The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-15
ON THE STATE ticket
Majority of Cascade County Dem
ocrats Prefer Fusion.
C. F. STORK is SHUT OUT
The Populists Have Resented His State
Senatorial Aspirations With a
Blighting Frost-Barred in
the Primary.

: Great Falls, Sept. 1.-THE returns
Gratis in the country precincts are
struggling slowly into town and the
primaries in this city close the list.
Some of the candidates made strong
efforts to see hat their men were pres
ent, but as a rule there was little strife
in advance of the meetings. The ques-
ton of fusion or no fusion cut but little
figure in the selection of delegations
to the county conventions and while
IL was currently reported that there
was a former local politician returned
to the city temporarily for the purpose
of pushing things for the benefit of w.
A. Clark for the United States enate,
the effect of his work, if he did any,
was not apparent yesterday evening.
The majority of the local democrats
would prefer a fusion on the state tick
ct, but are entirely Indifferent as to
whether fusion on the county ticket
becomes a fact or the party puts up
a straight ticket. If the result of the
county convention is in favor of the
second stand, then they feel that the
democratic party of Cascade county
can put up the strongest ticket ever
seen in the field, regardless of party.
1t is this latter conviction which oper-
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fusion.
The precincts whose returns have been
received this morning are Cora, Kibbey
and Monarch. In the first precinct w.
T. Cresop was elected delegate, with
H. L. Des Combes as his alternate.
Some misunderstanding at Kibbey re-
suited in the election of three dele
gates and no alternates. The precinct
is entitled to but one delegate, n Jo-
seph Lessard, John Croft and John Nc
Intyre were elected.
Monarch elected A. e. Phippen and
w. d. Delphy as delegates, but failed
10 select ~alternates.
In the populist convention II is likely
that not until hat body meets will the
delegates from outside districts be
known The call was rather indefinite
as to the date on which any primaries
save those in this city might be held,
and il is not known whether all of the
country precincts have held their pri-
maries or not. Only two, Red Butte
and Sand Coulee, have yet reported. In
the first district it has been evident
since the early summer that the popu-
lists were determined TO sit down and
sit down hard on the aspirations to the
state senate of the Hon. &. F. Stork.
He was shut out of the summer con
vention of that party by a contesting
delegation which met with the support
of the populists of the rest of the coun-
ty, and now the primary has barred him
from attending the county convention
as a delegate. Charles Odette M
John Mainland were elected delegates
by p votes, while Mr.. Stork and Rob-
ert Scott received blu II votes apiece.
1T is not known at the present time
whether this squelching will prevent
Mr.. Stork from having his name come
before the convention as a candidate
for senator, or at least representative.
At Sand Coulee there was a good sized
crowd at the primary and the result
was as follows: Delegates, Hon. An
thony Morton, II. Mclaughlin. Joe
Meagher, William Corcoran, Lee Den
mis-. Lewis Roalswick, John MCCliment,
John Angster; a~lternates, c. w. Peter
son, Joseph Smith. T.. Anderson, John
Dzvoner, Charles Ordahl, Pat Keegan,
Andy Roalswick and Walter Graham.
The populist primaries in his city
will be held tomorrow evening.
Now that man of the populist pri-
maries are over and all OF the demo-
cratic ones, there is time to look at
the results, and to a certain extent they
are gratifying to the democrats. Large
gains nave been made in several pre-
cincts. IL one may judge from the num-
Der of votes cast this year and in for
mer years. For instance in West Great
Falls the total vote of all parties in 1896
was 124. There has not been any appre-