The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-06-29
THOSE EARNED THUGS"

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THOSE EARNED THUGS"
Some People Inalulgetl In Pipe Dreams
While in Butte.
general public just what portions of
Butte were explored by the delegates to
the recent conventions held in this city,
or rather what portions were left unex
plored if any. 1t is certain, however,
that some newspaper men who were here
and who are trying to fill their obliga
tions, have been indulging in all sorts of
pipe dreams ever since that bolt made
by the Clark adherents 1t is declared
by some of them that armed thugs"
guarded the convention hall, refusing
admission to those who belonged there,
and that another gang of thugs" took
possession of the room where the state
central committee was meeting and tried
to overawe the committeeman. If it is a
part of the contract of these newspapers
that they shall thus misrepresent, of
course they cannot be expected to tell
the truth. 1t may be, however, that
they are innocently following the report
of the Inter Mountain, which is the arch
political fiction monger of the state, and
which evidently sent its Raleigh hotel
reporter to the committee room for this
occasion. lie never appeared at the
meeting, however, and it is to be pre-
sumed that he met Tom Kinds on the
way and wrote up the report from the
inspiration furnished by Kinds. Some
of the country reporters, however, seem
to have taken this report seriously, and
thus condensed report in the same
lines has appeared in some papers which
are supposed to tell the truth.
As ii matter of fact the only man who
tried to do overaweing was I'VE Can Do
Business With the Supreme Court" Jno.
S. M. Neill. When the Clark committee
men had enough and concluded to bolt
Walter Cooper, who was not member
of the committee, nominated Neill, also
not a member of the committee, for
chairman and declared him elected with
out a roll call or anything else. Mr.
Ncill tried to get Chairman Cockrill tc
give way to him, but Mr.. Cockrill quietly
laughed at him. Then Ncill ragged and
tore round like Il mad bull.
At the conclusion of the morning SEES
sion of the committee it had been agreed
by both sides that at the afternoon SEES
sion none should be admitted to the af
ternoon session except members of thu
committee. Accordingly Under Sheriff
Murphy was secured to act as sergeant
at arms and placed at the door, Mr.
Murphy tried to appease Mr.. Neill ane
told him he would have to keep quiet o.
be put out. AS Mr.. Neill refused to b,
quiet he was on the point of being pu
out when Chairman Cockrill and JOIN
r. Toole pleaded for him, assuring tn
officer that Ncill was harmless ant
should be left alone. So he was not ar
rested. And that is the story about tn
"armed thugs" regarding his part, il
which Mr.. Neill has been swelling him
self all up in his own paper. He is tn
hero of that little tale.
In regard to the ARMED thugs" ST;
toned at the convention hail. it is tru
that three or four policemen were place
at the doors of the Auditorium, with in
structions to admit none to the body {
the hall except those having delegat
tickets. There were seats for only 80
in the body of the hall and there wer
4S1 delegates besides contestants an
alternates. Manifestly if spectators wer
admitted to the ground floor delegate
would be crowded out, as they were to
large extent at the Silver Bow count
: convention. So the gallery was throw
open to the general public and none bu
delegates were admitted to the mai
hall. Tickets signed by the secretary {
tie central committee were given to de
egates and only by means of these coul
admission be gained. The same practic
is followed in national conventions. Tn
main hall is reserved for delegates, VIII
! are admitted by card.-Anaconda Star
} dard.