The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-09

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q. ID. Weed Of the Lewis and Clarke
delegation nominated Albert j. Galen
OF Helena. The eastern part Of the
state, the northern and the western
had been recognized in the distrfbu.
tion of hOnors, and it would be no
more than right and also good politics
that the central portion be given cog
nizance. He therefore asked the sup.
port of the convention for the gentle.
man named by him.
Cascade gave way to Missoula and
H. G. Schultz of that delegation noml.
mated Robert A. O'Hara, of Ravalll.
In doing this, he said, he knew he was
doing hat which pleased Missoula.
as we'll as the county in which his
nominee resided, and if the conven-
ton saw fit to select the man he was
certain of his election.
No further nominations were made.
When the vote was counted it was
found that Galen had 268 and O'Hara
1872. Mr.. O'Hara moved that the nom.
ination be made unanimous. Carried.
A Death ls Announced.
Colonel Sanders at this point asked
permission of the convention to inter
rupt the regular proceedings for a few
moments, and then read a telegram
received by Colonel Malone, of the
Dawson delegation, containing the
news of the death of C. w. Savage, OF
Miles City. At the conclusion OF the
reading of the dispatch Colonel San
ders offered a resolution expressive OF
regret at the death of a good republi-
can and a pioneer of the Yellowstone
valley, a man who had served his
country we'll and faithfully in war
and peace.
Adoption Of the resolution was sig
nailed by a rising vote.
Cunningham for Auditor.
The regular proceedings were re.
stunned by the chair saying that nomi-
nations for state auditor were in or.
der.
This time Beaverhead did not yield
When it's name was called Governor
White arose and, after saying that
the county he represented could al
ways be relied upon to return a re-
publican majority, the party could
still further strengthen it's hold upon
its people by giving recognition to
n of it's most honored citizens, and
then named Lewis j. Price as Beaver
heads choice.
Carbon yielded to Yellowstone,
which brought Fred H. Hathhorn 10
his feet. He said that eastern Mon
tana had been honored to a high de-
gree by the convention, a fact it did
not fail to recognize. Yellowstone
had had a man whom it intended TO
put forward for the nomination for
state auditor, but in view OF the hon
ors already bestowed upon this part
of the state, he had requested that his
name be withdrawn. Therefore, Vel
lowstone would withdraw the name OF
William Gallagher as a candidate for
the nomination he had sought.
Cascade gave precedence to Silver
Bow. Lee Mantle, of the latter dele
cation, said that although his county
had already been honored, it would
ask for further recognition and would
put a man in the field for auditor in
the person of Harry R. Cunningham,
of Butte, a good republican and a
hustler.
Jefferson announced that it, too, had
a candidate, w. w. Wickes. 1t was
the first time that "old JEFFERSON" had
ever gone into a state convention to
ask for anything and hoped that this
fact would not be lost sight of when
the voting began.
There were no further nominations.
The resulting vote was: Price, s.:
Wickes, 149; Cunningham, 233. The
nomination of Cunningham was made
unanimous.
Rice for Treasurer.
Nominations for state treasurer
were now to be made. Beaverhead
once yielded, this time to Chou
teau, and c. N. Pray, of Fort Benton,
presented the name OF his fellow
Colonel Jones H. Rice.
Carbon gave way to Meagher and
D. e. Folsom nominated Nathan Cod