The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-13
AFTER IT'S ALL OVER
A Few Words on the Side About
the State Republicans.
HOW POWER FELL DOWN
IL Was His Intention to Do Very
Much, Eut He Didn't Do auch-
Sanders Is delegated to
the Has Eeens.

MOst OF the delegates to the republf-
can state convention left for home yes
terday. Those who remained I'm Butte
| during the day were taken to some of
| the mines and shelters and seemed to
enjoy their visit very much. The Cos
SIP among the delegates in the hotel
lobbies relates chiefly to the utter rout
OF the Power forces in the convention.
| convention with a good deal of
strength. He announced himself a can
| didate for national committeeman. and
he worked for his brother, John w
| Power, and for o. +. Goddard for dele
| gates to the national convention. the
general understanding being that he
was for Allison for president and. in
any event, as national committeeman.
would have very much to do with the
I distribution of federal patronage in
Montana in case of the election of a re-
publican president. But the fight he
undertook against l.. G.. Phelps of
Great Falls was too much for him. and
the talk yet among the delegates in
Northern. Montana was that his influ-
ence up there is gone forever and his
power seems pretty well shattered all
over the state. Every word of his
speech to the delegates apparently lost
votes for his brother. and many dele
gates who had pledged their votes to
Power went back on their pledges. The
ex-senator himself withdrew as a can
didate for national committeeman.
The withdrawal of Mr.. Power left the
field clear for Charles r. Leonard.
state senator from Silver Bow county.
ana one of the young republicans of
the state. Mr.. Leonard was selected at
caucus of the Silver Bow delegation
hel dust before the convention met.
The delegates chose w. o. Clymo chair
man of the convention, and decided not
to- present any name for delegate to the
national convention, but to ask for the
national committeeman instead The
vote in the caucus stood So for Leonard,
IL for George w. Irwin and five for
Morris OF Dillon, these five votes repre-
senting the irreconcilable element of
the "A. p. As, who would not be salts
fed with either Leonard or Irwin Mr.
Leonard was elected by reclamation in
the convention.
OF the three delegates to the national
convention Mckinley certainly has one
Judge j. w. Strevell of Miles City is a
declared Mckinley man, as are all the
Custer county republicans. Judge Sire
veil said yesterday that he would do |
everything In his power to get silver |
plank in the platform. He was, how |
ever. in favor of Mckinley and expect |
ed to vote for him, although he was |
ready to be guided by the advice of |
Hartman, Mantle and Carter.
Alex MetZel, one of the other national |
delegates, is wealthy ranchman from
Madison county, but a very strong sill /
yer man. He came to Butte with the i
intention of introducing a "bolting"
resolution in the platform, but was dis
suaded from doing this by some of the |
other delegates. Mr.. Metzel was born |
in York, Pa. He is a Pennsylvania |
Dutchman who settled in Madison |
county % years ago, almost penniless. |
He was a butcher in Virginia City for
a while and subsequently went into the /
ranch business. He is one of the most |
prosperous farmers and has one of the |
finest ranches in the state. He made |
$4,000 on his crop of cattle last year.
His ranch is about 10 miles out of Vir-
ginia City.
Tom Marshall of Missoula, the other
delegate, owes his election chiefly to
the fact that there was no other west |
side candidate in the field. Although |
Mr.. Marshall received the largest vote /
of any of the delegates, there was,
nevertheless, a great deal of talk in op-
position to him in the Hobbies, due to |
his recent conversion from democracy.
But all the delegates recognized there /
should be one representative from the /
west side and so Mr.. Marshal was gen.
orally voted for by the delegates from
all parts of the state. Mr.. Marshall first
declared himself a a republican on /
a billiard table in the Montana club at
Helena the night Carter was elected to
the United States senate.
If ex-senator Power was ignomini-
ously turned down in the convention
ex-senator Sanders was treated even
worse. A very few years ago both men 4
were In the height of their power and |
were representing Montana in the
United States senate. Yet. in the re-
publican state convention of 1896 Power
was overwhelmingly beaten on every |
proposition, and his wishes were utter
ly ignored while Sanders was Kissed.
The old war horse was merely a spec
tator. and did not sit with the Lewis
and Clarke delegation. He occupied an
obscure seat with a friend in the Cho-
teau county delegation. When some
one called on him for a speech the hall
was filled with Kisses. The last pre-
vious time that Colonel Sanders was in
the Butte Auditorium was at a Hele-
na-for-the-capital meeting. when he
used all his matchless powers of abuse
and sarcasm on Anaconda and its peo-
pie. One could scarcely imagine that |
in the short space of a year and a half
Sanders would be Missed and refused
hearing in a convention of his fellow
and would be insulted by his
fellow townsmen OF Helena. who sent /
colored steward as a delegate to a re-
publican convention i'm place of him. |
The passing of Sanders was a sad feat
ure OF the convention.
Thursday Evening.
Mark Twain's story OF "Pudd nhead
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