The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-05-20

ton in this city this afternoon, during
which the supporters of President
Roosevelt and Gov. Charles e. Hugh S
were ridden over rough shod. For a
time the great excitement seem to
make trouble iminent, but Charm a Ii
II. G. Miller, one of the staunch Taft
supporters, ruled with an iron hand
and when a delegate from Silver Bow
county moved that the resolution en-
dorsing Taft be laid on the table he
shouted in laundering tones that the
delegate was out Of order, amid the
protest of the Hughes men against the
application of the gag rule At every
mention Of Taft's name his suppors-
er's made the rafters of the auditor
ium fairly ring.
In the committee of resolutions a
bitter fight was made against the in
struction, and it was expected tn re
would be an exciting contest on the
floor
The following delegates were chos-
en- to attend the Chicago convent on !:
Charles r. Leonard, Silver Bow
T. A. MARROW, Lewis and Clark.
Charles NJ. Bair, Yellowstone,
A. J. Bennett, Madison,
7. G. Bair, Teton, ......-
Col M. F. Malone, Custer, "...."
Alternates-J. B. Gnose, Deer Lodge
Herbert Strain, Cascade; w. e. Mey-
er, Carbon; Senator A. w. Miles
Park; Paul Mccormick, Yellowstone;
Mayor Joseph Corby, Butte.
Things started doing when II. N
Blake, of Lewis and Clarke county, as
chairman of the committee on resolu.
tions, read the plank which had fin.
ally been approved by bare two.
thirds Of the committee. The franti,
cheering from the Taft enthusiast:
in the rear roller over the heads ot
, the smaller delegations in front and
they heard it without flinching.
When the noise abated o. B. Ban
, non of Powell county was on the
floor shouting to the chairman. He
started to offer an amendment Plead.
ing for independence for the delega-
tion sent to Chicago in order that
they might be untrammeled to meet
any contingency that might arise. =
"Three-fourths of the republicans in
Powell county are in favor of Govern
or Hughes" he shouted, "and then
the alert lieutenants of the fixed or-
der of things howled him down with
storm of boots and Kisses and for
points of order.
Chirman Miller sustained the point
of order made that there was NO mo-
ton before the house as yet VIII n
the defect had been remedied, Mr.. o.
Bannon demanded recognition again,
but was igored, Whiled the Taft men
hoWled to him to sit down In the
pandemonium Gen c. S. Warren OBJ
tanned recognition but upset expect
aticns by moving that the resolutions
be laid on the table. The cha .rman
made stentorian ruling that the
general was out of order, and the vet
ran sat down after shouting back that
he was against gag rule first, last
and always.
Nobody else in the vicinity, where
the Silver Bow delegates were located
seemed to share tn sentiment, and
when Chairman Miller put the motion
wave of "ayes" rolled forward. The
delegates from the Hughes and Roose-
welt counties came back with a huge
volume of noes" but the gavel weld
er declared the motion carried. 49,
no chance was given for roll call
of counties, and with no chance for
the opposition to give any expires lion
of views of preferences, Montana was
deftly delivered into the hands of Taft
The Hughes men took their medi-
remarked that if the machine wanted
to carry its point that way it prob
ably seemed the only way to do it.
The resolutions finally adopted, in
dorsing Secretary Taft and the DO j.
cies Of Presidet nRosoevelt are as fol-
lows:
"First-Resolved. That the republic
can party of Montana, in earnest ex-
preston of its admiration for his un-
determination that every
1a,-capitalist or wage-earner, power
full or humble. shall have an exact
and equal opportunity under the law,
and that all shall obey the law, do,
in convention with a spirit of un1nal-
flied loyalty for him for his grand
achievement in e1eyating American