Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-21
Agree In Division Of Spoi|s if They Get Them.
Three Sided Ticket is Well
Distributed
DEMOCRATS GET GOVERNOR
FUSION WAS LONG TIME COMING = EACH PARTY WILL SEND
ONE PRESIDENTIAL ELECT0R PLEDGED FOR
BRYAN AND STEVENSON.
Special to the Inter Mountain,

Special to the Inter Mountain.
Helena. Sept. 21.-As a result Of the
Failure of the three conference commit
tees to arrive at an understanding as to
terms of fusion between the democratic,
peoples and labor parties yesterday, a
tired feeling took possession of all dele
gates last night, and they wanted to go
home.
With some the feeling was so strong
that several victims succumbed to it's
influence and left on the late trains.
Those who remained here entered their
respective halls this morning with faces
In which could be plainly discerned we'll
defined lines Of mental and physical dis
tress. Since their arrival in the city
they have been only half fed. The ma
5orty are many hours short on sleep.
When the democratic convention was
called to order this morning, the chair
man announced that the conference COM
mittees were still engaged in an effort
TO bring order out of chaos. He thought
they would be ready to report in short
time A recess until o'clock was taken
Inc committees on conference met to-
gether yesterday morning, and with the
exception OF the time they stopped for
meals and refreshments, discussed their
troubles until / o'clock this morning
without completing their work.
At O'Clock they again came together.
ana m an hour reached a conclusion. 1t
was decided that the democrats Should
nave the nominees for governor, treas
urer and associate justice; the populists.
ETC., VIII be given the candidates for
congress, attorney general and auditor.
ana the labor party will supply the nomi-
nees for lieutenant governor, secretary Of
state ana superintendent Of public in
struction -
me presidential electors were to be
equally divided among the. three parties
Inc committees from the popvlist and
LABOR parties reported the decision to
their respective bodies for ratification
and some stormy scenes in each of these
conventions followed, as both wanted the
privilege of naming the nominee for gov
ernor When the question Of adopting
the report came up in the populist BODY
Thomas Hogan, William Shifflebin and
others strongly opposed the report.
Hogan wanted Hogan for governor,
Shiflebin and others wanted Hogan or
nobody; but there were others who did
not want Hogan, and consequently Ho-
gan was defeated.
"A motion on the proposition to fuse
was first put and carried unanimously:
then motion to adopt the report of the
conference committee went before the
body, with the result that it was carried
by vote of 142 to 129
While the matter was uhuer debate,
friends of Hogan circulated the report
that the labor party had rejected the
conference committees report, but if it's
object was to stampede the populists into
similar action it fell short.
A like report was also industriously
injected into the delibera tions of the la
report of the conference committee, but
the orators of that body were stayers
and refused to quit until after the popu-
lists had rendered decision. Then the