The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-26

Two events will make the year 1859
forever memorable in the life of J. II.
Mccarthy of Butte. One of these
events was his election to The office of
mayor of his city. The second event
was his marriage to one of Butte's
most accomplished and attractive
young ladies' His election as mayer
was followed by some of the stormiest
scenes and the most trying situations
that ever harrassed (, city's chief ex-
Rcutive. He had triumphantly wealth
cred all those storms When, "A few
months after his Inauguration, he en-
barked on the sea OF matrimony. There
are no indications, however of any
storms having been encountered by the
mayor on the latter sea. Whether Mrs.
Mccarthy has been as successfulin
managing the Mccarthy household as
the mayor has been in guiding the af
fairs of the municipality il not Ger
tainly known; but from all accounts
the mayors home life is Of the hap
piest character.
Mayor Mccarthy is staunch demo-
crat. Many people IN Butte and in
Montana doubtless will disagree with
his political views and many nay dis
agree with his municipal policy in Ger
tain respects, but the mayor has gain
ed for himself the uas' intcd admira-
ton of people Of all parties for the I'M
yielding, persevering, uncompromising
manner in which last spring he con-
auered a troublesome majority in the
Butte council. He is a mayor with
a backbone. That backbone has no
hinges in it. 1t doesn't bend, break or
swerve. 1t is seldom in municipal his
tory that a mayor in a contest with
council the majority of whose members
are in opposition to him comes out
triumphant, but Mayor Mccarthy did
that.
The facts connected with the mayors
battle Of last spring are pretty well
known. Mr.. Mccarthy was always a
loyal democrat of great service to his
party in many Butte campaigns. Last
spring his party honored him by a
nomination for the office of mayor. He
accepted the nomination. The Butte
Miner, representative of a clique with
out party, threatened the mayor
with its opposition unless he should
promptly and emphatically repudiate
certain portions of the democratic plat
form adopted at the city convention
which nominated him. Mr.. Mccarthy,
however. didn't repudiate That is not
the way he is constructed. The Miner
was invited to oppose all it pleased
1t did so and Mccarthy was trium-
phantly elected.
Holding over in the council from, the
election of a year preceding We're GER
tain aldermen who belonged to the
Miners faction and had long been a1-
herents and employees % W a Clark.
These men with the republicans formed
majority of the council. AS The
Clark men in the legislature of q yeal
ago worked the republican members in
their own interest, SO the Clark meI
in the Butte council worked the repub.
lican aldermen to join them in oDDo-
sition to any appointments to office
the mayor might make. The repub
ncans had nothing to gain by such OPP
position, but they followed the lead
ership of the Clark faction in the mat
ter The opposition was directed to
ward no particular appointees of th'
mayor. The opposition was unreason
ably directed against any selection:
the chief executive might make. Th'
majority of the council refused to con
firm any of the nominations.
But Mayor Mccarthy knew no srcf
word as finch. A loyal, steadflst rn!n
ority supported him through oIt. Scmt
of the city officials resigned and the
mayor exercised the power vested il
him and filled the vacan lies witAt vi
the consent of the council. Others he
h. h.