Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-09-18
fHE CONSTITUENTS BETRAYED
Eleven Delegates to the State Con-
vention Refuse to Vote for
Hartman.
Instructions of the Cascade County
Convention Disregarded-The
Roll of Honor.

Most Of the delegates to the republican
tate convention at Helena returned yes
Friday and from them some interesting
hits OF history, anent Cascade county's
5e]egstion and their part in the conven.
Zion, is learned. 1t is stated that the
following names constitute the roll Of
honor and comprise those who were true
10 silver all the way through. The list
aboud be cut out and pasted in the po-
itical scrap books for future reference,
as it is we'll to know who the friends OF
the white metal we're when the test
came. Here are the names:
Ransom Cooper, d. j. Tallant, w. j.
Winters, DR.. 4. A. Grain, w. s. Frary,
Iii, A, Largent, NJ. l.. Bridgeman, G. M.
| Webster, and w. r. Dwyer, Great Falls;
D, F. Smith, Monarch; John Gallagher,
Sand Coulee; John X Castner, Ell Lowry,
Belt; j. H. Locke, Field.
These men walked out with the silver
PROCESSION and nearly all of them partic-
mated in the nomination of Hartman,
although one or two left for home on
the night train before the silver men q
work was done.
The balance OF the delegation joined
the goldbug forces and did not vote for
the nomination of Hartman, az in
structed by the convention whose
wishes they we're supposed to represent.
Several of them were friendly to Hart
man and desired his nomination Or
claimed to feel this way, but they pre-
ferred to betray their constituents and
disregard the obligations laid upon
| them by the members of the convention
whose representatives they were rather
| than part company with the pie brigade
McKinleyites.
The Cascade delegation at all times
had a solid majority for silver. This le
shown by the fact that the whole dele
CATION chose John X. CRstner of Belt, q
recognized champion of silver, as their
state committeeman. After the conven
ton split into its two parts, Ransom
Cooper was chosen as state committee
man to represent the silver republicans
and Frank Klepetko was chosen to rep
resent the Mckinley republicans.
Speaking OF the strength OF the Nc
Klnley republicans in the convention
one of the delegates, who WAS present al
the conclusion of the rump convention
yesterday morning. said that by actua
count there we're but 92 delegates pres
ent, including the chairman, when God
n dard WAS nominated. There we're IN
Y delegates who remained in the Mckinley
4 convention when the silver delegates
withdrew Thursday night, but some o.
these we're Hartman men, and did mo-
take part in the convention next morn
ing, 90 that only 81 remained out Of thu
1888 delegates who comprised the member
ship OF the original convention.
Col. Sanders was determined to lead {
bolt Of the gold republicans Thursday
and gave it out cold that he and his fol
lowers would walk out aa soon as the
committee on resolutions reported
Every one expected it and there was
great disappointment when he failed tt
carry out his threat. 1t afterward trans
pired that after his stock of entresties
threats and "persuasions" had been usec
up he could only muster up 30 followers
and he feared after his big talk to make
himself ridiculous by exposing tht
meager results TO his employer, MARI
Hanna.
The Deer Lodge delegation. led by A
M. Scott, formerly of this city, were de
termlned to force the MCklnleylteb u
swallow the nomination of Hartman FOL
congress or bolt the convention, and they
had plenty Of support to carry out thit
program il Mr.. Hartman would have
given his consent or even been passive
ia the matter, but he 80 strongly op
posed it that in Difference to his wish
the project was dropped by his friends
"a little over two-thirds of the regular
republican convention were Bryan men
The chairman called them to order anc
presided over the convention with &
Bryan cane. More than half the STATE
ticket are 'Bryanized republicans, any
thing the McKinleyites got they owe to
the grace and magnanimity OF thu
Organized republicans they have 81
cordially abused and that is satisfaction
enough for one time" said silver dele
gate last night to The TRIBUNE reporter