The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-14
HE'S BEEN THERE BEFORE,
]. H. KIeinschmidt o Nlght Be-
comes Mayor Of Helena for the
Third Time.
With Other Newly Elected OFF,
cials He Will Assume His
Burdens.
II City Council a Party stand OF,
Though All Republicans Are Not
With Him.

The government Of tho city of Helena
will change hands this evening. Mavor
Bradford will turn his official burdens over
ito Mayor Elect kleinschmidt. At the same
time eight newly elected members Of the
city council will go in. or these three,
Lissner, Garrett and Harrity, were elected
on the democratic ticket, and five are republic
cans. Thu latter ARE Morris, Gamer, + FULLER.
Reece and Weber. With four democrats
and two republicans holding over it will
leave the city council, as before, a tie be-
tween the two parties. There was some
talk the day after election of making an
effort to break this tie by contesting the
scat of Harrity. 1t was charged that the
judges Of election refused to receive the
votes of men who were supplied by Judge
Fleisher with certificates of their
right to a ballot. This contem-
plated contest has been dropped.
In the first place only two men could be
found who had been refused the right to
vote under those circumstances In the
second place one of these two declared he
would nave voted for Harrity. Az the lat
ter's majority was over forty it was con-
cluded that a contest would accomplish
nothing. So Mayor Kleinschmidt Will be-
gin business just as Mayor Bradford did u
year ago, with a council evenly divided
politically, and with the deciding vote in
consist of inaugural address by the new
mayor, in which he will briefly outline the
policy he wishes to follow during his ad-
administrations; the swearing in of the newly
elected aldermen and the new city treas
urer, James b. Walker, and Police Magis-
trate Sanders, reelected.
Outside OF the city marshalship, nobody,
1t seems, has any authority to speak for the
new mayor on the subject of appointments.
1t 10 generally conceded, however, that they
will all be republicans. Almost everybody
comedies the city marshalship to William
simms. He apperas to lave good ground
for believing that he is slated for that Of
fee, as he has been canvassing democratic
aldermen for support when the question of
confirmation is brought up. The prospect
i've marshal fears a detection in the ranks
of the republican aldermen, and wishes to
offset it by democratic votes. One republi-
can alderman will oppose Simms on strictly
moral grounds-the fact that he is a saloon
keeper. Two others will probably hold out
for the reason that they consider themselves
somewhat badly treated by the new mayor,
who refused to consult with them as to the
the best course to pursue in the matter of
appointments and the general policy to be
W uAo " oOlAlIcuU phIUF,
There may be another republican alderman
who will oppose the mayor on the same
grounds. To offset this possible DETECTION
two democrats are pledged to support
Simms and another is wavering, not from
any love of the nominee or his party, but
because he believes in allowing the repub-
lican administration to bear the burden of
its W actions. With a loss of three from
the republican side and u gain of three
from the democrats, it would still be a
stand off for Simms. unless the mayor
should adopt the course of casting the
deciding vote on the confirmation of his
own appointees. a
The names of those mentioned for the
other places have been published from time
to time: Pretty nearly all of them think
they will get there. Some will be disap-
pointed. 1t is not expected that there will
be any trouble over the confirmation of the
other republicans whoever they may be,
who Will undoubtedly be named to succeed
the present democratic officials.