The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-07

Weiis. 81 Smltn. sls Evans. Y. Duuy,
q The drst Il names above were de-
clared the nominees.
The nomination of state senator was
then called for. Thomas s. Kilgallon
was placed In nomination by John
Byrne. He was selected by acclama-
ton.
For township officers the following
were selected:
Observation-Disclosures, w. 4. Kirk
God and J. w. Miller: c~onstables. VIM.
Ellsworth and Fred Ahern.
South Butte-ustices. Logan Nc
Donald. Joseph Gallick: constable.
John Gallick.
Silver ~Bow-Justices. Henry s. Davis.
Charles O'Brien: c~onstables. T. ".
Louney. J. J. Shanahan.
The Walkerville nomination was left
open.
The following central committee was
appointed by the chairman Joseph Nc
Govern. p. II. Shea. b. Ferry, p. q.
sullivan, John Hoy. Anthony Shovlin,
Dan Mcdonald, John Byrne, ]. p. Muir
ply. Thos. Mclaughlin. T. r. Kinds.
w. ID. Clark. Andrew Richter. Pat Nc
Mahon. Geo. O'Malley.
You must give the committee full
plenary powers to I'LL all vacancies"
said the chairman.
Yes. and to draw anybody or" ad-
ded Peter Breen.
A motion was made and carried Civ
ing the central committee full plen-
airy powers"
Just before adjournment IL was an
nounced thai Tom Kilgallon. candidate
for state senator. was in the hall. He
was called to the platform and helped
up on the stage.
Il always like to get up as high as I
cam" said Mr.. Kilgallon. IF / didn't
nave that ambition I would not be the
next United States or rather state sem
ator from this place. / have something
1 want to say. and IL there are any
reporters in the house I want them to
take this down. Are you there, Wal
ly? 1 see you. Well, you Just take
this dow exactly as / say IL. I have
been a democrat for a number OF years
"a great lumber of years. But they
saw MT to turn me down.. Yes. sir. They
turned me down. They decided they
party any more. And SO I am satisfied
TO drift to any other place 1 can. OF
course. 1 am not making any argumen
because i was turned down. 1 am a
populist on principles. / am a populist
through and through, and l want ev-
erybody to know 1t. 1 just happened
to drop In here and learned hat / had
been nominated. 1 will do the best /
can to be elected. II I get beaten /
will be In the ranks Just the same. I
am a populist from now on whether
there is another populist in the state or
not. I'll run the race to the best of
my ability. and you'll FIND tina Tom
kilgallon Is in 1t when the votes are
counted.
Three cheers were given for Kilgal-
lon.
The platform was then read by VIM.
Hogan and the convention adjourned.
The platform is as follows:
The populist party of Silver Bow
county, In convention assembled, re-
affirms Its allegiance to the principles
OF economic Justice e~nunciated in the
Omaha and St. Louis platforms.
In the light of recent arrogant
methods. adopted by the political de-
partment OF the Anaconda Copper Min
ing company to subserve its political
ends, IT must be evident to the people
or Silver Bow county that in guarding
our political liberties the peoples party
has exhibited wisdom and foresight i'm
advocating the election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people.
and a government of, by and for the
people through the initiative and ref
erendum. The country is safer, we
contend, in the hands of the people
than when left to the tender mercies
Of corporations.
I'VE furthermore view with greatest
80 sia VI az lAtlt IN InlS
corporation of that policy TO which in
qualt OF opportunity everywhere is
largely due, viz, of conducting in
conjunction with, n as auxiliary to
Its principal enterprise, the company
department. store and boarding house,
and predict that IL this system contin-
ues In effect the inevitable result will
be to rob competing merchants of BUSH
ness they would otherwise receive and
are entitled to, and to place the en-
ployes of the company in a condition
OF the most abject dependence and
serfdom, and we declare that this char
acter OF business monopoly is properly
amenable to legislative restraint.
A the future of our country depends
upon the character Of the citizen, and
as the public school is the medium
which assures us an enlightened citi-
zenship, and as the present school reg
istration and election laws do not con-
veniently provide for the election of
school trustees. we therefore favor
their repeal to the end that every ia
cility n convenience possible shall in
the end be afforded the citizen in the
casting of his ballot.
Upon the democratic state conven-
ton we place the responsibility for the
defeat In this state of the cooperation
of the silver forces, as advised by the
national leaders in the cause of bimet-
allism. n Endorsed by the peoples
party of this state. and we condemn
such action as deliberately intended to
injure the cause in the next national
campaign"