The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-04

| BY decisive vote the democrats Of
| Butte in yesterdays city election chose
]. H. Mccarthy mayor of Butte for the
| in the face of the hardest combination
! the democrats of this city ever had
| to face, and after one of the bitterest
| battles in the history of Butte politics.
| Against the democratic ticket was ar
rayed the republicans, the populists, the
| Clark democrats and nearly all of the
silver republicans. Unaided and alone
the democrats won the battle.
, Mr.. Mccarthy was elected on a plat
form declaring for the free and unlim-
! tied coinage of silver, reaf1irming the
principles of the Chicago platform and
denouncng the methods by which w.
A. Clark elected himself United States
senator in the legislative session at
Helena. On the latter issue it is no!
proba BILE that 400 votes would have been
cast in this city against their passage.
But the republicans were out for spoils
and they believed that this was good
time to get in, as they banked on the
support of the Clark democrats. The
silver republicans. with few exceptions,
were back in the republican ranks, and
the populists gave their united sup
port to the republicans. In spite of
these facts Mr.. Mccarthy was trium-
phantly elected. Mr. Mccarthy being
at the head of a ticket which denounced
Clark, it was natural that the battle
should be fought on the question of
his election. His success elected the
resolutions also.
The victory of Mr.. Mccarthy was
terrible rebuke to the man who, by
the methods by which he elected him
self senator, has brought shame upon
the state of Montana. The rebuke came
in his own city from the people among
whom he lived up to the time that he
transferred his residence to New York,
from the people who surely ought to
stand by him If his cause is right
The victory of Mr.. Mccarthy means
that Butte will progress and not ret
rograde. 1t means that the democratic
party united can stand alone and does
not need the assistance of traitors who
have claimed to be democrats. 1t means
that the republicans would stand
better show of winning if they would
make their fight on their own princi-
PIES if they have any, and not depend
on Clark's support. 1t means that the
people of Butte do not countenance the
purchase of senatorial seat.
The republicans found partial con-
ISOLATION in the fact that they elected
their candidates for city treasurer and
police magistrate. Mr.. Ca1kins was
elected city treasurer through his per-
sonal popularity and the fact that he
had been with the Montana volunteers
at the Philippines. Mr.. Sullivan was
elected police magistrate through the
bitter fight made by the Heinze people
against Normoyle because he voted in
the legislature in favor of house bill
1872 against the wishes of the Heinze
people. All the influence that could be
brought to bear by the Heinze coroor-
alton was directed against Normoyle,
and this opposition received no cor
responding support from the Boston &
Montana and Butte & Boston people,
who advocated the bill. The republi-
cans evidently to a man voted the re-
publican ticket. Normoyle would have
had no difficulty in triumphing over the
opposition of the Clark faction and
could have weathered the determined
and more formidable opposition of the
Heinze corporation. but for the fact
that the Boston & Montana people fail
ed to give him any support.
Inc heaviest vote was cast in the
history of Butte. 1t was an exciting
election and there was much bitterness.
Yet there was very little disturbance.
one or two fights occurred in the Fifth
ward, but at most of the polling places
there was no disturbance of any kind.
There were, however, more people
around the polls than usual and the
workers were unusually active. Nearly
200 votes, mostly democratic, were shut
out in the Third ward through The in