The Daily Missoulian., 1912-07-30
|EARNESTNESS MARKS
ALL THE PROCEEDINGS
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1 ferGOn, X. a. Merrtman; Lewis and
Clark. Samuel Kohlberg; Missoula, d.
II. Ross: Park. w. r. Doll: Ravalli.
r. A. Mead: Rosebud, q. A. Horkan
Sanders. c. d. sMagonc: silver Bow. q.
b. Haywood; Valley, John l.. Slattery; /;
Yellowstone, b. E. Smell.
Great Attsndanes.
After 45-minute recess the con-
vcntion assembled at 1: 30 and the re-
port Of the committee on enrolment
was presented II showed $50 delegates
were In attendance. and "a counties
were rcpresented. Delegations from
two more counties. said Secretary Met
calf, were delayed through failure to
make train connections. else 20 out Of
the 81 counties In the state would have
been represented.
Evsrstt for Chairman.
The report of the committee on or
ganization recommended that Senator
Everett be made permanent chairman
and James A. Mctcaif, secretary, and
then prescribed an order OF business.
Colonel Sam Gordon OF Miles City
| and Conrad k0hrs of Deer Lodge
escorted Everett to the platform.
Before introducing your chairman.
| let US give three cheers for the two
grand old men of the new party" said
Chairman Horkan. Colonel Gordon
and Mr.. kohrs blushed. as the hall
| rang with the tumultuous compliment
| to them.
"The man who In the legislative
halls of the state has always stood up
far hn et~hfu nf ha ne N
state" was Mr. Horkan's mode OF in
Producing Senator Everett.
This Is an unexpected pleasure" !"
began Senator Everett when the ap-
! plause that greeted him had subsidized.
Il am not prepared to make any talk
but / want to say this Is the happiest
moment Of my life. to stand before you
chairman OF the first progressive con-
ventlon ever held In Montana"
| After referring to the fact that he
had been a lifelong republican. a re-
publican from the south where the
party had no standing, the speaker
said that until three or four years ago
he had looked upon the republican
party as the one OF progress and the
one that was bound to the side OF the
people. Then experience convinced
him of his error
! I'm 1856" he continued, "the re-
publican party was born under similar
circumstances to those under which
the progressive party Is born today.
The republican party was born to
strike the shackes of slavery from the
hands of 100000 people; the progress
sive party is born to strike the
shackles of big business from tho
hands of S0.0OO.00O people"
Referring to Roosevelt's indorse-
ment of Taft. Senator Everett said
that as long as Taft had the right man
to tell him what to do. he was one
OF the best men In public life. but with
this support withdrawn he was like
molasses that ran all over the ground.
Now Roosevelt admits his mis-,
take. and wants to do all he can to
rectify 1t.
"The people who are now telling
Taft what to do are the men who are
| filchlng from you and me what Is just
ly ours. II is crooked politics In con-
nection with crooked business No
state in the Union Is more In need OF
progressive party than Montana
Pledges Ignored.
II have been In the legislature 10
or IL years; | have served on the reso-
lutions committee of the state con-
ventton. when all kinds of pledges and
promises were made to the people. But
when we got In the Legislature and In
troduced bills designated TO fulfill
these promises and pledges, tho ma
jority Of the members were not with
us; and the majority of the members
of the state central committee were
taking dictation from the sixth floor
OF the Hennessy building In Butte The
democratic majority was Just as bad:
II took Its orders direct from John g.
Morony and John ID. Ryan.
THE Amalgamated Copper company
has dominated the biggest counties OF
the states; now 1t Is reaching with Its
| tentacles to control all the other
| counties.
Plain Steals.
Gentlemen. down In Blaine county
every republican has been driven out
! of the party. Tom NARROW sent word
to John d. Duff by Ben Phillips that
the voice of the people should not be
allowed to prevail. A secret conven-
tion was held. and Taft delegation
sent to Livingston. The republicans
held convention, regularly called and
organized. They sent a contesting dele
CATION to Livingston. II was not
seated. And In Blaine county, at a
primary We had. Taft received only
13 votes.
In Chouteau county the central
committee had a tendency to be
progressive. A primary was called.
Four days before the date set. Tom
NARROW sent word to call II off. The
committee did as directed, and sent
Taft delegation to Livingston.
"The newspapers at Chicago made
no charges that the Montana delega-
ton was improperly elected. but gen.
tlemen, we Of northern Montana know
II WAS deliberately stolen: stolen by
throttling the voters Of Montana at the
behest Of the Amaigamated Copper
company.
Il have no quarrel with the rank
and file; no fight with the rank and
file Of any party; only with the ma
chine that controls. II Is the machin-
cry that Is absolutely out of the power
OF the rank and file. say let bis