Show EMOGRATS IN A ROW 1 Hot Time at State Convention in Butte 5I 5 I 5I I A RIOT NARROWLY AVERTED I I i Both Clark and Daly Factions Hold Conventions Latter Elects Pels gates to Kansas City and Adopts Resolutions Denouncing Clark Clark Pactlon Adjourn Until This Morning Sheriffs Bar Clark People I Peo-ple from a Hall Daly Crowd Refuse I Re-fuse to Recognize Clark Proxies i I Butte Mont June 20Therc will be I a contesting delegation claiming admission I ad-mission from Montana nt the Democratic I I Demo-cratic national convention In Kansas City The convention was called to I meet here at noon An hour before j that time the State central committee I j met to make arrangements The hall I I manof the committee W M Cockrlll I is recognized as a Daly man The l friends of Senator Clark on the committee com-mittee including those who held I proxies wore In the majority Chairman I Chair-man Cockrill refused to recognize the proxies and appointed in the places I of I I the absentees men known to be favorable i favor-able to Daly John S M Nelll of Hel I I ella a member of tho committee took I i the floor and proposed to depose the I I chairman The scene in the room at I this time was very wild DEPUTY SHERIFFS APPEAR j A number of deputy sheriffs under I the leadership of Under Sheriff Murphy pushed their way into the room and I I attempted to eject the Clark people I i For a while it looked like an Incipient riot The Clark people ijtood their S ground and finally withdrew leaving I the committee to attend to Us business When this had been done Chairman Cockrill was deposed by the vote of the i committee and Kelll was elected in his i I place S CLARK FORCES BARRED OUT I I S Meantime the delegates and hundreds of spectators had assembled at the I Auditorium which Cockrill had se lected as the place of the meeting They found the doors barred and the I place In charge of a number of deputy sheriffs and policemen acting under the 1 direction of the Daly people After I S waiting vainly for an h6ur they were Informed that the convention would not be called to order unlll 5 oclock MEET IN OPERAHOUSE Befoie that lime the State central I committee had met with Its new chairman I chair-man presiding and had selected the Grand nihouse ns the regular place of niei log for the convention The convention was called to order there I shortly after 5 and the lion E C Day one of the men who voted for Clark made temporary chairman He made a short speech stating that this was the Hrsl real Democratic conven I Jon that he had seen In Montana for years After the appointment of the usual committees the convention adjourned ad-journed until 10 oclock tomorrowS tomorrow-S DALYS CONVENTION The Duly people representing nine counties three of them regular and the others contested met In the Auditorium at the same hour5 oclock Admis sion was by ticket State Senator H L rr erR of Ravalll one of the Democratic Demo-cratic members who voted against Clark in the Legislature was mado temporary chairman After the ap pointment of thc usual committees the Ion I-on ntlon adjourned until S oclock tonight I S DATA DELEGATES NAMED S The Daly Democratic convention this I evening elected Martin Maglnnls W M Cockrill Coy Robert B Smith Paul A Fusx AV S llartman and Dr I J M Fox delegates to the nallonal I convention S CLARK DENOUNCED The platform denounces In unmeasured unmeas-ured terms the acton of AV A Clark of Butte in corrupting the late Legisla ture in assailing the integrity of the Supreme court and attempting to de bauch the people of the entire commonwealth common-wealth as the colossal crime of time cen Mjry Senator Clarks resignation after the report of the Senate committee and his appointment by the Acting Governor Is denounced as a disgrace to the State a shame to t the American Nation and dn Insult to the Senate S |