The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-12
OFFICIAL BUAG STARTER
Swede Murphy Gets the Once
After . Hard Fight.
BE SURE YOU SEE HIM
Fourteen Out OF tho IS Pop COMMITTEES
men Were Cendidatss-Mr. Murphy
SANE" W. Won'tLoss You. winie.-
and That Elected Him.

J. p. Murphy is the man. He Is the
official bung-starter. II you ever catch
him. don't lose him. Hang on to him
until ne has given up all the "argu-
ment' and Influence" you want. Most
everybody knows him by the name of
"Swede" Murphy. but his right name
Is j. p. Murphy.
Mr.. Murphy IL to ., duct the cam
paign for the populist end Of the mix
ed ticket. He Is chairman OF the pop-
ulist county central committee. He was
elected among IL candidates. which
should be SUFFICIENT testimonial as 10 his
popularity. his honesty. his fairness
and his d~istributive qualities.
The populist central committee con-
sists OF Is members and they met last
night In the new headquarters at Phil
H~arringtonis old place. OF the Is mem
bers of the committee IA were candi-
dates for the position Of chairman. Tom
mclaughlin was the only member CT
the m who declined to be a
candidate for the Craftsmanship. This
was on account thai he Is a candidate
for the legislature and he lie not think
IL would be quite right for him to han
die the DOODLE, although he was willing
to sacrifice himself for the sake of his
party. IL the party absolutely insisted
on 1t. Every one OF the IL other COM
mittoemen voted not to require of
Mclaughlin this tremendous sacrifice
In a mighty chorus Of noes" They
agreed that Mclaughlin would have
plenty TO do to elect himself without
Undertaking to elect anybody else.
Additional zest was given to the an
nouncement that a Communication had
been received from w. \ Clark to the
effect that he was ready to contribute
$50. 900 to the cause" He was ready to
give the %populists their fair share and
hoped that nj difficulty would be en-
countered in making the proper appor-
tionment among the various elements
of the mixed ticket.
We'll not lose you, Willy" yelled
Swede Murphy. from the rear OF the
hall.
That was a rare stroke on the part
of Murphy and resulted in Mr.. Muir
phys election to the chairmanship.
There were IA candidates out of Is COM
mitteemen and IL required ~ ballots to
make a choice. On the 12th Murphy
was gloriously victorious. which at
tests his tremendous popularity. He is
the official bung-starter of the cam
paign and he is the man to see. Don't
lose i'm. Murphy usually sleeps alone.
but last night four prominent populists
insisted on occupying the same bed
with him. Mr.. Murphy is not ready to
do business yet. but he hopes to be in
shape to meet all corners by noon to-
morrow. Then the financial end OF the
campaign will begin.
The consolidated gold-repuhiican-
Clark = observation-disclosures
populistic-citizens = out-for = the = stuff
headquarters were opened yesterday i'm
Phil H~arrington's ex-saloon. You can't
miss the place. 1t is at the southwest
corner of Main and Granite streets. a
little up or the hill" 1t is on the
ground-fioor. and that is where they do
business. II you are a populist, turn
10 the right. II you are a gold repuo-
lican. turn 10 the left. Official watchers
have been appointed on each side and
there is n chalk mark through the ccn-
ter of the committee room. II the off,
GERS do their duty everybody will have
a square deal and there will be no un-
fair distribution The Clark demo-
Gratis" have not as yet shown up at the
headquarters They are still chartered
up In tho Silver Bow block. which is
closer TO the southwest corner of Ma.
and Broadway. II IL understood that
they are to nave the back room Of the
transparency are the words 'Crr5
room"
Don't miss the place.
Some complication was brought to the
situation by the resolution passed by
the populists at their meeting last
night. The resolution was a declara-
ton in favor OF 16 to L. II declared
that the ~populists should have is TO !
for the gold republicans. The gold re-
publicans don't like tina a bit, and
there is liable to be friction.
At a late hour last night. after the
meeting was over. the populists were
all co~ngregated in Joe's place. They
were all singing with great vim and
I'VE won't loose you willy"
The gold republicans have their turn
tonight. Their central committee will
meet in the same place at s o'clock this
evening n will elect their official
bung-starter. From the sentiments ex-
pressed. II seems likely that they will
repudiate the popu,ist platform of 16 to
] as adopted by the populists last night.
and will demand TN equal division Of
the spells. They are likely to indoIsc,
however, the s.npaign song of the pop
ulists: I'VE won, loose you. Willy"
The present indications are that there
will be three heads to the committee of
the mixed party. The Clark people are
to have one. the popuiists have Swede
Murphy n the republicans elect one
tonight. But where does the labor"
part OF the ticket come in7 Was the
word only mt I'm there for ef-