The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-03-20
BUTTE and HELENA
The Two Republican State Con-
ventions Will Go TO
Those Cities.
COW COUNTIES In 1T
Can Control Convention II They
Stand TOgethrr-Geiger Was
Set Down TN.

| mittee met III the parlDrs ~ the HeigBi
bOtei last Saturday afiern0Gn 10 decide
upon places for holding the lw0 stats
conventions and fxiug the apporii0n
ment of the delegates.
The committee was called to order by
Chairman j, p. Wo0InaB, who ean
graduated the republicans upon ths
splendid Attendance and the prospects
OF q republican victory.
The thirteen committeeman who were
present were: Broad water, J. q.
Stuart; Custer, Sam G0rdon; Dawson,
II. J. Haskell; Deer Lodge, j. @, Eng,
lisb GalIatin. W, l., Holloway; Jetfer,
son, A. H. Foster; Lewis and Clarke,
Dr, william Tracay; Park, ". II. Tai
c0tt; RavalIi George T.. Bags; Silver
Bow, A, N. Y0det Sweet Grass, j.
u. Barbour; Teton, j. u. Bair; Vel,
lowst0ne. A. i. Babe0ek, The ten
proxies were held Nv follows; Beaver
head, J. u. S6ndersi Cascade. u. NJ,
Webster Ohoteap, y, q. Power Fergus,
@. g, Newman; Flathesd, v, VI,
sfranahan; Granite, w, R II. Rodgers
Madison. ", W, Baattie; Meaghet, j,
r. W00Inan, Miss0ula. u, q, Murray ,
Valley, II, j. Haskell. All 0f tbs proxy
holders were Helena people except Nv.
Murray 9f Miss0ula and Mr., Haskell Ut
Glendive, The latter WAS tho commit
teeman for Dawson county and pI0xy
holder for Valley e0nIty,
j, II, Geiger, tho notorious Clark
b00dleI, niad6 an effort 10 act ~ thu
proxy tor II, j. swaney, COMMITTEES,
man from glathaad county, who was
absent, bnt wi0 had sent his proxy 10
Colonel W, v, Sanders, who WAS also
absent, Colonel Sanders proxy haa
been turned over IN ", ". Htvanahan NJ
Helena, who presented " ~ tbs CON,
,pittee, He anid that while eHI0ut0
10 Montana tr0nl Washington he hAA
written nv, swanay that II ha nd uat
attend tho meeting ha idaiaeIl w0uld
like TO have his proxy Ito had 10,
eeived a reply from Nv, Awaney telling
him that tho proxy had heeN turned
0vaI tn l0l0nel sAndeysi that ha Waa
sorry, etc, This letter ueiseI handed
ta tho secretary, phe MalisI was pNs,
sed until the roll had bean called, when
@, q, Newmnn NJ Helena m0ved lhat
My, HtIanahan he empowered IN rapre'
sent awauey, y, Il, Murray ~ Mis'
s0nla called Tor tho raadinH NJ lha
pIoxy, While aeiaeg waa stating hiA
side III the matt0r his ramAIks had
bean received rather 00oly by the nlee,'
iHa, and evidently saeina which way
thn wind WAS hlnWinn, hH jumpnd MI
and Withdrew his nama het0lu Nv
Nawmans M0tiaa aaM0 Ia n v0te,
y, q, Newman moved Tint tho can,
miltee dx thu tina aud place f0l hold,
inR tlla iva conventions, Haskell
amended by giving tho o0nmllleu
anlh0vity tor iisina The llno f0r lhe
seaand aanyent,an Tho motion nra,
vailed.
", W, neatlia namNd linlle ~ the
place Tor Tho fIal convention IN namp
delegates IN The nnli0nal convention,
HAakell MNvpa IA strike nnl Tho Wnrd
haite aud maka " Hplnnn HALFWAY
proposed hOzemau 'rhe vote tpAulipd
IN fAv0l M Nnttn, III w u I'm mntl0ll
~ q, NJ, Webster tho lima WINS nspd
~ Thursday, Muy n,
Fnr tho second n0nvanilnn, whlah W
W n0lnlnAtp a alalN ticket NaMnAN
named Helena, aud n, Il, Murray, Mia
snAla, Helena wan hs snlu III II Ia
u lhe data NJ thu p0nvAnlloN IN hu
hAnd NY lhp a1mlnlllpp,
Upnn tho QupHtlnn W representation
Ia tho two U0nvunliOna II dNOlnph M
tAka tlp vNtu tnp " q Marshall fuy
congress IN tAlh IN thu haals, Nll0wlnp
an0 delegate TN avery tlls Votes mud
i've dalpEAtas Y. laraa t0r panh oaunly,
phia will mAke .hO convention uula,
passed nj Az delegates, TIN representa-,
tlon NJ lha sall0NA e0uAlles heina aM
f0llOWsi
AaavavhaNd, lai h,0adwale,, lnt
uAvh0n, lat Cascade, W. OhNieNu, nOl
uNstay, lal Dawson, vi nnpr t.0uau,
I'M Fslaaa, VI FlNtheal, lnl NAllA,
tiN, lll avaNita, al iaitev10N, Vi
I,awls and CLARK, MI Mwdlu0N, lNl
Maashap, H., MissaulN, VII l'Nvk, lNi
NNvNlli, lNl silver hNw Nv, NWuel,
HtNaa, Ill Vsl0N, ~ Valley, vi xuh
l0WslaNN, lhi totAl, Alt,
'rha AhAva representation viii alvt
what Nts known ~ thN "nnW" VONAtlua
central NJ .ha o0NvtN,lnN, N they
should stAnd taHalhet The eoMMll,ee
MeasiNu WAN hArMONlNNa sht0nphuNl
and Nil tha members th0unht tha Iap0O.
ltoNNa will carry Tho state,
Aoe0vdiNa IN the AAaeahdA elAnd'
ards report Jus. before thu MestiAn