The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-20
Pat Points in
Passing Politics

I were nominated in a convention com
posed of delegates against the legal
and fair election of whom no democrat
has ever made a protest. The ticket Is
the only silver ticket in the field. The
candidates are not only silver men and
democrats. but they are estimable citi-
zens who will make splendid officials
and not one word can be said against
the character and standing of any one
Of them. As for the talk that IL Is a
"hill' ticket, that is the veriest bosh.
There are fewer employees of the Ana
conda company on the ticket than there
have been on any former county demo-
cratic ticket in nine years; there is a
very small percentage of the company's
employees on the ticket In comparison
with the big vote cast by the COM
pany's employees. and. as already stated.
there are fewer employees OF the Ana
conda company on the ticket than there
are employees OF w. A. Clark on the
mixed ticket" 1t is the ticket of 10
company and of no man. but of the
democratic party. This year the party
stands by itself. fusing with no one.
out for silver and good government,
and 1t is sure to win.
With three tickets In the county field,
the present indications are that the sill
yer republicans will come in second TO
the democrats. In the first place, IL is
not to be believed that the mixed ticket,
which is a gold ticket, can command
much support in a silve community
like Silver Bow county. In the second
place, the personnel OF the silver re-
publican ticket is certainly far supe-
rior to the mongrel combination that
makes up the out-for-the-stuff ticket.
As a matter of fact the silver repub-
licans should have Joined the demo-
cratic party. That Is the place for
them. They had no right, from a moral
standpoint. to put up another silver
ticket in the field, thus imper1ling. per-
haps. the success OF the democratic
ticket composed absolutely of silver
men. They should have been satisfied
to indorse and support this silver tick
ct as against the ticket gotten up In
the interests of gold. still, such is the
overwhelming sentiment in of sill
yer in Silver Bow county that both sill
yer parties will and way ahead OF the
gold aggregation on election day. The
opinion was freely expressed at demo-
,,asl. l.alaY,arfarg hare xyaotarAaxy that
the silver republican party is the one
the democrats will have to look out for
election day.
Somebody has started q false report
on Judge w. Y. Pemberton, the present
chief justice of Montana and a candi-
date for reelection on the democratic
ticket. The charge was made hat
Judge Pemberton a few years & dur
ing the strikes issued an injunction re-
straining a Kalispell from
N comments on the action
of judges In regard 10 the matter. This
malicious report was stated as a fact
before one of the labor unions. The
matter reached the ears of Judge Penn
berton, who wrote as follows to a
friend in this city:
"Sir-Yours of the 18th. saying that
IL had been stated in a prominent labor
organization that I had issue an in
junction during the railroad strike some
years ago at Kalispell. restraining some
newspapers from commenting on the
action of the court. is at hand The
is absolutely false. never
heard of such a case. The records of
our court will prove that I never issued
an injunction against any newspaper at
any time on any account. Thank you
for contradicting the falsehood and
giving me an opportunity of answering
the charge. II anybody believes it let
them examine the records of our court.
Yours truly,
Wv. Y. PEMBERToN."
Judge Pemberton also wired as fol-
lows:
Butte, Oct. rs. 1898.
Judge ID. r. Smith. Kaiispell. Mont.
Did n judge issue injunction re-
strsining newspaper from commenting
on courts action during railroad strike
at Kalispell or at any time. Answer.
wv. Y. PEMBERToN."
He received his answer:
Columbia Falls. Mont. oct. 10. 1898.
Hon. w. Y. Pemberton. Butte. Mont.
No such injunction ever issued in this
county or district. ID. F. SMITH"