The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-22
The ISSUE;
Montana Republicans Seem to Be
Hopelessly Divided.
FR1TTERING AWAY THEIR CHANCE
Carter Gives OfRense In Pushing His
Claims for the Seat OF
Paris Gibson.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Helena, Mont, Jan. 22.-There is no
Disgusting the fact that Montana repub-
licans are divided into two factions, Car
ter and anti-Carter While the bone of
contention is naturally the federal offices,
there is an underlying sentiment in the
anti Carter ranks that offices or no otnces,
T. H. Garter should be shaken loose from
his hold upon federal patronage. Both
factions have held recent meetings IN
Helena and mapped out plan or pro-
cedure that means war to the knife
The Carter following at their Helena
meeting laughed at the attempts OF the
opposition to deprive their leader OF his
power. Carter controls the machinery
of the party in the state, having ABOUT
every member Of the state central COM
mittee under his control, and when ne
directed that a meeting be held tnere
was ain unusually large attendance OF
members of the committee and others.
Everything was harmonious and the pro-
gram mapped out by Senator Carter was
followed. Chairman Webster, who is col
lectOr of customs, resigned, as ana the
members of the executive committee who
are holding federal offices. Ex-State Sen.
ator J. G. Aud OF Dawson county, VINO
voted for Carter for United States sen
ator in 1894 was elected chairman to sue
coed Mr.. Webster, who. by the way, is an
law of the late Governor Pillsbury.
The meeting of the two factions of the
party only tended to widen the breach
and the end worries old republicans, VINO
hate to see the party torn to pieces at
time when there is a possibility of car
rying the state. At the next election
in November, Montana will elect con-
gresham, a justice of the supreme court,
and about dozen state senators, as we'll
as members of the lower house of the
legislature, which meets the first Mon
day in January, 1908. The senators elected
next fall will be in the legislature in
1904, when a senator to succeed Paris
Gibson is elected. The necessity of the
republicans electing these senators Is
evident. The anti-Carterites charge That
Carter, with his eye upon Senator Glib
sons seat, is trying to have. only simon
pure Carter men nominated for the state
senate. This arouses the anger of the OPP
position, which has declared that II Car
ter men are nominated It will work
against them.
Helena Postoffice Fight.
Meanwhile the battle for the federal
Offices goes merrily on between the two
factions. Helena has an example of this
in the race between Postmaster A. j..
Fisk and George Huffaker for the Helena
postoffice. Fisk is only lukeWarm in his
support of Carter, while Huffaker is a
dyed-in- the-wool Carter man. Two years
ago Huffaker, who had once been elected
county assessor of Lewis and Clarke
county, turned down a denomination and
sure election to accept the nomination Of
state senator at Carriers personal request.
He was defeated. Carter promised him
the Helena postoffice. Postmaster Fisk
wants to succeed himself Both have been
circulating petitions for two days. To-
Governor Toole and some of the lead
ing citizens of the city, outside of the
Carter following, have signed Fisk pc
tition and if petitions counf,#it is pre-
dcted he will get the job Allasof the
Carter following are signing EHuffaker' S
petition. The anti-Carterites are rather
on the fence, although some Of them favor
Fisk. s@iss#ESg E35 = ~ s
The race for the United States marshall
ship is almost as interesting. It is be-
tween Malsom Gillis and C. F. Lloyd of
Butte. Tyler Worden of Missoula and
Joe Wollman, the present marshal. Wor-
den, Gillis and Wollman are Carter men,
while Lloyd is not. j. M. Page and E.
w. Beattie are after the surveyor gen.
eralship and there are plenty of candi-
dates for other Offices. It is predicted
that unless the warning factions can get
together the state is hopelessly lost to
the republicans at the coming election.