The Anaconda standard., 1896-05-15
ONE FOR M'KINLEY
An Interview With Judge Strevell in
the Billings Gazette.
SILVER AND THE OHlOAN
The Delegate Says Any Man Can
Consistently Work for These
Two at the anne mellow
Phelps Was Defeated

That Mckinley secured at least one
OF the national delegates selected at the
recent republican convention Is shown
by the following interview with Judge
j. W. Strevell published in the Billings
Gazette:
Judge J. w. Streven of Miles City.
passed through Billings on No. yes
terday en- route home from the Butte
convention. The judge appeared on
the platform during the five minutes
that the train stopped and was warmly
greeted and heartily congratulated by
his numerous Billings friends over his
election as a delegate to st. Louis. A
pleased smile lighted up the republican
veterans handsome face, and as he
acknowledged the congratulations Of
fered his eyes twinkled merrily.
You hit the bulls-eye the first
shot said the judge when asked by a
Gazette reporter IL he was a Mckinley
man.
81 suppose you want to know how 1
stand on the silver question, too con-
tlnued the gentleman from Custer
county. We'll, it's very easy to define
my position with regard to the white
metal l am a bimetallist and believe
in the rehabilitation of silver and its
complete restoration as a money func-
tion, having an equal value with gold.
"'How do / reconcile my silver sem
timents with those / entertain respect
ing the candidacy of Major Mckinley?
Any man can consistently advocate
and be a firm believer in silver and at
the same time favor the nomination of
Mckinley. The great apostle of pro-
lection is one of the strongest silver
men of any presidential candidate thus
far mentioned. and / believe that the
election of the Ohio statesman would
be greatly beneficial to the cause of
] the white metal"
| One of the returning Billings dele
gates says:
There was no attempt made to in
struct the st. Louis delegates for any
presidential candidate. The names of
Mckinley and Harrison were casually
/ mentioned once or twice in the course
of the speeches, but the ovation was
/ not very pronounced. The mere mem
tion of the name of Abraham Lincoln.
however. by one of the orators in the
/ course of his nominating speech, crea-
/ ted the widest enthusiasm and the
J convention hall shook with the sponta-
neous outburst of applause which fol-
lowed. If were going to make a pre-
diction, however, l should certainly say
that Montana's delegation will vote for
Mckinley at the St. Louis conven-
tion.'"
The Great Falls Tribune has this ex-
PLANTATION of how the play came up:
! "A part of the Cascade county dele
cation to the Butte convention re-
turned yesterday to Great Falls. Ac-
cording to all accounts they had a
warm time and many knives were
flashed in the air and still more are
hidden away in certain bootlegs for flu
ture use. A delegate explained TO the
Tribune reporter how IL came about
that L. G.. Phelps, the candidate of Cas-
cade county for delegate to st. Louis.
was defeated. According to this state
ment, when the ballot was taken Mr..
Phelps was elected by a safe majority
as one of the delegates. and the tact
was well known over the hall by those
who had been keeping strict tab on the
vote. Among these was the willy COM
modore. While the secretaries were
| laboriously adding UP the totals to be
| sure they were correct, Power slipped
| over to the Choteau county and Fergus
county delegations and, before the vote
was announced, got them to change
their vote from his brother. Tohn w.
Power, to Judge Strevell, Who came
next behind Phelps in the count. This
change put Strevell ahead of Phelps.
/ defeating the latter after the vote had
/ been cast. but before the announce
ment had been made"