The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-09-09
ALL READY TO FIGHT
Rival Republican Clans Trying Hard
to Get in Control.
MR.. CARRIERS FUNNY FLOP
At the Bottom of the State Con-
vention's Trouble Is the Sill
ver Bow Row-How Things
Shaped Last Night.
,ecial pispatch to the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena. Sept. S-By all the signs. the
republican party In this state of Mon
tana will be split wide open within 4s
hours. 1t will not be any harmonious
bust, a prearranged, pleasant sort Of
division such as the Butte conference
planned, but a split with all the ac-
compartments Of an enmity that Is
real and not feigned. Some OF the del
egates still have hopes that the breach
will be healed and that all will be set
tied without any angry bolt, but these
hopes are faint.
Most of the delegates had arrived to-
night and the lobbying kept all busy
until a late hour. The main topic OF
discussion is the Silver Bow split The
feeling Is very bitter between the con-
tending factions of the Silver Bow del
egation and the bitterness has been in
tensified by the transference OF the
fight across the range. The A. p. A.
special arrived at 4:3o this afternoon
and the delegates at once repaired to
the sixth floor Of the Power block and
held a caucus. After that they
marched In a body to the Helena hotel
and proceeded to lobby.
Ii already appears, however, that the
question of A. p. A.-ism is not going to
cut much figure in the determination
of this contest. Were that the issue.
there is no doubt that the A. P. AS.
would be turned down. But the Nc
Kinley men are looking for combina-
tions by which they may be able to
control the convention. and the various
gubernatorial candidates are also cam
vassing the contesting Silver Bow dele
cations TO see in which they might fare
the best The Auditorium delegation is
recognized to be strongly for Hamil-
ton, while the Caplice hall delegation
is divided between Kessler and Rick
ards.
Colonel Sanders Is in alliance with
the A. P. A. delegation from Silver
Bow. The mebers OF the latter are be-
ing introduced to the Mckinley men Of
Eastern Montana as the Mckinley DEL
egation from Butte, and the Butte men
are not denying 1t. A prominent lead
er OF the A. p. A. delegation was asked
by O Standard reporter this evening
whether or not 1t was true that he Is
out for Mckinley.
'Tt is not best to say anything until
we find out whether we are seated or
not" he replied.
While Colonel Sanders will be able
to pull most of the Mckinley men to
support the A. p. A. delegation, in re-
turn for support of Mckinley In the
convention. a good many Of the Nc
Kinley men will support the Mantle
delegation, on the ground that, while
they are for Mckinley and recognize
the Mantle delegation as mostly for
Bryan, yet they do not favor turning
down Mantle There are some In favor
of patching up the matter by giving
each of the contesting delegates half
a vote. Neither of the Silver Bow
delegations is likely to be satisfied with
this outcome One of the leaders Of
the A. P. A. delegation said to a
Standard reporter:
I'VE don't want to make this an A.
p. A. fight. but we want the thing de-
cided on its merits. We claim to be
the regular convention and ought to
be seated whether we are A. p. AS. or
not. If, however. they shut us out be-
cause of that fact, We will simply
serve notice that we control 5000
votes In Montana and we defy them to
elect a single republican II they ignore
us. We have four-fifths Of the vote of
Silver Bow county. Not more than
half our delegates are A. p. AS, any
way, and IL the others are not A. p.
As many of them used to be, and how
is that any better?"
Outside the Silver Bow contest there
are contests now reported from Gala
tin, Carbon, Ravalli and Granite coun-
ties. II has become apparent that
Sanders and Power who are leading
the goldbug forces. are arranging con-
tests wherever silver delegations have
been returned. in order that by with
holding the vote of these counties the
Mckinley forces may control the tenn
porary organization at least.
Outside OF Silver Bow, the grounds
of contest in all cases gre that the del
egates are for Bryan and not for Nc
Rinley. II is stated. however. that the
state central committee is In the con-
troll Of the silver side and will make
the temporary roll favorable to silver
by seating temporarily the regular del
egations from the counties In which
there are contests. In this way SAM
ders' plan Of disfranchising the silver
counties In the temporary organization
may be defeated. Charles S. Hartman
is very indignant at the contests which
were sprung this evening and declared
TO Sanders that he would never submit
to such unfair measures.
Without doubt the silver hight is
greatly demoralized by the contest in
Silver Bow. With Silver Bows II del
egates left out. the Mckinley forces
are likely to come close to controlling
the convention. The silver men, how
ever, claim 20 majority. with Silver
Bow left out. The gold people claim
Yellowstone, Teton. Sweet Grass. Fer
gus. Custer and Flathead counties
solid, half Of Lewis and Clarke. half OF
Beaverhead, part Of Madison. part OF
Missoula, with Valley and Dawson %
hear from Cascade has ssyan or eirht