The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-04
PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.

The Delegates and the Alternates and the
@ Resolutions Adopted.
Promptly at noon yesterday Secretary
Stephen Carpenter called the county re-
publican convention to order. II was
Chairman j. w. Thompson's dnty, but that
gentleman had already started on his Euro
pean trip. Immediately after the reading
Of the call, nominations for temporary
chairman were in order, and A.. NJ. Thorn
burgh, A. G. Botkin md r. n. Howey were
placed in nomination. Ihornbnrgh repre-
sented the Harrison people, Botkin the
Blaine shouters and Howey was the dark
horse. There were ninety-fo four ballots cast,
and the result was an overwhelming victory
oeiving tiftv-seven, Botkin twenty-five and
Howey fourteen. Thornburgh on taking
the chair thanked the delegates, saying the
significant thing in their choice was that
they had taken the youngest nan and the
only difference between the three candi-
dates he could see was the difference in age;
that they were all assembled to ratify the
wo.k to be done ut Minneapolis.
W.. M. Dollivor wna elected secretary by
acclamation, and after the appointment of
committees on credentials, permanent or
ganization and order of business and reso-
lutions a recsss was taken until l.3O.
After the recess the committee on creden-
dentials. consisting of Jos. Davis, j. Stew
nrt, d. W. Fisk, F. M. MoKirby and Dr..
b. W. King. mndo it's report, which was
adopted. The committee on permanent
organization and order of business, con-
sisting of VIM. Har,ison, &C. Newman,
II. H.. Howey, M. l.. Stone and II. A. Aber-
crombie. reported in favo of eight dele
gates at large, two from each ward in Hell
ena, two f,om Marysville. two from East
Helena, and one from each of the country
precincts, leaving Rin1ini md Unionville
ont A1tnnAthar tTho nom ~, itf oa a )o, rfco,o1
to name the eight delegates at large. This
report WAS amended, giving Rimini one
delegate, making seven delegates at la, 90,
and providing for their election by ballot.
The report also made tho temporary the
permanent officers. After considerable
discussion tho report was adopted as
amended.
Fourteen gentlemen were nominated for
delegates at large aud those chosen. being
the ones who received tho largest number
of votes were: L. D. Weed, +. p. Sterling,
L. H. Hershfield. A. j. Selingman, Il. Ii.
Kleinsohmidt, j. g. Sanders and A. 6.
Botkin.
Then the delegates from the different
precincts named their delegates and alter
natea to the state convention. Matters
went along smoothly until Baxendale was
reached when William Hnrrison was named
as the delegate. But Botkin called the at
tention of the chair to the fact that he
would have something to soy about that
after oil the precincts had been heard from.
The colonel kept his word.
II move" said Nj. Botkin, that the
name of John A. Mooney b. substituted for
That or VIM. Harrlso IA the delegate to
Mlssoula from tho precinct of Ba1endale.
l have attended republican city, county and
state conventions for twelve years in Mon.
tana, but / have mover seen one aa reckless,
or one that 80 disrecarded the lessons of
the past as this one. In all my experience
1t mas bean tho hnnEt nf thu pnrty that ,np
residents representation in a convention
would not be permitted, Mr.. Harrison ia
a resident of Helena. and for that reason
l want the namo of Mr.. Mooney suhsti-
tuted for his. But if the convention
wanted to select n nom reSidsnt representa-
tive let it, in place OF Mr.. Hrrrison, name
some representative of the colored ruca.
which had no rep. aEsptation on the delspn-
ton" Col. Botkin continued in this strain
Tor several minutes, while the chairman
hdReted ana tbs deiegateH hogan to feel at
home-h storm WIS brewing.
Ha rison replied, saying the only colored
nun who ever lived at Bnssndals had been
snmmnriIy discharged. He then defended
his right to represent that ptecins.
United Stntes District Attorney Weed
said tho element of diseord had been in
jected into tho convention by the gentle
man who made q plea for III He
said the colorea peorls were fully repre-
sented in the delegation, James A. Mack
having been named aE nm alternate. I'm
the ilame of God" concluded the district
attorney, ''let us act in harmony on the
threshold of this campaign. We will hive
enough to do TO fight this enemy in our
front without defending ourselves from
attacks in the reat."
Col. Botkin began his reply to Mr.. Weed
with tho words: 1.-The remarls from the
lips ut one who has basn eommisBionod--n
BANG! bang went Chairman 1hornburch'a
gavnl. Il do not want to abrid1o the right
of any delegate to apeak." snid the chair.
man, "hut he must con1ine himself to the
question before the house. Dol. Botkin iH
out of Order"
II yield to the chairman's ruling" said