The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-29
CITY POLITICS IN BUTTE.
The Election Will Occur on April 10,
h and There ore Candidates
Innumerable.
Laboring Men May Put Ticket
Of Their Own In the
Field.
scpubiicans Admit That the Third Party
Wiiiswcep the City The Third
Party In Anaconda.

IooTTE, Mafcn Iss-I special. The Butte
City election will be held April 10. The
pfhce.s to be chosen, aud who will hold
their officers for two years, nre mayor, city
nttorney, police magistrate. city treasurer
AFd one alderman from each ward. Tho
sction of the council in reducing the fees
attached to several Of the offices has not
dampened the ardor OF chronic office-seek-
ers to any appreciable extent, and there il
no lack of aspirants to the various positions
except, perhaps, to that of mayor. The
democratic primaries are set for April Q.
and the republicans will follow with theirs
on tho 4th. It is a little too early yet for
much Interest to be manifested OH the sur
fnce, but the would-be candidates on both
sides are doing a great deal OF wire-pulling
in quiet way.
There has been considerable talk of the
workingmen putting a third ticket in the
field. but no definite steps in that direction
have been taken yet, and If such action was
ever seriously considered it probably has
been given mp. A few Of the leaders who
might profit By such a proceeding no doubt
favor putting up q ticket, but it is believed
that great majority of the rank and file of
the labor organizations are opposed to the
scheme.
Both the old parties have been casting
about with much assiduity and no little
anxiety for available candidates for the
mnyoralty. There is no lack of good men
for the position. On the democratic side
Aldermen Mueller, Lynch and McDermott,
Ex-Alderman Sam Mulville and Mayor Val
lton have been talked of. while DR.. Leavitt,
Henry McMurphy, Alderman Goodale and
j. II. Monteath are among the possibilities
on the republican side. None of these gem
tlemen have given any reason to believe
they would accept the nomination if ten
dered, while several of them have declared
they will not be candidates before the con-
vention. From present appearances it is
not unlikely that some dark horse will
come to the front at the opportune moment
and capture the confectionery. For the
other offices there are plenty Of aspirants,
apfs tha trouble will be not to find good
man for the place, but to choose from the
many good men who are willing to sacrifice
their private interests on the altar of the
public good.
The city attorneyship is the best Office
in the gift of the city from financial
standpoint. The present efficient in
cumbent, f. L. Corbett, would like
to succeed himself in this Office.
while on the republican side E. S. Booth
ard Assistant County Attorney Cotter are
both casting longing eyes in that direction
For city attorney the most prominent can
didates are M. M. Miller, bookkeeper in the
Miner office, and Simon Jacobs, democrats,
and Robert Grix and Joseph Case, republi-
cans. For the Office of police magistrate
there are whole batch of candidates on
either side, and it is impossible to even
guess at the nominee of either party.
Registration for the city election began
last Saturday, and is proceeding more rap
idly than was ever before known in the
city. There are nearly 1000 names on the
list already, and from present indications
there will be q larger vote polled than there
was at the state election last fall.
The democrats are confident they will
carry the city by a large majority, and the
republicans by their silence seem to concede
the point.