The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-10

precinct 8, when one of the judges
was killed by a shot from masked men
who. according TO all signs. desired to
wipe out the heaviest democratic pre-
cinct in the county and nus defeat the
will Of the people n elect, possibly.
the opposition ticket. But so sweeping
is the democratic victory in Silver Bow
county hat even II precinct s which Is
Anaconda hill and in which Marshall
received only FIVE votes. had been dis
franchised by its ballots being stolen.
not a single fusion candidate would
have been elected in consequence there
of. Every democratic candidate from
state senator to constable. is elected by
a most fiattering plurality and every
candidate from senator TO constable
would have been elected just the same
without the vote of precinct 5. But the
tragedy OF the hill threw n gloom over
the city and put a dampener on the re-
joicings of the day. The man who lost
his life in the defense Of the American
ballot received a tribute from his fell
low citizens in the fact that they
Quoted their rejoicing to a greater ex-
tent than was ever known before in
Butte's history. Ii was not believed
that in this community were men who
would do so d~astardly a deed as that
which resulted In the death of one OF
the judges OF election.
Nevertheless the rejoicing was not
entirely quieted. There were too many
pople pleased with the result to sue
coed in keeping things entirely quiet.
election night was a hot night of course
but there was still an element of doubt
on the legislative n county tickets
inasmuch as the vote had not progress
ed far enough to insure against the pos
sibility OF the defeat OF some candi-
date on the democratic ticket. The
Clark people, while conceding the sue
cess of the democratic ticket contended
that Corbett, on whom with kilgallon
they had concentrated their strength,
would beat Finlen. Hearing of this.
Miles Finlen authorized the Butte pool
room to wager $1,000 that he would re-
ceive more votes than Corbe and 81, 900
more hat he would be elected. Both
bets were promptly taken by Clark's
representatives and LOO more was sent
back that Corbett would beat Ftnlen.
This was taken by Finlen but caused
some CONSERVATION In the democratic
I'LL as IL was ltdltd AAaN NV SAoA
people might have something up their
sleeve hat the democrats knew nothing
about. Late in the evening the Clark
people offered to wager $40 900 that Cor
bett would-beat Finlen. A large part
OF this money was taken up by Miles
Finlen. James A. Murray, H. i. Wilson,,
Swede Murphy and others and then the
balance was drawn down. The demo-
cratic men with money offered two to
-. On I~fnIan htat tho C1aFLfS sent hack
word that they had the headache and
had enough. They had heard from pre-
cinct 9 on which they a expected
great results. Precints IL and IL were
not giving them the vote they counted
on and in all the Clark precincts they
did poorer han they had expected. So
they quit, conceded everything and
went home. II is said that MIR. Clark
remarked, as he threw up the fight and
went home that apparently the boys
had no goods to deliver after all.
Immense satisfaction.
There was rejoicing all over town
when IL was known for a certainty that
the democratic victory was beyond the
possibility of question, but the tragedy
on the hill. as stated, greatly damper-
ed the rejoicings. Early in the day
the fusionists claimed the election or
Kilgallon for the legislature. Young
for sheriff and Kirk for county attor-
ney, but there was nothing in the fig
ures to justify the claim and each addl-
tional precinct insured a more sweep
ing democratic victory. The Clark
people were quiet, for they a lost
S1i, 900 in the Butte pool room alone
on the evening of election, besides
what the election had cost them n
what they wagered elsewhere. No re-
turns were posted at any of the news
paper offices, except the Standard, n
whe the Standard figures were posted
in the window all doubt OF the COM
plete victory were gone.
w. NJ. Cockrill. chairman of the state
democratic committee. was greatly elat-
ed at the great victory achieved in the
state and county. and was particularly
pleased at the splendid victory in Cas-
cade county. A. j. Campbell. the next
congressman, received the congratula-
tons Of his friends. He received he
congratulations OF his rival, Tom Mar
shall, in a telegram from Missoula, and
after calling at the office TO
see that there was no doubt of the re-
suit. he started last night on a hunt
ing trip.
Swede Murphy. who conducted a
splendid campaign in behalf of the pop
ulist end of the mongrel ticket. said
last night that he would start with
his family o-morrow for Hot Springs,
Ark. on a two months vacation. Muir
ply said there were nothing left OF
the barrel except the bunghole.
Tn election probably ends mongrel-
ism in Silver Bow county politics. 1t
doubtless ends ne populist party, for
the populists are back In the demo-
cratic ranks. There were not 10 prom
inent populists, who were outspoken in
support of the fusion ticket. The bal
lots show that neither the republicans
or the populists pulled true in the fus-
ion. The republicans scratched the