The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-21
OPENING THE BATTLE
Harmony Purchased at a Terrible
Sacrifice of Patriots.
ENDORSED CONGRESSMAN
a Platform of One Plank Adopted
by the Republican County
Conventlon-Big Kick
on the Ticket

The harmony of the republican coun
ty convention yesterday was harmony
with big II while the convention was
In progress, but, when IL was over the
Anaconda people said IL was something
else with a big H. and they spelled the
latter with four letters, all capitals
followed by exclamation marks and
blue lights with birthstone odors
After all their care and painstaking the
A. T.. A. knocked them out by a coup
which gives that Organization a ma
5ority of the Anaconda delegation and
more than likely of the entire county
representation in the state convention.
The ticket which the Saturday night
caucus endorsed, was only partly en-
dorsed, and republicans long promi-
nent in the councils of the party were
snubbed or ignored, and names of men
substituted who are unknown to the
party leaders or anyone else outside Of
the lodge room.
Nothing came up in the convention
TO indicate any trouble. Perhaps the
delegates were dazed by the blow
which came suddenly at the close of the
session; perhaps they felt that it would
be opposing the progress of a jugger-
naut, at any rate, they allowed the re-
port of the committee to pass and the
convention to adjourn and then went
down, stairs to hold stormy indigna-
ton meeting
The appointment of the committee to
name the delegates to the state con-
Vention came up in the usual manner,
ana chairman Bielenberg proceeded to
select the committee After studying
the list of delegates for time he said
In explanation that he would appoint
only one man from a precinct to serve
on that committee, lest there might be
an attempt on the part Of Deer Lodge
or Anaconda to get mere than their
share of the 20 delegates. Then he an
noursced the following as the commit
tee:
Dave Evans, Anaconda; ]. b. Fish
err, Deer Lodge; John Fifer, Warm
Springs; II. S. Blanchard, Blanchard,
and John Welton of Race Track
Welton asked what the apportion-
ment to the various precincts should
be, and Chairman Bielenberg thought
the committee ought to have instruc-
ton on this point.
j. X. Eardley stated that the appor- |
tionment was made according to Gus
tom from the vote cast at the last cleo
ton. Hartman received 1907 votes in |
the county of which sos were from An
aconda, and about so per cent. south of |
Race Track, which would probably en-
title the south end of the county to IA |
End the north end nine of the g. Ana |
ccnda would be satisfied with IL or II |
me bers.
Fave Marler thought the committee
ought to have further instruction about
the apportionment
ID. a. Speaker thought so too, but J.
{. English settled it by remarking
The committee may make the distri-
hutton and then If we are not satisfied
we can change it,"
The convention then took a recess of
10 minutes to allow the committee to
work. 1t was three-quarters of an
hour before they were ready to report.
and when they did the Anaconda del
egation listened in vain to hear the
names they had suggested in caucus
assembled, read.
The list is as follows.