The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-04-04

And down went the a. p. As. the
High school steal and all.
And what fall It was.
How IL did make them squirm.
Those members of the secret order
who for years have been making this
community house divided against IT.
self, those fanatical bigots who have
paralyzed business In this community
by placing boycotts on every man who
did not agree with them those men fell
heavy and they fell hard.
And they raised the cry OF outrage.
They spoke OF disfranchisement. and
fraud. and outrage. these men who
have made a practice of denying the
franchise To men who would not vote by
ogth.
srctting that every person in this COM
munity could not have expressed him
self on this question Of secret order
control Of the public schools. out of
1895 votes registered. less than 800
voted. Had the entire registration been
voted the verdict would have heen more
ttan 1000 against the school board, and
the High school building and every
polling place would have been carried
for the ticket Of the people or those
shut out from voting. fully four-tifths
were men who would have registered
their votes against using the public
schools In the interests Of secret socie-
ties.
As IL was the majority for the ticket
of the ctizens Will not fall below 200o
and four OF the five polling places were
carried The only polling place lost
was that at the Parrot school house,
which was won by the defenders of the
present school administration by a ma
jcrity Of less than 100
II was an exciting day in Butte.
Every hack In town was engaged on
enc side ar the other. They were busy
up to noon. hut In the afternoon there
was little use for them in Butte for II
was not a question of getting people To
the polling places, hut of getting them
vctrd after they got there When hun
dr., ds uf men stood in line and II re-
pIlrcd from three To i've hours stand
Ing In line 10 register vote. IL was a
sort of imposition tn bring the people
to the polls In "A hack. Tie hacks were
decorated with banners of the respect
i've sides. Resides the hacks there was
big wagon with tremendous float.
On one side ~ the hoat there was pie.
turcd "A representation Of the High
over II. significant OF what the building
had cost on the other side were the
words: Save the $4,000 steals" There
vas a hig band wagon To- bring out the
voters Of Walkerville and Centeryille
There were lots OF talks and argument
and differences OF opinion. but there
was not "A fight, su far as reported.
during the entire day.
Under the condition OF things. the
4 A. If q a..
was a possibility of their winning The
4. +. As. were slick enough to push
their women To the polls first believing
that they would be given the preference
~ the voting. In the West Broadway
polling place the women were voted ex-
cluSiVely for time and after that their
votes were alternated with those uf the
men. AS the woman registration was
only II per cent or the total registra-
tion this put the women FAR ahead.
csI eCially as the women Partial To- the
\. =. \. ticket had been most active
IN coming Ia the front. But even with
that the A. L. As could not carry the
West broadway district. which they
had claimed as their stronghold"
The secret gang endeaVored To- make
trouble in the High school district and
tried 10 break down the doors and
break the election up in row. bur they
were unable To do So, They were check
mated at every turn. All through the
day they were given doses uf their own
medicines. Tho lessons In poIItlcs
which the secret societies have been
giving the people ot this community
fOt several years found ant pupils az
last and the \. =. As. We're beaten AZ
their own game. For the grand victory
Too much credit cannot he given 10 the
men who handled the fight against the
secret order and particularly 20 =. =.
liolAnd. chairman. and W. McC. White.
secretary ~ the committee. Inasmuch
as the polls did not close until ' O'Clock
the count was late. The Judges had
had no intermiSsiou for lunchsincs noon
and il was O'Clock before they finished
their supper and were ready TO begin
counting.
The first count 10 he completed was
that Of the Parrot school district. rh..