The Anaconda standard., 1895-12-23
IT'S A CASUS BELLI
Pete Hale's Boarding House Disturbs
the Powers Of Butte.
REDISTRICTlNG THE CITY
There Is Grave Alarm Lest the In
flux Of Irish May Alter the
Complexion OF Things In
the Third Ward.

Inc element or the city or Butte
which Is now In control of the munich
pal affairs of Butte is planning a re-
arrangement of the city's wards before
next springs election. The reason as
signed for the proposed changing Of
the wards is in order to even them up
in respect to the voting population. II
may be taken as a fact. however. that
the real reason for the movement
which has been inaugurated to change
the boundaries of the wards is Pete
Hale's boarding house.
That boarding house Of Pete Hale Is
an eyesore to the present administra-
ton. 1t is located in the Third ward
and II means. so the administration
figures. the transferring of some $50
/ voters from the First ward to the
Third ward. The administration long
since abandoned the First ward as
hopelessly depraved and irretrievable
II was conceded to the Irish and the
efforts of the dominant power were
directed toward keeping the balance of
the city orthodox. Everything went
all right until Pete Hale had the
brazen hardihood to erect his board
ing house right in the Third ward, and
filling II I'D with miners, mostly from
the mines of the Anaconda company.
This was a matter which was cause
for very serious consideration. II was
bad enough to have two troublesome
aldermen from the First ward, but to
have two more from the Third ward
was not to be thought of for a mo-
ment. The wise heads, supporting the
present administration. got together to
see how they could best retain con-
troll of affairs. and keep the laboring
element from gaining too strong a
foothold in the council
At present the First ward includes
all the territory east of Main and
north of Granite streets to the north
ern and eastern limits of the city
The Third ward includes the territory
east of Main. south of Granite and
north Of Park to the eastern limits OF
the city. The plan of the dominant
element" is to combine the First and
Third wards and call the two wards
the First ward. thus making only one
ward out of the two, and allowing two
aldermen to represent that portion of
Butte at present represented by four
aldermen. This would neutralize the
deleterious effects of Pete Hale's
boarding house. The present Fifth
ward will be named the Third ward
and have the same boundaries as at
present The Seventh ward will be di-
vided. the upper portion, north of the
Montana Central tracks, being called
the Fifth ward. and that portion south
of those tracks will be called the
Seventh ward. This will give the
lumber yards in the southern part of
town more of a purchase. The plan
is to leave the Second, Fourth, Sixth
and Eighth wards. which are west OF
Main street. the same as at present.
Some changes were made in the
boundaries of the wards a year ago
with the object of equalizing their vot-
ing strength. The First, Second. Third,
Fourth and Sixth wards were left as
they had previously been. The Fifth
ward was extended from the south side
of Mercury street to the north side of
Silver street. The Seventh ward was
made to include all the territory south
of Silver and east of Wyoming street
to the southern and eastern boundaries
Of the city, while the Eighth ward was
made to include all the territory south
of Silver and west of Wyoming to the
southern and western limits of the city.
AS the result of the redistricting
which was done year ago, the follow
ing was the total vote in the various
wards last spring: