The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-18
ANACONDA news.
THE BIG CONVENTIONS
Wednesday Will. Be a Banner
Day in Anaconda.
RECEPTION OF DELEGATES
General Convention Committee Names a
Reception Committee OF Represent.
alive Citizens-Committee Will
Procure Carriages.

Next Wednesday will be convention
day and it will be a bigger day in Ana
conda than the Fourth of July. There
will be something like 1000 visitors in
Anaconda, LAO of whom are delegates
TO the three state conventions, and the
balance friends of the visiting delegates.
The town will be beautifully decorated
and the city's visitors will be welcomed
in royal good style.
The local committed on arrangements
for handling the big crowd has worked
hard and faithfully and the work has
progressed in a most satisfactory man
ner. By Wednesday all the details of
the arrangements will have been COM
pleted and the day will be such a one
as has never been seen here before.
The general convention committee
held another meeting last evening, at
which a full membership was present.
Judge Fitzpatrick, who was ii commit
tee on hacks. reported that he had as
certained the price, and he was in
structed to make arrangements for hir-
ing half d dozen hacks, or such number
as he may deem necessary.
Chairman Toole announced that he
had appointed the following citizens as
the reception committee: Rod WILL
iams, w. Nj. Thornton. ID. F. Hallahan,
Lon Burnett, j. It. O'Brien and j. B.
Losee. The committee will act in con-
junction with the general convention
committee. Rod Williams was made
chairman of the reception committee,
with full power to hire the necessary
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charge at convention headquarters and
Will look after the assigning of rooms to
the delegates as they arrive.
j. II. Walkup was appointed a COM
mittee to have 1.500 or 1000 appropriate
badges printed to be distributed to the
delegates as they arrive. The badges
are to be presented to all the delegates,
without reference to party, and will be
in the nature of souvenirs of the occa-
sion. The delegates Will wear the gen.
eral convention badges in addition to
their own distinguishing party badges.
Judge Fitzpatrick was made treasurer
of he committee, and all the money
was turned owe to him.
w. b. Webb, who is a committee of
one on general decoration, was instruct
ed to obtain information concerning the
painting of two or three banner which
Will be flung across the main streets.
1t is the desire of the committee to
have all delegates arriving i'm the city
call at the headquarters of the
ton, whence the delegates will be con-
veyed in carriages to the rooms as
signed to them. The headquarters are
at the southwest corner of Main street
and Park avenue, in the Montana hotel.
The committee will nave another, and
probably its final, meeting at 2: 80 o'clock
this afternoon.
The local members of the different
parties are also making great prepara-
tions to receive and entertain their poll
teal brethren. The democrats AVE Sc
cured the Margaret theater in which
to hold the state convention, as well as
their county convention; the populists
will hold their convention at Turner
hall and the silver republicans will oc-
cupy the council chamber room of the
city hall. All of the convention halls
will be handsomely decorated and each
party will nave a band of music. Next
Wednesday will be a day long to be re-
membered by the people of Anaconda.
All the railroads have announced a
round trip rate of a fare and a fifth
for the delegates who will attend the
conventions. The rate applies to all
points in the state.