The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-06
IN NORMAL CONDITION
The Slight Election FURRY Has
Passed Over.
NOT A SCHILLING IN IT
One of the Quietest Elections Ever
Held in Missoula-Hizzoner Had
knife Out for Revenge.
At Hamilton.

over and matters in Missoula have as
sumed their normal condition. The re-
suits are accepted as the best that could
have been obtained. according to the
principle that the majority Is right. The
only contest in which much interest CEN
tered was the three-cornered fight for
the city treasurership. Mr.. Listers
chief opponent was the independent
candidate. Mr.. Schilling. N the con-
test between these two was a hot one.
To the support OF Mr.. Lister all who are
in favor of clean politics rallied and TO
the generous support of this class or
voters Mr.. Lister owes his success. Mr..
Schilling takes the result in good part,
and is to-day able to joke about IL. He
says that the city is in fearful shape.
because there is not a Schilling In It,
IL was one of the quietest elections
that his city has ever seen. Even
around the polling places there were no
crowds and the distribution of sample
ballots was limited TO the supporters or
the Independent ticket of one man.
There were no carriages. no dodgers, no
free drinks-none of the accompani-
ments of an old-time election. Here and
there might have been seen a solitary
worker for n or another OF the candi-
dates talking to a friend In one corner,
but that was the extent of the plug
ging that was done. There was no ex-
element and no arrests were made.
That 1.-THE election passed off quietly
was remarkably true In Missoula this
time. The police a nothing to do,
and whatever celebration there was last
night was done so quietly that no one
saw IN of 1t. II was a case where the
voters did what they considered their
duty and then went home.
Judge Landers may thank Hizzoner
Justice Myers for a part of the big vote
that took him in with such a rush. Hiz-
zoner had his knife out, IL reports are
true, and had his revenge upon those
who jobbed him in the nominating con-
vention. His friends are confident that
had he been placed on the tick ne
would have gone In with a whoop. His
war record and the loss of his leg are
strong arguments and, now that war
sentiment is so high, these would nave
been strong arguments in favor OF HiZ-
zoner and would Ia secured him a
strong vote. 1t Is true that Judge Ian
ders is a war veteran and a Grand
Army man. but he never lost a leg. The
military history of Hizzoner, as set
forth in that mastery address that Sc
cured him a position in the state senate
a few years ago. is still fresh In the
minds OF Missoula people, and hal Hiz-
zoner had this printed and circulated IL
would have been nard to stop him..
Up mt Hamilton the situation is a pc
culiar one. As stated in the Standard
to-day. the vote was "a tie between Nc
Crackin and Wright. the candidates for
mayor 1t il possible that the official
count may change the situation, but 1t
is said that the reported count was
carefully made. and as there are but
three wards the probability of an error
is slight. The contest up the Bitter Root
was a warm one and considerable
venom was injected into IL, not by the
leaders of the tickets. but by some or
their orker The local papers have
been filled with remarks that are not
complimentary either to the tickets or
the workers themselves. All day yes
terday the excitemant ran high. and
when the close oun was in progress
there was all of the interest that there
would have been had II been a presi-
Dental contest. The aldermanic con-
test. too, resulted in an even break. In
the First ward the democratic ticket
was successful and in the Second ward
the citizens ticket took the honors. In
the Third ward the democrats endorsed
the citizens nomination n Deering
had things all his own way.
IL was as nearly an even result as
could have been figured out I'm any way.
What the result will be is not known.
but the chances of Mr.. Wright are said
TO be good In case the election Is re-
ferred to the county council. as is the
method of settlement prescribed by the
codes.
The Helena election attracted %
siderable interest i'm Missoula. and the
Helena men who happened to be in
.--.- -.. ~ the .aaa..lt with -
ing expressions. The sentiment ex-
pressed by all was practically the
same, only some of them had a more
emphatic way of saying IL than others.
Last night. before the returns were re-
ceived here. one Helena man waxed
wroth at the simple suggestion that Ed
wards had a chance of election. This
morning he came around to say that he
didn't know Helena as well as he
thought he did
The result of the Butte contest was
watched for with interest i'm This city,
especially b. the silver republicans,
who regarded the contest i'm the big
mining camp as deciding in a measure
tbs fate of the silver republican party
I'm this state. Most OF them seem to feel
satisfied with the result, although none
OF them are willing to be interviewed
for publication. The opinion seems to
prevail. however. in this section hat
the silver republicans will have 10 drop
their former associates il they wish to
succeed here. The experience of DR..
Robinson. the goldite candidate for
! treasurer on the ticket that was voted
for yesterday. shows this. The weight
imposed by the annexation of a candi-
date from this wing OF the party Is too
great, and annot be carried with sue
cess. But this much is certain. the To-
cal republicans Of the silver wing are
studying returns from Butte with
interest. and their actions will probably
be governed largely by the conclusions
that they draw from the figures on the
fifth page of the Standard to-day.
The result of the vote on the library
tax in this city is especially gratifying
to those who are interested in the
growth and development; OF the library.
The increased revenue which will come
from this tax will enable the directors
to give much better service to the pa
I srnnS ~ the institution and ufu 1901.