The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-13
MISSOULA POLITICS
The Important Subject Discussed in
the Garden City.
A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE
Mention OF Some of the Likely
Ones-The Cubernatorial Chair
Referred To-A General Write
Up of Existing Conditions.

Missoula, May 12.-There is a feeling
of satisfaction on the part of the
friends of the Missoula candidate for
the governorship to note that their
man is developing into a politician of
no mean ability. He is determined to
be solid with more than one faction
and will come up to the nominating
convention with an endorsement that
will make his friends proud of him
There has been no doubt that he would
have the support of the Bohemian
crowd Of good fellows who are his asso-
ciates in the innocent diversions that
prevail at the gathering of this clan,
but Ii now becomes evident that Mr..
Smead is reaching out. He will take
part in the county Sunday school con-
vention and will address that assembly
on THE Land of Palestine" His
friends hope that the senator will ac-
quit himself with credit in his new
role II he succeeds in establishing as
good a record in this respect as his ex-
cellency, Governor Richards, there will
be no failure in his campaign. With
man at the head of the republican state
ticket who can play good poker and
make a good address at a Sunday
school convention. there ought to be no
possibility of the ticket getting downed.
county convention here last Saturday
continue to furnish a theme for discus
sion and they are not lost sight of in
the more important political events
that have transplred since. They have
been dubbed the "crazy quilt" resolu-
lions. and are not receiving any very
creditable notices from the press or
elsewhere. They sacrificed everything
even good sense, to the desire for har-
mony, and II is doubtful If there was
ever such a platform adopted by any
political body in this or any other
state. They say everything and they
mean nothing-these resolutlons-ex-
cept that there was a burning desire
on the part of those who were in con-
troll of the convention to defer the in
evitable clash until the second conven-
ton that will meet to nominate the
county ticket. That there will be a
scrap there, is a certainty unless the
screws are applied forcibly before that
time But the plan worked for the
time being and the delegation that re-
presented the county at Butte was as
piebald as were the resolutions. The
criticism of the resolutions is not con-
fined to the democrats. There are many
republicans here who are loyal to their
state to the extent that they will not
take the medicine that is being pre-
pared to be administered at the St
Louis convention. They will vote for
silver and the silver interests, even If
they are thus obliged to go against the
party with which they have worked
for years.
The indications are that there will be
pretty fight in the local republican
party before the county ticket is COM
pleted. The Juvenile wing of the party
has scored series of successes this
spring that makes II an important one
and yet there are those who are
open In their avowals that the juve-
niles must and shall be squelched. This
squelching has been postponed from
time to time until II begins to look as
II the job would not be done. One thing
Is certain, the longer that IL is post
poned, the harder II will be to do It,
The Juveniles will be so strong when
the job is undertaken, that they will be
able to put up a good fight. They
boast of their organization. which has
been shown to be strong one, and
they will make IL hot for the ones that
undertake to sit down on them. IL is
likely to be good deal like sitting
down on a hornet.
Just what the juveniles want, they
have not yet announced. They have
said, however, that they hold the bal
ance of power and that the man who
wants to be elected district Judge must
come to them. IL will be interesting to
observe how this comes out The can
didates, In prospectu. for the judgeship
are all veterans in politics and the spec
tacle of these men coming to the juve-
niles Will be rich and rare. But they
will have to come unless the juveniles
have reckoned without their host IL
they can hold string 10 this important
position, they can certainly do business
with the other places on the ticket and
there will be merry time before the
whole question is settled.
Then there are the A. p. As They
have been saying little. but they have
not been idle and they will be on hand
when the time comes for them to get
In their work. Their strength is great
er here than has been imagined ana
that they will use IL there is no doubt
They have been Stiffened up a little by
recent events here and in other Mon
tana cities and will not remain dor
mant when the time comes for them 10
go out for the persimmons. They have a
long pole and they will use II to good
advantage. In the Bitter Root valley
they are well organized. At Corvallis
and at Darby they are especially
strong. The Corvallis lodge includes
in its membership nearly 200 voters. or
a large majority of the vote of that
precinct The members Of this lodge
reside In the valley above and below
the town and will do all that they can
in the campaign Of this year. The
Darby lodge is not so large but IL in
cludes men from all parts of the up-
per valley. They are active. Most of
them are new In the order and are
burning with the desire OF new con-
verts to do something for the cause.
The A. p. AS. were not beaten in the
RavalH county convention without a
hard fight and they have not given up
yet. They are a little new in their work
at the primaries. but they promise to
remedy this next time and to have tn.
next convention well in hand. II they
do, there will be a monkey and parrot
time They are bold la their assertions
but they have had little OF the starch
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