Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-24

tire republican ticket in Deer Lodge
county u nue. brighter than it has been
Tor a number of years. For the first time
In several years the republicans have
gone into a campaign with a united par
ty, and everything indicates that victory
will perch upon it's ANN on the 9Th
day of next November.
The ticket presented to the voters in
this count Is exceptionally clean n
strong. There. is not a name upon the
entire ticket from the beginning to the
end that is not of the lame of a can
didate fully equipped by education n
ability to fulfill the duties Of the office
for which he was nominated. Indeed, it
is not often that a county convention
does it's work so we'll as did the county
convention held in the city OF Deer Lodge
o n the LIST day Of last September, and
while there were several candidates for
the various offices, and for some of them
a vigorous and spirited contest was
waged, yet the defeated aspirants and
their friends without a single exception
are today working with all of their might
and energy for the party's success. There
is another great factor in this campaign
which will greatly aid The republican
ticket, and that is the split between the
two factions of the democracy, one fac
tion led by Hon. J.. r.. Tool and e. D.
Mats, and the other led by Hon. H.
Toomey, Judge ]. M. Kennedy and Hon.
Ed S~charnikow. This break in the ranks
Is one which has been maturing for a
foHg time. There has been a feeling of re-
bellion existing in their ranks for sew
eral years. against the leadership of Mr..
John r. Toole and John R. Walkup, by
the rank and file of the democratic party
in this county, outside of the city of An
aconda, and which Mr.. Toole and Walk
UP stiN control a large majority of the
party. Still the rebellious division is of
sufficient strength, not only to defeat the
independent" democratic ticket, but to
take away enough votes to assur this
county to the republicans by a larger
majority, and to send a solid republican
delegation to the legislature, and this in
a county which was carried by the DEM
ocratic party two years ago, against the
neutrality-suspicious. ticket by ma
j~orities ranging from go to 2,l00. The
success of the leaders of the democracy
In that election seems to be their po.it-
teal undoing, as they at once took a firm
er grip upon the leadership and used it
to such effect as to cause the country
contingent to break loose, and the result
Is that both of the democratic factions
are warning upon each other to
the great satisfaction of the taxpayers
ana the republicans, as it presages the
defeat of both factions. and the placing
OF the entire political machinery of the
county in the hands of the republicans,
and this will be the first time in many
years. that a republican administration
has ever controlled TINS county. in fact
since the beginning of the building of the
smelling works, the democracy has been
In absolute control. No republican could
De elected unless has was acceptable. to
the political coterie of ohm R.. Toole,
Jchn r. Walkup, ]. H. Durstan, and a
few others. Indeed it was on
more than one occasion to control every
political convention of whatsoever polit-
ical party, n to put only such men in
nomination as would be acceptable to
he gentlemen just named, and it must
E confessed that in more than one in
lance they were successful, and when
lection a came, they would throw the
weight of their influence with the candi-
'tate whom they believed would best
'erve their interest Or against some poor
ticket who had incurred their displeas-
Ire, and of course, one or two candidates
on theO opposition ticket would be elected.
Ihls may seem seem strange to the unin-
itiated, to be overdrawn, but the reader
must remember that with a large float
Ing population and a perfect political or
ganization. these results were easy of
accomplishment, and had the same cool
judgment and Intelligent
guided the last two democratic conven-
stons in this county, w licn a chalac-
terlzed the management Of tho partv in
the past dozen or NOR, years, it would
have been almost utterly impossible for
the republicans or any ctacr party to
St:f ceed, but the democracy in this cuun-
ty apears to be hopelessly split. and
while it would seem that. the so-called
democrats are the stronger in
the north end or county districts, the
independent" wing possibly controls the
city precincts, which of course poll nv
Tar the larger vote; as to what figure the
populists may cut in this election it Is
hard to surmise. Several years ago they,
with three tickets in the field succeeded
IN electing a few of the county officers,
but since that time they nave been an
parently ~dWindling in numbers and in
influence, and ever since the fusion of
that party with the democrats in 1896.
there has been practically no populist
party organization in this county. 1t Is
true they have held a few conventions.
and have gone through the form of NOM
mating a ticket and selecting delegates
to a state convention, but it has always
been done with a view to a fusion with
some other party in the field, alone. So
Tar as the so-called labor party is con-
cerned, its Influence whatever it may be,
cannot be known for a certainty. OF
course it will not be felt outside of the
city. In the country districts, the old
party lines are drawn more closely, and
the only question is as to the number
which will vote for one or the other wing
of the party.
The great fight will be made
upon the legislative ticket, and
1t is now being pushed to the
utmost by the regular faction. It seems
to be their policy to keep put of sight as
much as possible the fact that ia the
next session of the Legislature two Unit