The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-03
DANCE ON THE 22ND
Grand Ball of the Junior Order of
American Mechanics.
A KICK FROM ONE QUARTER
But for All That the New Organl-
zation Declares That the Day
VIII Be Celebrated In an
Appropriate Manner.


Mechanics which has been set for the
evening of Washington's birthday.
The Junior Order of American Me-
chanics is an organization composed Of
a large percentage of those people in
Butte who for years past, and particu-
larry the past year or two have been
used as catspaws TO pull foreign chest
nuts out of the fire. They have recent
ly come to the conclusion that they
have been worked to the queens taste
by various nationalities who wanted
office or influence or something else.
and they found the invariable result to
be, after the religious or foreign
ohestnuts had been pulled, that they
were left in the soup.
The Junior Order of American Me-
chanics is composed of native-born
Americans. regardless of religion and
regardless of parentage Most of them
were formerly members of the A. =. A,
but when they found that other for
eign nationalities had used the cry
Irish" merely to get into office them
selves. they concluded that they had
been worked enough. and seeded
from the A. p. A. They could not see
where the advantage TO them lay in
exchanging one set of foreign officials
for another set of foreign officials, par
ticularly when both sets Of foreign
I
distinguish the fine point OF patriotism
between a sheriff born in Cornwall and
q Sheriff born in Wales. Both might
be good enough but they couldn't see
any longer why one should claim the
native American vote more than the
other. or why either should be pre-
ferred to a sheriff born in Ireland
They began to wonder how II happen
ed that none of the sheriffs ever
CHANGED to be born in the United
States.
These native Americans were worked
plenty. They don't deny it-they
admit 1t quicker than anybody. They
are now hoping to see the day when
a native-born American will be elected
TO some lucrative Office in Silver Bow
county.
This new order has made quite n
hole in the ranks of the A. u. AS, and
there has been some very bitter feel
ing between the Junior Ordc,' of
American Mechanics and the remain
ing A. Il. AS. Some of the feeling has
been expressed on the streets, and
there has been good deal Of kicking
regarding the ball that is now on the
tapis.
1t seems that Simon Hauswirth is
one OF the censors of patriotism us ex-
pressed by the a. u. AS In Butte. Mr..
Hauswirth, being a leader Of the A. u.
A, has had a kind of a monopoly
OF the dispensing of patriotic
music at patriotic dances ana pa
trfotic picnics and the like He dem
onstrated his love of country and spirit
OF patriotic self-sacrifce last Fourth
OF July by filling his saloon window
full of A. p. A. signs. and marching at
the head of his band i'm the Fourth Of
July procession at only twice the rates
ordinarily charged for band music.
the constitution and bylaws of the
Junior Order of American Mechanics
Mr.. Hauswirth patriotic as he had so
OFTEN proved himself To be- could not
John that order. Mr.. Hauswirth hap
pened 10 be born in Switzerland. which
ts not 50 bad as being born i'm ireland.
but is fully as bad as being born i'm
Canada, and ii is said that Mr. Haus-
with has never fully repented of the
act
The committee on music for the hall
or the Junior order Of American Me-
chanics did not go 10 the old patriotic
stand, but has engaged Morse's orches-
ira for the occasion. Now Morse's
orchestra is not a bad sort OF an or
chestra, but it contains one man i'm ii
who has been accused of the daStardlv
crime of being a Catholic and has nev-
er even denied il. His name is LYONS
and he blows the cornet. The commit
tee investigated Lyons and ascertained
that while Lyons did not deny that he
was a Catholic. and was even of Irish
yet he was born i'm this
country. SO the orchestra was hired,
Lyons and all.
Mr.. Hauswirth paid visit to the
committee and protested strenuouslv
a gainst the outrage OF permitting n
Catholic and Irshman to blow breath
that, for all he knew, might have been
blessed by the pope, through a cornet
at patriotic ball Ii is said by some
who were present that Mr.. Hauswirth
and the members of the committee had
a pretty hot time. 1t is said that Mr..
declared he would boycott
the ball and that he would see that not
an A. +. a. I'm Butte attends IL. While
admitting the gentleman's patriotic
services in marching at the head OF his
band In the Fourth OF July procession
AT $40 per head, and while appreciat-
Ing the gentleman's grandeur OF char
acter in placing A. u. A. signs I'm his
window last Fourth Of July I'm spite of
the fact that men had been killed by
bis placing similar signs in his win
dow the previous Fourth Of July. the
committee nevertheless assured Mr..
Hauswirth that IL couldn't do ANYTHING
for him.
We told him." said a member Of
The committee last night. that we are
simply carrying out a step farther the
patriotism which he and others have
been teaching us. Only instead OF
drawing the line on the Irish we are
going 10 draw il on all foreIC ners and
want 10 establish the right Of Ameri-
an Americans TO hold Office in the
United States Of America. According
70 our order Mr.. Lyons is to be nre-
erred TO Mr.. Hauswipth because he
Vas born in this country and Mr.
Hauswirth wasn't Mr. Hauswirtb
lsed to be the most violent man in
Butte in preaching that nobody should
De patron!zed who was born IN ireland
ma now that we carry Americanlsm
| little further and want 10 shut ont
III foreigners, ] don't see how he can +
'bject. He ought to be willing 10 helm
Is 81 he Is raaIl.- lr.--.---...