The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-23
CANDIDATES NAMED AT sATUR.
DAYS LOVE FEAST.
WERE ONLY few CONTESTS
Senator Orwell Named to Succeed
Himself-Like Honor Paid
to Others Now In.
From Saturdays Daily Gazette.

From Saturdays Daily Gazette.
The democrats of Yellowstone our
ty met at the court house in count
convention at 10 o'clock this fore
noon.
The convention was called to orde
by w. B. George, chairman of tn
county committee, and w. M. John
ston, secretary of the committee, rea,
the call for the convention and tn,
apportionment Of delegates for tn,
various precincts as fixed by tn,
committee, showing the convention
was entitled to 102 delegates.
On suggestion of F. l.. Mann the
roll of delegates and alternates was
e a and a count made for the pur
pose of ascertaining who was entitled
tO seats inside the railing. The
cOtint revealed So delegates and al
teTnates present, the delegations from
Park City and Columbus not being
present on account of delayed trains.
Committee Chairman George an.
naunced that the first order of bust.
ness was the election Of a temporary
chairman, and right here the pulse
of the convention was tested as to
the strength of Clark and Heinze, res
pectively, in the body. Judge Mathe.
son caught the speakers eye and
placed the name of w. M. Johnston
before the convention for temporary
chairman. S. F. Morse was on his
feet at the same time almost and
placed Fred. H. Foster in nomination.
Chairman George said that the
name of Mr.. Johnston, having first
been proposed would be first voted on
by the convention, but on suggestion
of Mr.. Johnston, who is eminently
fair in all things, the order was
changed to a vote by ballot.
w. B. TenEyck and Will Schneider
were appointed tellers and on a bal
lot being taken Mr.. Foster received
AZ votes and Mr.. Johnston 10. On
motion of Mr.. Johnston, Mr.. Fosters
election was made unanimous.
It was an overwhelming victory for
the Clark a%dherents in the very out
set, MI. Foster being one of the sen
ator's most ardent supporters in Vel
lowstOne county.
On motion the chair appointed
Messrs. Morse, Matheson and John
ston as a committee to escort Mr..
Foster to his seat.
Mr.. Foster made one of his Gus.
tomary felicitous speeches upon TAX
ing the chair, but did not fail to-
throw a hot shot at the Heinze adj
vocates. He congratulated the dele
gates first on being alive, and second
on the general prosperity of the coun-
try which he attributed to an all-wise
Providence that rules the destinies of
men and nations, and had SEN plenti-
full rains, blessed the country with
bountiful crops and given us a surplus
OF the products OF the soil to sell to
less favored nations.
He congratulated the county COM
mittee on the gallant fight made in
Yellowstone two years ago and said
that partial failure to elect the ticket
was due to the fact of a scarcity of
democrats in the county. That the
democrats proposed to step out this
year and elect their entire ticket, Just |
to show the other fellows that they
could do it. and that they were right.
He urged the stanch and true demo-
Gratis Of the state to fight off the hand
OF the oppressor that sought to lay
hold upon the happiness of their
homes, the solidity of the party and
the integrity of the courts, and as a
fitting %peroration congratulated all
present on the state of absolute har-
mony that prevailed in democratic
ranks in Montana.
On concluding his address Chair
mar Foster announced that the first
business in order would be the cleo
ton OF a temporary secretary.
On motlon OF L. A. Williams, w. M.
Johnston was elected by reclamation.
The chairman further announced
that next in order was the selection
OF committees On credentials, perma-
nent organization and order of bust
and resolutions.
Alex Reilly moved that the tempor-
airy organization be made permanent,
but his motion was declared cut of
order at this time.
On motion the chair was authoriz-
ed to appoint the committees nam
ed and on motion of Mr.. Johnston it
was ordered by the convention that!
Chairman Foster be one of the COM
on resolutions, Mr.. Johnston
gtafing In the remarks preceding his
that he was well aware that