The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-27
ANACONDA NEWS.
POT BEGINS TO BOIL
Small Talk About the Coming
City Election.
CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR
A Number of the Men Talked About by
the Street Corner Politicians-Dem-
ocrats Will Sweep the City.
Put in Good Mon.

In another month, on the first Mon
day in April, the annual city election
will occur. The first Monday in April
occurs this year on April 8. AT the COM
n ing city election there will be elected a
: mayor, a city treasurer, a police magis-
g*trate and one alderman for each of the
j six wards of the city. Those whose
" terms expire this year are Mayor Oil
+ yer Lesser, republican; City Treasurer
John r. Walkup, democrat; Police Mag
s istrate T. D. Fitzgerald, democrat, and
1 the following aldermen: First ward, J.
J. Hamill, democrat; Second ward, L. j.
Mckenzie, democrat; Third ward,
!. James Johnson, democrat; Fourth ward,
4 Fred Gangner, republican,; Fifth ward,
John Pozega, democrat; Sixth ward, Ed
{ Devine, democrat. Those who would
hold over If they remained residents of
I, their respective wards are as follows:
Y First ward, J. ". Collins, democrat;
Second ward, H. w. Stephens, republ-
can: Third ward, M. j. Fitzpatrick, re-
publican; Fourth ward, T. c. Davidson,
republican,; Fifth ward, Thomas Ma
+ guire. democrat; Sixth ward, Pat Dali
ton, democrat. ~
There are at present three vacancies
in the council. however, as follows:
Third ward, James johnson; Fifth ward,
John Pozega; Sixth ward, Pat Dalton,
These aldermen have all removed their
residences from the wards from which
they were elected to some other ward
of the city. The terms of two Of these
aldermen, Messrs. johnson and Pozega,
would expire this year, and that of Mr..
Dalton year hence. Under section AGO
of the political code the council may
fill the vacancies. A portion of the sec
ton reads:
when any vacancy occurs in any
elective office the council, by majority
vote of its members, may fill the same
for the unexpired term, and until the
qualification Of a successor A vacancy
in the Office of alderman must be filled
from the ward in which the vacancy
exists
The matter of filling the existing va
cancies was called up in the council
meeting a couple of weeks ago, but was
on motion deferred until a subsequent
meeting. By reason of these vacancies,
therefore, the aldermen who hold over
are Collins, Stephens, Fitzpatrick, Dav-
idson. and Mcguire and the alderman
who VIII be appointed from the Sixth
ward in Mr.. Daltons place.
There is as yet but little talk of can
didates. The pot, however, is beginning
to send forth little steam, and in an
other two weeks it will begin to sing
loudly. Mayor Lesser states positively
that he will refuse to be a candidate
for reelection. The other day he was
asked this question:
Would you, doctor. accept renomi-
nation for the Office of mayor If tender
ed you by the republicans"
81 do not know that l would be of
fered a denomination but If were
would decline it,
Mayor Lesser, after his term expires
will devote himself more closely to his
medical practice, which has suffered
somewhat by reason of the fact that his
duties as mayor took up great deal of
his time.
The democrats talk of two or three
men for mayor. There is talk of J. Y.
Collins, the present alderman from the
First ward; of Hugh DAILY; of Pat Dali
ton, who has up to the present time rep
resented the Sixth ward in the council;
of John r. Wal5up, the present city
treasurer, and of James Johnson, until
recently alderman from the Third ward;
of Joe Mcdonnell Of the Third ward
and of Charles H. Williams of the Sec
ond ward, and of Jack Hamill of the
First ward. It is not known whether
Mr.. Walkup would accept the nominal
ton for mayor, the impression generally
prevailing Is that he will be candidate
for reelection to the office of city treas
urer. The republicans also have three
or four men in view. J. B. Losee DR..
Stephens M. J. Fitzpatrick and T. c.
Davidson ere mostly talked about. 1t
is understood that DR.. Stephens and
Messrs. Losee and Fitzpatrick have de-
clared that they do not want the job
So far as known, Mr.. Davidson has not
expressed himself. DR.. Sigh is also
mentioned in connection with the may
I orally.
For police magistrate it is the general
belief that Judge Fitzgerald will be a
candidate for reelection. The republic
can small talk so far includes no can
didate on that side for the police judge
ship
For city treasurer the name of J. r.
Walkup on the democratic ticket is the
only one so far mentioned.
The aldermanic race has developed
but slightly yet. The First and Second
wards have showed up with no candi-
dates yet. The democrats talk some of
John C. Healy for alderman from the
Third. For the Fourth George Barich
Is spoken of. Denny O'Leary is men
toned for the Fifth and Ed Deyine will
probably be candidate for reelection
In the Sixth.
The qualifications for mayor are de-
fined in section 4749 as follows:
No person shall be eligible to the
office of mayor unless he shall be at