The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-09
ANACONDA ALL RIGHT
Triumphant Election Of The Entire
Democratic Ticket.
FITZGERALD's HARD FIGHT
The Little Judge Saved Himself by
a Plurality OF 1e-Mayor Thorn
ton and Colonel O'Leary Get
There In Great shape.

The entire democratic ticket was
elected in Anaconda yesterday. A tie vote
was declared by the judges in tho Fourth
ward, where John r. Walkup and John
p. Stage were each credited with
169 votes. One vote which was
IN writing was not counted by the
judges, but on the recount il will have to
DO counted under tho law, and as Mr..
Walkup's name is on this ballot it gives
him majority of one.
Mayor Thornton is elected to succeed
himself by handsome plurality of 293
votes. He made gallant fight and to his
personal efforts Is due in q largo measure
the credit of the victory.
Col. T. O'Leary received vote most
complimentary to his standing in the
community. 1t was admitted carly in the
campaign that L. ID. Fitzgerald for police
magistrate had the hardest fight Of any
man on the ticket. He had two very pop.
ular men to beat. The little judge ran
John M. Delury was the only man on the
ticket who is always sure OF election, aud
when 1t came to his name all parties
moved to make his election as city treas
urer unanimous.
Denis Shovlln in the First ward and
John ID. Rom In the Second won easily.
John Lappen had three-cornered fight,
but he pulled through by q snug plurality.
The day was as near perfect for the
election as could have been planned for
the purpose. The air was balmy with the
mildness of spring, and the sun shown
bright and warm all day. The streets
were in good condition and the usual mud
which prevails at q spring election was
missed but not mourned.
There was no undue excitement but the
party workers were out early and worked
hard. The vote was within 100 of the total
number registered. The usual number
of carriages fitted about, bringing in the
laggards, the sick and the manned. At
the Mountain View house on East Park
street large crowd congregated which
was rather inclined to be noisy, but the
presence of Officers Gangner and Nc
Masters checked the disturbance and no
arrests were made.
At the corner of Park aud Cherry
streets there VAS ripple OF excitement
caused by an argument a Ia bloomsbury,
but friends of the parties quieted them
and il was peaceably settled.
The most exciting scene of the day at
the Fourth ward precinct occurred as the
whistles were blowing for 6 o'clock. Up
the street out West Park avenue there
was cloud of dust, in which could be
see q team of horses on the run, behind
them came a carriage from which demo-
cratic banners were futtering gaily in the
breeze. In the carriage were three work.
ers and one man who hadn't voted. 1t
was race against time. Every one on
the street gave them right of way and
the crowd at the door divided to make
room ut the entrance to the polling booth
as the carriage rolled up. the voter leaped
out and over the ropes, but he was too late
and the result Is a tie vote where q demo-
cratic victory would have resulted had the
arrival been half minute earlier..ossss 4
When the result of the election was
known the town went wild with enthusi-
asm. For time the crowd which congre-
gated around the Fire hail. where the Sec
ond ward vote was being counted, amused
itself in carrying about the successful
candidates on their shoulders of
brawny victors. Then band
made its appearance, a hack
was pressed into service and
Mayor Thornton, Col. T. O'Leary, Judge
Fitzgerald and Chairman j. NJ. Kennedy
of the central committee, with other party
leaders were loaded into it. A procession
was formed which marched through the
streets to NJ ,yor Thornton's home, to
Judge Fitzgerald's. to ]. NJ. Delury's and
Col. O'Leary's and there were speeches
and cheering ali along the line. The
vote complete is as follows: