The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-04-04
1T WAS THE DAY AFTER.
And the 0meial Canvass OF the
Votes Didn't Alter the Result
Materially
IL Showed. However. That Gage
Was tho Most Popular on
His Ticket.
MAyor-Eiso Weed Reeeivsd Many Con
CALCULATIONS ARd Also = Great
Many Callers

The Official canvass OF the returns OF
Mondays election was made by the city
council al a special meeting last night. and
10 showed that G. r. Gage. the successful
republican candidate for police msgistrAte.
was the most popu.ur man on his party's
ticket. BY an error In transmitting the
returns from the fourteenth precinct by
telephone she vote for GaRs was given as
"a. when 10 was isslly 1917 as shown by the
Off iHl retu ne. his increased Cages
total vote TO COS and gave him just 53
votes more than Weed got for mayor. The
official returns showed several minor
changes from the unotnoiai figures fui-
nished Monday nishi. but they we're
trivial. Aldermen Cox md Fuller acted az
tello,s and City Clerk Mcintyre made the
footiuRs for the council. The Official
figures we're as follows on the general
ticket;
Mayor-E. d. Weed 1853 J. II. Huseby
si4. r.. W. Bach 727; wted'a plu slit 7O9
IrsAsurer--C. Is. GsTrett 1865, ID. n. IVES
ton III. }. n. Jureens 5s2i Garrstra plu-
ialitY 237.
Police Judge. r. Gage l.6O6. 7. T..
Cruiehe 1904 Jerome Morris 43l; Cages
majority l65
The following are the Official figures on
aldsrmon;
Fret wnrd-JAcob Post 275. J. Il. Atchi-
son III. Eugene Meyer 1l6i Posts major
ity ~.
Second waTd-GsorRs O. Freeman 1872
0sor-s MRhr, 1877; FresmAn's majority A.
Third wttd-F. ). Edwards 1888. II. 4.
Howell lG6, Albert Kleinsohmldt So Ed
wards plurality II.
Fourth ward-G. II. Piau 1888. o. r.
smith lGl, David Sutton 56i PiAtrs plural
Ivy n.
Fifth wArd-AuRustus MeMurphsy 1i5,
MasssnA Bullard l2l Fred Sass "a; Nc
MurpheY's plurality %.
SiHtb Ward-Jacob Walker l47. j. W.
Roso 1872. Z. X. Brown lis; Walkers
Ia Atty 10.
Seventh ward-Jaeob Fisher $50. f. W.
Fisk 25O, j. Is. Laadis ~ Fishers plural
ity 1870.
When the fooiings we're announced those
receiving the highest votes we're declared
elected. Z his vas done on the general OIL
csrs 81, End then on the alderman from
each ward In turn.
On the way TO the meeting MAYOR Curtin
called At The Helena 90 ask Mayor Elect
Weed 10 attend. Mr.. Weed was a. dinner
at tho time and after waiting ~ long as no
without his successor. Ii has been Mayor
Cnrtiu's custom during his two years N
office to always get to the council meetings
ON time, and he did not wish 20 break bis
record.
Yesterday was THE day afte-." Il found
the democrats all up aud smiling, the popu-
lists fully recovered from their agreeable
sufprias. and the publican a little more
upproschable. Yesterday Mr.. Weoi was
the recipient OF la'ge number Of CON
Rratula tons, tot only from friends in tho
city, but those on the outside sent him their
GOOD wishes by wre. Besides the oongrat-
ulations MIR. Weed received larle number
OF callers. Some Of these had veTY urgent
businsss-one man wanted 20 90 to Butte,
and he desired Air. Weed to bur him n
ticket. The mayor.elsot did not want 20
lose opulatiOn In that way. go he refused.
Then the visitor wanted a dollar iust for
luck. This was refused, and then the visi-
tor asked for a quarteT. As the successful
candidate bad had AZ least a dozen apoli-
oRnts of the same sort during the morning.
Va vas refused also. Then the next
mayor was told that be was no good" and
that the striker" had not voted for him
anyway.
Other visitors we're those who had claims
for office TO present. OF the claims OF friends.
strong effort 10 being made By the friends
of W. IL. Or, the builder, TO have him ap-
polnte1 city marshal lie has always been
consistent republican. Is a clean man. 10
popula', and his appointment would be ao-
ceptu bic TO the best elements of his party.
Another onndidAts IL Ex-s erReant OF Police
Martin. For street com IN issionsT there are
number Of Applioants as there are for the
other Offices. As one active epublioan said
yesterday, There aie more than 600 people
after the places"
bargains in lsdies' and ohildren's black hose
a. The iea live
spring calioues ~ cents at The @, Hive.
60 south via "Alhert lea" Route M A ST L.
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