Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-11
SPLIT IN THE DEMOCRACY
CLARK DELEGATES, AMIDST CHEERS, WALK OUT OF THE
COUNTY CONVENTION.
LEAVE DALY|7ES IN THE AUDITORIUM
REc0NvENED At SUTT0NS THEATER, THE FOLLOWERS OF
SENATOR CLARK EFFECT AN ORGANIZATION AND AD-
JOURN TILL TOMORROW.

The great democratic circus was held
today. 1t started in with two rings, but
ended in c ring taking a separate
quarter to itself, the Daily ring holding
| the boards at the Auditorium and the
Clark men a~djourning to Sutton's the
alter, where they formed a temporary or
g~anization, but decided to postpone until
| tomorrow afternoon the selection OF dele
gates to the state convention.
The sensational incident of the day
+! was the bolt of the Clark men after an
impassioned speech by ]. j. Knowlton,
their leader. Mr.. Knowlton had diff
Guilty in making himself heard above the
din and tumul Of the assemblage. When
he came to the concluding words, Il am
through with being a democrat in this
county," he seized his hat and can and
turned toward the door.
His action was the signal for the Clark
men, who hastily vacated the hall amid
the boots, misses and cat calls of the
Dalyites, who seemed to extract a great
deal of pleasure from their exit.
There were no personal encounters.
AS the Clark men were leaving the Audi
forum. a DAILY supporter became ugly
and was about to attack a Clark man,
when a young English-American inter-
fered and stood the crowd at bay, ending
by inviting the Daily man outside, an in
vitatiOn which was not accepted.
The Clark delegates were very enthusi-
astic when they met at Sutton's. They
knew that an attempt would he made
to shut them out of the DAILY convention
and so made preparations in advance.
The DAILY delegations, left to them
selves, proceeded to the harmonious Sc
lection of previously slated delegates
and a%lternates to the state. convention.
This duty done, they vented their scorn
IN scathing denunciation of the desert
ers."
The county convention had been called
Tor ~ O'Clock noon, but 1t was nearly
half an hour later when Chairman Nc
Arthur entered the hall. A Clark dele
gate was unkind- enough to say that Mr..
Macarthur was holding a conference with
John r. Toole on the 1000 foot level of
the Anaconda, but Mr.. McArthur's ap-
pearance belied this.
The DAILY men selected the eastern por-
ton of the hall, while the Clark people
focked by themselves in the west end.
While the. Dalycrats ook worried, the
Clark men were cheerful and confident
that they held the winning hand in this
Knowlton, occupied a front seat, flanked
by several deputy sneriffs, who We're
present as delegates as we'll as to pre-
serve order. But nc trouble developed
during the forenoon session.
At 1925 Chairman Macarthur raped
for order. Secretary D.. p. O'Connor then
read the call for the county convention,
and followed it up by reading the call
for the state convention. Mr.. Macarthur
stated that nominations for temporary
chairman We're in order and the next in
slant Delegate NJ. J. Burke had placed
the name of C. F.. Kelley before the con-
Vention.
John G. Simpson, one of the leaders of
the Clark indicators, at this point asked
that the chairman of a delegation be
-,.oJ4 ~ ~racarf 4 tho II aiNsr1oa n tho
credentials from his precinct.
w. w. Walsworth opposed the request
and stated that the first matter before
the convention must necessarily be the
selection of a temporary chairman.
Mr.. Simpson accepted the suggestion
and moved that Mr.. Kelley's nomination
for temporary chairman be made by ac-
clamation. The DAILY men accepted the
motion and it was carried with a whoop,
but in the next minute the chairman
ignored Mr.. Simpson by appointing Del
egates Walsworth n Connolly to escort
Mr.. Kelley to the platform.
Mr.. Kelley thanked the convention for
the honor conferred upon him. He
thought, however, that he had been Sc
lected rather for the purpose of facili-
tating business than retarding it, and he
would therefore refrain from making a
speech.
The next order of business was the
nomination of a temporary secretary.
w. W. Walsworth in a neat speech
again named that veteran horseman, D.
P. O'Connor, who, he said, had ably filled
the bill during past years.
The nomination was seconded by Guy
w. Stapleton, n or motion of NJ. J.
Burke he was elected by reclamation.
This completed the temporary organ
ization.
c. P. Connolly moved that the chair
Annninf q nnn1miffnn nf pyyQp ~, ora1a,
tails and a committee of seven on per-
organization and order of BUSH
ness.
Chairman Kelley, after due considera-
tion, appointed the following commit
tees:
stapleton, James F. Finlen, M. ]. Burke,
w. W. Mcdowell, J. D. Murphy and p. ].
Macarthur.
On permanent organization-H. G.
Galway, George w. Stapleton. John G.
Holland, D.. j. Kehoe, John e. Curran
William B. McCabe and J. F. Wilkins.
The first surprise of the convention
was sprung at this point when the con-
vention adjourned until 3 o'clock without
appointing a committee on platform and
resolutions. The DAILY purifiers, who had
control of the machinery of the conven-
tion. acknowledged tnat they did not
consider it good policy to 'resolute'' at
this time. The resolutions, it was sur
missed, would not be fattering to the
Clark people, and the DAILY men were not
anxious to p~recipitate a row on that mat
ter. They We're aware that the Clark
delegates would withdraw II all were not
seated.
Shortly before the convention convened
this afternoon C. p. Connolly, one of the
chief workers in the Daily faction, came
out Of a side room in the hall and called
for representatives of contesting delega-
tions to step before the committee, then
in session. and air their %troubles One
at a time they thanked into the commit