The Butte inter mountain., 1902-09-23
NO CONTESTS EXCEPT A FRIENDLY
RIVALRY AT SOME or THE
PRECINCTS LAST NIGHT.
SPECIAL TRAIN TO THE
GREAT FALLS CONVENTION
Committee Says That the Chances
for Republican Success Were Never
Brighter Than at Present and That
the Success Of the Party Is Assured.

There IL great activity in the republican
headquarters OH the eighth floor of the liir-
bour building today. Malcolm ellis
Chairman Of the county committee. and
host OF assistants have been kept busy all
day making preparations for the primaries
which will be held this evening from till
8 o'clock.
With the exception OF the county dis
triets, all the precincts sent in their lists
of candidates chosen at the 'caucuses last
evening and from them, il may be seen that
most OF the respectable citizens of Butte
who are making an effort to redeem the
county from the government which is the
laughing sock OF the state. are repre-.
sented
Next Thursday, September IS, the
county convention of the republican party
will meet AT the Auditorium at 10 o'clock
IN the morning. The following morning
the delegates 10 the state convention at
Great Falls, the members OF the Silver Bow
Republican League club and a number of
friends will leave the Great Northern depot
OH n special train Of five Pullman coaches.
With them will be the delegates from Deer
Lodge. Powell and Beavcrhcad counties
and at Helena several more coaches will be
added for the delegations for the counties
west of the range who will come in over
the Northern Pacific, and from the other
counties east on the line of the same rail
road. All will attend the league clubs
meeting Friday evening and be on hand foi
the state convention which begins the fol
lowing morning.
Everything went along smoothly for the
republican at the caucuscs last evening
In few precincts there will be contests
but the rivalry is Of friendly nature and
viii not materially affect the result. The
republicans recognize that they are the
hope OF the friends of clean government
who, independent Of party, will have no
coar ction with either Of the disgraccfuI
Glen 'nts that are fighting for the control of
the. .smocratic party.
viii Garry the State.
"Our chances for carrying the state were
never better said Chairman Malcolm Gil
lis today. People come in here every day
and renouncc their allegiance to the party
wh,, q is making such disgraccful exhibi
tion Of itself at present in the eyes of the
people of Montana. Both factions are
shouting corporation Both are equally
dominated by corporations and il is to the
republicans that the people of Silver Bow
Nohih1 iooh ioI NltdH dNlIllilbITHIlDU Df
affairs and square deal alike to individual
and corporate owners.
I'VE absolutely disclam any connection
with either Of the parties that are for pri-
vate ends fighting Tor the control. We
have thousands nocking around our ban
ner every day and when election day comes
arornd not only Silver Bow county, but
the state Of Montana will repudiate the
partY of corruption and come pack to the
fold where they naturally belong.
These contests at the primaries are only
evidences Of good spirit and healthy com
petition that make success all the more Ger
tain They show that the party is not at
the dictates Of any faction and whatever
the 'csult may be, the majority will rec
ognizc the will Of the people and all will
rally round the old flag with the spiri,
that is the bulwark of this republic
Blow are the delegates chosen at the
caurises last evening. In precinct nine
the republicans have chosen Joe Hodge to
represent them in the convention and from
the outoftown precincts the returns have
not yet been received
The Delegates.
Precinct One--Cyrus Rctallack, VIM. 7.
Ball David Rundle, H. Woodthorpe,