Show S MONTANA CONTEST One Hour Allowed Each Side to Pre c sent Argument Kansas City July 2The National Democratic committee held Its first session today but did little business beyond appointing subcommittees t hear the contests The subcommittee to consider the Montana contct is Williams Mass Campbell N Y Clayton Ala Ferguson N f and Wilson Colo Messrs Williams and Wison Clayton arc said to be favorable to the Daly delegates and Messrs Campbell Camp-bell nnd Ferguson to the Clark people peo-ple Mr Wilsons position Is not de fiuied The subcommittees appointed to investigate S in-vestigate the various contests met at 1 oclock In the case of the Montana contest an hour was allowed on each side of the controversy Mir Coroptt made tho opening argument In behalf of the Clark delegates while Gov Smith performed S like service in behalf be-half of the Dalyltcs The case turned upon right ot chair of State Centralcqnirnlttec to 11U man St9t Centrn QImH = = vacancies on 5 roll n Daly man commItt hlU the Ir Cock chairman and attempted Iosll of vacancies anlatempted to fill thc committee objctM to membr 01 und Mr Corbct prOelhfi lIr Insted mltee shoUld hav hat the corn fl vacncies have b en allowed to that s the Iwas upon this poir nt split OccUrred and thlsp reason Mr COCkhi J for this Cockrel was Cpo3cdb fourteCa to four ourtet lW nfy counties cC th State theSttc Mr Corbett also cOntended teen ntenr l that nine of vcntyo11 nin State Were r outcountes of the represented cOflycntion and In tile Clad conyenton thata uncontested delegat tes n majority of the deJest sat In this ventlon He con also venton Said In als sid that no place Butte Bute had hOn desigatj tho desig ted Which one convention place was as Should bc held tn so that Mr reglar as any other Corbett nsser d tbls wnh s asser was not contet between bcWCl Clark nd Daly but a controyersy controvers betwen the People the people and copper trust which Was trst wa Sng to control the politkj attmpt the State oHl affairs of Gov Smith dcvotd his largeiy to showing that the argim in the State Is favorable to actic pernifttrr the State chairman to fill vacancie This practice had prevailed for years and Lhc asserted that no twentZ abjee tlon had been made to nnnolnlrnS when fill Vacancies Clark men The had been selected tl State was held at the place selected conwnti by the committee haying that matter in charge and there was no nSnmdeS standing ° VhiS point at > the ttae Gov Smith argued at length fop recognition of the practice of the State as the controlling factor to settle con troversy over the filling of vacancies In State committee In the convention there were only sIc counties repre sented but these counties contained a majority of all the delegates of the State It was a fact that these were the counties which cast the Democratic vole of the State He charged that the Clark delegation from Measlier county had been secured by taking convicts oufal of jail to vote for the ticket Gay Smith also controverted the as scrtlon of Mr Corbett concerning the copper trust He said that since he had been Governor the Legislature had passed a bill In the interest of the trust and that he as the States Chief Executive had vetoed It At that time Mr Clark and the members of the Legislature who had voted for thab gentleman had supported the bill If therefore he said Mr Clark Is noe now a coppercolored man he was then up to Ills neck and I know what I ara talking about Judge McConnell closed for the Clark delegation and W 5 Hartman for the Dalyltes The subcommittee adjourned without reaching a final decision It Is understood the committee commit-tee stands two and wo for and against Clark and one undecided |