Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-19
CLARK MENSC0RE
DEMOCRAT CONVENTION LEAVES
DALYITEs ON THE OUTSIDE.
SENATOR HOFFMAN CHAIRMAN.
Hartman Makes the Usual Plea .anoi
Harmony-The Anaconda Copper,
King in the Rear.

Today the long looked for democratic
convention came off in this city, 1t Was
d not number and at the oonclusiouaof
Idie ueMoerations in which the conyeAn-
tion engaged the opponents of William
"A. Clark found themselves outside The
democratic breastworKs and in
the o ~humiliating manner. At no
ume during the time the convention was
IN session was there the slightest show
OF carrying the day for Daily. At the be.
ginning Of the convention when Senator
Z. w. Hoffman and J. C. Mccarthy Of
Chesnut contested for the temporary
workmanship of the convention the
strength OF the rival factions was shown
ny the election of Senator Hoffman by
d majority OF 20 votes. The usual conn
nnlutees We're then appointed and he
convention ADJOURNED to meet at 2
ucfoch. Wnen the convention convened
the committee on credentials renorted M
contests and the regular credentials of
the Delegates We're read and certified as
Ding correct. The committee on perman-
ent organization and order of business
recommended that the unit rule be adont-
ed n the temporary organization he
maze permanent. This report was adopt-
ca ana the on resolutions sub
mltted It's report. This was the pivot
upon which the convention swung and it
"ao al oHce lLAt the delegates were
enthusiastic for w. A. Clark. The usual
resolutions of a tic convention
We're read, and following these was a
ringing endorsement of Senator Hoffman
and Representatives Walsh, Martin and
Mcleod The reading of this part of the
the camp of the DAILY faction. Cy Watt
lson of FIathead precinct was on his feet
in an instant with a resolution declar-
ing, IN substance, that Daily and Clark
were both bad, and should be eliminat-
led fro mthe political circus now going
Don in the democratic tent in GaIlatin
county. w. S. Hartman sprung to his
-feet and made a speech In favor of the
In the interest of harmony
AS it was well known that Mr.. Hartman
twas n OF the leading anti-Clark men
IN the county, his appeal for harmony
I hat denied the people of Gallatin county
he opportunity of standing by Clark
: ell upon deaf ears and. in the debate
which followed the speakers reused the
! tetegates to applause by vitriolic refer
4 Anaconda and his repeated treachery
? D the democratic party Of this state and
county. John Luce. Walter and M. 8.
Campbell, the latter of Belgrade, We're
tn celebrates who took a fail out Of DAILY,
and Walter Hartman, Cy Watson and
w. H. H. Ellis told how satisfactory
harmony that eliminated Clark from
the democratic party would be to their
side. The Daily resolution asked that the
Gallatin county delegation be instructed
to vote for neither Clark or DAILY as DEL
egates to Kansas City, and when it was
voted down at a vote of SO to SO the APP
plause that went up from the crowd
shook the shingles on the roof of Max
eyNs hail., where the convention was held,
The convention then appointed a COM
mittee of five to select delegates to the
state convention at Butte and the selec-
ton of this committee was Immediately
ratified by an llnost unanimous ballot
OF the delegates present, the Daily faction
realizing that longer resistance to over
poWering numbers was useless. The fol-
lowing are the delegates: C. w. Hoff-
man, John Mcleod, job Walsh, Roy
Martin, Walter Cooper, j. w. Williams,
2. S. Morgan, Arthur Freeman, H. H.
A. B. Canow, Will Mcdonnell, S. M. EN-
cry, c. w. Sopher, N. S. Campbell, 8.
w. SHETLAND, John P. Reese, Richard
Corrigan, D.. C. Stevens. Each of the
men named are ardent supporters Of
Senator Clark, inc the Gallatin countp
delegation will vote as one man for the
man who is the acknowledged choice OF
Gallatin county democrats as delegaet
to the Kansas City convention.
The. electric light company is putting
in new poles along the street car line on
Main street and will sustain the over
head wires by guy wires from the side
of the street hereafter and do away
With the line of poles in the middle of
the street alongside the track. The poles
in the middle of the street are very dan
gerous to persons driving rapidly through
town or passengers who lean from the
steps or windows of the cars. IT,
News comes from Big Timber that