The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-11
Peter Doonan Shows He Has a
Long Head.
IS APPOINTED ALDERMAN
An Attempt to Work a Post-Election
Dodge in the Treasurership Matter.
Rumors of Crooked Work on
Part OF Republicans.

city election did not stop at the cleo
ton of the men who were on the tick
cts voted. 1t made the city council
SO democratic that only two lone re-
publicans are in that body to dispute
the action of the dominant party in
Livingston and take exception to their
designs upon the worn out methods of
those who preceded them and inaugu-
rate an era of progressive city gov
eminent. Nor is this all. Instead of the
three democratic aldermen who We're
the sure supporters of the democratic
mayor when the election was ended,
there will be four. BY the action of
the city council last Monday evening
Peter Doonan was appointed to fill
the unexpired term of Alderman Leon
ard Goughner, who resigned his First
ward councilship term to make the race
Tor city treasurer, and by the count
given out at the close of the counting
on election day was four votes short
of the required number to defeat his
opponent. Doonan was elected by the
democrats at their ward primary in
the First ward to make the race for
alderman, but he early foresaw that if
he ran against his populist opponent,
William Jones, these two would split
the anti-republican vote and insure the
election of the republican nominee.
Doonan, accordingly, withdrew from
the race and the seque! shows that he
had long Mead, for Jones. the popu-
list, got splendid majority, and now
Doonan sits in the council one year
by appointment three weeks before the
men who were elected will be called
upon to qualify.
The appointments of the new mayor
will not be given out until the council
meets on the first Monday in May, at
which time he will be indicted into
office and make his selections for the
offices of city clerk and attorney. city
marshal. two night watchmen and the
city firemen. The knowing ones say
that the present incumbent of the Of
flee of city marshal has a clear title to
that Office for the splendid work he
did for the successful candidate for
mayor on election day James H. Prof
fit, another good vote getter, can have
a place on the police force as night
Waterman if he wants it, and Louis
Housen, who is on the night force now,
will undoubtedly be retained under the
new administration, as he is strong
party man and an efficient officer.
Judge J. A. Savage can have the Of
flee of city clerk and attorney if he will
ottSPt, am tllC PRESENT ullNtl Va illt
fire wagon is likely to be replaced by
c. A. Portman.
Some kind of post-election dodge
is attempted to be worked here in the
matter of the election of the city treas
urer. The candidates for the Office
were e. NJ. Sybert and j. L. Cough
ner, and Sybert was declared the WIN
suit given out after the votes We're
counted, and the ballots We're sealed
up and put in the possession of the
proper authorities without this being
contradicted. Afterward, when the re-
publicans had time to recover from
the awful jolt the defeat had given
them, the report was started that the
count was wrong, and that Goughner
was elected by four votes. Monday
evening the vote win be canvassed at
the meeting of tn city council and the
matter decided finally. Considera BILE
interest is manifested in the result, as
the democrats are inclined to think
that something crooked is about to be
attempted by the losing side, who are
keeping ominously quiet.
When freight train No. SIS. east
bound, was about four miles east of Big
Timber Thursday afternoon a wheel Of
one of the cars broke and four cars
jumped the track and piled up in a
wreck. No one was injured in the ac-
cident. A wrecking train and crew was
sent out from this place and the line
cleared in about three hours to permit
the passage of trains. Passenger train
No. twas held at Big Timber until the
line was cleared and arrived at this sta
ton at 4 o'clock
M Brown who is an employee of the
Montana Coal and Coke company at
Aldridge, was injured at that place last
week by cave in the NINE a guam
tity of coal falling on his leg and crush
ing that member badly. The injured
man was brought to this city Thurs
day and taken to the poor farm for
county, as he was in INDECENT circum-
stances. Sunday County Physician
Campbell and DR.. Cogswell performed
a surgical operation ON the man. taking
off his injured leg. which was terribly
crushed by the falling coal. At last az
counts the patient was rallying from
the effects of the operation and doing
as we'll as could be expected.
Justice Sam T. Wilson has closed up
his office as justice of the peace, it be-
ing understood when he and Frank
Bender were elected last fall that the
successful candidate for the office of
police judge this spring should get all
the business of the justice office ard his
unsuccessful competitor would resign.
Judge Bender will have his office in the
city hall and on his induction into Of
fee on the LIST of May will perform the
duties of both offices.
Culley & Lewis have filed a bond
with A. p. Stark, City clerk. for the
proper performance of their contract
for putting in the city sewer along
Main street. The bond is in the sum Of
$1,000 and the persons named as sure
ties are Worthy Mckee, e. H Talcott,
j. w. Hefferln, J. S. Thompson, f. A.
Krieger and S. NJ. Parks. Work on the
sewer will be begun in a short time and
the construction pushed to completion
to get the sewer in operation in the
latter part of the summer
Mrs. William White Of Bozeman has
been in the city this week visiting her
daughters, Mesdames Bailey and Billie
and Mrs. William Bowers, who is in
town from the Boulder country. She
returned home on Sunday evenings
train.
Next Friday afternoon the ladies of
the Maccabees will elect a delegate and
an alternate to the meeting of the
grand lodge of that order to be held in