The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-09-12

nized by the convention: that the con-
ventiOn discuss and decide the contests
in Silver Bow and Carbon counties:
tina: the convention select it's WI tenn
perary and permanent officers.
Delegates commenced to arrive at
the convention hall about 1880. The
hall was p%roiusely decorated with flags
and bunting. The stage was most az
tlstically decorated with more bunting.
flags and potted plants. The floor Of
the convention hall was reserved fol
delegates. their positions being desig-
mated by thields. The Silver Bow del
the platform, half way back in the hall.
At 1l:5O the Deer Lodge county dele
gates entered the hall, the leader carry
ing a banner bearing these words:
''Chas. S. Hartman. 16 to l.. No COM
promise. Deer Lodge delegation
The banner took the house by storm
and the cheers lasted several minutes.
Everything Vas hustle and confusion
up to the calling Of the convention to
order, the delegates and visitors maxi
ing considerable noise.
Senator Mantle mounted the platform
and was loudly cheered. He immedi-
ately called the convention to order
and requested Thomas Cummings. Sec
rotary Of the state committee. 10 read
the call, which he did. Senator Man
tie then took the platform and address,
ed the convention. reading from notes.
For over thirty minutes he addressed
the convention and was loudly cheered
in turn by the silver and the gold men.
His address was chiefly to explain the
political situation as it existed up to the
st. Louis convention and how matters
stood in the state at the present day.
He also explained in full the Butte con
ference plan. He urged harmony and
hoped the republicans would stand to-
gether.
AT the conclusion of his speech Sem
ator Mantle said that during the state
committee meeting but two contests
We're submitted, that being from Car
bon and Silver Bow, and sand the COM
mittee had decided not to Leu them
participate in the temporary organiza-
tiOn. He said his duties there termin-
ated and said nominations for tempo
rary chairman were in order. Con-
gresham Hartman nominated A. J.
Seligman of Helena. O. Il. Goddard
moved that the name Of Judge j. w,
Strevell OF Custer county be substituted
for Sellgman. The chair ruled Cod
dard's motion out Of order. the latter
appealed from the decision of the chair
and Goddard called for Il roll of u
ties.
The question arose whether the dele
cations from Carbon and Silver Bow
should be allowed to vote on GOddard;s
motion. Sanders moved that they pe
allowed to vote, Goddard seconding it.
Goddard maintained that the state COM
mittee had no power to ~disfranchise
the delegations from the temporary
organization and seemed inclined to
blame Chairman Mantle, who presided
at the state committee meeting. a
motion was made to lay Sanders
motion on the table. The county roll
was called resulting as follows, greatly
to the discontinue of the gold con-
tingent, who on this early vote found
themselves beaten by sixty votes:
B~eaverhead, yeas II: Cascade, yeas Is.
nays, 8; Choteau, nays ID: Custer. NAYS
II, Dawson: nays .: Deer Lodge. yeas
%; Flathead, nays II: Fergus. nays Is:
Gallatin, yeas %: Granite. yeas IL:
Jefferson. yeas IS: Lewis Il Clarke,
yeas 18, nays ID: Madison, yeas II. nays
]: Meagher, nays II: Mlssoula, yeas
Is, nays =; Park, yeas 10; Ravalli, yeas
II: Sweetgrass, nays i: Teton. NAYS 4:
Valley, nays ): Yellowstone. nays 10.
Total, yeas Isl, nays 121.
The result was greeted with uproar-
ious applause, in which the galleries
Joined. The vote would have now
come up on Goddard's appeal from the
chair, but that gentleman, in the light
of his experience, Withdrew his appeal
and the contest for the temporary
craftsmanship went on, Strevell rep
resenting the Mckinley men and Sell
lyman the silver men. The result vas
another silver victory. the tote being
Seligman III, StrevlIle lbs.
j. r. Eardley was made Temporary
secretary.
Committees on Credentials Res
OlutiOns, and Permanent organization
were then appointed, Madison county
being represented thereon by N. j.
lsdeli, A. J. Bennett and Alex Metzel.
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