Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-16

An adjourned meeting Of the republican
county central committee was held in the
rooms Of the club last evening and during
the session It was decided to hold the
party caucuses on the oath, the primaries
on the 25th and the convention at 10 o'clock
on the morning Of the 9th. There were q
resignntiena n pss z5es quorum ver W,,, nne
Sims and T. G.. McWilliams as members
Of the c%oInittee were read BY Chairman
Malcolm ellis, who stated afterwards that
he had accepted the Withdrawals. The va
cancies were filled by the appointment of
r. Probst, William Kennedy and W. L.
Robbins, the selections being made by the
chairman and ratified by the committee.
The business of the meeting was con-
Quoted as smoothly as it possibly could have
been, not one thing cropping out during
Chairman Gillis called the members to
order promptly at s o'clock, and notwith-
standing the fact that Secretary Nichols
was absent and all Of the minutes of the
the difficulty was overcome in q measure
by the selection Of Major Byron H. Cook
as Temporary secretary.
tee. MI. Nichols, in the room?' asked Mr..
Gillis, after the echo of the rap for order
had died away.
W find ourselves without a secretary"
continued Mr.. ellis. VIVA is the pleas
ure of the committee"
Jacob Oliver moved that the chairman be
given authority to appoint a temporary
secretary land the motion prevailed, the
chairman selecting Major Byron H. Cook.
Although not a regularly appointed mem
Der OF the committee, Mr.. Cook held the
proxy Of a member. which gave him the
right to occupy the secretary's chair.
When the roll was called it showed the
a quorum.
During the call the chairman announced
that william Sims, Charles A. Harvey and
RESERVATIONS as committeeman. and he had
accepted them.
William Eddy moved that the caucuses
p pr mae ear oS the he a 18th, pn , jacob ot'1 ol ina e exs
pressed the belief that the vacancies on the
committee. should be filled first.
Mr.. Eddy then withdrew his motion and
the chairman announced hat the meeting
had been called for the purpose of fixing
a time for holding caucuses, primaries and
q convention.
Jacob Oliver moved that the convention
be held on the 9th of this month, com,
mencing at 10 o'clock in the morning, and
1t was carried.
Chairman ellis said he had in his possess
sion an opinion given by John N. Kirk
as an attorney, which was to the effect
that for primary purposes the boundaries
time, but on election day the new lines, as
laid out by the county commissioners
would have to be recognized.
On motion of j. r.. Creighton it was de-
cided to use the old lines for the primaries
in order to avoid confusion.
The question of the proportionment of
delegates was then taken up.
Ex-Governor Richards moved that it be
made upon a basis of one delegate for
every 20 votes or fraction thereof cas-.
for Thomas c.. MARSHALL for congress in
1893, and the motion prevailed.
Following this, a number of places for
holding the primaries were selected, but
on account of the absence of many of the
committeeman the list was not completed,
Authority to select places for the others
and to fill all vacancies that may hereafter
occur on the central committee was vested
in the chairman.
When the meeting adjourned it was made
subject to the call of the chairman.