The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-31

in the Seventh ward. In his place was
nominated James B. Virtue. who lives
| at No 1881 Arizona street, and is book
| keeper for Nelson Story & Co.
/ The defamation of Mr. Thomas as a
candidate is due entirely to the vicious
and uncalled for attack of the Butte
Miner on the Boston & Montana COM
pany. The letter of Mr.. Thomas to
| the republican city central committee
| in declination of the nomination is as
follows:
ITO the Republican Central Commit
| tee-Gentlemen: I desire herewith to
| inform you that have decided to with
| draw my name as candidate for alder
| man in the Seventh ward, and 7 now
| formally withdraw, knowing that there
| are many men more capable than can
| be found to take the place. In arriving
at this decision / feel my deep obliga
tons to the delegates and voters of
my ward for the honor conferred on me
| by placing my name on the republican
| ticket for alderman in the Seventh
ward. l appreciate the honor and only
withdraw in that I feel it my duty so
|
! felt and believed the campaign would
be a straight fight between the repub-
| lican and democratic parties without
/ the mixing of personal or company
interests in the canvass. AS the situa-
ton is at present various charges are
made in which the Boston G. Montana
company, in whose employment l am.
/ &c ntt o1raI Two oh, T
ploye of the Boston & Montana COM
pany and desire, while so employed. to
further it's interests, feel that can
not in justice to myself be placed in a
position where even indirectly I might
seem to be indorsing these charges.
which I am convinced are being made
for political purposes. I feel that my
first duty is to my company, which has
always treated me fairly, and cannot
take part in repelling the attack upon
them while I arr asking votes of those
whom l must fight. Trusting you will
appreciate my position and feelings in
this matter, I remain, your very
| truly, w. C. THOMAS"
Again does the republican party find
out what a grievous burden it is UNI
dertaking to carry when it takes up
the dead weight of the Butte Miner.
The Miner has disguised every bust
ness man and citizen with its idiotic
whining about corporations, it's periodi-
cal falsehoods about reduction of
wages. and selling out to the Standard
Oil company. Such rantings will be re-
tracted by the Miner of course, after
election. But meanwhile they cannot
! fail to do harm to Butte, particularly
as people outside of Butte who see the
Miner do not know that its lies are
it's regular campaign material by means
of which it marches to defeat in every
| campaign.
Members of the republican central
committee make no bones in expressing
the view that they would have done
far better in this campaign had they
received no newspaper support what
ever. The Inter Mountain put its foot
into it when it started a comparison of
the Thompson and Harrington admin
istrations and the Miner made a far
worse break when it began its sense
less assault upon the Boston & Mon
tana company.
The Butte Miner whines that an at
tempt is being made to unseat W. A.
Clark and says that it is real mean to
try to unseat a free coinage man. 1t is
not the habit to shield brihers because
| they chance to be in favor of the free
| coinage of silver. An innocent man
| surely would not claim immunity from
punishment for crime on the ground
that he is in favor of silver or is against
it, But there is abundant evidence to
show that while the Butte Miner in
| Montana Is claiming that Clark is in
favor of the free coinage of silver, Mr..
Clark himself has been playing a very
| different game in Washington and New
York. He is generally accredited as a
gold man and a republican in the East
| ern newspapers and magazines. For ex-
ample, the Review of Reviews for
March publishes portraits of the newly
elected United States senators with
| biographical sketches. 1t ranks Mr..
Clark as a goldbug-it says without
equivocation: He is for sound money"
BY its figures printed Wednesday
evening the Butte Inter Mountain COM
pletely refutes the statements of the
Butte Miner that there are 1000 illegally
registered voters on the books for the
Butte election. 1t is true that the reg
istration for this election is much larger
than in any municipal election hereto
fore. but as is we'll pointed in the col
umns of the Inter Mountain the regis
tration within the limits of the city this
spring is much less than it was within
the limits of the city last fall. In fact.
there is falling off from last autumn
of about LOO in the registration of the
city Precincts IL, 10, IA, Is, &c. II, IS.
10, 20. q, %. %. "a. 25 26, q and 80 are
in the city limits and Precincts I, 9, 10.
| and ~ arc part1y in ha