The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-14
THEY TALK IN WHISPERS
Trying to lake 4 City once Depend
on Threats.
Knowing People In Butte Who Are
Circulating All Sorts OF I'm
canny Stories About EIec-
ton Matters.
BY the standards Special Wire.

BY the standards Special Wire.
BUTTE, May lathe trouble in the
democratic campaign in this city-if, in
deed. there is any trouble-amounts to
this: James A. Murray was chairman of
the democratic city central committee at
the election held In April. He wanted
Street Commissioners King reappointed.
His wishes were not met with and the
office went to another man. Thereupon,
il is said, Mr.. Murray threatened TO OK
pose fraud and irregularities i'm the cleo
ton, and Il is said that he wrote n letter
on the subject, which was offered to n
or two newspapers and declined by them.
Mr.. Murray's letter is said TO be quite
sweeping In its charges but not definite
i'm its specifications. II includes insinua-
tons of the gentleman's ability to expose
fraud at the 3ith tunnel precinct in Octo-
Der last, and those who have seen the
letter say that i'm n general way, il asserts
the writer's ability to show up no end of
democratic fraud.
The report was current in town tonight
that Mr.. Murray had made the exposure
which he threatens conditional on a with
drawal of the present appointment, his
offer being that, IL the appointment were
withdrawn and King appointed, he would
keep still but that otherwise he would
give the whole story Of ~crookedness away
and put the democratic party in the hole.
All sorts of stories are current about the
affair.
Undoubtedly many of them are entirely
without foundation as they would be
greatly to the discredit of Murray, II they
were true, aud their details are not comp
limentary to the good sense of the average
intelligent man.
People are telling, for instance, now
Mr.. Murray has declared regarding sew
eral very conspicuous democrats in Butte
and Anaconda, that he has the d-s--
Of BIS at his feet now and intends to
keep them there on threat of giving them
away.
Al midnight tonight a STANDARD rcpor-
ter met Mr.. Murray and asked him il there
was anything i'm the affair. His answer
was that some people in Butte were a good
deal too familiar with his matters and
pretended to know a good many things
which, i'm fact, they didn't know any
thing about. "There's nothing in il ALL
added Mr.. Murray, mot for the present,
anyway"
The STANDARD is a democratic news
paper which has more readers in Butte
than any other newspaper printed in the
world. Mr.. Murray has never offered TO
this newspaper any letter giving his own
knowledge of fraud at the city election in
April or the state election i'm October. II
he has anything of hat sort in his pos
session. il is his first duty TO give il the
widest possible publicity and to that end
he can have all the space in the STAND
ARD that is required for the fullest possi-
BILE publicity.
Let the whole business be exposed right
here and now. The inference is that Mr..
Murray will keep still about ii all IL the
council meets his demands.
II would be cowardly oil the part of the
mayor and aldermen of Butte TO be
threatened into a change of officers, il
would be cminently to the discredit of
MI. Murray to seal his lips about fraud in
order TO secure the appointment of n IA
vorite. We don't believe Mr.. Murray is
that style Of man. One thing is sure
i'm the present condition King will
not get the place. Another sure thing is
that 10 Mr.. Murray has personal knowl-
edge of crime at the polls, this is the SUI.
premc moment for the exposure of every
man, great or small, rich or poor.
To that end all the space that Mr.. Muir
ray can possibly need is at his disposal in
the columns of this newspaper. He was
chairman of the city committee INT IL
there was any crooked work he must
know all about it.-lEDIToR OF n