The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-19


committee on permanent organization
and order of business.
e. S. Booth, fer the committee On
permanent organization and order of
business, reported, recommending A. c.
Newill for permanent chairman and
Frank Haskins for permanent secre-
tary, and the following order of bust
ness:
Report of committee on credentials.
Report of committee on permanent
organization and order of business.
Report of committee on resolutions.
We recommend that this convention
make no nominations for candidates
for the several offices to be filed at
the ensuing city election.
Appointment of city central commit
tee by several ward delegations.
Adjournment.
The report was adopted and the chair
appointed Joseph Silver and Elmer
Metcalf to escort Mr.. Newill to the
chair. The new chairman thanked the
convention and appointed J. B. Gal
lagher to escort Mr.. Haskins to the
secretary's desk.
The next order of business was the
report of the committee on resolutions
and A. p. Keith read the report as
follows:
Whereas. The Forthcoming city cleo
ton will be a contest for good local
government, involving no issues of
material character, be it
Resolved, That the silver republicans
of the city of Butte, in convention as
sembled, place no ticket in the field, be-
lieVing that the ends of good local gov
eminent can thereby be best conserved.
Resolved, That we condemn in I'M
measured terms the action of the silver
republican members of the Sixth legis-
latve assembly in proving traitors 10
the trust reposed in them during the
recent session of the legislature in the
selection of a senator to succeed the
Hon. Lee Mantle, who was Endorsed
by our party in state convention and
whose record as silver republican has
been Endorsed by every member of his
party.
Mr.. Keith moved the adoption of the
resolutions and precipitated a lively
fight.
w. H. SWEET had desired the resolu-
tons to go further in condemning the
silver republicans who voted for Clark
for senator and he arose at this time to
offer protest against passing such mild
resolutions. He said the silver republic
cans could not afford to let the matter
pass at this time in SO slipshod a man
ner and he did not believe any honest
man could afford to countenance it. He
read the following as a portion of the
resolution he had desired to have in
corporated in the report in addition to
the report of the committee as read:
I'VE therefore regard the action of
said members such as to merit the
odium and detestation of every honest
man, irrespective of party, in voting f1r
a democrat for United States senator,
and we further urge silver republicans
and every honest citizen to oppose any
candidate for office who condoneS such
a condition of affairs
A. b. Keith, as chairman of the COM
mittee. raised the point of order that
the full committee, of which Mr.. SWEET
was one, had signed the committee re-
port and therefore the amendment was
not in order at this time but should
come up later as supplemental report.
The chair ruled the question was an
adoption of the report and Mr.. SWEET
then moved the adoption of the COM
mittee report. with his addition append
ed as a substitute for the report. Elmer
Metcalf seconded the motion. A. B,
Keith argued that the addition proposed
by Mr. SWEET was fully covered in the
committee report which condemned the
silver republicans who voted for Clark
and the proposed addition merely reit-
Grated what was already embodied in
the committee report. 1t went beyond
the domain of condemning silver repub-
leans who voted for Clark of a political
and charged them with crmi-
nality 1t had in view but one thing,
injecting into the convention demo-
cratic quarrel and indorsing the action
of the democratic city convention.
SeWall Davis opposed the substitute.
He said the situation reminded him of
the n-pecked husband, who, when
bear came down from the mountains
and attacked his termagent spouse,
stood back and shouted: Go it, bear:
go it, old woman" He thought the sill
yer republicans should view the fight
between the democratic factions, as he
termed it, with the same kind of com
placency.
Elmer Metcalf secured the floor and
said: "Mr. Keith has said this addition
to the resolutions proposed by Mr.. SWEET
Is not material
81 beg to differ; I said not relevant"
put in Mr.. Keith.
IT understand" continued Mr.. Met
calf, that Mr.. Keith's position makes
hair splitting more necessary than
mine does. but 1t all amounts to the
same thing, and want to say that
any man who forgets his honesty and
condones what we have seen will never
receive my support fer any political
office. I ask you. why did not the re-
publcans and silver republicans get
together last fall? 1t was because
there was a barrel around the corner
and the republicans thought they could
get along without us. / tell you. gen.
it is question of honor. in
tegrity and common decency, and I
favor the substitute"
Mr.. Keith rose to reply and asked if
Mr.. Metcalf would be willing to incor-
porate in the resolutions a clause con-
the coercion of employees.
II would. / would be glad to see
such plank Incorporated" replied Mr..
Metcalf
Mr.. Keith made further argument
against the substitute, and was follow
ed by Mr.. SWEET fayoring it.
f. S. Booth made a strong argument
In favor of the substitute.
IF 1 thought the proposed additions
to the resolutions injected either side
of a democratic fight l would be op-
posed to it, said he, but I cannot see
that it does. When a man is elected
on party platform, his actions while
in office should be governed by that
platform. His party has right to- ex-
pect 1t and if he violates his pledge to