The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1896-05-15
STATE CONVENTION
REPUBLICAN, REPRESENTATIVE IN
THE SMOKY CITY.
Delegates to st. Louis Glosen-TIe Three
Great Principles of the Party Approved
in Ringing Reso1utionS-Carter, Mantle
and Hartman Endorsed.

in Ringing Resolutions-Car Mantle
and Hartman Endorsed.
The republican state convention met at
Butte on Monday, May II, pursuant to
call and though it was expected that the
many important issues that would pre-
sent themselves before it would hold the
it finished its deliberations in IL hours
and adjourned sine die, after having
added another page to Montana history.
The most important preliminary ques-
ton that offered itself for solution was
the controversy in Granite county, and it
was settled in favor Of the contesting del
egation, led by DIR. j. M. Sigh, who We're
seated by an overwhelming vote of POS to
81, against the compromise proposition
OF giving five seats to those who claimed
to be the regular delegates and four to
the contestants The majority report was
signed by Mr.. Rhodes Of Dawson county,
chairman of the committee on creden-
tials, and the minority report by DR..
Lesser Of Anaconda. On TIE adoption of
the majority report, the vote stood 1874 to
100
In defense of his position DR.. Sligh
made a speech denunciatory of the at
tempted control Of the republican party
by oath bound secret societies, and
openly named the A. P. A. as Il combina-
tion that had sought to defeat the en-
dorsement by the convention Of our del
egation in congress, and an organization
which sought to advance its own power
to the neglect of the high interests of the
party and the whole people. Speeches
made by members of the committee on
credentials indicated that the majority Of
that committee assumed that neither Of
the delegations We're properly accredited,
but as it appeared to them that the CON
testants were all old and tried republi-
cans who had long been identified with
party work through good and evil report,
they were the better entitled to seats.
The second matter which came up to
absorb the attention or the convention, to
the exclusion Of all other questions for a
considerable time, was the fight made by
Tom Power against L. G. Phelps Of Great
Fails, who was backed by the Cascade
delegation as delegate from Northern
developed much personal ill-feeling and
reflected little credit upon any Of the par
ties. Power opposed Phelps on the
ground that his republicanism is not
sound, and that he had lent himself to
pushing the campaign OF the democratic
for the governorship in the last
campaign. Power endorsed, instead, his
brother John as member of the state
delegation. In the end both sides of this
distasteful quarrel were properly de-
feated. An effort made to put L. II.
Hershfeld forward as a delegate, also
signally failed, the Lewis and Clarke
county delegation seeming to be much
divided Allusions were made to the
Helena hog in the lobbes, and the name
Of Mr.. Hershfield was ignobly dropped.
The selection of delegates and alter
mates was happy, all being representative
men whose loyalty to state and party can
not be questioned. The names are as
follows: Representatives to the national
Delegates-Lee Mantle Of Silver Bow;
Thomas II. Carter of Lewis and Clarke;
Charles S. Hartman Of Gallatin; Thomas
c. Marshall of Missouia; Alex Metzel of
Madison; j. w. Strevell Of Custer.
Alternates-P. r. Dolman of Silver
Bow; Thomas B. Miller Of Lewis and
Clarke; 0. T. Goddard of Yellowstone;
j. M. Sigh of Granite; j. B. Losee of
Deer Lodge; John Blair Of Teton,
National mitteeman-Charles r.
Leonard Of Silver Bow.
At 1920 O'clock a. IN. the convention
met and was called to order by Geo. w.
Irwin, H., who acted as vice chairman in
the absence of Senator Mantle. He de-
lvered short address, counselling har-
mony among all interests inside the party,
and recommended the placing of it's three
great principles, bimetallism, protection
and reciprocity, forward upon the ban
ners to be carried by the delegation to
St. Louis, but he believed that they
should not listen to the admonitions of
the democratic enemy and instruct the
delegates to walk out of the convention.