The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-23

or democracy, has not as yet been able
to say m word. 1t has not said and
cannot truthfully say hat the men
who are candidates for ONCE on the
democratic ticket are not reputable cit
izens M fully qualified to nIl the offices
to which they aspire. The Miner is chal-
lenged to name man on the list who
Is not a good representative democrat,
q good citizen and q nan of high char
acter. II there is one man on the list
who IL not a representative democrat
or not a ht man for Office. let him be
named. But the Miner cannot do II
and can give 40 reason for not support
ing the ticket that will 60 with the
democrats Of Butte and of Montana.
As q matter of act a democratic ticket
was never presented by the democratic
party in his county more worthy of
the support of every democrat and of
every citizen who is anxious to see the
county ofices filled by honest. efficient,
intelligent men. Against the legislative
ticket the Miner can offer no objection
save that they are not pledged to vote
for Clark or for any other man for
United States senators. They are free
to vote for the best men and the only
reason why the Butte Miner is not sup
porting the ticket is because Mr.. Clark
knows he cannot buy these men. A
better legislative ticket was never
placed In nomination In Silver Bow
county.
The only charges which have been
made against the democratic ticket by
the Miner or from any other source are
h a the ticket is composed Of employees
Of the Anaconda company largely and
that 1t is a hill ticket. Both these
charges are absolutely false-there is
not the slightest ground for the charge.
OF all the candidates on the legislative
and county tickets only three are en-
ployes. either directly or indirectly. of
the Anaconda company. There are
more candidates thar that on the ticket
supported by the Butte Miner Who are
employees OF w. A. Clark. So, what a
senseless. unreasonable objection to the
ticket is the one which the Miner has
made,
The charge that the ticket Is a hill"
ticket Is equally false. All Butte Is on
a hill, but in the general acceptance of
the term the "hill'' means tina por-
ton of the county lying north of
Quartz street in Butte. That street
probably divides the county pretty
equally as to population, although more
thar half of the democratic vote comes
from north OF Quartz street. Now an
analysis OF the residences of the candi-
dates for the legislature and for the
county offices on the democratic ticket
shows hat five Of the candidates live
north of Quartz street and Is OF them
reside below Quartz street. Yet II is
admitted by all that the hill furnishes
more than half OF the democratic vote.
Six of the candidates reside east Of
Main street and II Of them reside west
OF Main street. As to birthplace. 10 Of
the candidates were born in the United
States of America, three were born in
Ireland and one was born in Canada.
OF those natives OF the United States,
five were born in New York state,
three in Nevada. two in Illinois. two
in Michigan. and one each in Mon
tana. Pennsylvania, Missouri. Louis
lana. Colorado. Maine and the District
of Columbia.
Thus is shown the weakness Of the
charges made by the Miner. that the
ticket is an Anaconda company tick
ct, and that II is a hill" ticket. Only
three OF the candidate are employed by
the Anaconda company in any sense of
the word. and only six live on the
hill" The candidates are democrats,
every man of them. They are good.
representative democrats and they are
good citizens. fully worthy to hold Of
flee in this county. The Miner cannot
deny that with any shred Of truth.
II there are any democrats In Silver
Bow county who have been inclined to
believe the false charges made by the
Miner against the democratic ticket
placed in nomination in this county.
they are asked to read the sketches Of
the candidates given below:
Nominees for the Legislature.
Thomas r. Courtney. democratic
candidate for state senator. was born
at P~ottsville. Pennsylvania, in 1856.
He is one of Butte's leading merchants
and most progressive citizens. He first
came to Butte in 1850 and worked In
the Gagnon mine. During the next few
years he worked in most OF the mines
OF the camp. but finally opened a gro
Gerry store In the city, and he has since
been engaged In the grocery business,
in which he has been very successful.
In 1883 he was nominated for the terri
torial legislature and went down with
the ticket, although he made a magnih-
cent run. In consequence of this splen-
did run he made he was nominated the
next spring by the democrats as a
candidate for the constitutional con-
vention and was elected by q very
large majority. He was the fret
chairman OF the county committee of
Silver Bow county since Montana be-