The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-24
.BUTTE'S P. AS AT WAR
The R. ?. A. Meeting Invaded and Cap
tuFed by the BOiSteFOui A. P. As.
HARMONY WAS A STRANGER
Tho Committee OF One Hundred
Says mo Primaries"-The 9th
ers Declare That Primaries
Shall Re Held as Usua'.

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! aud Tipperary fights were quiet little
social functions and love feasts compared
with tom gifts republican meeting. Before
it had been in session for half an hour it
developed into the livclicst kind of fight
between the II. L. A. and the 4. II. A.,
| and the latter organization finally sue
ccedcd in capturing tho whole works by
the ncatcst and most successful cat hop
IN the political history of Montana. The
greatest excitement prevailed while tho
fight was in progress and things looked
serious for few minutes. Tho A. II. AS
were SO largely IN the ma jority. however,
that the conservative republicans soon
saw that IL was useless to oppose them,
and after making brief but gallant stand,
they succumbed to the overwhelming odds
and left the field in full possession of tho
| secret religo-political organization which
had laid the most careful plans to capture
IL and then carried them out to the letter.
| The slogan Of tho victorious element was
"Bill Thompson for mayor" while the de.
feated faction was understood to be sol
idly opposed to the candidacy of that ven
erablo relic. The fight split the republic
| can party almost squarcly in two and
there can be little doubt that it means the
election of n straight democratic ticket on
| the Sth of April.
| To-night's free-for-all was intended to
/ be n meeting of the republican committee
| OF 100 TO decide whether, in the face of
| the existing circumstances, they should
| hold primaries aud caucuscs this spring
| or whether delegates TO a city convention
| should be selected by the committee, and
! tins part OF the programme was carried
out with great difficulty. Then the A. T..
| AS jumped to the front and carried
| everything before them. The meeting
held InlUp Snp0r'S
which was not nearly large enough to ac-
commodate the crowd that sought adms-
sion. The members of the committee
gathered inside of the railing while a mot
| ley crowd of democrats, republicans and
populists, among whom the foreign Gle
ment and the A. Il. A. faction plainly
predominated. tramped OH each others
corns in the body of the room. 1t was
plain from the actions and remarks of
those who were outside the rail-
ing, that they were there to
stir up fuss if things did not
go TO suit them and subsequent events
proved that they were fully as determined
as their actions indicated. w. j. Palmer,
William Thompson's private secretary
and right hand supporter,was prominent
figure on the outside of the railing and
ranged along at convenient intervals were
other supporters of Mr. Thompson. who
are supporting him because he has prom
lscd TO appoint them to important Offices
chair. Mr.. Palmer, it may be stated. is
not citizen of this country. J. ID. Cald-
we'll, the state president of the A. Il. A,
was also conspicuous figure on the out
side of the rail but he did not have any
thing to say. The cat-hop was evidently
so well planned that it needed no direc-
ton. After waiting for about half an
hour for someone To do something George
w. Irwin moved that the meeting proceed
to business and NJ. l.. Holland took the
chair. The secretary called the roll and
about two-thIrds of the committee an
swered to their names.
Mr.. Irwin then seconded the motion |
made by II. f. Tucker at the last meeting
of the committee, which was laid over for |
the reason that IL was stated that there |
was not quorum present at that time.
Mr.. fuckers motion was that the city |
central committee proceed to hold prima- |
ries and convention in tho usual way. |
In seconding the motion, Mr.. Irwin said |
THE republican sentiment in Butte is
overwhelming and wc are gong against |
an enemy that is debauched and disor-
ganized aud incompetent. There has |
been a good deal of talk about our friends, |
the A. Il. A., of which organization / am |
emphaticallv not member. l don't be- |
lieye in it, although il nerhaps has GER
tain reason TO exist. But il the men that |
are ut this meeting 60 to the primaries |
and to the convention, n representative |
republican ticket will he put up and it will |
win. IL the enthusiasm that is mani
tested tonight continues until election |
day, tho republicans arc sure winners, |
and have never known republican en-
thusiasm to be transient"
William Gallick said that he was in /
sympathy with Mr.. Twins remarks but /
on the proposition of holding primaries.
aud the motion prevailed.
j. e.. tIoar shouted from outside of the
railing with strong English accent:
"Shame on an American citizen who is
afraid TO cast an open ballot"
"No American citizen Is afraid to do
that" replied Mr.. Irwin.
"Whcn did you get out your papers?n
inquired somebody else.
well have a convention anyway" re-
tortcd Hoar.
''Nes, and we'll knock out the brains"
shouted somebody else from outside of
tho railing.
The vote was then taken and resulted
in 40 votes being cast against the priml-
ries and 81 IN favor of holding them. Tho
of the vote was the signal
for the trouble 10 commence.
W. q. Clymo, a well known republican
who was on the outside. spoke up and
tried to make himself heard. The chair
man Informed him that he was not
of the committee. and he replied
mo, but am republican and demand
the right TO speak in n republican meet
ing" This remark was greeted with loud
and prolonged cheering among those out
side the rail. The chairman tried in vain
10 restore order and he finally shouted:
You outsiders we're not invited here TO |
disturb this meeting" "No, but we've
got the voters though" shouted an out
slider, and the cheering was renewed. In
The meantime Mr.. Ciymo had forced him
self inside the railing and he finally sue
'eeded in making himsely heard. He said,
Il understand that during the past week
several secret meetings have been held by
he republican city central committee. |
have been q republican ever since / was
Did enough TO vote and / think it's an
outrage to proceed in this manner. Ii is
,nly just that tho people should have a
voice in the selection of their candidates
md ask you TO proceed in a manner that
will TIC satisfactory To- the republicans of
his city, Great applause from outside