The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-28

with the action OF the convention.
Called to Order.
IL was nearly half past 10 O'Clock
when Chairman Evans called the con
vention TO order i'm Dept. l. OF the
district court.
"What is the first order OF business.
Mr.. Secretary" inquired the chairman.
I think it is to receive the answer
OF the democratic convention to our
communication regarding fusion re-
piled Secretary SWEET.
is that committee ready 10 report?'
asked the chairman.
There was no response.
As the minutes Of the previous meet
ing Of the convention were missing
there was an uncertainty as to what
mex was in order. and the secretary
suggested that the report OF the COM
mittee on platform and resolutions
should be received.
A h. Keith. chairman Of the com
mittee. said that in view OF conditions
that have arisen. the committee would
merely offer as its report the state plat
form Of the silver republican party.
The secretary read the state platform,
and it was adopted amid faint ap-
pIause.
Miles C~avanaugh then got up and Of
fered his resolution. aiming for a re-
union with the straight rCpubliCans
He said he thought he expressed the
sentiment generally felt among the sill
yer republicans hat the party had act
cd long enough as assistant 10 the dem
oCratic party. He said his resolution
proposed that all honorable efforts be
made to unite the two wings OF the
republican party. He thought IL was
a plan by which the republicans Of Sill
yer Bow county might once more be
united as one strong party. He then
read the following:
snqun1Nrd that this convention nm
coed to nominate candidates for the fol-
lowing offices. to-wit:
Eight representatives..
County clerk.
County attorney.
County assessor.
one Justice Of the peace and one
constable in the township Of Silver
Bow.
Resolved. that this convention maxi
no nominations for the remaining Of
fees at this time, and that the county
central committee of the silver repub-
lican party be and is hereby author
tied and directed 10 fill such remain
ing offices either by adopting and in
dorsing the nominees Of some other po-
litiCal party or otherwise in its discre-
ton"
Mr.. Cavanaugh moved the adoption
OF the resolution, and the motion was
seconded by Harry Cunningham.
Pat Conlon offered an amendment
that the convention proceed to noml-
nate a fun ticket. He said he was OPP
posed TO a union with a party that
was against the platform just adopted
by the convention. He was in favor Of
naming a full ticket or making no nom
nations at all.
c. NJ. Parr seconded the amendment
and John Rowe talked in favor Of a
full ticket or none.
wilbra SWEET said that silver was
still an issue and II would not be plac-
ing the silver republicans in an honest
position TO fuse with the other wing.
He also said il was very uncertain that
the proposition would be accepted by
the other faction.
Philip Weisman and l.. A. Smith
spoke against the resolution.
Wanted "a Reunion.
VI. NJ. Berger made a ringing speech
for a reunion He said the democratic
party was not a silver party and he
would not trust IL, He said the silver
republicans would not get a ~corporals
guard vote at the election II an indie
pendent ticket was put up. because re-
publican sentiment and judgment was
against IL. A man Of sense, he said,
changed his politics, but an ass did
not.
Harry Cunningham talked for re-
union. He said he was not a democrat
n did not propose 10 become one,
hut II the convention wished to indorse
the democratic ticket II had only to
nominate a ticket Of its own. He spoke
of the alleged insults offered the silver
republicans by the democrats. He said
the silver republicans in the past had
pulled chcstnuts out Of the fire for the
democrats, burned their fingers and
said they liked IL. He said the only
question now was would the silver re-
publicans lick the hand that smites
them.
Captain jerks. zone Of the fathers
Of the republican party" and ]. Chau-
win spoke In favor Of the resolution.
James b. Gallagher said the reunion
movement was a dishonorable scheme
Of Senator Carter. NJ. Gallagher made
a vigorous speech against the resolu-
ton. hut II was evident that ne was
with the very small minority. He said
that everyone who had spoken for the
resolution represented some man who
wanted 10 be returned TO office. He
represented no one, but stood on the
principles adopted by Mantle and his
colleagues when they repudiated the re-
publican platform Of 1896. Mr.. Gala
CHER said he would not be driven into
the democratic or populist parties, but
he ave notice that he would vote for
no ticket and for no man on a single
gold standard. Mr.. Gallagher spoke Of
" aAh+ ~ 'AA'AH 4 Wv AAF
and Hartman.
r. :. Booth. in speaking for the res
olutlon. said he was sorry national pol
itics had been brought into the discus
sion. He said Senator Cannon of Utah.
the equal Of any Of them. had Joined
IN with the same action now proposed
iu this convention and indorsed COOP
Grafton with the regular republicans.
Mr. Booth indirectly referred to the A.
p. \ question and said the principal
hin upon which the party had split
in Silver Bow county no longer exist
ed. He also praised President McKin-
ley. which was received with liberal
applause by the h~eart-changing silver
republicans.
W McC. White favored the resolu-
ton. He said there was nothing hu-
initiating IN the offer made by the reso-
luton, as 81 simply authorized the CEN
trail committee TO I'LL in the vacancies
I Its nTnnaEffFan MAS 50 NYha~.F ~. a.