The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-09-10
THE FIRST BUSINESS.
Election of Pronounced Silver Man rs
Temporary Chairman.

Election Of q Pronounced Silver Man IS
Temporary Chairman.
The delegates began gathering early
this morning and the Auditorium
was crowded at the hour of noon. The
hall was divided into four aisles The
entire section at the left was awarded
to Silver Bow. the two delegations
from there completely filling this por-
tion. The A. p. As. sat In front and
the Mantle delegates behind. Lewis
and Clarke were at the rear OF the GEN.
ter Of the hall. and so Colonel Sanders
had moved up to a seat In the Fergus
delegation In front where he could
catch the speakers eye quickly.
Deer Lodge occupied quarters at
the rear of the right section. 1t
carried a beautiful white banner with
the words Charles s. Hartman. 16 to
i. No Compromise. Deer Lodge Coun-
ty." Charles 3. Hartman. with the
Gallatin delegation, occupied an ed-
vantageous position a little to the right
Of the center Of the hall. o. r. God
dard had moved away from his delega-
tion and sat behind Colonel Sanders In
the Fergus county delegation.
1t was only five minutes past IL
" tioth WHICH Nidii Ltt hdHtlt
whose appearance was greeted with
cheers, called the convention to order.
The call was then read and Mr.. Man.
tie apologized for reading the address.
but said that he wished to be careful
and accurate In his statements. There
were number OF demonstrations in
the course Of the reading, but It was
noticeable that the A. p. A. delega-
tion from Silver Bow, posing In their
new position as friends of Mckinley,
did not applaud Hartman at any time.
The Mckinley men got their first
chance to cheer when Mr.. Mantle spoke
Of the resolution introduced in the
state convention Of last May. calling
on the delegates to St Louis 10 bolt in
case Of a platform unfriendly to silver
being adopted. This, however, was
voted down." said Mr.. Mantle. That
made the Mckinley men yell until they
were hoarse. and they swung their hats
and cheered for several minutes.
There seems to be some Mckinley
men here" remarked Mr.. Mantle.
When the speaker referred to Charles
8. Hartman walking out Of the st.
Louis convention, the Hartman men
had their chance. They rose to their
feet and yelled. This demonstration,
however, did not continue as long as
the other. All the regular delegation
from Silver Bow and most Of the con-
testants refrained from participating
In these demonstrations. The state
ment that Judge Strevell had voted in
the national convention for Mckinley
brought forth another storm of cheers
from the Mckinley men. Mr.. Mantle
then said that the republicans of Mon
tana have not been advocating silver
as a play to the galleries. whereupon
the silver men broke forth once more.
and did their best to beat the McKin-
ley demonstration. When Mr.. Mantle
said he had no apologies to offer for
having advocated Henry M. Teller as
nominee for president because he
believed him more nearly representa-
tive Of republican sentiment than Nc
Kinley the great scene OF the early
session occurred. There was a storm
of cheers followed by a fusillade of
Kisses: for several minutes II alternat-
ed. while the speaker waited. First
the cheers rose highest and as they
died down the Kisses would gather
force. Then the cheers would drown
out the Kisses for a time. Finally the
silver men, nettled by the persistency
Of the Mckinley men. jumped up on
their seats, waved their hats and
canes, screamed and yelled until every
vestige OF hiss had been drowned
Then they gave three cheers for Man
tie and subsided.
At the conclusion Of his speech Mr.
Mantle said that the state central COM
mttee at its meeting In the morning
had examined into a number of con-
tests in various counties II had been
decided that in all contests the regular
delegations should be seated and
should participate In the temporary or
sanitation with the exception of the
Carbon and Silver Bow counties, where
II had been decided that neither dele
CATION should sit until the committee
on credentials should be ready to re-
port. Nominations for temporary
chairman were called for.
Charles s. Hartman first got the
speakers eye and placed A. J. Selig-
man OF Lewis and Clarke In nomlna-
ton. o. F. Goddard placed Judge c.
W. Strevell Of Custer In nomination.
and moved that his name be substi-
tuted for that Of Mr.. Seligman. Mr..
Mantle said he would accept Judge
Strevelrs name as a nomination, but
ruled the motion TO substitute one
name for another to be out of order
nominations being in order. From this
decision Mr.. Goddard appealed, and the
roll OF counties was ordered. The
chairman ruled that Carbon and Silver
Bow counties should not vote on this
proposition. Colonel Sanders objected
vigorously to this ruling and insisted
that the regular delegations from Sill
yer Bow and Carbon should be allowed
to vote on this question. o. p. CHS
holm Of Gallatin opposed Colonel San
ders view and said that unless the
chairman Of the committee is sus-
tained. I'VE are going TO have trouble"
Il don't know what the gentleman
from Gallatin means when he says
that said Mr. Goddard. 81 never saw
so harmonious convention In my
life" Gaughter). II am not here for
trouble" Mr.. Goddard then criticised
Mr.. Mantle for not seating the regular
delegation from Silver Row, because