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Show TOM CARTER IS IN jCONTROL IN MOHTAfJA i ' - BUTTE, Mont, Sept g The Republican State convention at Billings yesterday got . under . headway, at noon, organizing, organ-izing, by electing George W. Irwin of Butte temporary chairman. Upon the report of the committee, on permanent " organisation State : Senator XV. F. Myer of. Carbon was elected pert manent chairman, with Irwin as permanent perma-nent secretary. .Ne contests developed The forces led by former United States 8enktor Thomas H. Carter are in control con-trol of the convention and the nomination nomina-tion of Wllliaur Lindsay of Dawson for Governor, and Joseph H. Dixon of Missoula Mis-soula foe Congressman, seems assured." Leaders of the anti-trust Heinse movement move-ment are present and are urging the nomination of Mr, Lindsay, who. they assert will be given the support of the fusion parties. The delay in the report of the platform and resolution committee was caused by a difference of opinion upon a number of resolutions that were presented as. a result re-sult of the caucus of the Sliver Bow delegation. dele-gation. That caucus decided In favor of initiative and referendum, 1 the institution institu-tion of a State Railroad commission, a proposed amendment to the fellow servant serv-ant law and a resolution upon the Colorado Colo-rado labor situation. In the Silver Bow caucus a resolution of censure of the Governor of Colorado was toned down so that the situation was deplored without blaming anybody especially for It - William Scallon, formerly president of the Amalgamated Copper company, was the Representative of Silver Bow county upon the platform and resolutions committee. com-mittee. He submitted the report of his county caucus in favor of initiative and referendum, the Railroad commission law and the fellow servant amendment. Col. W. F. Sanders, who was chairman of the platform and resolutions committee, commit-tee, strongly opposed all the above-named above-named resolutions, but finally assented-to assented-to them. Their adoption will probably be the subject of a hot debate on the convention floor. The convention, after holding a Roosevelt Jollification meeting, adjourned, until. 10 . o'clock tomorrow morning. |