Daily Yellowstone journal., 1892-06-05

thtught It. jfu,ter to hav=tI TIE -ecre' Ary
r@t.u tAt call under which the conven-
tion had assembled, ntttl it Was tl"nt.
the reHdinE confirming the clikjr.nau's
>tAtttnt nt unt tltd i+tA': - Wtre 10 he
elected IL represent the county 1T the
HozenlAn aid Great Fall. conventions.
Myers then suggested that ti+ -rcre
tAty read the report nf HE committee
IN credentials ri that eAch delegate
wou.u know how n4any votes had hten
accorded him, tn 8 ior the r+u-on tl,at
so1ue of the delegates were we'll rrt:'
vided with cret!en lat-. This being
dune Myers moved that the conven-
ton proceed to tue election If the eix
Delegates. his motion providing that
the baliot be III informal one, and that
the persons receiving the six highest
totals Of the votes should Oe declared
the delegates from this county to the
conventions named. The second pro-
vision wac moons stent with the first,
AZ all informal ballot can in 10 aense
be deciding one, but tie incon~ist-
ency WAS not noted, and the ballot
proceeded. Another singular feature
OF the proceedings Was that no notn~
tnalions were made, the convention
going into free" "for>a!l race, eaci. DEL
eyAte privileged tn vote fir WIN he
pleased, but ss It u >equeutly proved
there wa. method in this apparent
madness. Nhitbeck, who eviti+ntly
whs IN It In it, tndenvOred to check
the i,reKuit rlty t,y otf*rng the Hug.
ge-liou that lte chair rick nut QUE
ttle!ute from each precinct lepre:
-tnted 10 retire and ugree upon six
tlnlrE4tts tu be presented 10 tht CON.
veution ut. large for its support, Myers
motion, however, prevailed, ard the
ha|lotiHg wss prt,ce+det with, with
tlle following r, suit:
L. j. Grul,atn 81, Jr-%e Hr-ion 10.
W. +. jordan so. q. ". Myeis ~,
Thurs1 Aiexnnder -, J Ba-in>ki -,
ttenrge Sche%tz =. ". Fl. Hu!lA>d 5.
e.. l.. Merrill =. r J. Thompson .,
Thos. Gibb =, t.. r. Middleton ., =.
ko+wortll 9. j. Tra~r,ts :. \. Mcneil !,
{. r Smith |, +. NJ. Schwar II.
T.. l.. Carter, e>l1eutty AtIaecinting
that The coh'radic; ~ 1no%i'n "ud+r
which they dad acted ne dtd nIr1>l~
in*, here 1unr' 1 that thu +ix t*r-nns
receiving the highest NUMBER If votes
be declared the duly elected delegates.
aud the motion prevailed.
Next in order " an the election of Xix
alternates, and on mutton If Ra>inski
the sane prov .dure wss adopted - IN
the election Of delegates, subsequent
motion by the same gentleman to the
eTect that the alternates be aIportioued
In the order Of their total vote, the one
receiving the highest vote being de-
clared the alternate of the delegate
that had receive 1 the highest vote and
so On down the il~t. This was also &C.
cepted, and the ballottng for alternates
proceeded, +. sultilg as follows:
George Scheetz =, % J. >. Trusc 1T II,
g. l.. Merrill Is, Sam Bosvorth II.
w. II. BuIla d l3, Thomas Glib 10,
G, l.. Carter 8, W. +. Jordan :, A. Me-
Nell 7, Fl. Brown :. T. J. Thompson
&c. r. Middleton :, G, s. Becker 6,
R. I. Stua1t 6, A. II. Telrott 6, H. E.
Bourdette 5, J. X. Whltbeck 1. Josiah
Nichols 3, T. J. Graham 2. George W.
Myers 2. Thomas Alexander =. F. NJ.
Schwartz ., w. B. Jordan /, Prank
O'Neal |.
| Under the rule adopted tlle deleHu e.
and alternates elected are ~ follows:
DELEGATES, AITERN ATEs,
T.J. Graham, Geo. Scheetz,
Jpsae Hnsttn, J. =. Truscott,
W. B. Jordan, G. l., Merrill,
ia. w. Myers, San, Kn-wnrth,
Thos. Alexander, ". II. Bullard,
J. Bastnski, Thos. Gibt.
The next move in the proceedings
WAS the one whereby the African
emerged from tue wood pile. Jesse
Haston gaining the floor u!oved the
adoption Of certain resolutions, which
he read. The resolutions were brie1
and the first TWO emlne :.tly perfume
tory, commenting the course Ut Mon'
tana q democratic representative and
recommending that the delegates from
Bozeman to Chicago 90 nnInstructed
The third resolution provided that tht
delegates elected yesterday to repre-
sent Custer county ut Bozeman and
Great Fails, should aIso be empowered
+! by the convention to represent tht
county at a convention to be held al