The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-01
Few FRACTIONAL FIGHTS
Only Two Contests for Settlement
at Kansas City.
Montana and the District of Column
bia Alone Send Rival Delegations
The Clark-Dnly Feud Again in
Evidencc-Clnims Made by Each
Side Concerning the Right to seats.

KANSAS CITY, June 30.-The Demo-
cratic National Committee at its NEE ing
on Monday will be called on to consider
only two contests. one the Montana ca Q
and one from the District of Columb =.
The Clark people in the State Of Montana
speak of the contest as Clark Daily feud,
meaning that Marcus Daily is engaged in
an effort to thwart the ambition Of C ark.
The delegates. with Gov. Robert Smith
at their head, declare that MIR. DAILY has
not had any interest in this matter and that
he has not been in the State of Montana
since September last. Mr.. DAILY is nos il
Europe.
The Smith delegates are six in num-
ber as follows: Governor Smith. Will
liam Cockrill Chairman of the Demo-
cratic State Committee; ex-Representative
Martin McGinnis, who was appointed by
Governor Smith to succeed Clark in the
Senate; DIR. James NJ. Fox. Paul Fusz. and
Walter Hartman, brother of ex-Repre
sentative Charles W. Hartman.
These delegates arrived here today. and
several OF them have had conferences with
Chairman Jones, OF the Democratic Ma
tional Committee They went over the
whole case in Montana with Chairman
Jones. Clark, with his delegates and 500
supporters from Butte are to arrive to-
morrow on a special train. accompanied
by brass band. The delegates who ar
rived today gave the history of the pres ent
contest as follows.
At the meeting of the Democratic State
Committee held in Butte on May l. the
Democratic State Convention was called to-
gether by the State committee for the pur-
pose Of completing the preliminary work of
the convention. According to the authority
vested in him as Chairman of the State
committee, Chairman CockrilI filled num-
ber Of vacancies in the committee.
number of committeeman who were
favorable 10 William A Clark objected TO
CockriIIs action. Cockrill insisted upon
his authority, but the followers of Clark
brought about great wransle, and the
convention was adjourned till p. M, and
the meeting of the State committee was
adjourned till 2 p. m. When the commit
tee met again in the afternoon Coekrill and
his friends insisted upon his authority to
fill the vacancies on the State commit
tee The Clark people. led by j. s. NJ.
Neal and Walter Cooper. opposed Chair
man Cockrill and his friends. Both Neal
and Cooper declared they would not rec
ognize Chairman Cockrill's authority or his
ruling. but that they would go out and
organize the State committee to suit theIn-
selves.
Ten of the twentyfour members of the
committee bolted the session. They met
outside and filled up the vacancies on the
committee to suit themselves. in order to
give Clark the dominant faction in the
State Convention. Twelve of the commit
teemen, including Chairman Cockrili. re-
nsined in their seats. and the two re-
naming committeeman sat quietly aside
and did not participate In the proceedings.
Cockrill and his State commit; eemen
called together the State Convention in
the Auditorium of Butte, at 5 p. m. The
Clark boilers, led by Neal and Cooper,
hired the Opera House In the same city.
The Cockrill people at their convention
elected the delegates who arrived here to-
day. The Clark people, led by Neal and
Cooper selected their six delegates. who
are to arrive with Mr. Clark tomorrow.
The chairman OF the Clark convention
was E. c. Day. When Clark arrives here
he is to file with Chairman Jones of the
Democratic National Committee the notice
of contest against Governor Smith and
his delegates. Governor Smith and his
delegates will present to the sub-comrnit-
tee of the National Committee which is to
investigate the Montana contest affidavits
of efforts to bribe certain members of the
Democratic State Committee to vote
against Mr. Cockrill in that stormy session
on June 90. Dir. Clark is to present his
side and insist that Cockrill had no au-
thority to fill the vacancies on the State
committee.
Representative Charles Hartman of
Montana said today that he did not be-
lieve the National Committee would seat
Clark's delegates. Mr.. Hartman said: 1T
fc ,p- -l,af ha
mittee on Credentials will for one mo-
meDt seriously consider the question of
seating Mr. Clark and his rump delega-
tion