The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-07
IT'S HAD IT'S DAY
The A. P. A. Is Not Feeling So Gay,
Overwhelmingly.
BADLY BEATEN IN BUTTE
II Was a Hot Fight. But the Cause
of Free silver riumphed over
Religious Cant, Prejudice
and Bigotry.

Mr.. Caldwell was a candidate for dele
gate at the republican primaries las
night, but he went down to defeat and
his organization went down with him
II was the hardest and hottest pri-
mary fight that ever took place in
Butte. 1t was a fight all along the line
nearly every precinct in Butte having
two tickets in the field. But the Key
stone OF the fight was in Caldwells
own precinct. This precinct, No. Ii,
was the most important territory for
the A. +. A. ticket. There were the
names of Mr.. Caldwell, who had been
picked out for chairman of the county
convention, and j. II. Thompson, son
of the mayor, the latter being the A. Il.
"A. candidate for the ST. Louis conven-
ton in opposition TO Lee Mantle. While
there was general warfare in the re-
publican ranks all over town. the elev-
enth precinct presented the most inter-
esting contest and both parties strain
ed every nerve to get every precinct
vote recorded. Interest was added to
the contest by the fact that ex-Alder-
man Charles Schatzlein, whom Mr.
Caldwell and his aides had refused an
aldermanic nomination a few weeks
ago, headed the opposition ticket, and
Schatzlein and his ticket did not do a
thing TO Caldwell and his ticket but
beat them by a score of "a to 66.
All over the city the ticket of the
''old line" republicans, which is sup
posed to mean the Mantle republicans,
were headed with a device of three
crossed flags and the motto, Free sill
Yer and protection For delegates to
st. Louis, Lee Mantle, Thomas Ii.
Carter Charles S. Hartman" The A.
p. A. ticket had no device or designa-
ton on IL whatever to show what IL
meant. 1t was a sort of a dark-lan-
tern proposition. bearing simply the
number OF the precinct and the names
Of the delegates and alternates. Ev-
erybody however knew the fight was
on. The Mantle republicans a few days
agoinvaded the city hall and desired to
fix up some compromise arrangement
In the interests of the party, but were
given a very cold shake and had no al
tentative but to fight the element which
has been dominant in the party for
two years. The returns received from
the various precincts of the county up
10 a late hour last night leave no doubt
of the success Of the "three-fiag" re-
publicans. Judge NJ. l.. Holland, chair
man of the committee I'm charge of the
fight claims two-thirds of the delegates
in to-day's convention. George w. Ir-
vine, another old line" republican, says
the convention is safe" for Mantle
Carter and Hartman and that the old
standbys of the party are on deck once
more.
The leaders of the A. p. AS. seemed
demoralized last night, and did very
little figuring on the results. They ac-
knowledged that they had been defeat
ed in many places where they had not
expected 1t, and they thought the con-
vention would be about a stand off,"
They thought they would have just
about half the delegates or at any rate
very nearly half. Mr.. Caldwell and the
other leaders are, however, pretty well
satisfied now that the people want
more silver and less religion i'm their
politics.
The main fight was concentrated in
the central part of the city. outside
Of town IL was for the most part quiet
and calm. From Walxerville there will
be one contesting delegation. but il is
stated there was no straight fight on
the issue which prevailed i'm Butte and
that whatever delegates are seated
they viii be FOR the endorsement of
Montana's representatives in Wash
ington. The list of delegates from
WalkerVille at the committee rooms is
as follows:
Precinct No. John French, Charles
Charles Merryheld. Ed Reimel.
No. IT. b. Elliott, Martin Mitchell.
No. 3-M. c. Mattison, sr, John Il.
Opie, George Mcleod, w. }. Barnett, l..
j. Cruikshank, Richard Treleven.
In Centerville precincts (. 3 and 6,
the caucus tickets were elected without
any light to speak Of The list of dell
egates in these precincts is as already
published i'm the standard. The same
4 a. nI 90 - Il md In he .att
no opposition OF much consequence APP
pearing To the caucus ticket. UP i'm the
9Th precinct, however, which voted at
the courthouse. there was a big scrap,
and the y. l.. \. ticket was knocked
out. The total number Of votes cast
was l5S, but two were knocked out The
three-fiag ticket polled 80 votes and the
cacus ticket 63. There were really three
tickets In the 9Th. one being branded
the regular caucus ticket" with G. L.
brennan, c. c. barrow, w. II. Young,
A. Il. Marshman. George W. Irvine
and J. +. Firch as delegates: and
George Pascoe, Robert elk. j. Il.
Lloyd. +. Carroll, w. O. Clymo and ".
y. Shulin as alternates. The same dele
gates and alternates were on another
ticket. headed Free Silver and Protec-
tion." and heralding Mantle. Carter ana
Hartman as delegates to St. Louis.
This ticket. however, was regarded as
trick and subterfuge. and very few
voted IL, and the opposition three-flag.
free silver. Manufacturer Hartman
ticket was elected by majority of 20.
The judges in the 9th were j. ii. Ma
loney. Thomas Richards and j. A. Ba-
ker.
In the 10th precinct. the caucus. or A.
u. A. ticket. was defeated by a vote OF
As TO AZ. The ree-silver-and-protec-
tion-three-fiag ticket simply reversed
the caucus ticket by putting the alter
mates in the place or the delegates.
I'VE did not count on the Silver Lake
house" remarked a prominent A. y.
A, land they came down and beat us"
when the votes were counted there was
a lot OF disappointment and a great
deal Of chagrin. and the judges talked
about throwing out several votes claim
ed TO have been cast by democrats but
they did not. They did not believe a
man could be a democrat to-day and a
tO-morrow-if he belonged
to the opposition. IL was different when
he belonged 20 the other side. The