The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-02
Anaconda's Six Wards.

IN every consideration that in
~ wolves. good local government.
the voters in the city Of n
conda can we'll afford to give their
cordial support to the democratic candi-
dates for aldermen whose names are
on the ticket which the Standards
Anaconda page carries. Next Monday
we elect six aldermen. Three of those
named in the democratic city
tion are now I'm the city council. Their
nomination for another term is a
recognition of faithful service well
rendered-they have been tried. they
are citizens whom all their townsmen
trust and respect, they ought to get
hearty support; they are entitled to It.
Mr.. Collins is one of Anaconda's most
progressive citizens. He has an alder
manic record for intelligent. honest
service. The city cannot possibly be
the gamer by trading him of for n
novice in city administration. however
estimable a gentleman the rival m a be.
Alderman Petritz Of the Second ward
is one of A~naconda's foremost business
men and one OF this city's heaviest tax
payers. The public knows that. in the
right administration of city affairs he
may be relied on 10 do his full share.
He is a public spirited man and, in
view OF the experience he has had. his
retirement from the council would be
a serious mistake. His ward ought to
take cheerfully upon itself the a Of
x.uag.u A.. ofa,.g.. - A., Dz,xs,, a,
Mr.. Dalton represents the Sixth ware
in the present council. He can rely on
the record he has made: II is a credit
to himself and a most substantial title
TO the support of his ~neighbors at next
Mondays polls. MIR. Dalton lives in a
ward where laboring men are emphati-
cally the power. He is one of them
and. as a member Of the council. he has
won their respect. He has a record on
which he can well afford TO stand.
These three are the democrats whom
It Is proposed to return TO IN council
The citizen of Anaconda does not live
who car say hat there is benefit for
this town in their enforced retirement
In the Third ward the democrats have
nominated Patrick Walsh to contest
with one of the b~est-known republican
politicians in these parts. Mr.. Walsh
has ived long In Anaconda and his
friends here who are legion propose tC
rally for him next Monday.
To represent the Fourth ward Georg,
Barich Is the democratic choice. He q
one of this city's active men in mercan
tile life. He is known as a prosperous
energetic and thoroughly honorable
business men. His Investments ar
here. He takes pride in Anaconda
prosperity. he has always helped gen
erously in all public undertakings, anc
IL he is elected. as the Standard feel
perfectly confident he will be. tn
Fourth ward will nave in the council
man whom all the wards can trust i'm
plicitly.
1t goes almost without saying tina
Thomas Mcguire will be the Fiftl
wards next representative in the coun
Gil. He has the style Of running qualit.
that wins. But. more han that. he Ia
the qualities and the traits out OF whicI
i1ANh eAN % ~ N1h NA 49, -
vice in a city council chamber. Tn
nomination OF Mr.. Mcguire In one tina
reflects credit on the convention tina
mad II.
IL is a clean ticket. first and lsst-n
citizen. however exacting. could reason
ably ask a better one. The Standar
has never been severely partisan !
these local elections; II Ia no dream
departing now from the policy whic
t has prompted IL. ever since the day
when Anaconda became a city. I
= regard the worth and character and III
= ness Of local candidates more h th
2 political badge they wear. Yet th
Standard does not hesitate 10 commen
: without reserve the excellent aldel
0 manic ticket which. under the demS