The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-09

day 10 pull OF the requisite number of
| populists. II Is necessary TO pull! them
on before the Clark gold-democrat-
gold republican-populist-citisen- b
union fusion can be effected. IL Is true:
too. that the populist candidates agreed
to pull on before they were nominated
and IL Is true that the populist central
| committee was given full plenary"
powers to pull on anv n all candi-
| dates. Blu there are some candidates
who refuse TO recognize this authority.
They have been pining for nominations
for years n years. n now that their
long deferred hope has been gratifed at
last they do not propose To be pulled
on in a holy minute. The. general SEN
timent Is that Clark has money and
why on earth should IL not be put up
IL he Is looking for something. There
are some OF the populist candidates
who do not seem Inclined to be made
catspaws Of to pull chestnuts out of
cats paws of to pull chestnuts out OF
the fire whether these chestnuts are
stamped with the name of Clark or
with the name of Kinds.
II the scheme works. all the populist
candidates for the legislature will be
drawn OF. with the exception Of Thorn
as Mclaughlin and Barney Ferry. The
great roubleo Of the day in the combina-
ton ranks was over the state senator. |
Neither william Thompson nor Tom
Kilgallon was willing to pull on. al
though both were importuned. Mr.. |
Thompson could not very well. because !
IL was only a few years ago that he
took "A solemn oath never as long as
he lived to give a job to an Irish Cath
ole or help an Irish Catholic to office.
IL Is to be presumed that Tom Kilgal-
Ion under such circumstances would not
be any more strongly inclined towards
helping Thompson into office. How
- IT..
Kilgallon consenting to withdraw for
the good of the cause. provided he was
given a nomination for the legislature.
This was fixed. Kilgallon's intentions
may be good. but IL is extremely doubt
full IL his action elects Thompson to the
state senate.
BY the fusion slate Thomas Kilgallon.
Thomas Mclaughlin and Barney Fer
ry are the populist nominees for the
legislature. while Charles Alsop and w.
q. Pfouts are the Clark factions a N
didates The Clark faction by the terms
of the fusion is allowed the auditor. the
superintendent OF schools and the sur
veyor. Jim Maher was nominated for
auditor. II vas intended to have Miss
Mary Mullin. the present incumbent.
for superintendent OF schools. in the
hope this would split things. But Miss
refused to be worked and would
nave nothing to do with a nomination
by hat sore of a combination. So Miss
was nominated to that position
by the Clark faction.
The silver republican county central
held a meeting last evening
and considered the matter of putting a
full ticket in the field. After much dis
cussion. action was deferred and n
meeting will be held later to determine
the matter.
Ed Booth and Charley Hartman raced
over to Helena yesterday morning on
the same train. Each wanted TO get
first in order to file silver repub-
lean Ed Booth had the
of having on his list as nom
whom the nominations had to be filed.
the advantage of having his
d~eclination as candidate for con-
yress In his pocket, and he claimed that
no declination had as yet been OFF,
tally filed, and that 10 other silver
republican nomination for congress
,ould be filed until his resignation had
been first filed.
The democratic state central commit
tee yesterday made the following ad-
appointments Of speakers:
Major Martin Maginnis and Hon. f..
d. Mats. Glasgow, Thursday. oct. 10:
Havre, Friday, Oct. IA: Fort Benton.
saturday. Oct. Is.
Major Martin Maginnis and Fred
Whiteside. Columbia Falls. Tuesday.
Oct. is: Kalispell, Wednesday. Oct. 10;
Libby. Thursday, Oct. 20.
Major Martin Maginnis. Missoula.
saturday. oct. %; Stevensville. Mon
lay. Oct. "a: Hamilton. Tuesday,
Oct. %.