had net yet been appointed,
| and the members were allowed to vote on
| the chairman question.
Two candidates, W. 81. Dewitt and L.
j. Hamilton, were placed in nomination.
| Mr.. Hamilton was elected by q vote OF 46
to "a. W.. Lippincott was chosen tenn
porary secretary by reclamation. Three
Committees were then appointed by the
| chairman, one on credentials, one on per-
manent organization and order of bust
| ness and the other to draw up O set of
| resolutions.
Judge Loeber then made a motion to ad-
journ until 3 O'Clock, in order that the
| different committees might put their heads
together and make up the regulation slate.
Carried. .-. .-. .
When the hour for reassembling came, the
hosts slowly struggled into the district
court room and sat down and waited for
the committee on credentials to report.
| The other committees were ready to report,
but the committee on credentials a not.
1t was evident that some one had a tough
time in laboring to produce harmony.
| There was no doubt that theirs was consid-
cradle mistrust OF the Jack Dowd delega-
ton from the Fifth ward. There were
plenty of delegates il the convention who
hoped the delegation of which Jack Dowd
wal a member, and which had the creden-
til Is, would be seated for obvious reasons.
At last the committee made it's appear
ance and the convention was called to
order by the chair. The committee reports
were handed to the temporary secretary,
| who began with that from the committee
on credentials and read the list of names
to whom it gave seats. When the Fifth
| ward was reached and the names included
those OF the contrasting delegation several
OF the delegates could not resist the temp
tation and clapped their hands with de-
light. The contrasting successful delegation
wal invited to seats among the delegates
and sat down with an air OF triumph. It
is worthy OF remark that several colored
gentlemen got lost in the shuttle as is
usually the case when they ask recognition
from their white Republican associates.
There were some minor amendments to
the report offered and accepted and the
report adopted.
The report of the committe on
emit organization and order OF business was
then read as follows:
Chairman of County Convention-Your
committee on permanent organization
respectfully submit the following: For
permanent chairman, George M: Bourquin;
for permanent secretary, j. II. Vivian.
Order of business-We do recommend
that the order of business OF this conven-
tion be as follows:
First, that a committee OF eleven be ap-
pointed by the chair to nominate thirty
nine delegates and thirty.nine a%lternates
to represent Silver Bow county at the
Republican state convention to be held at
Anaconda, August 20, 1889.
In view of the fact that the constitu-
tional convention has not yet adjourned we
nations OF county officers until Monday,
August 26, 1889, at 2 p. m, in this room,
when we recommend that the nominations
be made in the following order:
Report OF committee on resolutions, 1
state senator, 10 representatives. 3 county
commissioners, 1 county judge, 1 sheriff, 1
treasurer, 1 assessor, 1 clerk and recorder,
1 county attorney, 1 county surveyor, l
county oroner.
MI. CampDell objected to the Omm
dation of the committee that the chair al.
point the committee to choose delegates to
the state convention and moved to strike |
that paragraph from the report.
Mr.. Mantle moved to amend this by |
making the report read that the first order
OF business be the selection of t~hirty.nine
delegates and thirty-nine alternates to at
tend the Republican state convention at |
Anaconda which vas adopted.
On motion OF Mr.. Speer thewords "coun-
ty Judge" in the report were changed to
district judge, to accord with the new con-
stitution.
Mr.. DaWitt wanted to amend the report
still further by changing the date oil ad-
iournment to next Saturday at 10 a. M,
as the Republican state convention will
meet on Thursday and will get through it's
labors by next Friday, and the county
would then be at liberty to
meet on Saturday. This did not strike
Mr.. Bray favorably, who stated that the
had taken this matter FULLY
into account, and bad come to the conclu.
sion that most of the delegates to the
county convention would be certain to be
Anaconda, where they would get so