Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-09-08
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION.
A Motley Assembly Endorses the Programme
of the "Bushwhackers."

B''" N"' ''T ""f ~ u
tary. After the appointment of the usual
committees adjournment was taken till
three O'Clock p. m. for the purpose OF eau
cusing and taking refreshments.
AT half past three the corporal's guard
was seen issuing from the Democrat office,
where it is presumed they held their caucus
so as To give color to the claim of the Dem
as was afterward disclosed by the proceed
ings, where the slate was made up. AT
nearly four o'clock the chairman raped
for order and stated that the secretary had
lost the minutes while after refreshments
and il the chairmen OF the different com
mittees won report, he would probably
be able to MAKE up a record. The proceed
ings of the forenoon session being resur-
rected the secretary read them. and the
committee on credentials certified that the
following were still unterrified and properly
trained for the work of the SO called con-
vention:
Lewistown ID. III. Linebarger, Matt
Regain, Joseph Jackson, John Gilkerson,
Thomas Conway.
htHItn-I uoullS htpte- TpDtFI Nalen-
tine, Charles Drosch.
Cottonwood-D. l.. Shafer, VIM. Hawson.
Ubet-B. c. White, J.. A. J. Dawes.
Christina-Edwin Swope.
Cruse-O. l.. Roberts.
Ross Fork-David Calbreath.
Stuart. f. Mason, John Matheson-
Utica-John Duliield.
Tennessee FIat-C. Battams.
Moccasin-James Dempsey.
Philbrook-D. {. eagle, G. Barnes.
Dcerfield-Jacob Nave, Julius Stiehler.
Wareham-H. o. Wareham.
Forest Grove-Amos Snyder.
A Maiden delegate jumped up and nomi-
mated ID. H.. Lineharger, of Lewistown, for
permanent chairman, and as he was con-
sidered a good string puller, he was unani-
mously elected. b.. c. White, of Ubet, hav-
ing shown himself an expert manipulation
of lost minutes, was unanimously elected
permanent secretary. These gentlemen
each thanked the delegates for the honor
conferred on them, and alters brief flourish
OF the party whip, which the manipulation
OF proceedings said was the same in Mon
tana as in New York. where he came from,
the committee OF organization reported a
programme for the head string puIler. At
this point the string slipped a cog, and the
committee previously appointed for that
purpose reported Thos. Conway, Charles
Drosch and Joseph jackson as central
committee, although their report was
booked for the last exercise.
The chairman of the committee on en-
couragement managed to made himself
heard amid the confusion resulting from
the slipping of the string and read a some
what lengthy effort for the purpose o~freviv-
ing the guards dropping spirits. The Chi
cage straddle was c~ommended; h edilatory
public land administration and the candi-
dacy of the onc-idea- free-for-all Cleveland
endorsed; General beheader Stevenson,
lauded; the administration of Gov. Toole
applauded; the do nothing Democratic
congress ratified; free-wool Dixon patted
on the back; free trade resurrected; and
then, running out OF further material, the
committee turned itself loose on the Re-
publican county convention of the week
previous The encouragement was ae-
cepted and the discharged, but
as was evidenced by The lack ofenthusiasm
exhibited at the close OF the report the con-
vention did not care to adopt it and it will
probably come up and he discussed under
the head of unfinished business after cleo
ton.
Delegate Conway here called for "a report
of the committee on rules, but the chairman
OF that committee had evidently become
disconnected with his string and failed to
and the head string puller requested all
delegates to take front seats as their names
were called. Conway again called for the
rules and connections being in working
order, the committee responded with "A re-
commeudation that the candidates be nom
mated by ballot, that IA majority vote be
required to nominate, and H. more than
no one of them should be nominated by ac-
~clamation.
Everything being now in readiness the
head string puller started in and Calbreath
bobbed up with the name of DIR. j. III. Will
lard for representative. Swcpe announced
David Hilger as an aspirant for slaughter.
The caucus having already fixed the slate
there was. OF course, no opposition and
those gentlemen were nominated by accla-
nation. Secretary White then d~isentangled
himself from his lost proceedings and said
he believed Sheriff Sullivan had proven IL
terror to evil doors and ought to be %renoIni-
mated. With "A wild whoop of expectancy
(of the good time in store after adjourn
ment) the denomination was made by ac-
clamation.
The next string was evidently broken and
the chairman made several pulls, when one
poor delegate who was not ''in it," sug
gested that the nomination for county
treasurer be left blank, evidently realizing
that it would be useless to name any one
against the present incumbent. This sug.
g~estion was wisely carried. For clerk and
recorder, Robert Valentine, of Maiden.
was acclaimed as a sacrifice, and his cleo
tion was deemed SO hopeless that he was
not asked nor expected to thank the dele
gates for his nomination. For assessor.
join o.. Gilkerson was slated, but an earn
est friend of ]. C. Walker dared to break
over the rules and name hat gentleman.
Another delegate. h had become a little
mixed in his bearings, perceiving some
thing was wrong with the strings and nomi.
nations were not proceeding properly.
nominated Joseph Asbridge, but seeing the
confusion deepen, said he guessed he was
mistaken in the office and would withdraw
the nomination. There being two candi
dates it became necessary to ballot, a pro-
ceeding that was wholly unexpected, and
the head string puller not finding any pro.
vision for the emergency in his programme
asked one of the delegates to make a mo-