The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-15
MEANEY'S DEADLY WORK
Populists Meet but Fail to Nomi.
nate a Ticket.
THE CHANGES OF A DAY
Many OF Those Who Signed the Inde-
pendent Roll Suddenly Experienced
. Change OF Mind-speakers
Roast Kinds and Maher.

The populists who were betrayed by
their conference committee i'm negotiating
the unholy alliance with W. A. Clark,
held another meeting at the court house
last night ard found that they had again
been betrayed and again given the double
cross. and those who favored putting up
an independent populist ticket found
themselves Unexpectedly in "a very small
minority. They were naturally surprised.
for when the meeting adjourned Thurs
day night a good majority of the n dele
gates present were I'm favor of putting
up a full ticket. The Influence" however,
IL seems, got In its work yesterday and
a number of those who signed their
names to the independent roll on Thurs
day explained last night that they never
were I'm favor of an independent ticket. or
of repudiating the action OF the populist
conference committee. A great change
had taken place I'm one day.
There were u of the delegates present
last evening when the meeting WAS called
To order and they went into another cx-
ecutive session. which lasted from s until
le:i5 O'Clock. Pat Meaney of Lewis and
Clarke county and several reporters were
present. but they were given a hint and
retired.
The delegates then took up the question
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very bitter speeches were made. Most of
them were directed against T. r.. Kinds.
the nominee for county treasurer. and
James Maher. who was put on the ticket
for county auditor by the conference COM
mite in place of John l.. Davies, who
was pushed overheard. The speakers de-
nounced the conference committee for
exceeding its powers and authority.
General Hogan talked for half an hour
I'm favor of renominating the men who
were dumped by the conference commit
tee. but he opposed putting up "a full tick
ct. He could not show bad faith by repu-
dating the action of the regular count
convention, but he was for repudiating
the action of the conference committee.
The general made several speeches and
talked about Bin Thompson. the candi-
date for the state senate. and talked
about the powers OF the Anaconda COM
pany. He said there had been $500 voters
on the hill and that the company this
year paid poll taxes for 400 men. which
meant that there would be 100 more voters
at the coming election.
Joseph Lally said he would not be a
party to putting up another ticket. Mr..
Laly had signed the roll the night before.
but he said he put his name ON I'm order
20 get into the convention.
Secretary Charles Cammans talked I'm
favor OF putting up a fun ticket. SO did
Frank Stephens. Joe Hoar. who had not
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was In favor OF putting up "A portion OF a
ticket. He thought they hOuld nominate
another man for county treasurer and a
man for auditor and ~repudiate the action
Of Tom Kinds at the conference commit
tee.
That's all the kick We yat comlrg in
the world" he said. The conference c, IN
mitfee, he declared, had exceeded its au-
thority in forcing Davies of the ticket
and putting Maher. a democrat, in his
place.
j. A. O'COnnor said the convention
should nominate a straight ticket or make
no nominations at all. II IL did not put up
a ticket the ~populists would have 20 do
as they had for several years. vote for
men from other parties. and he did not
fancy that.
Mr.. Kitchen denounced the fusion with
the republicans and Clark. and said the
body of the populist party had been sold
10 DAILY and now the tail had been auc-
toned on TO Clark. Mr.. Kitchen also de-
nounced the democratic and silver repub-
lican parties because they had but one
plank in their. platform-that declaring
for free silver. He could not see how a
populist who believed in the principles OF
the Omaha platform could consistently
fuse with any other party. He was in
favor of g~reenbacks. nyway in prefer
ence 70 silver. He wanted a whole ticket
nominated or none.
After all the delegates had talked two
or three times a motion was made that
the convention proceed TO nominate a full
ticket. The motion was defeated by an