Daily inter mountain., 1900-10-22

we polHl WITH prlue 10 the unparaI-
leled business prosperity which the
country has experienced during the past
four years under the wise administration
OF President Mckinley. and the republi-
can party. and to the fulfllment of
every pledge made by the republican
party during the pendency of the last
national campaign.
The republican party of Silver Bow
county in view of the usual inability and
failure of democratic officials to prop
erly discharge the duties of the offices
intrusted to them during the past four
years, is deserving of success in the next
election next November, and we conf
IDENTIFY predict that it will attain that
success that is due to it and it's candi-
dates.
That thereafter. and during the session
of the said convention, the said COM
mittee of fifteen, heretofore named, re-
turned into the convention and pre-
sented the names of sixty-two persons
as delegates and sixty-two persons as al
ternate delegates to the republican state
convention to be held at Helena. Septem-
Der 5th, 1900. That said delegates and al
ternates so reported We're as follows:
(Here follows the list headed by c. r.
Leonard)
V.
That thereafter and on the 5th day Of
September 1900. the regular republican
state convention for the year 1900 assem-
bled at the City of Helena State of Mon
tana that said alleged delegates herein
before named. presented their alleged
credentials to said republican state con-
vention: that said credentials We're refer
rod tn Da nnynOoittpa credentials in
said conventions that said committee re-
ported as follows:
"Silver Bow County
I'm the matter of this county, we ex-
amined into the matter and from state
ments made, found that a purported
meeting held by the county central COM
mittee on August II, and which meeting
issued the call for the convention that Sc
lected the contendiiIg delegation, was il
legal, having been held by a minority of
the committee and the call not having
been signed by the regular chairman of
said county committee. We, therefore,
recommend that the delegation seated in
temporary organization from Silver Bow
county be seated by this convention it
being headed by George w. Irwin
That said report last aforesaid was un-
animously adopted by said convention.
Your petitioner further alleges that the
delegation described in said report as
"The contending delegation" was the
delegation headed by Charles r. Leonard,
the full list of which is hereinbefore set
forth in Paragraph " of this petition
and was the delegation purported to be
elected by the convention of August 25th,
1900, of which Samuel H. Treloar was
chairman and Joseph Pyle was secretary
as hereinbefore fully set forth.
VI.
That thereafter and on the 26th day OF
September. 1900, Samuel H. Treloar,
chairman and Joseph Pyle, secretary of
the convention hereinbefore described as
the Daily Miner. a newspaper published
in the City of Butte, County of Silver
Bow, State of Montana certain call
which is in words and figures as fol-
lows, to-wit:
The republican convention which was
held on August 25th and which was ad-
journed subject to the call Of the chair,
is hereby called to reconvene on Wednes-
day, 26th inst, at II o'clock noon, at Sut-
toms Family Theater, to transact such
business DIS IIldy CO1Iie DSlOTe II.
S. H. TRELOAR, Chairman.
John Pyle Secretary
That said call still purported ana pre-
tended and claimed to be one for re-
convening of a republican convention.
VII.
That pursuant to the call last above
described portion of those present at,
and who had been delegates in, said al
legged republican convention of August
25th. 1900, met at Sutton's theater in the
City of Butte on the Goth day of Septem-
ber, 1900. That upon so meeting the said
| ceuHention pretended to nominate a list
of persons to be voted for, for the various
judicial. legislative and county offices in
the County of Silver Bow, State of Mon
tana at the general election to be held
November 9Th, 1900. That said persons
so nominated to the offices for which
| they We're 50 named are as hereinafter
| Set forth in this petition in Exhibit "B.' y
VIII
That at the said meeting of September
18th, 1900, of said convention last above
described it was moved by James Din
geyon member of said convention anC
duly seconded that, I'VE adopt as oul
party name that of the Eight Hour Re.
! publican Party, and that it be used al
the head of our ticket" that said motor
was duly carried and said resolution
was adopted.
That prior to the adoption of the res