The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-03-03


cratic pftncipies; . man who has beeu tESeA W
the tenets Of the PARTY founi by Jeeersoa and
erystal.xed by Jackson. and has nevss oeea
found vnnti ne; nsn who has ecen tr's % Ne
tutsssses Of labor
Bonncr's speech consisted entirely e
fulsoms praise OF W. A. Clark. the rasn
who In conversation during the seeseeu
has been more strongly denounced by
Bonner than By any other man. II wes
evidently intended that Bonner's spssch
should create . stampede for Clark. Bat
Il failed utterly Of any such effect. Tss
speech was too evidently delivered By roee.
II was like the utterance Of a phonoeraph.
In delivering It, Bonner kept his hands In
his overcoat pockets and kept bis head
hung, talking to tho desk IN front OF him.
He did not make gesture or show tho
slightest animation in the delivery Of .
speech which had evidently been vol
learned and often rehearseti.
INTENSE EXCITEMENT.
Tho speech had the effect OF greatly In
creasiug the excitement, yet the excite.
,nent Was suppressed. AZ each nams was
called, every head was bent forward and
ears werc strained to catch tho utteranee
that would proclaim the voter an honest
man or q traitor. Tho name Of Burns
vas reached, . man who had voted for
Clark at the previous coup. But Burns
voted truly and honestly this time and
was heartily applauded. Coder. the runa.
way, voted for Clark, rs every one ex-
pected he would. He had returned 10
Helena for the purpose OF performing his
final act Of treachery to his party and dis
grace to his family. There was no further
change until the name Of 5. W. Graves Of
Silver Bow was reached. There Was no
man in all the republican ranks
Graves. He was q man whose honesty
and whose loyalty had not been doubted
for an instant. Al he arose and began 10
speak, Lee Mantle, who sat In the scat
directly behind him, leaned his head on
his hand aud looked down to the floor.
Wilbur +. Sanders, . few soats further
back, covered his face with his hands.
w. A. Clark, who sat on the front row Of
seats with his hand on the speech dee
tined never TO be delivered, frightened
aud watched Graves closely.
THE TRAITOR, GRAVES.
Graves spoke slowly and at great length.
He said II was the last day In which q SEN
ator to congress could be elected. He
thought II better, he said, for the interests
of Montana and the interests OF the nation
that democrat should 60 in order that
he might be In accord with the adminis-
tration. Traitor! Traitor!' yelled TAD
liant Of Cascade. Bcccher lifted up his
heavy cane to strike Tallant on the head.
Walkup grabbed tho cane and checked
Bcecher. Bach arose to point Of order
and insisted that Graves be heard without
interruption.
Continuing. Graves pulled . petition
from his pocket which, he said, had been
signed by hundreds Of men In Silver Bow
county, irrespective of party. He slowly
unrolled the petition TO show the length of
il. He announced his vote for Clark and
sat down.
THE EXPECTED STAMPEDE.
The switch of Graves, instead of stam-
pedine the republican party for Clark. ms
was evidently anticipated, seemed to have
the contrary effect. Every republican and
every Dixon nnn, as he voted honestly.
received thunders Of applause. Tho tide
had turned. Leech, whom the lark men
had claimcn at one time, but who is true
as steel, cast his vote for Tom Carter.
Lewis voted for w. A. Clark. as he did
once before, but everybody expected that.
county was called. he declared he would
stay with the party that elected him and
trusted him, and he voted for Mantle.
Tallant, i'm casting his vote, said: al
though there are some traitors who have
shown their nerve and their false blood
here, am ready to stand with the re-
pu blican nominee, regardless Of personal
man who comes hero ss u republican or
as democrat and who be,rays his party
by voting for the other s,dc."
Tierney. the democrat who voted for a
republican during great part Of tho ses.
sion. switched back to Clark. Van Cleve,
republican, voted for Clark. but i'm doing
so, he, like Hatch, did not aggrayate his
trcnchcry by endeavoring to excuse IL.
THE REsuLT.
me roll cou was coucluoeu. Jhc re-
suit was announced by Lieutenant Cover.
nor Botkin as follows: Whole number
of votes cast, 50; necessary TO q choice. g
Clark, ~; Mantle, rs; Dixon, IL; Garter
1. Clark lacked three of an election.
| He received the votes of six republicans
Hatch, Annear, Graves. Codcr. Lewis aud
Van Cleve. He also gained Bonner from
the Dixon men, and Ticrncy. whose vote
has been scattered for several weeks.
GODDARD MOVES To ADJouRs.
As soon as the vote was announced
Goddard. republican from Yellowstone
and Bach, democrat from Lewis and
Clarke. were both ON their feet at once
Goddard gained recognition from tbc
| chair. lie said: "without commenting
on the situation as we find IL to-day. with
out cndcavoring to express the feeling,
that are swelling up from every honest
breast. move that this JOINT session
do now adjourn without date The
motion was seconded by Tallsnt. Bact
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