The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-01
Mr.. MURPHY IS THE MAN,
He Was Nominated for Mayor by Ac-
elamation at Last Nights
Convention.
Bon Folk RenOminated and Ter
renee O'Donnell Chosen for
Police Magistrate.
A Convention Which Will he Remem
bered for Its Harmony and Enthusi-
asm-A Winning Ticket
For Mayor. .......... John T. Murphy
For City Treasurer. II. W. &. Folk
For City e,..,, Terrence O'D0nnell

For John T. Murphy
For City Treasurer. .......,.,.B IL. w. :. FOlA
For City Judge ......... .Terrence O'D0nnel
No gathering of men could be more har'
monious, enthusiastic or happy than thu
democratic city convention last evening
Not the faintest sign of friction or discorc
marred the proceedings, despite republican
prophecies. Probably the caucus of dele
gates and alternates in the afternoon haG
something to do with the arrangements
but no difficulty WI found there. Their.
were a few disconnected from the First
ward, but they accepted the will of the ma
jority with good grace. The Marquis, who
is a democrat in all seasons Of the year. wal
fairly beaming with Joy over the prospects
The convention began q burst of enthusi
asm and ended the same way. Victory was
in the air and pervaded all proceedings Of
the evening. When Mr. Murphy came in
the hall and accepted the nomination the
roof fairly trembled with cheers. The othel
nominations were received with like salts.
faction and both nominees promptly &C.
cepted in the same spirit.
A~ltogether it was an ideal city conven-
tion.
All of the representative democrats and
delegations all blu complete were presen:
when jacob Loeb, chairman of the central
committee, called the convention to order
soon after eight o'clock. Mr.. David Marks
was ON his feet in a m to nominate
Col. James Sullivan for chairman. He was
chosen amid cheers by unanimous consent
It may be remarked here that the colonel
made a very excellent presiding officer.
There were no occasions for any rulings OF
Aha Vnln RoQ0 RnYt and tho hnQinneo ~ne
carried through with C~ommendable prompt.
ness md despatch.
Clerk of the House Charles z. Pond like.
wise made an excellent secretary of the con.
vention. After Marcus Lissner had sug.
gested mineral water for refreshments the
following committee on credentials consist
ing of a delegate from each ward was ap-
pointed: First ward. j.. N. Craig; Second
ward, Finley McRae; Third ward, p. j
4Connors; Fourth ward, W. B. Hundley
Fifth ward, j. S. Russell; Sixth ward, Ian
lei Hanley; Seventh ward. E. Wommels.
dorf.
The committee reported the following list
of delegates or alternates:
First Ward-John N. Craig, q. B. Totten,
Joseph O'Neill. August Fack, A. T. Kold.
rup, Il. G. Parrett, Arthur O'Brien, G. p.
Connolly, Terrence O'Donnell. D. +. Muir
ply.
Second Ward-Finley McRas. j.. E.
Allen, John J: McEvily. John A. Quirk, I,
j. Oronin, Leon A. LaCroix, Charles z.
Pond, j. Feldberg, George Pfnniger.
Third Ward-John Dolan, Louis Israel,
s. H. MCINTYRE. P. j: Connors, Alex. p.
Reed. james Sullivan, William Reed, X. j.
Neagle, ]. M. Peterson.
Seventh Ward-A. H. Nelson, David
Marks, William Taylor, John Worth, s. X.
Davis, J.. L. Callahan, l.. d. Beary, F. w.
Kuphal, A. @. Logan, E. Wommelsdorf.
Fifth Ward-J. Il. Russell, r.. Z. Crutch-
- T r. T-~ln-- q T. E----AA r M
lou, 8. .Poznansky, H.. r.. Buck, G. d.
Sixth Ward-Joseph Becker, James Nc
Gill, Joseph Cuskelly, Thomas Conlon,
Daniel Hanley, G. H. switzler, A. Harrity,
NJ. Manley, W. G. Bennett, George Hall.
Fourth Ward-W. B. Hundley, Jacob
Simpson, j.. L. McNamara. E. N. Branda-
gee, DR.. Frank. X. b. Smith, H.. Tom.
The committee on permanent %organiza-
ton reported in favor of continuing the
temporary officers of the convention.
Chairman Sullivan responded, saying
among other things: II wish l could find
honor you have conferred, for it is an honor
OF which any man may we'll be proud.
When l look at the earnest and honest
faces in front of me / can have no doubt as
to the results of you deliberations You
seem to have met with the determination
w q UAdb III ll6Gb Will
the approval of all good citizens. When
you get out as the democracy does when it
it is in earnest there will be no doubt as to
it's success. Applause.
When the chairman then called for nom
nations for the mayoralty Alderman Con-
molly arose and said: THE one great desire
OF the democratic party is to nominate a
man whose democracy is true and tried. l
am here to nominate N man whose democ-
raey is of that sort. A man who has lived
here for thirty-tive years, a man who, if
nominated, will consolidate all good clti-
OF all classes for his support. nominate a
man whose name will be received with an
exclamation of cheers, John T. Murphy.
Prolonged applause. If elected he will
truly serve the people of this city regard
less of any class. Renewed cheers.
Mr.. >. ID. Mcintyre, in ~seconding Mr..
MurphyI's nomination, said: TT is With
nomination. Mr.. Murphy. as we ali know
is a CONSERVATISM, consistent and lifelong
democrat. He is a man of the greatest .
rightness of character. If he shall be
elected he will bring to the administration
OF this city a thorough knowledge of busi-
ness and a great familiarity with the needs
the utmost heartiness." Mr.. Kennetts
motion that the nomination be made
unanimous was carried by the delegates
rising to their feet, with the exception OF a
Few sore heads in the First ward.
After the applause which followed the
vote had subsidized, the chairman appointed
Mr.. Mcintyre, Col. Hundley and Mr..
O'Brien a committee to bring the next
mayor to the hall. In the meanwhi' Q the
business of the convention Was proceeded
with. Hon. X. b. Smith, in a pleasant little
speech, placed MIR. Folks name before the
convention for denomination for city
treasurer. He said that it gave him
pleasure to present the name of a gentle
man who had filed the office of CITY
treasurer during the past year to the salts
faction of all parties.
MI. Folk was renominated by reclamation
convention and promised if reelected to
serve the city to the best of his ability,
There we're two nominations for police
magistrate, though only one name was vot-
ed upon. Mr.. Feldberg nominated MIR. O.
3. Totten, who declined. Mr.. Crutcher
said that he was there TO nominate a true and
tried democrat from the green old sod who
would be as true to his trust as every son of
that island is to his mother. Everybody
seemed to nov that Terrence O'Donneil
was the man and n yell of applause arose in
answer. he WAS was unanimously nomin-
ated. MI. O'Connell said that il elected he
hoped to discharge the duties of his office in
q way that would satisfy the citizens of
Helena.
II Was resolved to organize the city CEN
tral committee with a membership consist
ing of the chairmeu of the ward commit
taos. This finished the business of the con-
vention except naming u chairman, which
Was dom laier. While this discussion was
going on during the recess the committee