The Ravalli Republican., 1898-08-24
SILVER REPUBLICANS.
Hartman Engineering Deal for Himself
Against Mantle.

Against Mantle.
Tuesday the 10Th, according to the
call of r. a. O'Hara, the silver re-
publican committee Of this county
met at Hamilton for the purpose of
comforting as to the action to be taken
in the coming campaign by that wing
of the party. In spite of the fact
that Charley Hartman was there,
such an opposition was developed to
the holding Of separate county con-
vention that the meeting was ad-
journed to Saturday last, when the
leaders of the separation scheme
hoped to secure their will. At this
meeting what was known as the Ken
nedy committee was invited to par
ticipate. On Wednesday Hartman
and O'Hara drove down from Hamil-
ton to this place and went over to
Kennedy's to secure his assistance
for Saturday.
Saturday morning several members
Of the two committees met in Ham,
ilton aud the separatists, consisting
Of O'Hara, Kennedy and Spaulding,
succeeded, through sheer nerve, in
securing the consent, or at least a
silent acquiesccnce, Of the majority
Of the conference to a call for silver
republican convention to select dele
gates to Anaconda and to nominate
a silver republican county ticket en-
tirely apart from the regular repub-
lican organization. From the tone
Of the remarks made it was evident
that the majority present really de-
sired only one convention for the
nomination Of a county ticket, but
they seemed to be afraid to vote as
they thought, and O'Hara gained the
point he had been fighting for, the
virtual disruption Of the republican
party Of Ravalli county unless sober
second thought on the part Of the
silver republican convention refuses
to follow his lead to that consumma-
tion.
To looker on the designs Of the
separatists were quite evident. UE
to ten days previous it had come tc
be understood among republicans
generally in the county that while
they might differ on the silver issue
they could all unite in local affairs
and elect a republican county ticket,
and a republican legislative ticket
that would vote for the return OF
Senator Mantle. That had been the
program on which nearly all had
agreed. But Hartman had been here
and a little bird had evidently been
whispering in somebody's ears, anC
the party had been split up the back
and the deal now was to elect a dele
cation to Anaconda that would favor
fusion on a basis of Hartman tor con
gress as d silver republican who stood
or the Chicago democratic platform
and split the party so that Il demo
cratic legislature might be elected tt
send democrat to the senate and sc
throw Mantle overheard. After The
meeting these things were freely dis
cussed, and not only those who haf
been present but many other repub
licans were outspokcn in their opin
ion that big knife was being showed
in Senator Mantle's back and that
Charley Hartman was pushing it it
clear up to the hilt. Mr.. Hartman
has so far succeeded in his scheme ir
this county, but he has alienateC
from himself many silver republican:
who formerly would not have be
lieved it Of him, and who imagined
he was as true to Mantle as Mantle
had been to him. But their eyes are
open, and they won't do a thing tC
Hartman when the opportunity
comes