The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-02
TO DOWN THE A, P. AS.
Old-Line Republicans Combine for the
Sake of Goodness.
FRIENDS OF FREE SILVER
While Not Inviting Trouble. They
VIII Attend the TRINA les Pre-
pared for - ontest With
the Opposing Wing.
FRIENDS OF FREE SILVER

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| Wednesday evening. The office was
crowded with republicans who are 10y
al to Senators Mantle and Carter and
| Representative Hartman and who OBJ
ject to see ng them turned down by the
A. p. A. wing of the party. The attend
ance of English-Americans was notice
ably large and great deal of enthusi-
asm was manifested.
| George w. Irwin presented the report
Of the committee and delivered a short
| address in which he urged republicans
to remain true to their party principles
and to send Mantle, Garter and Hart
| man to the national republican conven-
ton as just recognition of their 10y
| atty TO the cause of free silver. To do
| otherwise, he said, would be to repu-
| dlate their record in congress and fur
| nlsh the goldbug press with more am
munition with which to fight free coin
| age. He then presented the following
| report of the committees
To the Republicans of Silver Bow
County, Greeting:
AT meeting of republicans of Silver
Bow county, duly held on the 29th day
or April, the undersigned were APP
pointed a special committee to organ
ize the party to the end that the cues
| ton OF THE free and unlimited coinage
OF silver be properly recognized as the
ieadlng issue in the coming primaries
and convention of said county The
Montana senators and the representa-
tive in congress have by their speeches
and votes and by their interchangeable
IaDorS maintained in the forefront this
question of our paramount interests.
They have labored with such zeal and
so effectively in its behalf as to incur
the enmity of their eastern colleagues
in congress. An attempt has been made
70 drive out of the republican party
Senators Eeller, Mantle, Carter Dubois
ana Cannon because of their temerity
In standing up for the rights and inter-
ests OF their constituents. Throughout
the length and breadth of the state of
Montana comes demand that out of
the six delegates and six alternates to
be chosen to represent Montana in the
| national republican convention to as
Semple In st. Louis, Mo. June is, next
our two senators, Mantle and Carter
ana Representative Hartman be select
ed as especially fitted for said duties
To THE end that there may be no halt
ing on this great question and to the
further end that eastern republican
enemies of silver may not have the
right TO say that the republican party
or Montana has not sustained the five
republican senators who voted against
the consideration of the Dingley bill IL
is absolutely necessary that those gen
tlemen be named at our state conyen-
ton. The committee finds to its aston
ishment that in this, the greatest silver
producing community in the world. a
cabal of politicians have organized and
boldly avow their purposes of defeating
the efforts of the republican party TO
further the free and unlimited coinage
or silver, and to accomplish it they
have given out openly upon the streets
or Butte that they are going to pre-
vent Messrs. Mantle, Carter and Hart
man from going as delegates from
Montana to the national convention 1t
should be made the duty of the repub-
licans attending to endeavor TO select
only those candidates who regard the
silver question as a paramount one,
where caucuses are conducted fairly.
whether defeated or not, IL is the duty
of the republicans to acquiesce. But
in every instance where a ticket has
been unfairly selected by any secret
combine in advance and where repub-
leans of known standing in their party
have been excluded by premedttated,
unfair and unrepublican methods. Il
becomes our imperative duty to retire
and hold another caucus and select a
regular republican ticket and submit
the same to the primaries for their en-
dorsement. 1t is the duty of republicans
to be present at the
OPENING OF THE POLLS
In their several precints and see
to II that such republicans are
chosen for judges and clerks as
will insist that none but those qualified
are permitted to participate in its pro-
ceedings and to see that there is q
fair count of the votes cast. II is the
judgment of republicans that this is
a critical period in the history of the
republican party of this county and
state and can be taken care of only If
the members of our party will
GO TO THE CAUCUSES AND PRI-
MARES AND DO THEIR DUTY.
Republicans doing this, the party will
be restored to the safe moorings and
sound principles upon which battles
can be fought and victories won.
The committee will be in continuous
session until after the convention shall
have concluded it's labors. and invites
all republicans having the good of the
party at heart to communicate with it,
This committee of republicans asks the
republicans of Silver Bow county to
preserve its fielity to the republican
faith and TO assert it's devotion to the
grand principles of protection. free
coinage and reciprocity by taking such
action as is provided for by wise laws
and recommended by patriotism and
common sense. II is necessary. in order
to assert the principles Of the repubH-
can party that republicans
DROP PRIVATE PURSUITS
For short time on the evening of
Monday. the 4th instant and attend the |
caucuses provided by law. and there |
participate in selecting a primary tick |
et to be voted upon on Wednesday. the |
9Th inst.
George ". Irwin, NJ. L. Holland, |
Jonathan Blake. T. J. Noffat, Carlos |
Warfield, Thomas Richards. Edwin r. |
Bray. F. \. Heinze. +. L. Melcher
Dated Friday. May J. 1856"
The report was received with ap-
plause and unanimously adopted. and |
several short speeches were made in |
approval Of il. The following working /
committees were then appointed in |