The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-18
Silver Republicans Decline to
Fuse With Clark.
A FULL TICKET PUT UP
The Gold Republicans Send Clark an
Uitimatum-He Declines to Dig Up.
h Republicans Threaeen TO
Repudiats His Nominees.

vote Of the committee. The committee
has had several adjournments from day
to day before this conclusion was final
iy reached. for tempting offers were
made the silver republicans to fuse
with Clark's barrel. There were, in
fact, some members of the committee
who found a barrel much more con
vincing than a platform. But the ma
jority of the committee concluded that
the silver question is after all Of more
Importance. and they weren't at all
sure that Mr.. Clark would prove a sill
yer man even II they yielded to the Sc
ductive qualities OF his a~ll-persuasive
barrel. So they voted last night to put
a straight silver republican ticket in
the field.
After the conclusion had been
reached the committee resolved itself
into a aucus and placed the following
county and legislative ticket in nomi-
nation:
State senate. Major J. H. M~onteath:
legislature. George P~ascoe, w. G. Ben
ham. A. c. Newell. c. r. Williamson.
c. NJ. Palmer. ]. r. Mckenzie. d. J.
Lou Gunderson, Savin Lisa, Fred Har-
ris; sheriff. John Z. Lloyd: county
treasurer, Ben T.. Calkins: county
clerk. A. p. Whips; county attorney.
NJ. j. C~avanaugh: county assessor, p.
F. Boland: county auditor. Edwin Ed
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Belle Caikins; coroner DR.. A. w. No
BILE; surveyor, T. T.. Baker; public ad-
ministrator. Joseph r. Silver: justices
of the peace, Silver Bow township,
Lewis A. Smith. William Bartles; con-
stables. same. Albert Shepherd, Jerry
Griffith.
There was also a meeting last night
at the headquarters of the republican
club across the way. For some reason
or other the joint neutrality-suspicious.
out-for-the-stuff = Clark-to-be = worked
headquarters are not good enough for
the gold republicans. You never find
any republican up there any more. This
may be significant ard 1t may not.
Perhaps they don't like to be in the
same room with populists, and perhaps
the gold republicans have grown tired
of the fusion and are preparing to dis
own it, but at any rate the republicans
nave apparently boycotted the uptown
headquarters and gather now In their
own club headquarters on West Broad
way. They met there last night-lots
of them. They were all there, and they
were warm babies. AS was exclusively
announced in the Standard Sunday
morning, although the Standard is not
Mr.. CIark's official organ. Mr.. Clark de-
cided that ne would put up stuff only to
elect the legislative ticket. 1t seems
that on Saturday the finance commit
tee of the republicans made a demand
on Mr.. Clark for s 5000 for campaign
expenses for the county ticket. The
money was refused and Mr.. Clark the
stated that no money would be put up
except for the legislative ticket; that
that was what he wanted. and the
county ticket could sink or swim with
out his wetting his hands to save them.
Thereupon the republicans proceeded 10
pay a Cdiu Which, tuty udu ntlu up
their sleeve. They have never yet in
dorsed the Clark-gold-democratic NOM
lnees on the mixed ticket. They there
fore instructed their nance committee
to state to Mr.. Clark mat they would
never indorse his part OF the mixed
ticket until he produced, and they
raised the ante from $1,000 to $40, 900.
They furthermore instructed the COM
mittee to inform Mr.. Clark that they
would raise the ante 5000 each day
until their terms were complied with,
and IL, at the end Of the last day for
complied with they would repudiate the
mixed ticket and fuse with the silver
republicans.
Now, last night the candidates and
the committeemen of the gold repu5li-
cans met to hear the further report of
the finance committee. The report was
most unsatisfactory. c. c. Darrow was
chosen as chairman OF the meeting.
The finance committee stated that Mr..
Clark had refused to put up the $4,000
just as emphatically as he had the S.
900 n had said that none of his money
would be devoted to any cause but the
glorious n OF electing a legislative
ticket satisfactory to him. The COM
mittee believed, however. that Mr..
Clark might yet be brought 70 terms.
for IL the republicans refused TO In
dorse his portion OF the mixei ticket.
on. In he meantime the committee
recommended hat the candidates be
assessed as follows: State senator,
500; legislative candidates. $50 each:
sheriff. $500: county treasurer. $3.50;
county clerk. $500: auditor. 500: asses
sor. $50; coroner. 500; justices Of the
peace. 500.
Thara m. r~ar 100000