The Anaconda standard., 1895-03-31
BIG HURRAH IN BUTTE
Department IL Of lhs Republican Con-
YentiOn Does Business
GRlCE MAKES A SPEECH
Thompson Nominated For Mayor
Resclutlons That Lay On the
Table-Booth. Galllck and
Plnkham Roasted.

Caplice hall this afternoon. 1t was a
straight A. p. A. convention and there
was probably not half a dozen of the
delegates who were not members of that
organization. The motto of the conven-
tion, "None But Professional Americans
Need Apply" could not have been more
conspicuous if it had been painted on all
of the walls and the ceiling in letters two
feet long, and none but professional
Americans were nominated.
Everything worked smoothly and the
nominees which the A. II. a. lodges had
previously agreed upon in secret were
formally nominated. j. r.. Grice called
the meeting to order and proceeded 10
pour some red hot shot into the ranks of
the straight republicans. He said:
THE day before yesterday a few men
representing themselves to be the repub-
lican party of Butte met IN the city hall.
In opening the convention the chairman,
Mr.. Pinkham, stated they had met under
peculiar circumstances; they did meet
under peculiar circumstances. They posed
republican convention, an unholy
partnership, Gallick, Pinkham and
Booth, an oligarchy, who waged such a
warfare upon the republicans of the city
such as was never heard of before. But
because of the gigantic proportions of the
FICtlIH luey lutG0ueu 10 Stranglo. tleY
have been thwarted in the criminal
assault they proposed to perpetrate on the
party. We have assembled as the regu-
lar republican convention, convention
In which the mouth of no man who claims
to be a republican has been closed. We
are going TO have convention not only
in name, but a convention, the doors of
which will be thrown open and, if neces-
sary, the windows as well.
''This oligarchy of Gallick, Booth and
Pinkham, whose unhallowed feet have
trampled upon the graves of the dead at
Antletam, propose to bear out the COM
mon people. But it is more especially to
to Booth we have to direct our remarks
young man of unusual ability and brill
liant promise. whose pathway is strewn
with gifts. All he had to do was to stoop
and reach for them. We'sent him to the
legislature, which we expected was a
straight-forwarded republican legislature,
but instead we were treated to a 60-day
revel, and this man stopped to peculation
and debauched the republican party and
the republicans of Silver Bow. Then this
man Booth said: i have betrayed the
trust placed in me, and in order that
may be retained will frame a couple of
laws by which, if my friend gets into
Office, | can be city attorney of
Butte He framed another law requiring
the police magistrate to be lawyer.
w ilODO GOuln HOl III DOSltlOu Del-
ter than Booth, the man who is now seek
ing TO foist himself upon the people? We
want no Judas-we want no ollgarchy.
Booth Is as slippery as an eel and as
treacherous as serpent"
Mr. Grlce's harangue was received with
tremendous applause, both from the dele
gates and their friends outside the rope
On motion of III. McMurphey, ). W. Da-
Wis was elected temporary chairman. He
made a short speech of a very temperate
IN, hfahh h..fI IL LII, lie,
the republican party. Charles Q. johnson
was elected temporary secretary.
The following committees were APP
pointed one member from each ward:
On credentials-W. r. Evans, w. Ii.
Paxson, Geo. w. Andrews, Simon Haus-
wirth, r. X. Leggat, David Maule, j. f.
Davies. j. ;. Graehl.
On permanent organization and order
of business-Arthur Smith, j. G. jackson,
L. ID. Elderkin. James Davidson, A. r.
Glenn, Henry McMurphey, j. II. Gilbert.
a. A. Mcmillan.
On platform and resolutious-W. L.
Ackard, w. o. Clymo, J. II. Grice, John
a. Cannon,.W. Roderback, o. B. Whitford,
+. j. NJ. Rove, Geo. H. Tong.
After the appointment of the commit
tees the convention adjourned until 2 80.
When the convention reconvened the
roll call showed that all but four of the
delegates were in their seats.
The report of the committee on per-
IL.
j. Hamilton for permanent chairman, c.
=. Johnson for permanent secretary and
+. II. Cole for assistant secretary, and
also recommending that the nomination
for city attorney be left open for the pres
ent was adopted.
In taking the chair Mr. Hamilton ad-
dressed the delegates as gentlemen of
the regular republican city convention"
which remark tickled them immensely. |
He said that the business of |
sacted with open doors and |
there was more applause. MIR. Ham
ilton also gave Messrs. Pinkham and |
Booth a genteel roast, which seemed to be |
greatly appreciated. |
"While the members of this convention |
may not be able to furnish brains in Job |
lots, said the chairman, 1--WE are exceed |
ingly hopeful of satisfactory results on |
the evening of April s, in this happy year
of our Lord" lie begged to be excused |
from the customary scoring OF democrats
and popuiists. for the reason that there
are many royal good fellows among
them and that n great many of them are
displaying strong republican symptoms"
this spring, and many of them are ''our
friends" Mr.. Hamilton predicted an
overwhelming majority for the nominees /
of the regular republican convention"
The committee on resolutions presented
the following report:
The republicans Of the city Of Butte. state of
hOnOred principles policies and traditions OF
the republican party OF the United states, that
have manifested their wisdom and benencence
In the preserYttlon OF the nation, the honor OF
the republic ana the happiness and prosperity
of all classes OF citizens.
We demand the free and unlimited coinage Of
silver at the ratio of 10 to I. and the making OF
silver aS well "a gold legal tender in payment
of ali debts, both pubic and private. We
Iuriher demand that this policy shall be estab-
lished forthwith by the independent action Of
our government regardless OF what any other
country may or may not do.
We recognize The right Of ali classes OF work
ingmen TO organize for the purpose OF using al
lawful and peaceable means 10 protect their !
rights. improve their condition and place labor |
on an equal footing with capital and we ap- |
prove OF the establishment OF tribunals OF arbi- |
fration and con silat4on. whereby differences |
between employers and employees may be set |
re and adjusted without strikes or lOckOu-S
We denOunce the present democratic admin |
istratiOn as Incompetent. and we hJid them re-
Sp1nsbe for having plunged our ci-y IN ieb. |
hundreds Of thousands OF dollars without the |