The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-01
SOME CONVENTION ECHOES
How the Populist- Republican
Ticket Il Sized Up.
VICTORY FOR DEMOCRATS
Politicians Within the Ranks Admit
That the Ticket Is Lamentabiy
Weak and That the Democrats
Have an Easy Victory.

The conventions at Deer Lodge on
Thursday were the principal subject Of
conversation In the political lines yes
terday. and the subject was threshed
out to the fullest extent. There is a
man here and there who still has the
opinion hat the ticket nominated by
the silver republicans and populists at
Deer Lodge carries the names OF a
winner or two, but for the most part
II 10 conceded that the men named on
the fusion ticket are just SO many vic
Tins for democratic slaughter.
This opinion prevails not only among
democrats n uninterested parties,
but the populists m silver republicans
freely admit, and make no mystery of
1t, that the ticket, with possibly two
exceptions, is the weakest that could
have been found I'm a long days Jour-
ney. The personnel is not acceptable
to a good many silver republicans, and
a good many of the members of that
party have engaged the scissors grind
ers TO CONF around on Nov. Z in order
that knives may be sharpened to a keen
edge for the next days election. The
populists. too, while having received
by far the big end of the deal. are not
at al satisfied. A few of them are
tickled to death that they forced the
silver republicans to take Mr.. Walsh
for county attorney, but the great part
OF the pops don't believe that this is
just exactly the right thing. and they
don't like IL, even though he is Mr..
Sawyer's business partner. They are
well aware of the fact that there is
no hope for any of the fusion ticket.
and they would as soon have had the
republicans sacrifice their own man for
county attorney.
Altogether the result Of the conven-
tions az Deer Lodge is not satisfactory
TO the men who brought those results
about. although the democrats are
tickled half to death by the way in
which affairs are coming their way.
II was currently reported yesterday
that John N. W. Bielenberg of Deer
Lodge would send in his resignation at
once. Mr.. B~ielenberg was nominated
by the silver republicans for the legis-
lature. His nomination was mad by
reclamation. and the tender of the Of
flee was accepted by N. ]. Bielenberg
in John Bielenberg's name. Just what
the real reason for Mr.. Bielenberg's
resignation Is. IL 1t is to be made. Is NOT
known, but II is a well known fact
that MI. B~ielenberg has never taken
much interest In politics n most like
ly he does not are to take chances on
making a lot of enemies. when he can
see plainly that there is no possible
show for his election. Nothing official.
90 far as Ii known. has been received
by the central committee of the repub-
iitdAo III fckdfu W MI. bltlt1DtTS =
resignation. but IL was common talk
about town yesterday that he would
refuse to allow his name to go on the
ticket.
There was an absence i'm the silver
republican convention at Deer Lodge
on Thursday that was very. very con-
s%picuous. The seat in the front row in
conventions that has for the past is
years contained the person of Judge NJ.
j. Fitzpatrick Of Anaconda was va
cant at Deer Lodge. His pleasant coun-
tenance and his clever convention ways
were missed. they were decidedly
missed.
II was discovered only at a late hour
on Thursday morning that the Judge
was not in the throng at the depot.
This news quickly spread, and half a
score of interested people Immediately
instituted inquiries. Some went to his
ONCE n some to his house: a carriage
was sent for him. but II was of no
avail. and the convention was withcat
one of the republican wheel horses.
Just what the significance Of the
judges absence is a be only a mat
ter Of conjecture among the uninitiated,
but II is said that at a caucus held on
Wednesday the Judge was slated for
one OF the representatives and chair
man of the county central committee,