Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-03
THE BOSSES SLATE

AAAI DOO0IC A'A
EOROED THROUGH THE RBPrBLI.
GIN CONVENTION.
Charles Q. Warren Nominated for Mayor
II by Extraordinary Caucus Proceeding
Tho Ring Candidate Chosen-A Chest
NUT Platform Repeatang Last Years
stale Promises.
Shortly after noon Saturday the Repub-
, lican City Convention Was called to order
in the District Court room in the Cour
House by 8. w. Graves, Chairman OF the
Republican Committee. The space inside
the bar was filled with the delegates and
; the rest OF the room was filled with q num-
erous audience OF interested spectators in
which the leading men OF both political
parties were conspicuous. The sure thing
element had probably received y hint to
make themselves scarce, Japanese Tommy
alone Drawing the wishes OF his Republican,
i friends.
On motion Of Captain J.. e. Coulter.
Thompson Campbell was chosen temporary
chairman and George w. Sproule tempo
rary clerk. Committees on credentials, on
order Of business and permanent organiEa.
tion and on resolutions were appointed.
and then the convention took q recess until
1:8O.
On r~eassembling the report OF the com.
mittee on credentials was handed in by
Tom Driscoll, chairman of the committee,
and on the roll being called ffty.ive out OF
the fifty-six delegates were present in per-
tson or by alternate. The absent delegate
and alternate were J.. y Long and F. p.
Giard from the Third ward. Each ward sent
eight delegates to the convention.
The committee on order OF business re-
ported through l.. j. Hamilton. On mo.
ton OF Captain Coulter the temporary Of
ficers were made permanent, and Chairman
Campbell acknowledged the honor in a few
brief remarks OF the stereotypsd pattern.
The platform and resolutions were then
read by Hon. j. E. Richards. The pream-
BILE INDUCED in the usual s~elf-satisfed plat
itudes about the achievements Of the
party throughout the country and the
Territory, claiming that the success of the
| party in the past sis assurance that the
principles OF Republicanism are the only
true existing principles OF any political
party" with. the enigmatical statement |
that ':those principles have been asserted |
from the affairs of the nation, the admin.
istration of the Territory down to our |
own local municipality" which is as clear
as mud. A resolution followed with more
iapdoodle about Republican history and
promises as tending to assure the achieve
ment OF an efficient and successful city
administration" most effeetually under a
Republican administration OF the affairs Of
the city, but going on to recite the failures
OF the last administration in their most
conspicuous misunderstanding them with
failure to secure a pure water sup
ply in sufficient quantity for all
needs and insisting. upon a better and
more complete lighting system Of our
streets" which is tough on the last Council
in which the Republicans had a majority OF
two to n and shows the hollowness OF
Republican pledges.
In the next resolution the convention
pledged itself to 'a wise and judicious ex-
penditure of all moneys coming into our
hands" though nobody cares a cent what
the gentlemen in the convention do with
their money. The convention wisely alb.
stained from pledging itself for "a wise and
judicious expenditure" Of the city's funds
by any of it's candidates, which ia all the
people care for.
The next resolution pledged the candi-
mates for mayor and aldermen to rigidly
enforce laws looking to the suppression OF
all lawlessness of whatever character, and
no doubt Mr.. Delegate Dowd and his
friends will attend to that il the Republic
can party gets into Office again. 1t is
worth while remembering the record OF the
Republicans of the city last iall standing
in with or winkipg at the ''sure-thing"
games until after the November election.
when they had got all they could out of
Boston Charley and his gang. and Japanese
Tommy's "lottery" was tardily suppressed.
The same gang are working the party this
time for all it is worth.
The next resolution advocated q paid
fire department as one of the long-felt
wants OF the city, but made no reference
to the way the Republican Council has
shilly-shallied with the subject during the
past year without doing anything, al
time and again to do something. There.
fore their pledge to ''labor'' to the end that
the city may be SO supplied is just that
much wind.
The last resolution was a bid for Repub-
lican SUCCESS at this election so as to insure
success at the fall election in which State
officers will be chosen, which is coming
down pretty low, and was followed by a
string OF Offering generaiities without point
or sequence.
The document mi hit just as well have
said to the electors of Butte: We had a
majority in the last City Council that we
pledged to increase the water supply for
fire protection, to improve the street light
ing, to protect the citizens from sure
thing gamblers, to improve the con-
ditiou OF the Fire Department, and it
accomplished zone OF these things, though
it had all year, a fair field and no favor to
do it in; but il you will only believe us We
will promise all these things over again.
The bes. proof of this is that the document
in question did not point with pride"t to q
single accomplishment oil the last city
administration OF which it was proud.
DeIepate Gallick introduced O. resolution
to the effect that each candidate. pom his
nomination, shall indorse the resolutions
adopted by this convention and pledge
himself to support the whole ticket.
Delegate Pinkham thought it would be
more to the purpose il the delegates to the
convention would pledge themselves to the
unanimous support Of the nominees and
moved the amendment Of the resolution 20
that effect which was done and he resolu-
tion adopted as amended.
Captain Coulter then introduced q set OF
resolutions to the effect that a majority OF
all the votes cast shall elect; dropping the
candidate having the least number of votes
on the first ballot when more than four
candidates are nominated and that nom
nations for aldermen shall be made sub
ject to Endorsement by the convention.
Delegate Yoder objected to the second
resolution as unfair and Captain Wyman
characterized it as un-American, and on
Delegate Nantes motion the resolutions
were voted on separately, Captain Coulter
withdrew the obnoxious resolution the aud
others passed. .I
Ben Calkins was then chosen assistant
secretary and the chair called for uomi-
nations for Mayor.
Delegate Bray arose to his feet. and in q
highly euIogistic way placed the Hon. J. e.
Richards in nomination. He spoke Of him
as one who had borne the brunt OF battle
for Republicanism during his twenty years
residence in the Territory, and his speech
fitted General Warren so nicely that a wet
blanket seemed to fall on the convention