The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-11
THEIR NAME IS LEGION.
Mon Who Are Willing TO Serve the
City for a Money Con-
s%ideration.
Elk Marshal Sims Working for
Democratic Support to Secure
His Confirmation.
Tom Graham Ready to Drive tho Red
Wagon of Fire Marshal-Smith for
City Clerk and Attorney.

Candidates for city offices under the new
mayor were around pretty thick yesterday.
Mayor-elect kleinschmidt was besieged
with applications in and out of the bank.
Many of the applications were backed by
petitions long enough and strong enough
for most purposes, but. in the language of
one Of the politicians, petitions don't
count much. It's influence that goes. 1.-THE
mayor-elect met Mayor Bradford yesterday
for the first time since Monday, and re-
ceived his congratulations.
Ex-Marahal Sims was rustling around the
streets yesterday. He was after democratic
support in the city council to secure his
confirmation when he is named for his old
place of city marshal. He had heard
that some of the republican mem.
bers Of the city council were going
to oppose his confirmation. -Four or
perhaps five of them he could count on.
Two, or perhaps three of them, would, he
felt, vote against him if it came to q secret
session and C. ballot. The prospective mar
shall made sure of two democratic votes
and hopes to get more. The grounds taken
by the democrats who will support him are
that if he is competent and the new mayor
secs fit to nominate him, it is a republican
family affair and it is not their business to
go into any fight that may be made agains at
Sims in his own party on personal grounds.
Whether he will be able to get enough DEM
ocrats of this way of thinking to offset re-
publican disaffection remains to be seen.
It was given out during the day that Tom
Graham had entered the lists for the posi-
tion of fire marshal. Ex-Marshal Wilmer
has a petition, signed by a large number of
influential republicans, endorsing him for
his old place. f. E. Lee. at present one of
the fire force, has also started a boom for
the place. Lee was among the many who
wanted the street commissionership. When
he foundt that there we're enough others APP
plying for the same position to pave q block
or two of Main street if laid l%engthwise, he
concluded to let &c and make an effort to
become fire marshal. There are some
John Worth. Marshal Worth has made a
most efficient officer during the six months
that he has been driving the red wagon.
and the new mayor may be in no hurry to
make a change.
TIL Office of city clerk and attorney is
another that is not going begging: One of
the strongest names mentioned is that of
Henry g. Smith, the young attorney who
acted as chairman of the republican city
committee during the short campaign.
Frank McIntyre's name is also mentioned,
while Col. A.. G. Botkin, SO far as heard
from, has not given up the fight. Most of
the talk yesterday, however, was for Smith.
Building inspector is an office which sew
eral are anxious and willing to fill. Some
of the talk yesterday was to the effect that
there was no great necessity for such an
office in Helena just at present, and that it
might be abolished or consolidated with
that of inspector of weights and measures
with one salary. This uncertainty, now
ever, does not deter applicants.
Their names are not as numerous
as those for some of the other places, but
there are enough of them to insure disap-
pointment to a few when the appointment
is made. W. Y. Simonton and William
Norris are among the possibilities.
The chances of a clean sweep among the
policemen was discussed pretty generally
yesterday. Agreat many republicans, how
ever, talked openly againt anything of the
kind just at this time. They say that
Helena just now needs experienced men on
the police force, as the place is filling up
with strangers, and the number of petty
larcenies lead to the fear that there may be
a bigger job attempted before grass grows.
just the same there are 125 applicants for
places on the force.