Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-21
TICKET IS NAMED
Democratic Convention Held
Yesterday.
MADDEN IS FOR MAYOR
The Slate Went Through Without
Exception--Tfe Citizens Move
ment Has Collapsed.
MADDEN IS FOR MAYOR

The democratic convention of yesterday
has adjourned, having M so in time
for dinner last evening, and now the can
diGates are before the people. Mr.. d.
Shovlin and J. j. M~cGuinnes, the temper
airy officers, were made permanent. There
was no contest over any of the delega-
tons. The resolutions adopted We're as
follows:
The democrats of the city of Ana
conda. in convention assembled. hereby
pledge anew their abiding faith in the
principles of the democratic party as
enunciated in the Chicago platform OF
1896. We reiterate our belief that the
restoration of b~imetaliism at the time
honored ratio of IL to 1 and by the in
dependent action of our country, re-
CARELESS of the wishes, the aid or con-
sent CT any foreign prince, potentate or
power is, and must continue to be, the
paramount question before the Ameri-
can people, until it is settled in accord
ance with the principles OF right, justice,
and the permanent prosperity of our
people. We ~nnOunce our answering
allegiance to the leadership of that
great commoner. the brave and intre-
pid soldier, statesman and patriot. Will
liam ]. Bryan of Nebraska, and here
and now do we make our enlistment in
that great army which. under his COM
mand. shall not cease its vigil, nor halt in
its march, until he bears the banner of
bimetallisn. mingled with the stars and
stripes. in triumph through the white
house gates.
w congratulate the army and navy
upon their great achievements. upon the
land and sea. IN the late war with Spain,
and express the earnest wish that the war
OF conquest now being wa2ed in the dis
TAFT Philippines shall soon cease. to the
erd that our anteWdr promises may be
kept and the blessings of liberty and
home rule vouchsafed to the people of
those islands. We send greeting to the
boys from this city who are serving in
X and NJ of the 1st Montana
regiment In the fever-laden jungles of
Luzon. We are proud of their valor. and
symrathize with them in their h~ardships
and sacrifices. When the time shall come
We shall welcome them to their homes.
their families ard their friends. as men
who rendered their lives for their coun-
trN's honor and its flag.
Relieving that a public Office is a pub
lie trust, we indOrse most cmphaticallv
the wise, patriotic and honorabla course
pursued by our members of the Sixth
legislative assembly in the recent sena-
torial election. We condemn in un,neas-
ured terms the conduct of those men who
used their position of trust AMI honor for
their own private gain. Their crimes can
never be condoned. and must not go UNI
punished, lest their example shall potlute
the body polite and e~ndanger the insti5u-
tions of our state. For the man that ex-
pended nearly a million dollars to pu"-
chase his election to the United States
senate, the people of this state will al
ways have contempt and scorn. They are
proud of their state, it's institutions and
its laws, and will guard with jealous care
its honor and good name. They will not
cease in their efforts to purge the state
of the dishonor and disgrace put upon it
by w. A. Clark and his agents by the
wholesale bribery of the members ut The
Legislature, the corruption of grand juries
and the employment of an INSCRIPTIONS