The Helena independent., 1894-08-25
THEY'RE NOT FOR CARTER
At Least a Majority OF the Dele
gates Are Counted the
0.hsr Way.
Republican Primaries We're Very warm,
bot Prove Htus - 10 CAndi.
dates for Local Ofioss.


With two United States sonAtorahips:And
q lot OF counly Offices hung up hs posllbls
purses, II is not to be wondered that thS
republican primaries laat night we're better
attended than lhsy have been for years.
Even In those vsrds where there 10 always
a contest with or without provoeatlon, all
,he Topublieans we're urged by tho various
candidates for county offoes 10 attend and
and most Of them did 40. The result Vas
that In many places u was quite lAto be-
fore the ballots we're counted aud IL wAa
known who were 70 be the delegates 10 the
county convention. There were others who
didn't care for the county Offices who had
had an interest In getting out their friends.
Hon, Thos. II. Carter had no, overlooked o
ward. Al svsry voting place there was q
Cater tlckot for delegates; al most OF
them anti Carter tickets. and ht all of
them tickets which represented local
nspianis for various plaoes on the
county ticket With Carter or anti
Garter trimningi The result mar
be summed np as follows: 10
one ward. the Second. the Chrts'
ticket won almos, outright In other,
only partially; In one. the Seventh. and
some say in the Fifth. ID was boatsn. The
general result will depend in measure on
the returns OF the county precincts outside
tho city. Right In the city. IL is olsimsj.
tho anti Carter delegates are in tho ma
ioFity. There are. however. ffiy-1vs out
aide delegates 10 be heard from. and az
Mr.. Csrtsr's efforts have not bsen confined
candidates for the legislature, who. n
elected. will vote for him for United stAtos
senator
The straight defeat for the Carter ticket
was In the keventh, the banner republican
ward OF the city. There the anti Garter
ticket won, and those on the Carter ticket
will show mp as a.ternates. with prospec ci
that their services will not be needed.
There were 166 ballots cast. and the vote
was close. except on the head Of the ticket,
who happened 20 be on both states. II wal
frat time In the history OF Seventh ward
iolitios that any tickot has gone through
just 90 II was made up. AMI without some.
body being left of. In addition to hoi
light ovor the delegation. thsie was n con-
test over The ehaiTmanship. 4. II. Klein
schmidt coming out ahead with sIxty-eighi
votes. TO ffty-six for A. is. Keith.
Next 10 the seventh the biggest fight VA
In the Fifth, the home OF Mr.. Carter. Th,
fight started there over tho chaifmsnshiJ
OF the meeting, A. J. Seligman and y. Il,
shannon being the candidates. shannon
was elected by Eve majority. This was Q
winning for Carter TO begin with. His
| AL
pofts nre true. Three tickets we're entered,
namely. Power. Carter and independent.
Ths tickets. OF course. wee made on, be-
TO- o ballotisg beRan although they were
| written and not printed. The independent
ticket WAS not n pa ticularly strong ons.
Several names that appeared on the inds-
pendent ticket we're also on either one o
the othsrs This In measure
accounted for the heavy yoteI
iu some individual cases Th,
balloting was very oloss all the war
through. Besides very close yot,
throughout, Ave nominees, namely, seiie-
man. Smith. Wilmer. Phillips and Clemsnts
rsoaived sighty-four votes each. and were
tied for last three places among the dsls-
gates. This neceasitsted draw and Smith,
wilmer and Phillips we're selected as dele
gates IN this way. making seliRmsn und
Cisnsuts nltsrnates. IL 10 asserted thai
Mr.. Carter will End few friends in thil
delegation.
The second warl delegation was IN,
straight cut Garter ticket and had beer
carried around in the pockets Of the Carter
people for some time before the primaries
Street Commissioner W. II. Orr. Who wa,
managing the Weed canvass. managed te
get himself and few other leading citi
gsns on the alternate Ticket he was hap.
pier when be heard the results In the othsi
wards Among other leading citizens who
wore not even 80 fortunate ss he was yer,
Henry Klein. Cornelius Hedges and N. NJ
Hotter.
The Third ward had lie usual large turn
out. There we're over . hundred presen
and the usual sirloin precinct politics ar,
alleged 10 have been empoyed, a. tho yot,
cast came nearer 70 200. One man 10 sale
ssid TO have voted four times.
In the fourth the usual quiet prevailed
though there was n contest In which Oh,
anti Carrier people are said 70 have com,
Gus best. Geo. II. Piat has the de,eEaiion
for treasurer.
Ths principal iacidsnt in ths First vsrd
was the return OF a delegation supposed u
be- Aaainst +. W. Combs for county olsTl
and TSoo der The ticket was spill MP a. u
Mr.. Garter.
The sixth ward also had big FIGHT, prin.
elpAily Garter and anti-Csftei. IL resulted
mainly Anti-CATtsr.
In KssslsT preeinst ths delegation wal
Instructed 90 present the name of Pau
Bickol for county sufvoyoL and Julgs
EDDY was made committeeman.
SO far ss the candidates for places on th,
ticket other than legislative. are con
csrned. IL will take quite 10, OF figuring
10 tell Just how the delegates stand, bom'
OF them felt pretty good las, night ovsi
the result In the city. IL looked better To-
the Weed slate than 10 did for any oths
psrtioulAr set OF candidates How the out
side delegates may sdoc, this 10 ySt 70 b
learned.
Ths iist Of delegates from the several
wards and from the kssslor precinct ls al
follows;
FIRsr WARD.
Delegates. AlteTnatsa
Harry Iiltou, John Adami.
lake Adhmi, Al. Luke,
VIM. prendereasl Il. w. Comb.
| Emil Kluge, Henty Hay. Jr..
AUG, MahTt, Tom Travis
Chfia Mookel, joe Pohd,
Honry Hay. ST., Aug. Mulch.
| John Mlloh, Il. Huth,
] Oso. MITCHELL OauAr Grimm.