The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-31
'LE|NScAM|OT vs.. BEAN,
bio Elk Mayor IL Determined That
Sims Shall Be the Shrisvalty
Nominee.
|eople's Party Men Well Repre-
ssntsd In the Republican
Convention Tod


To-day Of moo the republicans Of Lewis
nd Clarke will meet In county convention
I the auditorium to select candidates for
b various county Offices. There are no
lev candidates In addition 10 those named
The INDEPENDENT yesterday, and there
as, apparently, been no change In the posi-
Ions OF the various contestants. A eaucus
the majority of the dslsRatss was held
Ast evening at the Board Of Trade rooms
! was for the purposs Of discussing the
valuable timber for the Legislature and for
ounty commissioners. The only result
~ IN almost unanimous opinion that
Warren 9. Gillstts Wal ths best man TO
haks BheYass for state senator.
The most interesting news yesterday was
no fight on John Bean. 1t was not con-
idsred formidable whom il first developed,
hortly after the primaries Saturday night.
nd Beans friends have been trying to
mother it ever since. It comes from
Scans own ward, The Seventh, whore eI-
Aayor K~lsinschmidt resides, and the sup
~lortsrs Of Bean fear that il may spread 10
thsr wards. It has its origin in the pri-
nariss in the Seventh previous to the late
ity election. Tho ex-mayor has q knife
his sleeve and will get sven with some
: the people whom he thinks wore not ~
rdsnt for K~lsinsohmidt % they should
AVE bssn. Political gossip has II that tho
x-mayor ID for Sims for sheriff. and
{ he dossn't got some CONCESSIONS
here will be war, and Bean's friends
70 a%pprshensive ssTto how far il will sx-
end. Some do not hesitate to say they b.
ieve IL will extend beyond the convention.
hey do net fsar ANYTHING from the candi-
acy of II. H. Davis for the Office of the
lsrk Of the district court. for that gentls-
nan has announced that hs does not want
he nomination. When his name was mon
Toned at frat Beams friends thought that
Since he has declared that hs 10 not a can
idats none other has appeared in the field
gairst Bean. and the only thing he fears
: the Sims Kleinschmidt opposition.
Scans friends say that If Sims can get the
domination for sheriff, tho white-winRed
ans OF Lewis and Clarke after the conven-
ion. Why Bean should bs singled ont by
his opposition, and none Of the other
andidates approached, IL the main
~uestion and Ia taken ~ an evidence
Beams strength among the Lewis and
Clarke republicans. 1t 10 regarded by
Beans supporters a. an attempt to force
In AAbO n bTNOos oAO ~ t0ht ChuuO 10
one, the opposition will do their utmost to
efeat Bean in the convention to-day.
The republicans may not be aware Of the
act. but theis are a large number. some
~ at least %one-third. of the delegates in
heir convention to-day who have signed
he peoples party platform. There are but
70 conclusions to be drawn from this state
affairs. One 10 that the Wsaverites pro-
oss TO have = hand in naming the repub-
lean candidates for Office, and want to
have easy marks" for the peoples party
nominees to meet: the other is that they
rave signed the peoples party platform
or fun, and do not intend to be with its
candidates on election day. Old stalwart
fopublicaEs, who have never deserted their
Party and never scratched . ticket. will not
llow. they say, these half and half dele.
kstes to participate in the business to-day
< they can prevent it. They point to the
act that no man could vote at the peoples
Party primaries last night until he had
igned tho platform, and they will endsavor
o-day to have every delegate prove his re-
h%ublicnnism by signing the platform
(doptsd at Minneapolis before he can take
bart in the work of tue convention. This
hay delay the work to-day, but when thb
ticket is nominated it will be q straight re-
publican affair without q faint.
The following 10 a full list of tho dele.
ates and alter Mates for the city, and also
rom some OF the outside precincts: