The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-12
IT'S NOT A BED OF ROSES
VISITORS PERSISTENT
Candidates by the Score For City
office Fat and Otherwise-From
Early Morn TIL Night Doth the
Office Seeker Seek

raised by persistent Office seekers from
the time he shows up in the morning until
he goes to bed at night, and il IL said he
has not slept two hours any night since he
was elected. The unceasing annoyance
to which he is subjected from early morn
until late at night is beginning to tell on
him, and his face wears q careworn ex-
preston that is altogether new to il. The
truth of the matter is that Mr.. Thompson
is passing through an ordeal that would
be Extremely trying to much more
strongly constituted man than he.
There are more applicants for Office
this year than have ever been seen or
heard of, even in Butte, and they are
after the mayor-elect like flies around
sugar barrel in July. They bob up
serenely at every conceivable and incon-
ceivabIe point, and at times they seem to
come right up through the ground. There
are hundreds of them of all sizes, ages
and nafionalties. One alderman stated
tonight that he had been approached by
more than 200 Office seekers, and there Is
no doubt that the mayor has been called
upon by two or three times this number.
There are not Offices enough at Mr..
Thompson's disposal, even in the event
of his discharging every man who Is now
of the applicants who arc already in the
field, and this fact threatens serious dis
ruption in the ranks of the organization
which swept everything before II on Mon
day. M
In order to give the new mayor a full
already making him round-shouldered. a
self-constituted committee of English
Americans consisting of James Tickell,
John M. Spargo, James jenkins, . boss
at the Parrot mine, James Rowe, fore
man OF the Glengarry, Mr.. Pode, a boss
Reynolds. w. j. Palmer, James Dunston
and three others, waited on him on Tues
day night to ask for q liberal recognition
of their countrymen in his appointments.
They mentioned the names of several
men whom they favored, but IL Is said
that Mr.. Thompson gave them very little
satisfaction.
This action has led to something OF q
GOODNESS. between the English-American
and native-born American friends of Mr..
Thompson. The latter are just q trifie
sore for the reason that they believe the
of the offices. Although 1t is stated that
there are not more than $50 English
American voters in the city limits.
To further complicate matters several
republican aldermen who have heard that
IL is the intention of Mr.. Thompson to
appoint one OF TWO utInOCFdt6 anu DODu-
lists to Office, have already served notice
that they will not vote for anyone who is
not known to be a republican. 1t is the
general opinion that Il. j. Tebo has a
''cinch" on the office of city marshal and
the strongest proof that such is the case is
found in the fact that no one else is afterit.
Mr.. Tebo's appointment would probably
give good satisfaction, but there are sew
eral republican aldermen who threaten to
vote against him on the ground that he
has always been democrat.
S. j. Waters, II. A. Anderson, Jack
candidates for chief of police, although
several others are quietly working toward
the same end. T.tIy 3Eyf
L, j.. Hamilton, ID. r. Barlow ]. r.
Grice, c. L. Campbell. q. G. barrow and
several others are in the race for city at
torney, but it is believed that Judge Ham
iiton has the inside track. George +.
Howe, a populist. would like to steal the
city engineers job away from Il. w.
Biackford, but he has met with very poor
success among the aldermen that he has
canvassed, although no one knows how he
stands with Thompson. :,
George Lapp and officer Doc Werner
are running a neck-and-neck race for fire
marshal, while Joe Sinsel, William Green
walt. Fred Dugdale, Harry Kinney and
Jack Flannery, the present incumbent,
are all out for assistant chief. Judge Nc
Murphey, M. L. Hotchkiss and seven
or eight others are OUT for the
city cIerkship, while Henry wey would
like to be the assistant OF the
lucky man. 1t was thought that III. N.
Beebe had the street commissioner APP
pointment in his vest pocket. but Mark |
Smell and q man named Joyner have en-
tered the field against him, and two or
three others are looking ON and waiting
for an opening. DIR. Gum Is out Tor the |
as city physician and no |
serious opposition has developed so far. |
There are at least 90 men after the sani- |
tary policemen's job, which seems to be |
generally desired for the reason that it is |
Of a snap. c. L. Woods, a |
populist, ex-justice of the peace of South |
Butte, Sam Renfrey and Al. III. Blewett |
seem to be the leading men In the race.
there are q number Of dark |
horses.
There are at the very lowest calcula- |
ton $50 patriots who would like to serve |
their country, and, the city OF Butte in |
particular, as policemen, and at least |
of them are doomed to disap- |
pointment. Taking everything into con- |
IL is not likely that Mr.. |
Thompson will imagine that he is having |
a Sunday school picnic during the month: |
The only men who are not worrying or |
losing any sleep over the present condi- |
ton of things are those who are going out |
Of Office, or who are morally certain that |
they will lose their official heads as soon |
rs the new mayor and aldermen take |
their seats. They have accepted the APP |
change with philosophic air |
that is amusing and they derive n great
deal of enjoyment from the antics of the |
swarm of applicants for their jobs. |
Nearly all of the policemen who differ |
with Mr.. Thompson in the matter of re-
ligion have applied for other positions |
and there will be job lot of police uni
forms for sale at greatly reduced figures
after the LIST of May.
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