The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-06-26
Clarkites Attempt to BulIdOze Chair
man COCkreIl of the State Com
mittee. They Fail in This
and Then They BOLT AGAIN.
Clark Will Try the Effect Of His Money On the National Convention
Five Thousand Dollar Day and Supreme Court
Nei in Evidence Again.


mitteeman from Jefferson county. No
objection was made to this. The vacancy
caused by the departure of Peter Gala
CHER, committeeman from Granite coun-
ty, was filled by the appointment of Paul
A. Fusz.
The next fight was over the commit
teeman from Lewis and Clarke county.
James Sullivan, the committeeman from
that county, has removed to Cape Nome
to go into business there. The chairman
had, therefore, appointed T. J. Walsh of
Helena to fill the vacancy, I'VE e-can- do
business with the supreme court" Neill
got very wroth at this and presented the
proxy of Sullivan, and also the action of
the county convention of Lewis and
Clarke county appointing Neill. Mr..
Walsh argued that Colonel Sullivan told
him personally that he was going to Cape
Nome Immediately after the city cleo
ton, that he had been many years in
Montana but had not done well and had
concluded to 60 to Cape Nome to 20 into
business there for couple of years. He
is probably now out of the jurisdiction
of the United States. He also stated to
that effect to Governor Smith and At
torney General Nolan.
Mr.. Neill declared that he would pre-
sent affidavits from the 80 delegates to
the convention from Lewis and Clarke
county to the effect that this is not true.
'That he did not state so to Smith
and Nolan?" inquired Congressman
Campbell,
NO." replied Neill, That he did not
so state to us. That he said he would
be back in the fall"
At the suggestion of Corbett the mat
ter of Lewis and Clarke was passed for
the present.
II want it understood" declared Neill
that I propose to represent Lewis and
Clarke and shall do SO whatever hap
pens"
Mr.. Walsh inquired how long a man
could still hold an Office after he has left
the state. Sullivan would not be back
during the campaign, or during the life
of his Office.
Corbett said it must be assumed that
Sullivan is coming in the absence OF
evidence to the contrary. Mr.. Walsh
said that affidavits showing the contrary
are being prepared.
Walter Cooper then said: 1.-The chair
man has refused to organize this com
mittee. In order to get the sense oi
the committee l want the roll to be
called. If the chairman does not do il
we must do it ourselves. This is not a
committee, it is simply meeting of citi
zens in this room. We must get chair
man who will perform his duties. I an
ready to act with the rest of you in this
matter. He evidently will reorganizt
this committee as he wishes A majorit,
of us are democrats and demand fairness
and honesty. Your rulings are outland
ish and arbitrary and outside of reason
and right"
At this point Corbett whispered te
Cooper not to bolt just yet.
In reply, Mr.. Cockrill said that the
speaker was premature in Judging as tt
what the decision of the chairman was
to be.
What this committee has been trying
to do from the start" he said, ''is to tr,
to find out who are properly members o1
this committee"
Mr.. Cooper moved that the roll be
called. Mr.. Campbell raised the point
that Mr.. Cooper is not a member of the
committee. Mr.. Hartman had been rec
ognized by the chairman in his stead.
Il demand my proxy back" yelled
John S. M. Neill, who said the previous
night that he was going to vindicate w
A. Clark if he had to spend some of his
own money to do it.
DO you withdraw your proxy?" asked
the chairman.
II do not withdraw it, l want it in my
possession"
Then dramatically waving the proxy
in the air Neill said:
II am James G. Sullivan in this com
mittee. Walsh was turned down in his
own primary. He couldn't be elected
l propose to exercise this right in the
committee. l will not permit anything
else."
The chairman said that if there was
! any evidence to be presented he wanted