Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-26

They all popped up for bounty:
Wasn't that a dainty dish
To set before the county?
The second chapter of the story chron-
icing the doings of the b partys
county convention, held for the purpose
of securing any office that the bank DEM
ocracy was willing to release, opens with
a martial air, blue lights and other scenic
effects. The wrinkled front of war thrust
itself into the deliberations of the con-
ference committees, and before the deal
was completed and the white dove of
peace winged it cheerily to it's perch over
Bryan's picture it was after the midnight
hour.
When the convention was called to or
der at $50 o'clock the conference COM
mittee asked for more time. Their spell
binders had hardly been given time
enough in which to hypnotic the confer
ence committees OF the other parties, and
they would be grateful for two hours
more in which to do the Svengali act in
scientific manner. They were told to go
forth and find; so taking aboard a fresh
supply of talk. they girded up their loins
and again went forth plum hutning. An
adjournment was taken to $3.50 O'Clock
for a season of rest prior to the report
of the committee.
The convention was not again called
to order. however, until 1880 O'Clock,
when Chairman Haggerty
that it would be a good thing to separate
the wheat from the chat and consign
those not delegates to the place where
the gallery god shrieks and shrills his
piercing note of derision or satisfaction.
The delegates accordingly We're asked to
step to tn rear of the hall and take seats
near the throne as their names were
called.
When the roll call was finished and the
elect all fitted into their proper places.
the others were asked to seek what
cheer in the gallery. One man present
took refuge behind the constitution OF
the United States. and declaring that
he was a workman and a sympathizer
of the labor party, refused to move. The
man was large INC it was deemed dis
Greet to submit the matter to arbitration.
AS a result the cause of the trouble was
permitted to seat himself in the rear of
the hall, apart from the delegates.
It was then decided to form a county
central committee. Phil Bowden was
chosen as secretary by the convention
and the roll of precincts called. the fol-
lowing being the selections made:
Precinct 5. w. j. Evans; 6, Mp. Hag-
gerty: 8, William Walsh: 9, H. ]. Clark;
10, Pat May: II, John Powers: II, Will
liam Fisher: Is, ]. J. McGrath; IA. Ed
Day.. Is. John McGinnis; Is, J. E. McNal-
ly; II, Frank Axtell: Is, r. R.. Williams;
10, E. D. Younker; 20, Joseph shannon;
q, J. Wetingill: %, Walter ,Backman: %,
E. F. Jones: "a, Michael Devy: Is, e. F.
Dodson; rs. j. P. Bosch: ~, Charles
Whiteley; %, Charles Rowe: 80, William
Hosking: 81. Frank Ferguson; 80, Matt
Beaver; 33, P. j. Hunt; "a, G. H. Norris
on; SO, j. Hockins; SO, Fred Lane; 10. ].
B. Lyttle.
deferred until this evening on motion o1
Delegate McNally.
The report of the conference committee
was then read. The bargain it had made
with its political allies was as follows:
District judge, treasurer, superintend.
ent Of schools, public administrator ant
five members of the legislative ticket-tt
the bank democrats. Clerk of court. au
ditor-to the minority republicans. Sher
if, coroner, one county commissioner ant
five members of the legislative Ticket,
the labor party. District judge, clerk ant
recorder, assessor, county attorney, tw,
} commissioners, county surveyor and tw,
( members of the legislative ticket-to tn
: populists.
} In Silver Bow township the sons of tot
I and the populist party each got a jus
{ tice of the peace; in South Butte these of
} fees We're divided between the bank dem
I ocTats and the minority republicans. TIL
s office of constable was trade aroun
: the same as that of justice of the peace
I In VAUDEVILLE. the minority republi
{ cans and the populists only had an in
: ming.
! In Meadervi1le the labor party and tn
( minority republicans 'whacked thing
{ up" to suit themselves.
} in German gulch the bank democrat
I played a lone. hand.
{ In Red Mountain precinct the ban
) democrats and the labor party friske
! around in each others back yards.
( Martin Dee, who read the report, sur
) plemented his reading with a statemen
} that the committe had secured all tn
( offices it possibly could. If it had hel
{ out for any more, 10 fusion would hay
) been the result. The very thought of S
I lamentable a result was enough to sen
{ icy waves Of apprehension undulaatin
) along the spinal column of the braves
I A motion was mad to adopt the re
( port. 1t was finally adopted.
5 G.. H. Morrison spoke in Of re
} jecting the report, giving his reason
Z therefor concisely and logically.
{ J.. H. Lahey declared his earnest cor
5 viction that the labor party hadn't re
! ceived all it was entitled to.