The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-05

The city council for the next year will
not be changed, politically speaking.
There will still be eight democratic
aldermen and four republican alder
men. The election held yesterday re-
suited in the election of three democrats
and three republicans.
Those who were elected aldermen yes
terday are:
First ward-J. V. Collins. democrat.
Second ward-Dr. II. w. Stephens.
republican.
Third ward-M. j. Fitzpatrick. re-
publican.
Fourth ward-T. c.. Davidson. repub-
lican.
Fifth ward-Thomas Mcguire, demo-
crat.
Sixth ward-Patrick Dalton. demo-
crat.
The day was one of the finest of the
season. the weather being nice, warm
and balmy. Nobody was deferred from
voting by the inclemency of the wealth.
er. and the vote that was cast was a
big one for an off year. There were
some scratches and mutilated ballots.
but not very many. Both the demo-
Gratis and the republicans had workers
out and each candidate had a carriage
or two. and some who had never en-
Joyed the luxury of a carriage ride
took advantage of the generosity of
the candidates and rolled to the polls
on wheels. The workers got out early.
and they stayed till the last ditch. In
some OF the wards the fight was an
extremely hot one, but on the whole the
day passed off quietly.
There were a few surprises-one of
them a big one. II had been thought
that the fight in the Second ward be-
tween DR.. II. w. Stephens and j. ".
Petritz would be a warm one. n from
the amount of work and rustling that
was done, it looked as though the re-
suit would be in doubt until the last
ballot was ounted But such proved
TO be not the case. As soon as the count
began ii became at once apparent that
Petritz's chances were gono glimmer-
ing. The result of the count was a
great surprise-20s for Stephens and 80
for Petritz being the figures.
Another surprise was the small ma
tority-11-of j. ". Collins. democrat.
over w. r. Allen, republican. in the
First ward. Before the election and
during the day, ii was the expressed
opinion OF those who kept tab on the
way things were going that Collins
majority would be between 40 and 50.
But as one man expressed it after the
battle was over. You never can tell
what the First will do"
The warmest kind of a fight was the
n which occurred in the Fourth. The
Fourth Is a big ward, and has lots of
voters, and the workers for both T. c..
Davidson, republican. and George Bar
ich. democrat, rustled like beavers all
day long. No opinion could be heard
during the day as to the probable re-
suit of the battle. and the politicians
who stood in the lobby at the city hall
were 10th to make a guess as to the
victor. And the politicians were right.
for when the count began 1t became
evident that it was nip and tuck be-
tween the two men. 1t was not until
the last 10 ballots were counted that
the result vas known. A great crowd
of the friends of both candidates were
in the room while the count was
going on. and they listened with
breathless attention to the monotonous
voice OF the clerk as he counted "Da-
WILSON," '.Barich:" Davidson" Bar
ich." Sometimes there were two or
three votes for the same man called in
succession, and then there would be an
elevation of the eyebrows. a smile on
some faces and a look of anxiety on
ONE others. But when the votes were
finally counted, two or three times, il
was announced that Mr.. Davidson had
a majority over his opponent Of only
nine. There Vas talk among some of
the disappointed admirers of Mr.. Bar