The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1896-05-07
REPUBLICANS CONVENE
The Regular County Convention HELD
in the Court House Tuesday.
THE STATE DELEGATES ELECTED
Seven RegularlyElectcd Delegates From
Granite and Elsewhere Bolt
the Convention.


/. Power chairman of the Granit
county republican central committee.
DR.. Power announced that the frs
order of business was the election of ;
temporary chairman.
NJ. +. Edwards nominated G. B.
Stevens for chairman and j. M. Sligl
nominated G. Fl. Eshbaugh.
A ballot was then taken and Mr.
Stevens was duly elected.
Mr.. Stevens assumed the chair ant
made few remarks, after which he
announced that the next order of busi
ness would be the election of Il secre
tary.
j. c. Argall was placed in nomin
alton for secretary by W. j. Fisher.
There being no opposition, Mr.. Az.
gall was unanimously chosen sccre.
tary.
1t was moved by c. T. Richards tina,
a committee Of five be appointed on
credentials.
Col G.. W. Morse moved. as an
amendment. that one delegate from
each pEecinct be named, to be selected
/ by each precinct.
The amendment was lost and the
original motion carried.
/ 1hc chair appointed on the commit
tee G. +, Richards, Duncan Dingwall,
/ Dave sterrett, y. Il. Porter and J. b.
/ Fearhcrnlan.
1t was moved by J. c. Argall that a
committee Of three, on permanent or
ganizatiOn and order OF business, be
/ appointed. Carried
Ihe chair appointed J. G. Argall E..
Is. Horton and II. 4. Briggs
W. j. Fisher moved that commit
tee Of three, Oh resolutions, be an
pointed, which was carried.
The chair appointed Conrad Wipf,
DR.. W. l. Power and ". j. Fisher.
The convention then adjourned until
. O'Clock, on motion Of j. NJ Sigh,
seconded by DR.. Power, in order to
give the committees an opportunity to
report.
Ihe convention was rccOnvened at )
O'Clock, and adjourned until Z o'clock
III order to give the committee on Gre
dentials further time in which to make
up its report.
Upon Chairman Stevens calling the
convention to order at I o'clock, Dun
can Dingwall, Of the committee on Gre
dentlhlS, read the report, recommends
ing the seating of the following dele
gates
Phlllpsburg No (north precinct) -
Z. r. Richards, G. B. Stevens, DR.. ".
l. Power, James Hansen. Angus McIn
tyre, j. &. Argall. Conrad Wipf.
Phlllpsburg No. 2 (south precinct)-
W. X. Parker, G. A. Densmore. A. H.
Porter, }. B. Walker, George Metcalf,
}. r. Durfee, M. A. Caul, c. b. Rust,
M. f.. Edwards, Charles Weitfle.
Combination Ne. 3-W H. Freder-
icks.
Rock Creek No 5-H. A. Briggs, G.
B. Shelley.
Bi Metallic No. 6-H. H. Goodspeed,
W. j. Fisher.
Granite No. . James Northey,
James Willoughby, NJ. e. Blonger.
Rumsey No. Sd. A. Wittwer
Sunrise No. 9-David Sterretr.
Gold Creek No. 1O-G. A. haywood.
Royal No. lid. +. Bowen, p. r..
Edlepsen.
Princeton No. 12-George Bieber.
Stone Station No. 13-.J. l.. He'll
man, f. B. Horton
New Chicago No. III. A. Feather
man, q. w. Morse, Duncan Dingwall.
Drunmond No. 15-John Gravely, j.
Bearmouth, Mammoth and Alps pre-
cincts We're not represented.
The report was signed by G. f. Rich
ards, chairman, and Duncan Dingwall,
secretary, of the committee.
1t was moved by G. B. Rust that the
report Of the committee be accepted,
which was carried.
Just here is where the most exciting
nf Az,
soon as the report was adopted and it
was seen that the North Philipsburg
delegates. elected at the O'Clock con
vention last Thursday, as called by the
county central committee, J. NJ. Sigh
got up and started with his few fol-
lowers to "bolt' the convention. j.
to make some remarks before leaving
the hail. and were called to order by
Chairman Stevens for being out of or
der. They continued, however, to talk,
and then the convention raised such
noise by stamping their feet and hal
lowing that their voices were drowned.
Chairman Stevens then very vigor-
ously called the convention to order,
with the remark: "There's no use of
your being rowdies because the others
have been!'
The convention then got down to
business again, and Chairman Briggs,
of the committee on permanent organ
izatiOn and order Of business, made his
report, recommending that the tenn
porary officers be made permanent the
first order of business to be the selec-
tion of nine delegates and alternates to
attend the state convention the ap-
pointment of a county central commit
tee. etc.
The report was adopted, on motion
of DR.. Power, and the committee was
discharged.
Following are the resolutions:
Whereas, A short time since five SEN
ators called halt to the republican
party in its inclination to wander away
from established principles, and have
carefully guided it back to the broad,
straight path it has always trod. Be it
Resolved, That we indorse their ac-