Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-02
BASED ON VOTE
FOR CAMPBELL
APPORTIONMENT OF DELEGATES
BY DEMOCRATIC STATE
COMMITTEE.
GIVES GREATEST POWER
TO THE DAILY COUNTIES.
Clark Faction Knocked Out-Butte and
Helena Get the Two State
Conventions.

The democratic state committee con-
GUIDED it's labors last night after a some
what stormy session. The DAILY faction
held the whip hand, mastering fourteen
out of the twenty-four votes, but some
concessions were made to the Clark peo-
Pile in the interests of that harmony
which is so badly needed. The basis of
representation in the two conventions
will be one delegate for every so votes
or fraction thereof cast for Congressman
Campbell in 1898, the minimum represent
tation being fiXed at seven delegates.
The first convention. at which the dele
gates to the national convention Will be
selected, will be held in this city June
20. The second convention, at which the
state ticket will be named, will be held
in Helena at a date to be fixed later.
On the basis of one delegate for every
so votes cast for Campbell the convention
will consist of 5S1 delegates, the repre-
sentation of the various counties being
as follows: Beaverhead, II; Broadwater.
10; Carbon, 8: Cascade 81; ChOteau, 10;
Custer. s; Dawson, Z; Deer Lodge. GA;
Fergus. II; Flathead, ID; Gallatin, 20:
Granite. 10: Jefferson, 16; Lewis and
Clarke, 50: Madison, 16; Meagher, Z; Mis-
soula, 90; Park, 8; Ravalli. Is; Silver
Bow, 1872: Sweet Grass, Z; Teton, Z; VAL
ley, Z; Yellowstone, 9. This apportion-
ment increases b -.verhead's representa-
ton by one delegate, Carbon 3, Cascade
l. Dawson l, Deer Lodge %, Jefferson 8,
Madison 2, Ravalli 3, Silver Bow 63,
Sweet Grass, Teton, Valley and Yellow
stone ! each; decreases Custer county
four delegates, Flathead 2. Lewis and
Clarke 8, Meagher 3, Missoula II and
Park 6.
The meeting was in recess when the
Inter Mountain went to press yesterday
afternoon, awaiting the repOrt of the
committee appointed to fix the apportion-
ment. The fight began when this COM
mittee concluded it's deliberations and
the meeting was again called to order.
DR.. Campbell of Livingston presented the
majority report, favoring the plan Of APP
portionment which was adopted. Pat
rick Carney of Madison county, repre-
senting the Clark faction, presented a
minority report, which first allotted six
delegates at large to every county and
then fixed the representation on a basis
of one delegate for every seventy votes
cast for Campbell. Carney moved the
adoption of the minority report. John
r. Toole moved to amend by substitute
ing the word majority" for the word
minority"
Senator Cooper spoke for the minority
report. He urged the committee to take
care of the small counties, and said it
was not right that the large counties
should have such overpowering strength
in conventions.
JOIl IL. IOole spoke IOT the majority
report. He said Mr.. Cooper was jockey
inc for a place. He did not say what
place, nor did he say that he believed
he would be left at the post. although
that is probably what he believed. He
said the big counties were the counties
where the democratic majorities came
from, the counties the strength of which
was Sc necessary to democratic success,
He concluded by saying that the minor
ity report was not democratic n un-
just.
Whiteside of Flathead and O'Leary of
Deer Lodge also spoke against the minor
ity report. Whaley of Broadwater APP
proved both reports. Sullivan O. Lewis
n Clarke wanted the minimum fixed at
ten delegates, and finally Toole's amend
ment was put and prevailed by a vote of
70 to IA. The majority report was then
adopted, and an effort was made, after
the adoption of lie report, to amend it,
liking the minimum representation at ten
delegates, and OF this the vote stood
II for and II against. the chairman vot-
ing against the amendment.
After selecting the places for holding
the two conventions the committee ad-
journed.