The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-03

headed the state ticket and opposed
kurtz for chairman. but Governor
Bushnell secured the reappointment
then of kurtz as chairman over the
protest of Kinney.
When the last state convention nomi-
mated Bushnell for governor and Hanna
for senator. the latter defeated Kurtz
for chairman and secured the election
of Nash for chairman. That is the
cause of the present fight against
Hanna. 1t has involved all the old
fights of former years that existed be-
tween what were called the Sherman
and Foster factions. and later the So
called Mckinley and the Foraker fac
tions. till now the lines are drawn be-
tween what are termed the Hanna and
Bushnell factions. But these factional
fights never included a combine with
the democrats until in the present con-
test. During the last state campaign
it was stated that Governor Bushnell
visited the state headquarters only once
and then on an invitation. 1t is also
stated that Mr. Kurtz. who was state
oil inspector under Governor Bushnell
and leader of the opposition against
Hanna, conducted state headquarters
in the interest of Governor Bushnell
and of the anti-Hanna candidates for
the Legislature. There We're charges
during the campaign that Judge Nash
was tonductiHS the campaign lbl iHe
legislative ticket and Kurtz for the
state ticket.
Late tonight the fusonists encoun-
tered the double division of the legisla-
tive Offices There We're two democrats
who refused to vote for Judge Ditty for
chief clerk of the senate unless they Sc
cured their men for minor places. At
the conferences last night it was de-
cided what places should be given the
anti-Hanna republicans and what places
should go to the democrats, but the per-
sonnel of the assistant clerkships and
sergeant-at-armS was not definitely
fixed. After frequent conferences to-
night it was decided to hold joint eau
Gus of the opposition tomorrow morn
ing. At that caucus the senate and
house steering committees will report
The same trouble about the division
of the offices exists in the joint pro-
gramme of the opposition of the organ
iZation of the house. Representatives
Powell, Wiley and Niles, three demo-
cratic members, are not yet pledged to
vote for Mason for speaker, or for any
republican. The managers of the COM
bine say these men will finally vote
with the other democrats but these
three members up to midnight would not
say anything except that they We're not
pledged.
If these three democrats vote for
third candidate for speaker. then the
vote would stand SO for Boxwell. So for
Mason and three scattering, and there
would be a deadlock on organization.
The democratic steering committee was
busy all night looking after the un-
pledged members.
All who would sign the pledge roll
We're induced to do so. The Hanna men
express no confidence in majority for
Boxwell, but say they expect to elect
him by having a majority of votes for
ny candidate Tho nnnpSit ion tn- icyh
claims the defeat of both Boxwell and
Hanna. They claim they will organize
the senate and house tomorrow. Mayor
Mckisson, Allen O. Myers and all at
the joint headquarters express the same
opinion. Governor Bushnell was also of
the same belief and he stated that the
defeat of the Boxwel ticket in the
house and of Hanna for senator would
not have any effect on the party. He
thought the party would do as well with
any other republican in the senate He
added that Senator Hanna never con-
ferred with him during last years cam
paign and that the party would not toll
crate bossism
The arrival of three close friends of
ex-senator Brice tonight started the
report that overtures had been made to
the gold democrats to vote with the re-
pubicans to elect Brice for senator as
an independent gold standard man in
the event that Hanna could not be elect
ed. If all the republican members who
attended the regular caucuses could be
depended on for this there are more than
enough gold democratic members to
carry it through. Prominent republi-
cans favor the plan rather than the
election of a silver republican senator
Sprinfield, Ohio, Jan. 2.-The republicans
at the home of Governor Bushnell held
an Indignation meeting to-day. condemn
ing the governors action. and engaged
a special train to take crowd of 200 to
Columbus Tuesday to boom Hanna. The
meeting was attended by Auditor Young.
Probate Judge Goodwin, Prosecutor Staf-
ford. the chairman of the county board
Sheriff Shots and others of equal promi-
nence A band has been secured and
transparencies condemning Eurtz and
Bushnell are in preparation to be carried
to Columbus Tuesday. Almost all the
prominent republicans of the city and
county are in it and the indignation is
intense.