Daily inter mountain., 1900-08-14
DID NOT GET
To BUSINESS
PERSONAL STRIFE WAS IN
JECTED INTO REPUBLICAN
COMMITTEE MEETING.
DINGEvON WANTED TO
REMOVE THE CHAIRMAN

Secretary Davies Resigned Because
Y He Is Employed by M. O. p
Two Calls for Meetings.
r. A meeting of the republican county
central committee was held in the re-
publican club rooms in East Broadway
Hast evening, but owing to a misunder-
standing that broke out among the mem-
bers early in the session, the business
for which the meeting had been called,
the fixing of a time for holding the
caucuses, primaries and conventions,
was not transacted. There was clearly
a division of sentiment among the COM
mitteemen, not, however, upon the ques-
tion of preliminaries to the formation Of
republican ticket, but upon the pre-
lminaries to the preliminaries. The
meeting was called to order by Chair
man Malcolm Gillis, and the call read
BY the secretary, John r. Davies, who,
after finishing the reading, placed his
resignation in the hands Of the body.
In SO doing he said he had recently
become identified with the Montana Ore
Purchasing company. and he believed
\ the interests Of the party would be best
subserved if he and others connected
with large corporations would step out
and let some one not SO identified con
duct the work Of the party. The res
ignation was accepted and "A. p. Jones
dliu W. NlCHOlS were nominated LOT
the position. The former was chosen,
but afterwards an objection to him was
made on the ground that he was not
member of the committee. Mr.. Jones
then resigned and Mr.. Nichols was
chosen in his place.
The question of the right Of commit
+ teemen to vote on proxies from absent
members was discussed at length and
adjusted to the satisfaction of all
Another question that was warmly de-
bated was that Of the right Of the chair
man to fill the vacancies on the COM
mittee caused by the death of Frank
Bateman. 1t was decided that this
power was vested in the chairamn, but
the right Of confirmation was given to
the body as a whole. The chairman
appointed William Chellew to fill the
vacancy, and a portion Of the body took
issue with him, with the result that
John Tibbets was nominated and elected.
John r. davies called for the resig-
nation Of Chairman Gillis on the alleged
ground that he was tainted with cor
porate influence. He said the republi-
can party desired to foster the eight
hour day for miners, and that it's object
could be better accomplished If all cor
porate influence were removed from the
deliberations of the body. Mr.. Gilfis re-
fused to resign, and Mr.. Davies moved
that.l1e be deposed. At this point In the
) proceedings James Dingevon introduced
and read the following resolution:
i 'whereas. Malcolm GMHs. the chair
| man. of this. the Silver Bow county re-
ipubltcan central committee of Silver Bow
!county Montana, has, since having been
placed in that position, been most arbi-
/ trarv and arrogant in his conduct as
isuch chairman and has, to the detriment
Of the republican party in Silver Eow
county, assumed and usurped the rights
land powers of the other members of the
! committee, and, so far as they were con-
cerned. appeared to consider and deport
himself as the whole thing and
"Whereas. The said chairman now is,
and has been in the employ and too
closely identified with a corpora tion
which is seeking to control the republican
party Of Silver Bow county, Montana
for motives of its own, and which said
scorporation has heretofore gone to far
as 10 instruct ITS EMPLOYEES to vote in
opposition to the republican ticket IN
the CITY of Butte. Silver Bow county
j. Montana. and compelled one of it's EN-.
nloves TO Withdraw as a nominee from
republican ticket, and said corporation
is now opposed and is antagonistic tl
the granting of eight hours as WORKING
{. dav for the miners of this camp: and
!; ITVheraas The said chairman OF the
cnmmlttee is now. and has been fol
months with Others. employed by, anl
anstructions m tna teues and dr. remuneration % Of ths
opposition to any movement looking tow.