The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-09-12
Special Dispatch TO the Standard.

Helena, Sept. 11.-Charles s. Hart
man. silver republican candidate for
congress, was escorted from the Hell
ena hotel to the Northern Pacific depot
this afternoon by hundreds of enthusi-
astic citizens. This act marked the
end OF the double-headed republican
state convention. The Free Coinage
band serenaded the young statesman
at / o'clock. and despite the driZzling
rain, the Helena hotel was crowded.
Calls for Hartman" were made and
he appeared in the balcony and made
a brief speech. He said he was enlist
ed In the battle for silver, and from
now until the polls closed would not
lose an instant. The battle is in the
East and he sought silver men of adj
parties to buckle on the armor and
work as best they might by writing
letters to eastern friends, by sending
pamphlets. by making contributions
and sending speakers.
The Deer Lodge delegation presented
Mr.. Hartman its famous banner which
had headed the silver forces through all
the great convention. This banner and
the band headed the procession to the
depot where Mr.. Hartman got on
board the train for Bozeman. There
he will get his family and they will go
to Butte tomorrow and take the
Union Pacific train for the East. Mr..
Hartman will proceed at once to Chi
cago from which point he will send his
family on to Washington. He will then
place himself at the service OF the
democratic national committee for
Bryan and Sewall. He will probably
be assigned to Michigan and Mime
sofa.
That bolt as the result Of which
there are now two republican parties
in Montana was probably the most
peculiar bolt in history. All the talk
in the lobbies was bolt for several
hours before the convention started.
The only conjecture was as to how the
bolt might come up. On the subject of
bolting there were four classes. There
were first, radical gold men, for every
word Of the ST. Louis platform and alb
solutely for Mckinley. They denied
the right of any men to sit in the con-
vention who were not absolutely for
that platform and its candidates. They
were headed by Sanders and Goddard.
Then there were such radical silver
delegates as those from Deer Lodge,
who adopted the motto, mo compro-
mise" and could not see why the sill
yer men should bolt n convention OF
the membership Of which they were
more than two-thirds. These silver
men, like the radical gold men. want
ed to smash the Butte agreement all to
smithereens. Between these two ele-
ments were the moderate Mckinley
men and those silver men who were
ready to stand by the Butte agree
No, aIa to . sf,1fa
fused to bolt with the rabid McKin-
ley men. so long as the silver men
stood by the Butte agreement. The
silver men who were ready to live up
to the Butte agreement were headed
by Silver Bow. Bolting was distaste-
full TO them and they were hoping all
the time that the gold minority would
kick over the traces and march out,
and they We're not slow in trying to
provoke them to this course. still the
Silver Bow delegation had agreed with
the Mckinley men that IL seated In the
convention they would adhere faith
fully to the terms Of the Butte a gree
ment. and they did so.
It is generally known that bolt had
been decided on and organized by the
gold men, but II Is not generally known
that for minute one actually did take
place. IT came about in this way:
Colonel Sanders had engaged Electric
hall and hired the band and had pre-
pared a resolution. which. II not passed
by the convention was TO be the sig
nal for the gold men TO leave The
only reason why the programme was
not carried out was that only the ex-
treme gold men would consent 10
leave the hall. Rut most Of the gold
delegates themselves expected the bolt
TO come and all Of the silver men were
waiting for II. and hoping for II. II
had been arranged that Judge j. w.
Strevell Of Custer should lead the bolt
and the gold men should follow him
down the aisle Soon after Sanders
memorable speech. Judge Strevcll got
up from his seat, walked deliberately
down the aisle and out Of the hall for
the purpose Of getting a little fresh
air. u. +. Mcintyre another custer
county delegate. supposed this was the
bolt ard he followed Judge StreVell
out OF the hall. He lost his leader
somewhere in the crowded lobby, but
sat down on the curb in front Of the
hall, waiting for the band and the rest
Of the deleEat- S.
q .iti'r Bolt.
Meanwhile the vote for governor was
going on and Mcintyre was missed
Judge Strevell had returned. but not
his follower. McIntyre's vote was