The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-09-10
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena, Sept. 9.-The washing Of Sill
yer Bows dirty linen occupied the re-
publican state convention all of to-day
and Ii was late this evening when that
matter was settled and the convention
had decided who are to constitute the
membership. All is now cleared for
business in the morning. There Is lit
tie doubt now that the Butte confer
ence arrangement will be carried out
and that the silver men, when the
proper time comes, will walk out and
let the Mckinley men put up their
ticket.
1t was a great fight between silver
and gold which marked the early ses-
sion of the convention. Deer Lodge led
that fight and voted solid with Gala
tin, Park and some others. While the
saddest thing of all was that Silver
Bow, which ought to be the leader in
the fight, was dlsfranchised through
it's own squabble. while the fight was
on which was to test whether silver
or gold should control the convention.
BY the narrowest of margins, a vote OF
finally seated. 1t is a mighty good
thing for Charley Hartman, for there
is no doubt that the A. p. A., or reg
ular delegation. had traded its silver
principles to Eastern Montana In re-
turn for seats In the convention.
In the Silver Bow contest no men
tion Of the A. p. A. having any part
in the fight came to the attention Of
the convention. Neither side referred
to that element. 1t seemed to be the
general opinion that as a matter Of
fact the regulars had the best case. but
many old republicans were averse to
turning down a delegation which bore
Senator Lee Mantle's name at its head.
and the fact that Nantes name was
on one delegation and not on another
changed many votes. 1t Is a signif-
cant fact and well worth remembering
that almost every Mckinley vote in
the convention. probably every one.
were cast for the Auditorium delega-
tion. The solid Mckinley counties of
Eastern Montana voted solid for the
Auditorium delegation, which, 1t is un-
derstood. has entered into close al
agreed to stay with them II seated.
In addition to the Mckinley votes the
Auditorium delegation picked up the
solid Granite county delegation, which
Is A. p. A., but had voted for silver
earlier In the day, picked up two votes
in Deer Lodge county, nearly half of
Ravalli and nearly all of Missoula.
with others scattered here and there
who voted for the Auditorium delega-
tion on the merits Of the case. All the
changes made it a mighty CLOSE rub.
1t was a strong point for the silver
men that they had splendid service in
the chair Of the presiding officer. Lee
Mantle makes a presiding officer with
out an equal in Montana and Colonel
Sanders and Goddard might have con-
fused a less ready chairman. They got
the worst of every tilt with Mr.. Man.
lie, When Mr.. Mantle yielded his seat
to Mr.. Seligman there was no loss OF
power. Mr.. Seligman proved a ready
parliamentarian and his quick wilt
really won the case for the Mantle del
egation. At his suggestion, when both
the majority and minority reports OF
the credentials committee were pre-
sented, the decision Of the committee
on Carbon county was first accepted
and adopted. Then the Silver Bow con-
test was taken up and Carbons six
votes went for seating the Mantle del
eeation. Had Silver Bow been acted
on before Carbon. the latter's
votes would not have been
cast and the Auditorium delesa-
tion would have been seated.
Thus there were two little points IN
the DAYS proceedings which. with a
0lHeTtnf Nouth he''' NN'fffNe
lily changed the complexion or the
convention. Had the state committee
not decided that neither OF Silver
Bows delegations should participate
in the temporary organization. or
Rad Mr. Mantle been less decided In
his ruling that no delegation from Sll-
yer Bow should be counted regular,
despite the protests OF Goddard and
Sanders, then the Auditorium dele
CATION would have been temporarily
seated and Mr. Seligman defeated for
chairman. Later IN the day the
chairman so maneuvered the mo-
tions that Carbon county was acted on
before Silver Bow and Carbon county
votes seated the Mantle delegation.
1t is not generally known that
there was a third contest from Silver
Bow. II was in the persons of Charles
S. Warren and Capt. Gregory VI.
Lyons, who came to Helena with Gre
dentials as the only real Mckinley
delegation from Silver Bow. They
gave their credentials to the creden-
tials committee and General Warren,
in his most persuasive tones, argued
that neither OF the other delegations
were for Mckinley: that both the