The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-04

Frank z. Corbett, retained attorney
by the year for w. A. Clark. stated at
the meeting at the Auditorium last
night: II went to vote at the pri-
maries In my precinct n most OF you
have known me for years. You have
known me and / want you to credit my
statement as true or 1 never told the
truth. i went to the primaries to vote
and I tell you the absolute truth that
there were more votes cast at that
primary than there are people living in
the ward, counting women n chill
dren."
That is what Mr.. Corbett said. The
facts are these:
In precinct 20, Corbett's precinct,
there were cast at the primary 1o4
votes for the winning ticket. headed by
! Judge Kehoe, and there were 81 votes
cast for the losing ticket, headed by
Frank Z. Corbett. The total number
OF votes cast at the primary was 1s1.
There are voters registered in that pre-
cinct to the number Of 42e. Now Mr..
Corbett stated that there were more
votes at the democratic primary than
the entire population of the precinct.
Is hat as true as any statement he
made?
Thomas G.. Merrill, vice president OF
the American Bimetallic union and a
member of the executive board OF that
body, arrived in Butte yesterday from
Salt Lake. Mr.. Merrill is n of the
foremost workers for bimetallism In the
United States, and he is much interest
ed in M~ontana's election and much con-
cerned lest. owing to the conditions, a
yoldbug republican may be returned to
congress from this state. In speaking
OF this matter yesterday. Mr.. Merrill
said:
Il believe the greatest misfortune that
could happen to the state Of Montana
as we'll as to the cause of silver, would
be the election to ongre from this
state of a man who runs on the gold
republican ticket. Such a result wouic
be most emphatically claimed by al
the gold men and gold journals In thu
country as evidence that Montana had
gone back on bimetallism, which Is no
only the great issue before the people
Of the country, bu is Of more vital i'm
portance to the prosperity of Montana
than any other question is OF has beef
before the people.
ut would seem that any one who ha
the welfare OF the state and the goo
OF the country at heart would be viii
J ing to sink individual preferences an
, that candidates for Office would rattle
: put aside personal ambition thai en-
4 danger the success of the cause Of bi
metallism in Montana
"Can the citizens of Butte AFFORD I
elect a ticket nominated by the gold re
, publicans in order Il satisfy persons
, ambitions and thu Butte. which ha
been considered Of all cities In thi
country the ~staunchest for bimetailisn
: bear the odium of having repudiate
5 the cause in which she Is so vitality In
terested and stand disgraced before III
I leading and earnest supporters of b
metallism throughout the unit an
{ the world? I have no interest or amlii
ton In any factional or political ma
ter except my interest In the restor'
ton OF the free coinage Of silver. but
d is my earnest desire that Montan
n which has been so long my HON
= should not appear before the world
: having Endorsed the gold standard"
The voters of Butte should careful
consider these words Of Mr.. Merrill. J
advocate of the cause of silver is mo
respected thar Mr.. Merrill, either in I
East or the West. 1t might prove
mortal blow to the cause of silver
have a gold republican returned to co
gress by Montana. the leading silv
state of the country. The only pos
bility of the election of Tom Marshs
the gold republican candidate. 10 tn
silver men will so divide silver's W
by voting Tor Hogan that Mr.. Marsh
will creep IN. There Is no nance
elect Mr.. Hogan. and votes given
him are votes taken from Camps
The only way to elect a silver candidi
for congress and defeat Marshall Il
vote for Campbell
II any further evidence were neet
that the Butte Miner is an arch-hyI
critic in Its pretended support for Car