The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-23
CITY NEWS AND GOSSIP.
What Some Well Known Repu Bill
cans Think Of Mr.. Carters
Letter of Declination.
Some Believe He is Sincere, While
Others Have Different
Views.
Talk About the City Dumping Grounds,
Garbage and the Establishment
Of . Crematory.

There were some republicans more or less
surprised at Mr.. Carter's announcement
yesterday through the columns of TIE In
DEPENDENT that he would not be candi-
date for reelection to congress. But there
were more republicans who were not, while
| as far as the democrats are concerned they
could easily read between the lines, and
many suspect that it ives ono of tho willy
politicians shrewd manouvres to secure q
denomination. As prominent republicans
| were run across yesterday they were asked
to give their opinion Of the letter, and some
of them are quoted:
Col. McCutcheon-He has not declined.
He does not say he will not accept.
State Treasurer Hickman-I think he
would accept a denomination if rendered
unanimously. He is the most available
man and has made a good record. No man
can beat him.
State Auditor Kenney-I do not look upon
the letter as declination. He realizes
that with two Helena men already in Wash
ington he can hardly expect Helena
people to put him up again. He wants the
nomination to come from the outside coun-
ties. He would like to see Silver Bow urge
RA~AAAAUV
of support.
Ex-Gov. J. 8. Tooker-I am in position
to know, as I have known for several
months, that Mr.. Carter means what he
says in his letter. He would be the easiest
man to elect that We could muster. But he
is man Of his word and will not make the
race again as he has about all the glory there
is in il.
T. II. Kleinschmidt, chairman county re-
publican committee hope he will make
the race. If he were here would certainly
try to prevail upon him to accept. But as
it is don't think he will.
David Morris, who has been east for sew
eral months, was seen on Main street yes
terday afternoon. He thought that Carter
wanted to remain in congress, that the con-
gresham was getting himself into posi-
ton to have the nomination forced on him.
Mr.. Boos-I think that Mr.. Carter's ac-
ton was partly based on feeling that his
services did not meet with the appreciation
of good many. I also think that Carter
is tired of the place.
G. w. Cannon guess he has got enough
of it.
The views of other republicans who were
seen, but who did not care to be quoted,
put together, are like this: They feel that
Carter is very anxious to return to congress,
but in his shrewdness as politician has
taken the advanced opportunity of placing
himself before the party to work up feel
ing for him. His failure to do anything for
Butte's public building bill, he realizes
will go against him on the west side; also
that he cannot look to the east side to
openly come out and favor him, because
this side of the range has already two men
in Washington besides him. They have no
doubt that an assurance of support from
the west siders and unanimous vote in
convention will cause him to accept. 10Th
ers believe it is a pretext to see how the
Hon. Lee Mantle stands, and if the "colt''
will be in his way. Summing up the whole
situation, however, his republican friends,
who are on the inside, do not take with sin
oerity Mr.. Carter's announcement that he
will not be a candidate for reelection.
The city council is now confronted with
two dumping-ground propositions, and by
a more chance the motion to pay $1,000 for
the old ground wa. laid over last night.
Both locations have their bad qualities,-
one costs too much money and the other is
located too high up, the cost Of hauling to
which in year would be big additional
expense. "What seems to be the best solu-
ton Of this dumping ground difficulty"
said city official last night, sis to abandon
both these propositions, and buy an acre of
ground and build crematory. This is fast
becoming the method of disposing of gar
bage in many cities, and think it would
be the best scheme yet suggested" Speak
ing of dumping grounds, Alderman Lissner
said at last nights COMMUNICATING that he
would never again vote to let the work of
gathering it out by contract. Even though
it cost thousand dollars more per year he
would be in favor of the CITY buying four
carts and employing man whose duty it
should be to see that all tho garbage il