| Show TIlE MONTANA Hall Half an Hour Allowed I noh Side In Which to Make Inko Kansas Ianus CIt City July national Democratic committee Its t today but did lIttle beyond appointing subcommittees to hear haar the cont contest Th The to consider the contest Is Williams Mallo M Campbell N Y Clayton AI Ma N MJ t and Wll Wilson on Colo Williams WlIIlAm and Clayton Claton are said Ia te to be favorable to the Daly laM tera Camp Campbell Campbell bell Fer FergUSon U on t to the Clark pee peo pit pie Mr Wilsons position Is 11 not de defined defined fined appointed to In the cont contests t met at 1 In the case ot of the tha Montana contest un an hour wa ta nil allowed owed on each ench side Ide ot of the Mr Corbett mode the argument In behalf of at the Clark while Oo Smith n a like service In be behalf behalf half of the The case upon Ullon right ot of chair chairman chairman man or of State Stale contrat committee to fill 1111 vacancies on AIr Mr Cock Cockrell Cockrell rell a Daly man held the position of at chairman and attempted to fill these thae vacancies the ot of the committee objected d to thIs proceeding and Mr Corbett that the corn com mitt should have been allowed to fill II vacancies It was upon ullOn tills point that the split occurred and for tor this reason Mr Cookrell Cockreil was deposed by from fourteen W to twenty tour four counties of at the State Mr Ir Corbett also that nine nineteen nineteen teen or of the tour counties ot of the State were wera In the Clark convention and that a 0 of at the uncontested tit cat In this con convention convention lIe He also allO laid aId that no place In Butte had been designated In which the convention should be held hellI so 10 that one was as re lI lr as any other Mr Ir Corbett assorted that this not a contest between Clark and Dal Daly but buta a controversy the people and the copper trust WAS attempt attemptIng Ing to control th the political affairs of at atthe the State Gov Smith devoted his argument largely to showing that the th practice In the State Is favorable to permitting the State to fill 1111 vacancies This has prevailed for tor twenty years ears and ho asserted that no c had to appointments when men had selected to fill Tire Tile was held at the place Illace selected by the committee having that matter In charge chargo and there vas no misunderstanding standing on this point at the tho time Gov Smith l argued at length for tor recognition ot of the practice ot of the State os as the controlling factor to settle con controversy controversy over the filling of at vacancies In State committee In the tho convention there were vere ani only six counties represented but these counties contained a majority ot of nil all the delegates delegatoR ot of the tho State It was a 11 tact fact that these were the counties which cast the Democratic vote ot of the tho State lie He charged that the Clark delegation from Meagher county count had been secured by taking out ot of Jail to vote for tor tile the ticket Gov Smith also the as al assertion ot of Mr Corbett concerning the copper trust Ifs said that since lie had been governor the lesl legIslature lature had pu passed ed a bill In the Interest lit of the trust and that he ha ns as the States chief executive hall had vetoed It At that time Mr Ir Clark amI the members ot of the legislature who had for tor thAt gentlemen had supported the bill It If therefore he said Mr Clark Is not now a 8 inca he was then up to his nellt and I know what I run am talking about Judge McConnell closed for tor the I Clark delegation and W S 8 I Ifor for the Tue Tho subcommittee adjourned without reaching n a final OAI decision It Is understood the tho commit committee tee tle two two for tor and against Clark and one anI undecided |
