Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-08-28
6urIeigh for Judge.
The Republican Joint Judicial
Convention Fix on the Party's
Candidate for Judgeship.
An Interesting Session and a Sort
IF Deadlock Results in Lots
Of Balloting.
THE JUDICIAL CONVENTION.
DIR. Burlsigh Gets the Nomination on ia.
renth Formal Ballot.

In pursuance of an agreement made
by the represent ,tives uf Dawson,
Custer and Yellowstone counties al
the recent state convention at Ana
coUds, a Judicial convention Of the
three counties n,u-d, constituting the
seventh judicial district. was held st
Miles City yesterday fer the purpose
Of nominating a republican, candidate
for judge If the d,s' ret.
The convention was called To order
at 3 O'Clock ., N. 10y +. NJ. Kreidler,
chairman If the Custer county delsga.
tinn. A temporary organization was
effected by appointing A. l.. Bsbcock,
OF Yellowstone, chairman and T. b.
Holmes, of Dawson. secretary. On
motion committee Of three on ere
dentials, permanent organization and
order Of business was appointed, con-
sistiDg Of =. II. Erwin. of Yellowstone,
Jno. Wright, Of Cu.ter, and Henry
Dion, Of Dawson. The committee re-
tired and In short time returned and
reported az follows:
On credentials. the committee re-
ported the following delegates entitled
to seats and votes in the convention:
Custer cOuniy-F. NJ. Kreidler, II. F.
Bntchelor, G. B. Towers. Jno. Wright,
A. j. KimbsIl aud l.. b. Res by proxy
TO Fl. +. Bachelor. Yellowstone
couniy-A. l.. Bal cDck, F. H. Foster,
p. Mccormick by proxy t. J. Grim
Minis, j. r. GOES by proxy to S. H. Err
win and II. H. Mund. Dawson
county-Henry Dion and t. b.
Holmes. Total l3.
On permanent organization the rom-
mittee recommended that the tempo
rary organization be made permanent.
On order Of business. the committee
reported the first order to be the nom
instion Of a district judge to be fol-
lowed by such other business as would
properly come before the convention,
On motion the report Of the commit
tep was adopted.
The convention then proceeded 10
the transaction of business as follows:
ON motion Of Kreidler an informal
ballet for district judge was ordered,
nominations being dispensed with.
The ch ir appointed Me-srs. Towers
aud Cfimmins tell.rs and the ballot
was declared ss follows:
Informal ballot: Goss 5. Burleigh 4,
G. ddsrd 3, Streyell |, and the chair
then instructed the delegates TO pre-
pare for The nrst formal ballot, which
was tskeD and declared us follows:
First formal hallot-GoSs 5, Bur
leigh 4, Goddard 4, and there being no
choice a second ballot was ordered,
with result as follows:
Second formal ballot-Goss 5, Bur-
leigh 4. Goddard L. The same result
necessi tating third ballot as follows:
Third formal ballot-Guss 5, Bur.
leigh 4, Goddard 4. Still the same
array Of figures aud no choice. At this
point in the proceedings Bachelor
moved for a recess Of ten minutes.
which motion prevailed and the dele
gates employed themselves in trying
TO break the deadlock but without sue
cess. On Resembling fourth ballot
WAS as follows:
Fourth formal ballot-Goss 4, Bur.
leigh 4, Goddard some of the Goss
men having gone over to Goddard.
The fifth ballot, however. brought
him back to Goss again. showing same
result as the first three. After the
fifth ballot was taken Holmes, Of Dsw-
son, moved recess but the PROPOSE
tlon was defeated: The sixth ballot
placed Goddard again In the lead with
5, Gos- 4 ana Burleigb 4. AT this
point in the proceedings Foster, Of
Yellowstone. moved for reces, Of Is
minutes, which carried and again the
delegates got 10 work ON each other,
but without effect. as the seventh bal
let showed up Goddard 8, Burleigb 4,
Goss 4. As also the eighth and ninth.
II was now half-past four. An hour
and half had been spent in fruitless
bslloting and from the outlook there
was no disposition ON the part oil any
OF the delegates TO desert the candi'
dates OF their choice. Something had
10 be done, however, sud IL being re-
ported thst Mr. Goddard had stated
that he would not accsptif nominated,
It was deemed expedisnt 10 get his
positive acceptance or dsclination In