The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-11
Chairman Candidates .

Chairman Candidates.
1t is very likely that ID. ]. Tallant of
Great Falls will be temporary chair
man of the convention. His name
was decided on at a caucus of some of
the leading republicans held yesterday
afternoon. No other name has yet
been mentioned for that position, al.
though there is report that there will
be another candidate i'm the field
A number of republicans expressed
themselves IN favor of compromising
the Granite county contest by seatingi
cne-balf of each delegation. This plan
does not however, suit the delega-l
tons from Granite county, who want
the contest decided on its merits.
Thus far there are IL candidates in
the field fer delegates to the national
convention, outside of Carter, Mantle
and Hartman, who are generally con-
coded as three of the delegates. Three
more are to be chosen out of the IL
candidates. OF the IL, four are from
Helena; namely, l.. II. Hershfield, Tom
c. Power, A. j. Seligman and l.. s.
Miller. Mr.. Hershf1eld is said to be
the choice of the Lewis and Clarke
delegation. There are three candi-
dates from Northern Montana; name-
ly, l.. G.. Phelps of Great Falls and
Thomas A. Cummings and John Pow
er of Fort Benton, Mr.. Power being
the CnOlCt lrOI1
are Al delegates all told from Northern
Montana. and they think that one OF
the three named should be chosen.
Eastern Montana comes out strong for
o. +. Goddard of Yellowstone and
Judge Strevelle of Miles City. Mr..
Babcock Is not a candidate. In West
ern Montana the only candidates who
are thus far in the field are Alex Met
eel of Madison county and Tom c.
Marshall MicGoIIIa Silver. <y
county has no candidate for the ma
tional convention and will be satisfied
with sending Mr. Mantle.
An effort is being made by, the
friends of some of the candidates for
the national convention to have 1.-The
state districted and the delegates Sc
lected one from each district. It, is
claimed that as Carter represents Hell
ena. Mantle Butte. and Hartman Boze-
man, that TO further delegates should
be chosen from these places. Butte
and BoZeman desire no further repre-
sentation, but Helena does. and there
is much feeling already aroused
against Helena on this point, the
friends CT some of the candidates in
listing that Helena should not want
to send any one else. 1t is proposed
that the state be divided into three
districts. Northern. Eastern, Western
and Southern Montana From the
northern district the delegate would
be Phelps, Cummings or Power. From
the east IL would be Goddard or Sire
velle. From the southern and western
NJ would be Metzell of Madison or Mar
shall of Missoula. Mr.. Mcleod of Mis-
soula is also mentioned as a delegate
in case MIR. Marshalrs candidacy does
not prove popular. II
While Silver Bow county win have
no candidate for delegate. il is likely
to present the name of Ed S. Booth OF
this city. for national committeeman.
The Madison county delegation is the
strongest silver delegation that has yet
shown up. They adopted a plank in
their county convention platform
which they hope to have Incorporated
in the state platform to-day. Ut reads
as follows:
1T Is the sense of this convention
that the republicans of Madison coun-
ty will hold themselves independent of
any action on the part Of the national
convention. which would be antagonis-
tic to the interests Of the state and in
opposition to the platform adopted by
the state convention. That while we
endorse the republican principles of
protection and reciprocity, we consider
bimetallism. as heretofore interpreted.
the most vital question as well as the
paramount issue Of the day"
A. j. Bennett. the state committee
man from Madison county. states chat
the delegates are also instructed to