The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-10
Fraud AND DECEPTION
Ffttwood's Resignation Secured
BY Misrepresentation.
MANY OTHERS ARE SORE
Says BE IVES Not Connected With the
Dirty Dsar-Burisish L. Also Out
IN IN Open Letter-Unauthor-
ised and Illegal

JUN NV anu 6Cto ASPtOAASoht oNc
the dirty consolidation deal between
the two tickets la yesterday and
outlined in last nights dispatches to
the Standard, seems to be taking a
more crystaliised form to-day. DR.. w.
II. Pittwood. silver republican candi-
date for the legislature. has issued the
following open letter. which clearly de-
fines his position on the deal. 1t reads
as follows:
ITO silver republicans of Cascade
county: I take this manner of inform
ing the silver republicans that / was
in no way connected with the dirty
Zeal whereby the silver republican
party was traded off to the so-called
regular republican party in order to
satisfy the selfish desire of one or two
Office seekers. pretending to be silver
republicans. I want to inform the sill
yer republicans hat my resignation
was procured through fraud, misrepre-
sentation and deception, because they
knew I could not be bought. neither
woul I be a party to such a deal. Re-
spectfully.
DIR. w. Fl. PITTwOOD."
While others are equally sore at the
manner in which the Carterites have
tricked them, they are not adopting
NhAs lCNNloa VI ~
record, but are doing just as effective
work by conferences will friends and
planning to defeat the entire harlequin
ticket. The attitude of the Tallant-
Burlingame clique Is not tending to
soothe their feelings at all, as the
clique openly boasts on the street that
they have shelved the silver republi-
cans for good.
This harlequin monstrosity of a tick
ct will now read as follows, and the
voter may pick his men on the ticket
with entire confidence that he Is find
ing only Carter men:
For state s~enator-Frank Coombs.
For legislative representatives,
Drury J. Tallant, James NJ. Burlin-
game, jr.. waldemar Stein, Charles ID.
Eliot. William b. McGinnis.
Fol sherin-Charles c. Proctor.
For treasurer-William $. Frary.
For clerk and recorder-Fred L.. Hill.
Fol- county attorney-James w. Free
man.
For assessor-Harry r. Jones.
For auditor-James w. Cummings.
For suTveyor-John French.
For superintendent of schools-Mis
Jessie l.. Rich.
For coroner-Dr. John l.. Weitman.
For public adminlstrator-Seth H.
Fletcher.
For justices of the peace, Great Falls
township-William B. Burleigh, Will
am III. Stafford.
For c~onstables. Great Falls town
ship-Nels T. Peterson. Charles F.
Fletcher.
A democrat can hardly keen pace
with the rise of the temperature in
the republican political pot. The fol-
lowing letter. which appears in the To-
cal evening paper would indicate that
the candidates are not all going to
stand by meekly and watch their heads
drop into the basket. Mantle may
have fooled them on the general scheme
hut they are bound 10 save the pieces
of the county ticket II possible. The
letter is called out by the recent publi-
cation of the writer's name as one of
the candidates on the -pseudo-republi-
can ticket. and IL reads as follows:
ITO the editor of the Leader: I de-
sire 10 request you to refrain from pub
fishing my name as a candidate for jus
tice of the peace, or for any other of
flee. upon any ticket until such time
as / may have been legally and prop
erly nominated for such office. / am
OF the opinion that the attempted ac-
ton of a portion of the silver republican
executive committee was unauthorized
and illegal, and should for that reason,
IL for no other. be repudiated by the
county central committed OF the party.
Being but one of the central commit
tee / can only speak for myself. but |
have an abiding faith In the judgment.
fairness and integrity of the county
central committee Of the silver republi-
can party as a whole, and l will abide
by their action or the action OF the
ecuti committee when legally or
ganized I'M called together.
yours very truly.
7. BURLEiGH.
Inc tactics OF the Carter-Mantie syn
dictate. although successful In the issue.