The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-03
THEIR TROUBLES
No Harmony Between Gold and
Silver Republicans.
WILL STAY IN THE FIGHT
Cascade Silver Republicans Won't Unite
With the Striped variety-The
Postofice Deai-Hooker Got
Left All Around.

Great Fails, Oct. w one sees
the antics Of the various branches of
the republican party in this county and
the lack of harmony which exists in
spite of all the efforts of the state lead
ers. II Is apt to produce a feeling Of
sadness. Senate Mantle spent "a hours
Of his time here this week e~ndeavoring
to smooth out matters, and now he has
gone away IL appears that the local sill
yer republicans have refused to CONSOLE
date their ticket with that Of the striped
variety. The legislative ticket of the
latter species is without doubt a Man
tie delegation. but IL is also a Carter
delegation, while the incomplete silver
republican delegation is for Mantle. but
there are serious doubts whether 1t
would ever consent to indorse the con-
tortionist antics of you uncle Thomas
Henry on the silver question, although
the party as a hole might, for the sake
of securing one or two local offices, be
willing to swallow the gold ideas of the
striped variety. As a result. the silver
republicans state that they shall re-
main in the field. and IL they go down
on election day they will at least have
the pleasure of pulling some of their
false friends with them, the two men
who two years ago said they were for
silver. but this year lodged the issue
entirely or came out for the gold stand
ard.
Then the striped branch is having its
troubles also. 1t coaxed the Seven-up
men into its ranks and now finds that
it has taken a brand TO its breast. The
trouble originates at some distance in
the past. When the fight for the post
mastership began two years ago there
were two prominent candidates in the
field. There were others, but they be-
longed In the also ran" class. The con-
test laid between ID. j. Tallant and T..
r. Hooker. On the one side was ar
rayed Mr.. Tallant's application and the
friendship of your uncle Thomas Henry;
on the other side was the strength OF the
administration republicans and the
earnest protests against the appoint
ment OF Mr.. Tallant signed by many of
the staunchest republicans in the coun-
w. More than this. Mr.. Hooker had
powerful friends at work for him in the
East. All Of this counted for nothing.
The Job went to Tallant on a very pc
culiar deal and one which. as Mr.. Tai
liant stated. made the job worth nothing
10 the man who held IT. After a few
months of drudgery Mr.. Tallant, as first
announced i'm these columns. resigned
the position. That was MIR. Hooker's
opportunity. He again applied for the
position and behind his application were
all of the Endorsements which he had
had in the first instance. More than
that, there was the influence of the
Seven-up club, which reorganiZed and
forced every republican TO come out Of
his hole and say plainly whether he was
a republican or merely bore the stripes.
The were the only consistent follover
Of the administration in the county and,
therefore. they were entitled to recog-
milton. But they were not in the run
ming.
Carter had. AZ the suggestion Of the
local striped republicans, selected the
successor to Tallant. That man was ii.
y. Chowen. He was also striped. There
was nothing to be said against this Sc
lection from a personal standpoint, but
he had simply failed to drill with the
gang, and when the fght was over IL
vas hardly fair that he. who had
watched the scrap without putting In a
lick. should get all Of the pie. How
sver. the Seven-up club had to swallow
II. It was suggested to Hooker that he
could not get the place for himself, al
though ne might be able to hold off the
appointment of his rival for a disagree
ably long time. The hackers Of .Chowen
made this proposition: II Hooker would
withdraw from the fight he should be
made assistant postmaster. Mr.. Hooker
appreciated the situation and finally
consented. The deal was ratified by
Chowen and his friends and the APP
pointment went through with all Of
Slippery Toms customary adroitness.
Listen to the sequel: Yesterday Mr..
Hooker was Informed by his successful
rival that other arrangements had been
made. A strong pull had been brought
TO bear on him and he had been obliged
to give the job to Howard Crosby. a
chronic ofice-seeker who was disap-
pointed in the striped republican con-
vention. The term Greek faith" is a
back number; henceforth IT must be
republican faith"
This. then. is the reason OF the trouble
in the camp of the striped republicans
and the end is not yet. The gold re-
publicans, the men who are consistent.
nave their knives out and there Is a GER
tain foreboding grimness about the cor
ners OF their lips. On the quiet IL is
reported that they are making prepa-
rations TO parallel the striped ticket and
tina wherever a second candidate is not
put into the field they will vote for men
on other tickets or not at all. They may
have been sat upon. headed up and out
ragged in every particular. but they are
determined that they Will show their
unprincipled foes hat they have the
power to thrust back n that they can
die fighting.
IL seems to be generally conceded that
the silver republicans of this county
VIII not DC ONttCothc " Nv
ments OF the Carterites, but VIII stick
to their principles and to their ticket.
Their determination has been increas-
ing ever since the Carter branch OF the
family went back on their agreement so
shamelessly. m that this will be their
course IL evidenced by the fact OF their
organization as a party on yesterday
evening. A meeting of the central com
mittee. which has been held in allegiance
until Il could be learned what the Car
terites were going O. do n whether
they were going 70 do the silver repub-
. leans. was held. and at II the commit
tee organized as follows: Chairman.
Sam Stevenson; secretary. w. b. Bur
leigh; treasurer, w. II. Pittwood.
An executive committee. which Is 10
ha re ful! power TO all out the ticket as
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