The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-19
.HINDS GANG. IS DOMINANT
Butte Selected as Place for Holding
convention-Date Same as
That Of Antitrust.

powerful populist party of Montana
and decided when and where to hold
the state convention. The meeting
was not entirely harmonious, notwith-
standing the small number and some
lively scenes are said to have been
enacted before the very important
business that was responsible for the
gathering had been transacted.
Trouble Begins Early.
Trouble began when T. F. Gordon
presented q proxy from Jock Hoy,
one of the committeeman. Donovan,
who is chairman Of the executive CON-
mittee and who presided, in, classic
language gave it to be understood
that proxies didn't "go" There was
an interchange of compliments and
some stirring eloquence, but the at
torney general remained immovable
and Gordon had to be content with
being simple onlooker, instead OF,
an active participant in the corcus.
After quiet had been restored and
the dove had smoothed it's ruffled
feathers it was compelled to take to
the ridge pole once more and roost as
high as possible. The second outbreak
of hostilities was precipitated when
an attempt was made to name a
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So lively did matters become that 1T
was considered advisable to take a
recess and permit heated tempers to
resume something like their normal
temperatures. Accordingly the meet
ing adjourned until night. When it
reconvened Gordon was on hand once
more, he having refused to be con-
tent with one duplication of the chair
mans boot, and again demanded rec
ognition. He was tlred for the second
time and then remained real good
during the rest of the proceedings.
Butte Gets the Plum.
A motion was made to select Butte
as the place for holding the conven-
tion. To this Donovan offered an
amendment substituting Helena and
making September IA the date, in
stead of the 18th, the date named in
the original motion. Because Of the
immense crowd it was deemed best
to call the roll and it was found that
the amendment had been voted down.
Kinds, Calderhead and Brennan voted
against it, with Donovan voting in the
Affirmative. The original motion was
then put and carried.
BY the action Of the majority it is
taken as meaning that the attorney
general is inclined to be middle-of-
the-roader, as the date selected is the
one on which it is believed the Heinze
antiltrust convention will assemble at
Butte, a fact not overlooked by the
Others, who care more for Office than
principles.
The Apportionment.
It was decided to make the appOr-
tionment of delegates on the basis of
one vote for each 100 votes or fraction
thereof cast for. Judge Evans, the
democratic candidate for congress in
1902. Following is the apportionment:
Beaverhead Z, Broadwater 4, Carbon
5, Cascade l6, Chouteau S, Custer 8,
Dawson 2, Deer Lodge 8, Fergus 8,
Flathead 10, Gallatin 10, Granite 4,
Jefferson 5, Lewis and Clarke 12, Mad
ison 9, Meagher 2, Missoula 8, Park
5, Powell 5, Ravalli 2, Rosebud 2,
Silver Bow 43, Sweet Grass 2, Teton
4, Valley 8. Yellowstone s.
The rules adopted for the govern
ment of the democratic convention
were adopted for the populist con-
ventionl
Resolutions.
The committee also adopted resolu-
tions declaring for public ownership
of public utilities, the eight hour law,
the initiative and referendum, the
abolition of child labor, the suppres.
sion Of sweat shops, the exclusion Of
the Chinese and an employers liabil.
ity bill. The resolutions close with