The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-12
TOWN TATTLE IN BUTTE
Interesting Bits Of Gossip Overheard BY
STANDARD" Reporter.


IsnproveA Upon Other /
Notice snd Gossip.
Special Correspondence Of the standard.
BUTTS, Jan. 11.-The expression of in-
tense judicial surprise which came over
Judge McHattou's features when informed
by the clerk OF the district court the other
day That there are two men claiming to he
sheriff of Silver Bow county, would have
made the fortune of any artist able tn
catch it. The idea that Judge Mediation.
the man who has stood in the front rank
of the light over the throwing out of the
Tunnel precinct, who has been the leader
of the hattie since the Infamous act was
preferred, in whose name the mandamus
was issued and argued, the man who Inns
been the most prominent figure i'm the
fight all through-the idea that he, ]. Nc
his clerk that there arc two men claiming
the office 81 sheriff. r. a conception
very funny to the common herd of people.
The city council adopted the Gaynor
fire alarm system Oh December 10. The
contract was signed by the necessary Of
ficials on December 70. On that day H.
whitacre, agent for the Gaynorc
told the that the superintend-
ent of construction would proceed to
Butte from Salt Lake at once and that the
putting up OF wires would begin in about
a week. Twenty-Five days have passed
and not II move has been made i'm Butte
at least. The contract calls for the conn
pletion of the System i'm 100 days. The
time.
Police protection should he given
Meaderville. 1t is n goodly sized suburb
and has II saloons. To II s~alooons there
should he AN officer of some kind-either
policeman or deputy sheriff.
There is truth in the report that Butte Ia
to have n new republican paper. 1t is to
he run by the ANTI Mantle faction of the
party and will he started before the next
calamity of n second republican paper
before the last campaign. The matter
cago editor of note fell through Just before
the opening of the campaign.
~ don't believe there are many men i'm
Montana who have paid six bits "a thimble
for whisky, but l have done il; y remarked
Judge Eddy the other day. 1T was ut
that time the Pixies Peakers were coming
through. and they brought the first speci-
me.s OF paper money, or Uncle Abe,s
new tangled money? Well, bring i'm all
You can of 1t, boys. 1 want to paper this
shack"
While there is all this talk and kicking
about fees, wouldn't il BIO n good oppor-
tunity to abolish the fee system sand pay
officials stated salaries for their work?
A citizen of Butte said to-day concerning
the court troubles:
"The chief difficulty seems to be that
county cases are made secondary to city
cases in importance in the police court,
whereas they are of much more import
ance The citizens of Butte are a great
deal more Interested i'm the disposition OF
n county than of IA city case. County cases
include murder. burglary, highway rob
berry, arson. larceny or any felony. A
sttv nnSn ia a N al I'm I. Il an fiSfarlp
ance of the peace, or other violation of q
city ordinance. Now il is wrong to try a
common drunk i'm preference to n murder
1t is wrong to consider that county cases
are only to he tried when there are no city
cases to occupy the attention of the court,
That i'm my opinion is one of the reasons
why the costs in the Barriere case were
SO great. II had to make way for cit.
~sesIdrnnk etc This was not 20
that case. There were several other rea-
sons, and there was more than one to
is that the county is caused u great deal
OF unnecessary expense by having, tine
COUNTY os;, diSpG,ssd as Of prslim n Sy i
want to try them. He isn't paid ade
quately for that work. lie wants to devote
snow What would oppose, ~ continued
this citizen. sis that all county cases bt
taken directly to the district court. Their.
is no need of "a preliminary trial i'm police
court. 1t runs the costs up immensely &c
have these preliminary trials and the
woTh ali las u" uchS v
again in the district court anyway
In fact there have to be three examina
tions after; one before "a justice of tin
peace, one before a. grand jury, and theI
a trial i'm district court. Each time n wit
ness is paid for his attendance mt cour
and often the mileage il ridiculotisly high
Perhaps i'm the present crowded condition
of work i'm the district court thiss chem
is not practicable at present. But il cal
be done in a few months, or rs soon as tn
bulk of the legal work il disposed of. Til
would he n great saving to the county.
"The scheme l speak of would be salts
factory to all concerned. Judge Newkirl
could continue To take care of the petit
police cases, the city work. Judge.
Eddy and Irvine could try civi
suits, and the MURDERS. burE
laries and larcenies could com
directly before Judge Mediation, wler
they must eventually come anyway. TIL
police would be instructed to take a
county prisoners, that is. all importar
criminals to tine county jail-the prope
place for them. The city cases, that j.
the drunks and petty offenders. should b
taken To the city jail as at present. II is
mistake to take county. prisoners to I'll
city Jail, or to take anybody there
1t IL desirable to keep i'm custody.
"TAke the important criminals directI
to the district court. That is what woul
best please the citizens of Butte. l..
Judge Newkirk c~onfine bis attention