The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-12
REPUBLICAN COUNTY coNvEN.
TIoN WAS SOON OVER.
NO RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
Assembly Contents Itself With Mere
Election Of Delegates to State
Gathering.

No time was wasted at Saturdays
republican convention and the pro-
ceedings were marked by expedition
and unity of action. No resolutions
were adopted, as it was regarded that
such a procedure was unnecessary,
the convention being held merely to
select delegates to the state conven-
tion, which body could be relied upon
to adopt resolutions expressive of the
beliefs, intentions and desires of the
party of all Montana on national is
sues.
At 10 o'clock the convention was
called to order by o. B. Prickett, chair
man of the county committee. ]. B.
Amin of Columbus was elected tenn
porary chairman and Austin North
of Billings temporary secretary. Some
of the delegates from the country pre-
cincts mot having arrived, an adjourn
ment was taken until 2 o'clock.
Down to work.
Upon reassemb1ing motion pre-
vailed that the chairman appoint two
committees, one on credentials, the
other on permanent organization and
order of business.
Mr.. Amin caused considerable
amusement by announcing as the first
committee three gentlemen OF the
medical profession, Doctors J. H. Rine-
hart, F. E. Corwin and James Craig.
For the other committee he named
G.. A. Berky, J. i. Sanford and F. H.
Hathhorn. A short recess was taken
to enable the committees to make
their reports.
The Delegates.
The committee on credentials re-
ported the following entitled to seats
il. the convention:
Precinct No. 2, Billings-George f.
Bennighoff, J. H. Rinehart, A. L. Bah
cock, Samuel T. Connolly, A. 3. Ross,
r. G. Fenske, 0. L. Jones. Alternates,
Harry Kimball, E. Erickson, Harry
Kelsey, j. R. North Roy Wilkinson
c. Fl. Pritchett, Ira L. Whitney.
Precinct No. 3, Billings-Christian
Yegen, G. A. Berky, A. P. Hart, Emil
Borberg, l.. j. Covington. Alternates,
r w. Clarke, w. H. Smith, G. W.
stoddard, H. w. Schwanz, w. Brown
ing.
Precinct No. 4, Canyon Creek-Jesse
March, J. e. Story. Alternates, ]. e.
Lanegan, William Harmison.
Precinct No. 6, Park City-John
Corwin, E. P. Searles. Frank Kinney,
F. e. Corwin. Alternates, H. l.. Ire
win, 7. G. Pound, j. W. Cole, w. j.
Loffer, B. F. Harris, w. McMorris.
Precinct No. Z, Columbus-W. p.
Adams, H. A. Hunt, James Craig, ]. B.
Amin. Alternates, George Simpson,
Charles Anderson, w. H. Norton, A. l..
Graham.
Precinct No. II, Musselshell-W. G.
Grant Elmer B. Carter. Alternates,
F. A. Anderson, G. w. Harvey.
Precinct No. 13, Billings-C. M
Bair, G. P. Slater, J. G. Bond, j. S.
Todd, Paul Mccormick, Austin North,
A. P. Smith, w. ]. Scott, Cliff Lindsey.
w. L. Mains, D. ]. Staats, L. T. Jones.
Alternates, J. c.. West, j. G. Sherman,
G. w. Forester, F. H. lHathhorn, H.
NJ. Brayton, J. S. Simineo, T. A. Sni-
dow, H. H. Hall, Fred Rixon, H. l..
Wilson, G. G. Bever, H. T. Allen.
Precinct No. IA, Billings-A. j..
Hart, c. H. Newman, G. L. Jones,
John Staffek, F. L. Summers, James
Ballou, J. M. Ramsey, C. A. Smith.
Alternates, c. M. Chafee, Albert Swan
son, W. Hansard, w. A. Evans, Mark
Newman, A. E. Smith, F. Inabnit, B.
Trenholm.
Precincts Nos. 1, 5 and 8 sent no
delegates SO it was decided to permit
Harry Scott, ]. T. Sanford and Bert
Shorey to represent them, respectively,
they being present and residing in
those precincts. Nos. 10 and II were
not represented.
Is Made Permanent.
The committee on permanent or
ganization' and order of business re-
ported; first, that the temporary or
ganization be made permanent; Sec
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