The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-03-31
WAR TO THE KNIFE.
The llolstein and Shorthorn Repnbli-
ans Have Gone on the
War Path.
VISITING Statesmen" Make Up a Slate
and Call on the Executive
COmmittcc.

Politics was red hot on the streets yes.
terday. The IIolstein and Shorthorn
factions Of the republican happy family
we're investigating each Others political
records and exposing the many weak
spots in party fealty. 1t was a sudden
outburst on the part of the S~horthorns,
for they had only discovered a mean
trick of the Holsteins, concocted the
night before at the meeting of the re.
publican city executive committee. For
several weeks it has been quietly limited
that a little game was in progress to
spring a trap and force the republican
city convention to nominate certain men
OF the Holstein wing of the party for
mayor, treasurer, attorney and police
justice. The big bull of the Holsta;n
herd was to head the ticket for mayor.
and a three-fourths blood for attorney.
half blood for treasurer and an eighth
blood for police justice. The little game
was worked very quietly and the herd
was confident that they had scattered
the Shorthorns in such a manner that
they could not be rounded up 10 time
for the election on the 10th of April.
The meeting of the executive commit
tee was for the purpose Of fixing dates
for the city primaries and convention
and they had about finished up the
business OF the meeting when a commit
tee composed of -four representative
w%Orkingmen knocked OF the door and
asked admission. They wee at once
admitted and after a few minutes friend
ly chat with the committee announced
that their mission was to inform the
gentlemen OF the committee that they
had made an arrangement with Il large
number of voters under their control to
support certain candidates for certain IT.
fees and wanted the eX. com. to give the
SLATE" a boom. The names of the par
ticular individuals so highly favored was
demanded and with seeming reluctance
the sub-boss of the ilolstein movement
unfolded the names. 1t was a holy ter
ror to the eX. com They looked at each
other in blank amaZement. but it was no
use to below then, as the Holsteins were
masters of the situation and they stood
firm in their tracks. The following are
the names of the IIolstein ticket: Mayor.
Herbert p. Rolfe; city attorney. j. A..
Largent; city treasurer, L. j. Elliott;
police justice, w. VI. Bole. The ey.
com. were dumbfounded and wept, They
knew not what TO 10 for the time
being, but finally one of them summoned
up courage enough to tell the visiting
statesmen to take "suthin'.'
This "bracer' all round stimulated the
ex. com. and the political situation was
then discussed. The visiting brothers
said that the anne they presented
would receive the unanimous support OF
every republican in the city and that
they controlled between 300 and 400
votes. which would be solid for the Hol-
stein candidates. The ex, com. nodded
assent and then another 'bracer" was
INDUCED in. By this time the enthusi-
asm was almost beyond control, but the
ex. com. were not unanimous as to the
power of the visiting statesmen to de-
liver the votes they said they controlled.
The statesmen were anxious For an en-
dorsement of their ticket and promised
anything and everything, but the eN.
com. concluded to hold the movement
under advisement and adjourned.
Early yesterday morning the news was
spread that . combine between certain
statesmen and the iIOlstein wing of the
rep. party had been contaminated. The
several candidates not in the combine
donned war paint and full feathers and
the war.whoup was sounded. The Short
horns were on the warpath and armed to
the teeth. Not IA moment was lost in
rounding up the cX. com. who denied
e%mphatically that the combine between
them and the visiting statesmen had
been ratified 10y them. They had left
the matter Just where it had started, in
the hands Of tho statesmen. This WIS
not satisfactory to the ShOrthorns ana
the battle was renewed with vigOr all
along fine line. The llolsteins stood
their ground until about noon when they
we're thanked and driven from the range
Inv the Shorthorns. The big bull and
the eighth blood kept close TO their cor
raj ali afternoon and about sunset
jumped the back fence and took to the
woods.
The three-Quarter blood and the half
blood were still in the corral at 8 o'clock
last NIGHT. The visiting statesmen were
kent busy all day denying that they had
formed a trust with the Holstein herd
and the amount Of kicking among the
2OO or 400 voters the state men claimed
to control, was simply terrifying to be-
hold. The Shorthorns have blood in
their eve and are going to clean the field
of all Holsteins. Look out for lots of fun
between now and Tuesday night. Hoop
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