The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-21
SPLIT ON IN MONTANA
Daly and Clark Each Hold
Convention.
COMMITTEE is DIVIDED
RIVAL DELEGATION WILL GO TO
KANSAS CITY.

Butte, Mont, June 20.-There viii be
contesting delegations claiming admis-
sion from Montana at the Democratic
national convention at Kansas City
Two state conventions We're held today
after a lively time in the state commit
tee.
= The convention was called to meet
here at noon. An hour before that
time the state central committee met
TO make arrangements. The chairman
of the committee, W. III. COckrill is
recognized as a Daily man. The friends
Of Senator Clark on the committee, IN
Guiding those who held proxies, were
y in the majority. Chairman COckrlll
refused TO recognize the proxies and
appointed in the places OF the absen-
tees men known to be favorable TO
Daily.
John S. NJ. NeiH of Helena, a MEM
Der of the committee, took the floor and
proposed to depose the chairman The
scene in the room at this tire was wild.
A number of deputy sherilfs, under the
leadership of Under Sheriff Murphy,
pushed their way into the room and at
tempted to eject the Clark people. For
a while it looked like a riot.
The Clark people stood their ground
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When this had been done Chairman
Cockriu was deposcd by the vote of
the committee and Nein was elected
in his place.
Daily People Capture Hall
Meantime the delegates and nun
dreds of spectators had assembled at
the Auditorium, which Cockril had Sc
Iected as the place of the meeting.
They found the doors barred and the
place in charge of a number of dep
uty sheriffs and policemen, acting IN
der the direction of the DAILY people.
After waiting Vainly for an hour they
We're informed that the convention
would not be called to order until 5
o'clock.
Before that time the state central
committee had met with its new
chairman presiding and had Sc
lected the Grand opera house as
the regular place of meeting for
the convention The convention was
called to order there shortly after 8,
and z. Q. Day, one of the men who
voted for Clark, was made temporary
chairman. He made a short speech,
stating that this was the first real
Democratic convention that he had
seen in Montana for years. After the
appointment of the usual committees,
the convention adjourned until 10
O'Clock tomorrow.
Daily Convention is Held.
The DAILY people. representing nine
counties-three of them regular and tie
others contested, met in the AUditO-
rum at the same hours o'clock. Ad-
mission was by ticket. State Senator
H. l. Myers of Ravali, one of the
Democratic members who voted against
Clark in the legislature, was made tenn
pOraTy chairman
After the appointment of the usual
committees the convention adjourned
until o'clock tonight, when it elected
Martin Maginnis, W. NJ. COckrin, Gov
ernor Robert 3. Smith, Paul A. Fusz,
". S. Hartman and DR.. J. M. Fox del
egates 10 the national convention
The platform denounces in unmeas-
ured terms the action Of w. A. Clark
of Butte in corrupting the late legis-
latuTe in assailing the integrity OF
the supreme court, and attempting tC
debauch the people of the entire cOTa-
monwcalth as the colossal crime OF
the century"
Senator Clark's resignation after the
report of the senate committee and his
appointment by the acting governor is
denounced as q disgrace to the state
shame TO the American nation and
an insult to the senate