The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-09-09
the entire delegation will favor the

Mantle contestants from Silver Bow.
The silver men have as yet arranged
no plan for temporary organization to-
morrow. The name of F. Z. Sergeant
Is spoken Of for temporary chairman.
He is In New England. To avoid
fight over that Office. II Is now thought
that the central committee. which Will
meet at 10 o'clock. will select the tenn
porary officers. At caucus OF the
Mckinley men, tonight. Colonel san
ders declared in favor Of walking out
OF the convention in case temporary
chairman Is named who is not for NC
Kinley. He also declared that he
would object to Lee Mantle calling the
convention to order on the ground that
he is not for Mckinley.
The majority of the Mckinley caucus
disapproved of this course and favored
moving along under the terms of the
Butte conference with as little friction
as possible and let the silver men bolt
the convention as they had agreed to.
There Is more Mckinley talk here than
IL seemed possible to find anywhere In
Montana. McKinley's pictures are dis
played In the lobby Of the Helena and
in many store windows.
Weed and Botkin will make the fight
tomorrow for the Mantle delegation
and Sanders and Power for the A. r.
As. Malcolm Gillis is slated for per-
manent chairman. In case the latter
delegation is seated.
Senator Tom Carter threw his
strength tonight for McKiniey's
forces. In a two-column open letter
printed in the Helena Herald and ad-
dressed to the members of the repub-
lican state convention. In which he
says that the silver plank in the DEM
ocratic platform Is not strong enough
to offset the objectionable features of
that platform. He says: mo friend of
silver will be willing to permanently
abide by a decision rendered upon
such a platform in which silver ap-
pears as the only redeeming feature.
I do not believe In free coinage coupled
with free trade, and I do not believe
that free coinage with free trade can
be successfully established and main
tained by our government. The free
trade policy will render the establish
ment of bimetallism an utter impossi-
bility. After looking the whole situa-
tlon over. 1t will be found that the re-
publican party has not declared In Ia
vor of the gold standard. but In favor
of the restoration Of silver l find In
this particular that It differs from the
opposition platform only in method.
II believe II Is the clear and unques-
tionable duty of the delegates who as
semble under and In conformity With
the forms and usages of the republi-
can party Of this state and as the del
egated representatives OF the republi-
cans who reside here. to place in the
field electors favorable to Mckinley
and Hobart. 1t has been suggested
that some elements In the convention
would. under the banner of the repub-
lican party and In its name. seek to
nominate electors favorable to Bryan
and Sewall. I cannot believe that any
such sentiment will receive approval.
THE party In Montana should In
my opinion. indorse the entire national
platform except as to the feature de-
claring International agreement a con-
dition precedent to the reconciliation
OF silver. For that declaration the con-
vention should substitute a declara-
ton for the free coinage of gold and
silver in the same manner as our state
conventions have heretofore declared.
"In the future as in the past, shall
stand for protection and free coinage.
Firmly believing that the best inter-
ests Of our state and nation at large
will be subserved by the election of
Mckinley and Hobart, I shall give
them my support. Notwithstanding the
national platform does not meet my
approval In one particular"