The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-06
TO-DAY WILL DECIDE
This Morning at s O'clock the Polls
Will Open and Close at 6
SOME WHOLESOME ADVICE
There Are Enough Independent
Voters to Down the "RIng"
Ticket-Not a Great Deal
of Activity Displayed.

The polls will be open for the city
election to-day from a. m. to p. m.
The polling places in each ward are
located as follows:
First ward-Quartz street, between
Main and Wyoming.
Second ward - Northeast corner
Granite and Montana streets
Third ward-At High school ground.
East Broadway.
Fourth ward-In Armory room, on
Academy street.
Fifth ward-west side of Ohio street.
between Park and GaIena.
Sixth ward-Caplice building, Mon
tana and Park streets.
Seventh ward-Gaylord street. facing
Second street.
Eighth ward-Northeast corner Plat
mum and Main.
Very little election activity was dis
played about the streets yesterday and
the prospects are that there will be a
very quiet election and that very little
general interest will be taken. Every
citizen should. however,. take an in
terest in the election, for nothing is OF
more immediate interest to the people
than the question of who shall repre-
sent them in city council Many
cities have been ruined by unwise or
INSCRIPTIONS municipal legislation. To
prevent the danger of this IL Is i'm
portant, first, that the best possible
quality of citizens should be selected
for aldermen, and second, that there
should not be too many aldermen in
the council belonging TO any one faction
or ring. Most of the aldermen left
over are of the same way of thinking
The ring which for the past year or
two has been running the city of Butte
and the county of Silver Bow is
anxious to elect men who will be ut
terly subservient to its will. who will
do their bidding without question. w.
j. Palmer, George Hopkins and the
others who run the politics of this neck
of the woods found that some of the
aldermen would not do their bidding i'm
all things and so openly boosted that
only the aldermen would be reelected
who would do exactly what they were
instructed to do, and that the new
aldermen to be elected would be men
who would not finch when the central
committee of the A. p. A. gave them
some dirty work to do.
That explains why the members of
the political ring which runs Butte
are making such a strong fight to
down Alderman Knowlton in the
Eighth ward and to elect Aldermen
Vivion and Heilig. IL also explains
how 1t happened that Alderman Pas
coe and Schatzlein were not renominat-
ed. They rebelled against the man
dates of the c. c. c., and consequently
they were not renominated. Alderman
Schatzlein, who has for years been the
backbone of Butte's fire department.
refused to sanction the decree of the
{. c. c. that a certain man whose
wife was Catholic should be fired
from the department Schatzlein kick
ed against that in open council and al
though the kick was unsuccessful, the
{. {. C., which is really conducting
Butte's municipal government, placed
Its mark on Schatzlein. SO, although
Schatzlein is greatly needed in the fire
department, and although there was
a general demand for his reelection, the
c. g. c., which controlled the republic
can convention. would not permit him
to be renominated. Even when indie
pendent citizens placed Mr. Schatzlein
in nomination, he was visited by a
committee and persuaded" to with
draw his name
Even large numbers OF the A. p. As
are rebelling against such tyranny as
that. IL may well be asked what
Butte will come to II all its legislation.
all its appointments of officials, are 10
be dictated by a clique or cabal and
the people really have nothing to say
In the matter. The ring first got con-
troll or the A. p. A, through that Sc
cured the republican convention. and
thus dictated the alderma mic nominal
tons. selecting republicans and demo-
Gratis at pleasure, to run as republic
cans, the main object being TO select
men who would do its bidding on each
ana every occasion. It's principal object
Is TO dictate all official appointments
and to carry through such gerryman-
dering and gambling legislation as II
may see fit.
Although only two-thirds of the vote
Is registered there are enough indie.
pendent voters to make a fight against
the ring which has the A. l.. A. and
the republican party I'm its grasp. and
which nearly has the city already.
Some at least OF the A. =. AS are re-
belling against this dictatorial cIiaue
and will record their votes for candi-
dates who will be Independent when I'm
the council and will use their own
brains in deciding on public questions.
and not consult the ring before they
vote
The ring" ticket in to-day's election
sails the name OF the republican party.
Vote against IT,! Defeat the repubIi-
can ticket and you defeat the ring,
Elect the republican ticket and Il means
that all municipal legislation and an
of city officials shall be
dictated from room 8 OF the Hauswirth
block.