The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-13
KEEP FOR POS MAS TER
The Republican Kids Have Scored
a Victory.
BY THE END OF THE WEEK
Sure Thing, and That 1t Is All
Of With the Other
Candidates.

Missoula, Feb 12-It may after all
prove to be but one of those fairy storie s
which the reporter is credited with
| promulgating on Sunday when, news
is scarce and people are supposed to be
either at church or in the privacy OF
their homes, awaiting the passage of a
dull and uninteresting Sabbath. Be that
as it may, the political information here
given is based on a semblance of facts
procured to-day and which may be
taken cum grano sails, or with an entire
sack Of salt if desired by the reader
who may be particularly interested in
that column. The report is given for
what it is worth, though, doubtless. he
who reads between the lines will come
to the conclusion that what he peruses
will not be considered altogether the re-
suit of a pipe dream.
To-day Senator Worden happened
into town, it being his customary week.
ly visit to this city, and in conversation
with certain gentlemen in the lobby of
the Florence hotel inadvertently re-
ferred to George r. Keep as the future
postmaster of Missoula. OF course, the
reference may have been in jest, Mr..
Keep being a pronounced candidate for
the position, though the knowing ones
are free to assert that there was more
truth than poetry in the senator's ex-
preston when he advanced the start
ling Introduction. 1t has been an open
secret here for some time that either
w. A. Simons or any other person whom
Mr.. Simons would name could have the
appointment of postmaster and for a
while it was presumed that Mr.. Simons
would accept the prOHered compliment.
The gentleman declined, however, and
in his stead it is stated recommended
for the position the genial chief clerk of
the Florence hotel, who rumor says
is to be the Garden City's future Nasty
Of course, Senator Worden to-day
neither confirmed nor denied the re-
port though a glance at the counte-
nances of the members of the juvenile
wing of the republican party fairly in
dicated that the political KIDS have
scored another victory.
At all events the subject of this article
IS tonight the talk of the town and
should 1t prove groundless it has at
least offered sufficient opportunity for
comment. Knowing ones wink the
other eye and say it is a go and are
also willing to bet on the proposition
that Mr.. Keep will be nominated before
the end of the week
On the other hand, the minority
branch of the goldbug party and the
members of that formidable organiza-
tlon known as silver republicans pro-
nounce the matter all bosh and go so
lar as to say that the postmaster has
yet to be named and that they will do
the naming. Those who know Mr.. Wor-
den, however, and the relations exist
ing between himself and the powerful
tiumVirate which to-day is debating
the political appointments of Mssoula
county know that it is all off with Boss
Slack and the dozen or more applicants
who have all along imagined them
selves right in the swim and We're sim
ply awaiting the expiration of Postmas-
ter McDoWelfs term when they would
step in and succeed him. For the pres
ent, then, congratulations are in order
in anticipation of Mr. Keeps appoint
ment, which now appears to be a fore
gone conclusion
Anent the proposition an interesting
rumor likewise prevails to the effect
that E. D. Ludlum, the well-known
manager of the Northern Pacific ex-
press company at this point, is to be
given the second place in the depart
ment acting as chief and money order
clerk under Mr.. Keep.