Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-10

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as the challenger at the polls seceder
from the Democratic ranks who recklessly
challenged the vote OF ten-year resident
OF the ward who resented the indignity by
Letting 60 OF his left duke" and counter
ing with force on the challenger's face.
Things round the polling place were lively
all day, the crowd filling the street. In
this ward the Republicans had resort to q
disreputable trick at the opening OF the
polls, circulating ticket with Jack Dowd's
name Tor Alderman and telling the French,
who are in large force in the ward, that the
Democrats were going to throw them over
The trick was discovered in time to check.
mate it before any damage to the Demo-
cratic ticket was done. There were 361
names registered in this ward and 256 votes
cast. Batcheler ran behind his ticket
heavily in this ward. The entire Demo-
cratic ticket was elected..by good majorities.
The Sixth ward presented no occurrence
OF interest during the day. the Democrats
taking the lead early and maintaining it to
the close, electing all their candidates. The
total registration was ZIG and 192 votes
were cast. Morris for Alderman got the
lowest vote on his ticket, electing Henry
Mueller. which wasla foreg6ne conclusion
when the merits OF the two men are com.
pared.
The Seventh is Republican ward, but
here, too, the Democratic ticket came out
ahead except on Alderman. The registra.
tion in this ward was the largest in the city,
43S, and the vote cast only 335. Mr..
Shaw, the Republican Alderman elected,
made an active canvass and the party
managers concentrated their strength on
him. Mr.. Boyce, the Democratic eaudi.
date, only consented to the use of his
name to add the strength OF his high stand
ing in the community as one of the leading
merchants OF the city to the ticket. He is
doubtless better satisfied to be beaten
than to have the cares OF Office added to
the onerous demands OF his business.
The election was well conducted by the
city authorities, excellent provision being
taken to keep the polls free from crowjing
by number of special policemen sworn in
for the occasion. Both parties took the
precaution to have challengers at the polls
who guarded the interests OF both parties
from any illegal voting.
General Warren gave up the fight early in
the day, and in the course of the afternoon
the faces OF the Republican managers grew
longer and longer as they saw and recog-
nized the handwriting on the wall.
As usual, q number of voters presented
themselves at the wrong polls to vote and
proceeded with more or less energy to an
athematize the registration clerk. A visit
to the latter in the City Hall Strengthened
out matters by direction to their proper
voting place. In few instances Topographic
cal errors in the lists had to be corrected
The falling of in the vote cast from that
registered is due to the fact of many men
having left the city. The whole strength OF
each party was polled wherever it was pos
sible.
At night Park street West was aglow
with bonfires, that enthusiastic little
Sol Levy OF the Sideboard,
leading off in the jubilation ovel the VIC
tory of his party. And it was famous
victory well worthy OF celebration by the
party that has pre-eminently claimed to
be the party of the people and in this
instance was their special champion against
bossism and ring rule patent to every one.
Charley Warren's fate was sealed by the
way he was nominated in the Republican
said an old timer yesterday.
'I've seen many conventions where
the bosses controlled things and had them
all their own way, but never one in which
they showed their hands SO undisguisedly
as then. If the people never had q sus-
picion of the attempt of the Triumvirate to
rule or ruin in local politics here. that
opened their eyes. They carried things
with a high hand ever since November,
when they got on top through no merit OF
theirs, and they were giving themselves too
many airs in consequence. They carried
themselves as if they were the salt of the
earth and the voters have just quietly gone
to work and punctured the wind-bags they
had inflated themselves into. This puts an
end to a party's aspirations for Governor,
and tell you good many Republicans on
both sides OF the range are glad ofthis days
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