Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-19
STRICTLY UNANIMOUS.

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publican state central committee, held in
Helena Saturday., the Independent pre-
diets a democratic majority this fall Of
not less han 20, OOO-even in the event of
apathy-and adds !
But with our friends the enemy show
ing signs of life and longing for victory
the democrats will get in and make 1T
nearly unanimous for the state ticket,
for congressman, and the legislature will
have about the political division of the
Sixth assembly.
The most interesting feature of the
foregoing is the statement that it is the
intention to make the political division
OF the next Legislature similar to that of
the late lamented Sixth assemly. Ac-
cording to the leading democratic news
paper of the state, the Anaconda Stand
ard, the political division in the Sixth as
sembly mounte to an average of about
SO, 900 per capita, and If the democrats
are going to 'get in and make it nearly
unanimous for another dose of this
character-as the Independent indicates
the Forthcoming campaign will doubt
less be a lively one.
The only way the democratic party can
s.get in," under the circumstances, or
hope to make it nearly unanimous in
a political way this year., is to heal up
Its political wounds with the shinplaster
remedy, in line with the precedents al
$500. ~l>L1sN- "a .>~.,I-~A ONnn NnA
to enable the democrats to ''get ill.," even
to the extent of n man in the first
state campaign, and the victory Of 1888
was secured at an expense Of something
like 500, 600, according to the archives of
the senate committee on privileges and
elections.
Less money was required to elect a
state ticket in 1896, because the populists
were induced to lend their support to the
cause by allowing them to name the dem
ocratic NOMINEES for governor political
consideration which the followers of the
Omaha platform have since staid awake
nights to appreciate. 1t is related that
once upon a time an Iowa man hired q
ms Of men to help him gather drift
wood from the Missouri river at high
flood, giving them half he wood they
got out of the stream as q reward for the
services rendered. 1t was the same kind
made to the populists of Montana in
1896. the only difference being that in this
case the populists lost their share of the
drift wood. a Il
The movement to make things NEARLY
unanimous" among our democratic
friends is not confined to the editorial
columns of the Helena Independent
There seems to be a movement all along
the line to get in" If possible, even il
it becomes necessary to get together tc
achieve that end. Having already &C.
cupied the same room heretofore, it Is
believed that Judge Bickford and Con.
gresham Campbell can be induced t.
stump the state together in the interest
of political purity, while the Anaconda
Standard and the Butte Miner toss DO.
quets at each other as an example of re.
Cancellation for the common herd.
The Standard has already thrown on
a number of feelers in the shape of state.
ments that the Miner is not nearly a.
mendacious n irrevocably %unjournal.
lied as is the Inter Mountain, while tn,
Miner in turn kisses it's political digit.
in an exstacy of delight at it's late politi
cal lambastigator. Yesterday, in defend
ing itself against statements made by tn,
Yellowstone Journal. relative to itsel
and the Standard, the Miner remarke,
that 'the Standard is able to take car
of itself. The Miner can take care O
itself" This public acknowledgment
that the Standard is able to take care O
itself when assailed, coming from tn
Miner, is not exactly an entire mint ju
lep, but it is a straw showing which wa
the wind is blowing. This morning, tn
Miner follows it's mild filtration of yester
day with the following handkerchie
play:
1t is the year of all years when tn
democracy of Butte. the democracy @
of Montana should present a solid from
The entire elimination of all factiOnalisr
and personal feeling from the affairs q
the democratic party will cOntribut
largely to this result.
Chemical experiments, especially at
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