Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-05-02
Delegates to the Butte Convention
to Be Held May 18th Named and
Ratified.
HON. W. A, HEDGES ON The LIST
Chas. c. Long Refused a Seat in the
Convention as a Reward For
His Perfidy.

ne ltepubilchnb Oh FERGUS county
met in convention Saturday after
noon last ut the court house for the
purpose Of choosing delegates to the
state convention tS he held Mt Butte,
on May 18th, when delegates to the
national convention at Philadelphia
will be chosen.
Pursuant to call the delegates as
sembled at . p. m. and were called to
order by Secretary Mcfarland on be-
half of the county committee, Chair
man Cook not being able to be pres
ent on account OF business engage
ments.
Upon motion, l.. w. Eldridge was
chosen temporary chairman and +.
l.. Wright temporary secretary.
A motion being made and adopted,
the chair appointed W. d. Symmes.
j. b. Washburn and Mike Gibson, n
committee on credentials and perma-
nent organization and IA recess was
taken to allow this committee to re-
port.
Nearly NIL Of those present had Gre
dentials which were presented, butin
two or three cases where no primar.
les were held, and the central COM
mitteeman from the precinct being
present, the committeeman was seat
ed. The committee reported rs FOL.
lows:
1--WE, your committee on creden-
tails, find the following delegates and
%alternates entitled to seats in the Re-
publican convention:
Gilt Edge-Hugh Green, Jos. Goss,
Owen Dunn, j. b. Washburn.
UpperCOttUn wood-W.I i. Cameron.
Uticn-F. X. Warren, II. G.. Phillips,
W. A. Waite, f. A. Hobson, z. W.
korell.
Deerfield-Jas. Awberry, Jesse
Samples.
East LewistowD-Peter Shields, G..
II. Braunscheid, JOS. Pratt, Jno.
seated in place OF e. ii. Braunscheid,
absent.
FindOn-J. b. Elliot.
Muccusin City-Thos. Garlick.
East Fork-Ernest Busch.
Ross Fork. Il. Mason.
haidcn-Mike Gibson.
West LewistOwn-W. ID. Symines,
ii. Il. Watson. F. T.. WriP ht. J. l..
Stuart, q. j. Wiedeman, l.. w. Ed
ridge, q. NJ. Stone, q. w. Cook, Alter
nate Edmund Wright, seated in place
of G. w. Cook, absent.
CuttUnwOod-A. Mcmillan, &. G.
Long.
Committee recommends that Her
man Often, alternate. be seated AZ
delegate from Cottonwood for the
reason that in the opinion Of this
committee, G. G.. Long IL not entitled
to IA seat in any Republican conyen-
ton in Fergus county"
The report of the committee, in
Guiding the clause refusing n seat to
C. c. Long, was unanimously
adopted.
Chairman Eldridge requested that
those accepted as delegates come for
ward and take the front seats, which
request met compliance and Mr..
Long was left occupying a seat
among spectators in the rear.
The committee on permanent or
ganization recommended that the
temporary officers he made perma-
nent, which was adopted.
Upon motion two committees were
appointed IA follows:
Resolutions-J. b. Elliott, q. NJ,
Stone, ThOs. Garllck.
Delegates to state conventional
T.. Wright, II. q. Phillips, Jesse Sam
pies.
Another recess was taken to allow
these reports to be made up.
On reassembllng, the following re
port of the res buttons committee
was offered and unanimously adopt
. ed amid applause:
Resolved. That we, Republican,
of Fergus county, do hereby mos
: heartily endorse the present admins
! tration and the president of tn
= United States. William Mckinley;
) "rhat we are i'm favor OF protec
ton, sound money and good wages
! "That we are i'm favor OF the re
nomination of William Mckinley 70
/ president of the Uni ed States ant
! do hereby pledge ourselves to use al
honorable means to secure his re
I election. JAS. b. ELLIOT,
G. NJ. STONE.
THos. GARLICK,
Committee"
The adoption uf the foregoing res
olutiuns was considerable compli
ment tn the Republicans of Gilt Edg
for the committee copied the rcsolu
! tions verbatim from those adopte'
at the Gilt Elge primary ut whic
2 delegates To the county convention
! were chosen. the only change bein
the substitution of Fergus county
for "Gilt Edge" In the first para
/ graph.