The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-17
AT THE LAST STRAW
The A. P. A. Hasn't Strength Enough
to Travel Alone.
TWILL ACT WITH THE GO. p.
Desertions From Its Ranks Every
Day-True American Sentiment
Finds No Nourlshment In Its
CouncIls-P Political Trickery.

The A. p. A. has decided to ac
through and in the republican part,
I'm this springs municipal election rath
! er than have it's own separate ticket n
the field, as il had last spring Thi.
conclusion was arrived at after due de
liberation In the councils. and the MAR
reason for the action is that the organ.
ization does not feel strong enough tc
risk running its own ticket A yeal
ago the organization was at the height
of It's power, and elected its ticket with
the greatest ease in spite of the fact
that the regular republicans had an on
position ticket in the field and TT the
democrats and populists had fused.
The situation is different now. Many
OF the native Americans have seeded
and formed another organization and
many of the Cornish-Americans have
also left the organization. One great
cause of the weakening of the strength
OF the A. p. A. was its failure a few
| weeks ago to pass a series of resolu-
lions endorsing the Monroe doctrine
| Such resolutions were passed, and pub-
| nshed in the Standard, by the Junior
1 Order of United American Mechanics
| ana by the colored lodge of the A p A.
| sincere Americans who CHANGED to be-
long to the order. in all good faith. in
| troduced resolution into Council No.
| ] OF the A. p. A. endorsing the Monroe
doctrine. 1t was overwhelmingly voted
| down. Since then scores OF members
have forsaken the ship. Council No. 7.
winch had LOO members a years ago.
has less than 300 now
In consequence of this condition of
affairs the A. r. A. leaders have con-
cluded not to put a straight A. p. A.
In Ill
mlghS combine and defeat them They
have decided that while they cannot
count on votes enough 10 win in a sim
gle-handed fight, they have votes
enough. judiciously used. to control
the republican primaries and the re-
publican city convention. They viii
thus have the party machinery and will
capture the regular party nominations.
The leaders of the \. p. A believe that
the best way 10 save this country is by
their holding all the offices themselves
ana this they propose to do.
secret committees of six have al
ready been appointed in each ward 70
look after the politics in each ward TO
PICK out a suitable candidate. and TO
see that the primaries are properlv
fixed. 1t is not known yet who the
members of these committees are ar
who they have selected for alder7nanic
candidates, IL in fact they have elected
any me a. +. y. vote In Silver Bow
county Is now believed to be / 500. Of |
which about 1000 is in the city limits |
Of Butte |
A Forthcoming event which is Great |
ing even more interest among thea |
+. Az than the city election is the an |
preaching A p. A. state convention +
ID. caldwell of this city, who has been |
sldte president or the n. p. a. for two |
years, is understood to be a candidate |
for reelection, but this year he is meet |
ing with strenuous opposition in the |
person OF William j. Palmer. president |
OF one OF the j. p. A. councils and fore |
man of Mayor Thompson's lumber
yard. At latest accounts these GENTLE
men were running neck and neck Both 1
are good men and either would admir-
ably fill the bill. 1t is being spitefuIIv
urged against Mr.. Palmer that he is
not citizen of this country. but this
is an unequivocal falsehood. doubtless
gotten up maliciously for political ef-
rect. Mr.. Palmer is a citizen of this
country He has been naturalized al
most year and is therefore well ouaI +
flied TO act as patriotic dictator TO the
hatlVe-b born people of this country.
Mt Caldwell possesses the merit of
belng one of the few a. p. AS of this
section who are ready to ACKNOWLEDGES
that they belong to the order He de-
,lares that he is not ashamed of the
IL l.
though he did seem a little shaky on
mis- point at the time the A. p As
elected Tom Carter to the United
states senate. Mr. Caldwell is stiU in
he ship and he has declared openlv
nat ne VIII be in politics this wear ,
ina THAT he is going as delegate to the
county, state and national conventions
whether any other part of the state
VIII present candidate for the state !
presidency OF the a. p A. is not
.nown. but ii is not considered likely.
'liVer Bow county will only send five ,
elegatcs 10 the convention this wear / ,
ach county being entitled TO n dole
ate for each 800 members I'm good
landing. but this will probably be
nouEh to control the convention T. 80
matter or much discoura cement that
ne Helena council of the 4 r. a has
brown up its charter. A wear. Icyo last
all the Helena council was so Intense
patriotic that ii was thought the
eople or Helena would have ,,atriot
IN 10 burn thousands of years after
! ne cdpltaA night was over. But this is.
las, untrue. The people Of Helena
ave no use for the pa.ri,tic ,,o,-a
lent any more. and il is expensive To
eep putting up for lodge dues after =
ne capital fight is all settled Besides
he Helena orators do not seem to CON
DER That there is any longer arN dam n
er of the pope settling I'm Anaconda s
nd so the lodge has disolnca1. Tine l
builder lodge is also un 1e 's5ooi - lie ?
bout ready to give up the ghost. such =
ing me condition Of the order in the
ave al large IL seems cons arv7ltive to
'lieve that the Butte DELEGATES viii .
wing the naming OF the state nresi- ]
mt. and II will be Mr.. Palmer Is n A
MT Mr.. Caldwell