The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-16
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 1902.
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racy call attention to the large and
varied collection Of harmony the par
ty has to show, and that, too, before
any convention, either county or state,
has been held and while preparations
for the coming campaign may be said
to have as yet not been begun.
First is the little affair of the state
committee, which body split even as
between Senator Clark and the young
gentleman who is credited with an
ambition to be the leader Of the party
and dictate its nomination of an as
sociate justice and incidentally a ma
jority of the legislative ticket in or
der that eventually be may control
the supreme court of the state SO
as to win the many lawsuits he has
on hand. Although %disinclined to ad-
nit it the senator must acknowledge
that the victory won in the commit
tee was not by those who remain
faithful to him, Notwithstanding that
on a call of the roll Mr.. Heinze could
muster no more than q half of the
members as voting the way he want
ed. 4
Encouraged with his Helena sue
cess, the manager of the Montana Ore
Purchasing company made so bold as
to carry the war right into the home
of himself and Mr.. Clark. Thursday
night was the time set for holding a
meeting of the central committee of
Silver Bow county and MI. Heinze
was there, accompanied by a large
and enthusiastic crowd of followers.
In fact he was there before the chair
man of the committee or any of the
alleged regular members could arrive
and had the room packed. The chair
man in his blandest and politest man
ner requested some of the intruders to
make room so that the committee
could begin it's deliberations. They
we're not there for that purpose and
firmly declined to move. Then a
game of waltz began. For hours the
trial CT patience and endurance con-
tinued. Attempts made by the "regu-
lars to proceed with business on
hand were frustrated by the intrud-
ers and all efforts on the part of the
latter to induce the chairman to open
the meeting failed equally. They
would demand a call of the roll and
the chairman would refuse to grant
it. Then Mr.. Heinze would say a
few words to his followers and they
would cheer and yell. Finally the
secretary, who had been manifesting
symptoms of remaining true to the
last went oyer bodily and boldly to
the usurpers. He defied the chair
nan and called the roll, notwithstanG~
ing the repeated declarations of the
chairman that he would not recognize
the call, and out of the fifty-three
precincts represented t%wenty-four vot-
ed to proceed with the business on
hand. Still the chairman declined to
recognize the action of the meeting
and he was promptely deposed. At
least the irregulars voted him out of
chairman, enc in accord with them.
Finding himself out numbered, the
deposed chairman called on the faith
full one to follow him and leave the
room, saying 'the committee" would
meet at some other place and carry
out the original programme. This was
done, but in leaving the place the
regulars" and irregulars had a mum
Der of personal encounters and a few
eyes were put in mourning and
~countenances disfigured in other
ways. 1t is actually said that Mr..
Heinze violently clutched the throat
of D. j. Hennessy, an erstwhiie fol
lower of the late Marcus DAILY, but
now apparently one of Senator
Clark's enthusiastic p%artizans.
AS an exhibition of the harmony
which prevails in the democratic
ranks in the state the meeting was a
huge success and a good augury of
what the future has in store. The
comments of the Butte Miner and
Anaconda Standard on the affair are
decidedly interesting reading and the
charges OF corporation domination
they make in connection are in singu-
lar contrast to the claims and asser-
tions Of the freedom of their patty
from such pernicious and downright
wicked Influences which they have
been making Of late.
still those same newspapers will
continue: to proclaim democratic har-