The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-13
THEY WILL co IT ALONE
No Fusion Between Silver Re-
publicans and Democrats.
HELD THEIR PRIMARIES
The Democratic Caucus Tickets Won in
Every Ward Except the Seventh
Some Hot Opposition
in the Third.

There win be no fusion between the
democrats and the silver republicans at
the ensuing municipal election.
That was determined at the meeting
of the silver republican city central
committee held last evening. The mat
Ter of fusion with democrats and with
regular republicans was talked over
very thoroughly and after full discus
sion the silver republicans decided to
go it alone. They will fuse with neither.
Among the silver republican leaders
present at the conference We're l.. S.
Booth. W. II. SWEET Mr.. Mecher. Wal
ter Holmes, b. Galiick. w Nee White,
r. NJ. Campbell w L. Hill. Thomas
Richards. George Audley. w. f. Noyes,
+. A. Whips. j. Is. Gallinger, James
Brown and others.
The committee decided TO hold the
caucuses ON Monday evening, March
II, at 7:30 o'clock: the primaries from
4:30 TO 1880 of Tuesday. March y, and
the convention Saturday, March &c, at
the court house.
As the silver republican convention is
TO be held one week later than the DEM
ocratic, all hope of fusion is disposed Of
Eight delegates from each ward will be
elected. The committee adjourned I'M
Ill March 10 to meet at the Office of w.
Nice. White. when the calls for the eau
cuSeS and primaries will be fixed.
The democrats held their primaries
last night, and with the exception of one
ward the caucus ticket won, and in
fact. the caucus ticket did not meet
with any opposition worth speaking of,
except in the Third and Seventh wards.
Here the fights We're hot and furious
enough to suit anybody.
Six men have been mentioned for add
erman from the Third, but at the time
the polls opened only four remained
These We're John Britt, NJ. r. Torpey,
John Birmingham and Terry Lennon.
Britt and Torpey fixed up a fusion
ticket, and thus by combining forces
won out Out of total vote of 467, the
winning ticket, which was the caucus
ticket, received $50 votes the Birming-
ham ticket 100, the Lennon ticket SO and
four votes thown out There were one
or two fights and some who gave their
residences al Browns gulch and the
Columbia gardens attempted to vote,
but were not successful. The winning
ticket was the one published in the
Standard yesterday morning
The caucus ticket was victorious in |
fact in all the wards except the Seventh !
where there was the only contest aside
from the Third. The Seventh ward pri-
mary rsulted in defeat for the regular
caucus ticket There were three tickets
In the field the caucus ticket. known
as the Kelly ticket. another known as
the Pishkur ticket and a third which
appeared to have no particular sponsor.
The Pishkur ticket was successful. re- |
ceiking l35 votes out of total of 90 i
cast, as against "a for the caucus ticket
and IA for the third
John Kelly was the avowed candidate |
OF the caucus ticket for alderman, while t
il was not definitely stated who was
favored by the other tickets. Ii is un-
defstood. however that Adolph Relchle.
DIR. g. w. Monroe or NJ. Pishkur will be
the candidate of the successful ticket
The polls opened promptly at o'clock
and partisans worked with great zeal
Tor the various tickets. but While the
contest was hot, the differences Of opin-
ion were Of the friendliest character.
The successful We're. Delegates-M
Carroll, Adolph Reichle. Fred Greiffig,
Martin Pishknr, NJ. r.. Ostrouek. Nj.
Jennings and w. L. Bacon. Alternates
George Aucher. l.. Woolpert. D. Me-
Gee, ". I. MeAllster John Kelly, +.
Peterson and II. Wagner