Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-31
Of FACTS PREPARED
CASE OF THE SILVER BOW REGULAR REPUBLICANS TO BE SUB
MTTED TO STATE COMMITTEE.
RECITAL OF THE ILLEGAL AND IRREGULAR ACTS OF THE MINOR
ITY OF THE COUNTY C0MMITTEE-MAJORTY WAS
IN THE RIGHT.

A statement of facts regarding the con-
test between the Silver Bow delegations
to the republican state convention has
been prepared by the county central
committee and will be presented to the
state committee in behalf of the regular
delegation. 1t is as follows:
The regular republican county conven-
ton held in the city OF Butte in Septem-
Der, 1898. selected a central committee
composed of the following named per-
sons:
r.. c. Whitman, Antoine Donati. Joseph
Annear, Joseph Galloway, William Ed
dy. John Bolitho, Frank Bateman. Jo-
seph Price, Joseph TAFT, ]. r. Creighton.
w. S. McGill. William Thompson. G. j.
Stevenson. Ben Sampson, ". H. Nichols.
James Dingevon. A. A. Crossman, S. j.
waters f.. G. McW!lliams, William Sims,
$. n. Mullin. represented by proxy A..
=. Jones, and also proxy Ed Mullin: c..
). Jackinan, Joseph Vogier, Charles
Hopkins. w. P. Rhodebank, p. H. Man
chester, M: G. Davis, Malcolm Giilis,
William Thomas. James BENEFITS.
James Jacka, J. F. Davies, Thomas Tor
renee, Robert Ould. Sullivan Waugh,
Robert Bohlman, T. o. Miles, T. B.
Gardner, William Farmer, Charles Har-
vey.
lAdI dlu ScIlfdl committees, lOTly III
number, selected Immediately after it's
election. Malcolm ellis. as chairman of
! said committee. and John +. Davies as
secretary of said committee. That the
said Malcolm Gillis and John F. Davies
continued to act from September, 1898,
up to and including a day of April. 1900.
at which time the county committee met
pursuant to a call made by Malcolm
Gillis, chairman. That at said meeting
the county committee found that Will
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state of Montana. and nat James Rem
netts a TO- from the state of
Montana. That Malcolm Giilis, the chair
man of said committee appointed to
fill the vacancies created thereby. Jacob
Oliver and Albert Gunderson, and that
said appointments were ratified and con-
f1rmed by said committee. hat the said
Malcolm ellis and John r. Davies, and
the committee as composed after the va
cancies had been filed. continued to act
as the central committee of the repuD-
lican party of Silver Bow county up to
and including the 18th day of August,
1900; that on said 18th day of August,
1900, the committee met pursuant to a
call issued by Malcolm ellis. chairman.
and the following named persons were
present in person and by proxy at said
meeting:
K. G. Whitman. represented by proxy
John Renfrey: Antoine Donati. Joseph
Annear, Joseph Galloway William Ed
dy, John Bolitho. Joseph Price. Robert
TAFT. j. r. Creighton. w. A. Magill,
Jacob Oliver, G. J. Stevenson. Ben
Sampson, w. H.. Nichols. James Dinge-
! von,. A. A. Crossman. S. J. Waters, F.
G. McWilliams. William Sims, S. N.
Mullin, c.. S. Jackman, represented by
proxy B. F. Plummer, which proxy of
+. F. Plummer has been transferred to
Eugene Carroll, Joseph Vogler. George
Hopkins, w. P. Rhodebank. represented
by proxy Malcolm Gillis. William Thorn
- Humes. James Jacka, represented
by proxy George Jacka; j. F. Davies,
Thomas Terrence, represented by proxy
Thomas Terrence; Robert Guild. repre-
sented by proxy G. A. Elvers and w. f.
, Wilson. Sullivan Waugh. represented by
proxy r. F. Plummer and John F. Da-
vies; Robert Bohlman, T.. O. Miles. T. B.
Gardner, William Farmer, Charles Har-
vey, represented by proxy Malcolm Gill
lis and j. F. Davies.
} That at said meeting the chairman,
Malcolm Gillis, appointed John Tippe,
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Frank Bateman, which appointment
was ratified by the committee. Thai
James BENEFITS had returned to the
state and was present at the meeting
and it was decided by the COMMITTEES
that Mr.. BENEFITS was entitled to hi!
membership in place of Mr.. Gundersor
: who had beeen chosen in his absence
4 That the ommittee decided at said meet
ing Lnat the proxy OF -. IN. MULTI Helt
: by Ed Mullin was the legal proxy ant
= that the proxies of Charles Harvey helt
: by John F. Davies, Sullivan Waugh hell
by John F.. Davies. and Robert Quiz
s held by w. E. Wilson, were the lega
/ proxies, these being the proxies OF
which there was a contest. The com
+ mittee also decided that all other person
holding proxies of members of the com
b mittee were entitled to vote. That job,
i F. Davies, the secretary of said centra
+ committee, rendered his resignation t
+ the committee, which was accepted, an
i w. H. Nichols was elected by the com
y mitee as secretary thereof to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of Da
+ asking for the resignation of Malcolr
: ellis as chairman and that a motto
was made that said resolution be tabled
n which was carried without division.
r That after the decision of the com
y mittee upon these questions a motion I
= adjourn was made, the committee &C
" journed. That upon said motion to &C
+ journ no division was CALLED and the d.
cision of the chair upon the motion w
not questioned. THAI Malcolm Gill
chairman of said committee, immediate
4 ly thereafter delivered to the But
4 Miner and Anaconda Standard, tv
< newspapers published IN the city
\ Butte a call for the county committee
y meet on August 18th at 8 o'clock p. r
Z and that on the morning of August lat
4 1900, the issues of the Butte Miner ar
< the Anaconda Standard contained IL
notice of a call of said meeting as signt
by Malcolm Gillis. That said notice WI
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