The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-01
ALL FOR GOODS SAKE
The Council Should Revise Its List Of
Judges and Clerks a.
A CORRECTION IS EXPECTED
In Order to LeealIze the Election
and Avoid Contests. the Admin
istration Should Change
Its Appointments

sa For the sake OF appearances, II for no
other reason. the city council at to-
nights meeting ought to revise its list
OF judges and clerks of election. When
there was apprehension that a citizens
ticket might be appointed there was some
excuse for the administration to appoint
Judges and clerks that they knew were
favorable to them, but now that there Is
a three-cornered fight with little prospect
of the administration being beaten in
many of the wards. IT would be more de-
hcent to change some of the appointments
and put on real democrats and populists
instead Of appointing men who are recog-
.nized followers of the administration and
supporters of the A. p. A. ticket. now
mssduerading under the name of repub-
lican.
There is the Fourth ward. for example.
The democrat judge appointed for the
Fourth ward is Charles Bausman. Mayor
Thompson. in reading his list of judges
and clerks a week ago. said very distinct
aly. Charles Bausman, democrat" yet
Mr.. Bausman is nominated for alderman
from the Fourth ward on the republican
ticket This Is merely an instance of the
kind Of democrats the council has been
appointing for judges and clerks. demo-
Gratis who will accept nominations on re-
publican tickets. And the populists claim
that they have been treated even worse
than the democrats and that only one Of
6 those appointed as populsts are really
populists.
Unless Mr.. Bausman is going TO decline
the nomination of republican candidate
for alderman II Is presumable that he will
resign as democratic Judge. II he does II
is to be hoped that a real democrat will
be appointed Judge in that ward.
D To explain the situation frankly II might
as well be plainly stated that the admin
istration was careful, i'm most instances
, where IL found II necessary to appoint
democrats and populists. TO appoint A. p.
AS. But II went too far in several of the
wards, and in the Fourth, Sixth and Sew
enth wards particularly appointed men as
democrats and populists who have had
nothing to do with those parties for a
long time.
y Partly for the sake OF appearances and
partly In order TO legalize the election so
that the city viii not have TO go to the
expense of contests and another election.
II is sincerely to be hoped that the ad-
ministration will change its appointments
TO conform with the law and not try to
evade IT, Members of the democratic and
populist central committees will be pres
ent at the council meeting this evening
II is understood. and will ask that, in ac-
cordance with the law, democrats and
,populists be given proper representation
on the election boards I'm all the wards
- bit NOhhSi VIII hot 10 tftS regal meas
ures will be resorted TO by the other par
ties in the endeavor to get the rights
vouchsafed them by the election laws OF
the state of Montana. II does not seem
possible that the council can seriously
object TO appointing as the minority OF
the board the men recommended by the
democratic and populist central commit
tees and who are known 10 be democrats
and populists. The administration will
still have majority of each board. and
unless II considers II necessary to steal
the election there is no occasion for II to
have the entire board.
Z The democratic city central committee
met last evening and arranged for the
campaign. Word was received from w. "
Lawlor that he would not accept the
nomination In the Second ward and IL
was reported that r. l.. Mayo and Ernest
Hardcastle are not eligible to run in the
Fourth and Seventh wards respectively
The committee will meet again this az
ternoon TO I'LL the vacancies on the ticket