The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-26

There are just 113 men in Anaconda
Z who do not want a court house. They
said so yesterday with all the vigor
they could command. These 113 men
voted against the proposition to bond
the county for 100000 for the erection
of a court house building. But while
there We're 113 who do not want court
house, there are 1866 men in Anaconda
who want a court house, and while the
113 made their feeble protest the 1S65
made such an emphatic demand that
not the slightest doubt can now exist
as to the real sentiment of the people
The Standard urged the people of
Anaconda to come out and vote, and
they came. Their response was greater
than had been expected. They did their
duty, and they did it well. No one will
now dare say that Anaconda is not en-
terprising. The old saying that Ana
conda always goes forward and never
backward found mighty vindication
in yesterdays election. The appeal
was made to the citizens of this city to
awaken TO the Importance of the ques-
ton, and the response to that appeal is
round in the grand total which this
citys wards rolled up for the bonds.
To-day the people of Anaconda have
the consciousness of having done their
duty. Those who said that nobody took
an interest in the bonding question and
that there would not be 500 votes cast
in the town now see the incorrectness
Of their predictions. Those who said
that, II the bonds carried at all thew
would carry by a majority of 100 or
less, will not open their mouths to-day
Those who said that the time for build
ing a court house had not yet come
to-day have staring them in the face
the handsome majority that was the re-
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said that the county officers had com
Portable quarters" at the city hall will
admit that there was an overwhelming
number of people who did not hold the
same opinion. Those who voted against
the bonds by reason of the prejudice
they held against Anaconda have the
solace of having cast their vote.
Yesterdays poll was large all things
considered. There had been no organ
lied effort made to bring out the
voters. Some work had been quietly
done-neighbor had met neighbor and
they discussed the matter thoroughly
and calmly. There were no bombastic
demonstrations to blind the discerning
eye of the voter; not a speech was made
throughout the whole campign, if cam
paign 1t might be called. The people
who own property in Anaconda re-
Volved the matter in their minds and
they concluded that the county must
have court house. The votes that
were handed in at the polling places |
were the result of careful consideration |
and not of persuasion. Altogether yes
terday was a day when Anacondas |
motto of Onward" was upheld in |
highly satisfactory manner.
In Carroll, Anacondas suburb the |
people also considered carefully. They |
saw the benefit that would accrue from |
the building of a court house. They |
cast their votes as they deemed il best |
for their own welfare and they, too, did |
we'll. A handsome majority of 21S |
stands to Carrolfs credit. Stuart and |
Warm Springs added their figures to |
make the majority climb higher. The |
other precincts in the northern part of |
the county cast their votes in opposi- |
ton to the plan-that was to be eX- |
pected. Yet the scheme had its friends |
in those parts and they did their best. |
They have the comfortable knowledge |
that their opinions were endorsed by |
1000 others. There are some precincts |
whose figures the Standard could not |
obtain last evening. but in these it is |
thought there will be nearly an equal |,
number for and against the loan
IN ANACONDA
The day in Anaconda started off cold |
and disagreeable. The temperature |
during the entire day seldom crept |
above zero. In spite of the cold how |
ever, the vote was large; it was greatly |
in excess of what had been expected |
The opposition was small. A few car |
riages were out to bring in voters who |
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