Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-17
NATIONAL DELEGATES.

~ W. 1OoO<AAH CASCADE
HENRY DION ........ .........Dawson
DAVID T.. ............Meagher
YLER B.. WORDEN ..........M issoula
The first republican state convention
since the great split in the party four
years ago is in session today in the Au-
ditorium, and while both the old divis-
ions Of the party are well represented,
h meeting, as far as silver and gold
are concerned, has been a very harmo-
NOUS one. At IL o'clock this morning
Silver Bows delegation Of 62 members
formed in front of the headquarters of
the Silver Bow Republican club on East
broadway, and. preceded by the Boston
4 Montana band, marched to the All
ditorium. The men from Silver Bow
made an Imposing appearance and the
incident was an appropriate beginning of
the days events.
The Auditorium had beer tastefully
decorated with the national colors and
presented a pleasing appearance. At
1880 o'clock Chairman Joseph p. Wool
man and Secretary Tom B.. Miller of the
state central committee took their seats
on the STAGE, and their appearance was
the occasion for considerable applause.
After a fantasia, I'm Don Land" by
the Boston & Montana band, Mr.. Wool
man called the gathering to order. At
this time the Auditorium was crowded,
all the space allotted to the delegates
being comfortably filled, and the gallery
crowded with spectators.
Mr.. WOolman spoke briefly. He con-
graduated the members of the reunited
party and predicted victory at the forth
coming election. His remarks were vo-
ciferously applauded. Secretary Miller
then read the call.
On motion of z. r. Burton, chairman
of the delegation from Teton county, D.
T. Wood of Missoula was elected tenn
porary chairman by reclamation. The
Mr.. Buttons action in this matter was a
source of some surprise, as it was very
generally understood that he was to have
been a candidate for the position. and his
action made Woods election an easy
matter. senator Folsom of Meagher
county and Mr.. Burton were appointed
to escort the temporary chairman TO the
chair. The honor was doubtless antici-
pated by Wood, and he was prepared for
it.. He drew from his pocket a typewrit-
ten speech of considerable length, a part
of which the Inter Mountain is permitted
to reproduce through the courtesy of the
democratic paper to which it had been
promised. 1t is as follows:
Gentlemen of the Conventional Is
with. pride and pleasure that | rise to
thank, most profoundly, the members of
this convention for the honor which they
conferred upon me, in choosing me to
preside for a brief time over the delib-
erations of this splendid body of citizens
representing the republican party of the
state of Montana. l am proud to be the
choice of that party for n position
within it's gift, and pleased to serve it in
any capacity.
The present condition of this country
being one of ~unexampled prosperity, is a
fitting subject for universal congratula-
tions, irrespective of party, but to us it
is a fact of most significant inter est,
bearing witness, as it does, to the scru-
pulous integrity Of the republican party
in the conscientious discharge of its duty
to the nation, the fulflment of every
promise and the redemption of every
pledge which that party made to the peo-
Pile of this country four years ago.. The
present administration is indeed without
a parallel in the history of the republic,
as regards the present Industrial and
economic conditions, and the wholesome
and beneficial results which have inev-
itably followed. Within the past three
years, under the wise guidance of Will
lam Mckinley, that splendid type OF
American citizenship, the country has
passed from a condition of national and
individual poverty to one of undeniable
prosperity. To show that this claim OF
universal prosperity is not an idle boast
we can truthfully assert that many new
opportunities to labor have been Great
ed for the wage Garner, and new markets
have been opened for the products or our
factories, which are taxed to thlr utmost
capacity to meet domestic consumption
and foreign demand. 1t is a matter OF
universal knowledge hat the
turer Is unable to supply the demands OF
the merchant, and orders in every line or
business are from two to six months pe-
hind. But these things speak for them
selves. l know that the republican bat
tle-cry of prosperity is particularly dis
agreeable to democrats, for the reason
that they are unable to contradict 1t
with any show of success.
Within the past three years under re-
from comparative international obscur-
ity to a most commanding position IN
deed. Within that period the difficulties
of a foreign war have been successfully
met, and, thanks, no less to the WISDOM
of our great commander-in-chief, than
to the yalor of the American soldier and
sailor, the prestige of American arms on
land and sea challenges the respect and
admiration of the civilized world.
Within the past six months the repuo-
lican administration has accomplished Dy
diplomacy alone what England, by the
persistent efforts of her best statesmen
accomplished by a Q OF force, has
never vet been able to bring about. l re-
fer to the agreement which has been Sc
cured by President Mckinley and Score
Europe, for the future mainte-
nance of what is known as the
"open door, policy in China
which insures protection for our rapidly
increasing Oriental trade, regardless OF
the future disposition of that vast and
undeveloped empire.
The republican party is still firm in Its
belief in the beneficial results of the
principles of a protective tariff, so ad-
justed as to suit the conditions of all
classes of it's sitizens, the producer, the
consumer, the manufacturer and the
W~age-earner