The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-16
POLITICAL ROUNDUP
The Democratic City Central Commit
tee Meets Tonight.
REPUBLICANS ARE WAITING
Plans, Hopes. Wishes and Efforts
ofthe A. p. AISLE 90 Many Tick
cts I'm the Field Would Please
Them-How Things Look.

Them-How Things Look.
There are unmistakable signs tina
the municipal campaign is warmin,
up, and within week or 10 days tn,
spring political fight will be marked
by definite lines. Tonight the demo
cratic city central committee will get
together at rooms and of the Ows.
ley block to discuss the course that
party shall take in the campaign
Both the administration and the oppS-
sition wings of the republican party
seem to be playing a waiting game
and manifest no haste in showing their
hands. The administration wing is,
however, doing lot of quiet work and
is the only faction or party In Butte
that is showing any activity around
the registry Office. The A. T. A. coun-
~ central committee, which represents
the administration wing of the repub-
hcan party, meets every Thursday
evening, but its meetings are secret,
and what is being done cannot be def
nitely known. IL is likely, however
that both wings of the republican
party will issue calls for primaries
and conventions within a week. The
populists will hold their primaries one
week from to-day and their convention
one week from Thursday. During the
present week also the bulk of the regis
tration will be accomplished and there
will be little chance to register after
this week
The efforts OF the administration
seem to be directed at the present time
toward getting as many different tick
cts In the Held In each ward as posi-
BILE. 1t is reasonably certain that the
a. p. AS will carry every ward in
which there shall be three tickets in
the field, and accordingly they are do
ing everything possible to divide the
opposition and keep the democrats,
populists and INSTRUMENTATION re-
publicans from uniting on any one can
didate in any ward. They know that
in a three-cornered fight they are
bound to carry all the wards except
the First and Third. and may even
carry one Of those. on the other hand,
II the populists, democrats and anti
administration republicans were uni
ted in a citizens ticket, the A. p. AS
would scarcely carry more than one or
two wards. At present IL looks very |
much as though the men who are d. |
recting the campaign for the admins |
tration will succeed in their efforts to |
prevent the uniting of the various on |
position factions. The populists de- |
clare that they are opposed to fusion |
and will not unite with any party, but |
will put up their own candidate in |
every ward. If the populists adhere |
20 this course, the campaign is over /
right now and the A. p AS will elect |
six of the eight aldermen, and possibly
more than six. II is doubtful IL in a |
straight fight the A. p. AS could show
4 majority in more than one or two
wards, but by dividing the opposition
and getting three or more tickets in
the field in every ward, they are likely
10 use their minorlity of votes to such
advantage as to make n sweeping vic
-ory for the administration.
There is not much talk as yet about
he aldermanic candidates. The Eng
of the Second ward in
lend to be heard from and this year
hey will be opposed to the administra-
ion instead of with 1t as they were
asst year. The English-Americans were
ignored by the administration in the
and not even a policeman
vas allotted to the Cornish element
which aided so materially in Thomp-
Ion's election. The English Americans
ire stronger in the Second ward than
n any other ward of the city and are
planning the running of Henry Hook
ng as an anti-administration candi-
late for alderman.
In the Eighth ward Alderman ]. J.
<nowlton is understood to be candi- |
late for reelection on the democratic
ide. Mr.. Knowlton has manifested
ldermanic ability OF a rare quality
Turing the past two years and his ex-
'erience will make him even more val
liable in the future. should he be re-
lected. William Johnson and James
are said to be candidates for
he republican nomination.
The A. Il. AS are understood 10 ,
ave selected their several candidates :
or aldermen some time ago. but some
4 the candidates picked out were not
property owners and so the list had to
e discarded. Whether the revised list
as yet been made up is not known
here will be no rival candidates for =
he A. p. A. nominations as everything
I'll be settled at the secret meetings
the A. Il. A. central committee
hitch meets Thursday evening at
ooms and 10 of the Columbia block a
Registration is not coming in so fast G
s IL did year ago. Most of those who '
ave registered thus far are friendly {
, the administration and every en- S
loye Of the city is a committee of one d
} see that the proper persons are reg 4
tered early. None of the other par /
es have any registry committees at /
ork or any watchers or clerks at the s
sgistry office. d