Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-24
Sketches of the Men on Council
manic Ticket.
ARE AL L GOOD CITIZENS
They Are Men, WHO If Elected. Will
Serve the City Well-POlitical
Pointers.

Patrick Boland. the candidate for al
derman in the third ward is one OF the ola
timers of Butte and one of the best
known mining men in Montana. Fol
twenty years or more he has been identi-
fed with the mining interests of the state
and in that time has held a number OF
responsible positions. He is now engaged
in underground toll and he has always
been the consistent friend and champion
of the toiling masses.
For two years Mr.. Boland held the po-
sition of assessor of the county and
while an incumbent of that Office made
an enviable record for himself. His ad-
ministration of the affairs of that Of
flee was marked by that careful fidelity
to details and honesty of purpose which
has ever characterized him, whether fill
ing a public office or delving into the
bowels Of the earth in the search for
hidde treasure.
Mr.. Boland is a staunch republican and
a loyal Montanian, who will discharge the
duties devolving upon the office of alder
man with credit to himself and the tax
payers of the city.
Richard ], Oates, the candidate in the
second ward, is an E%nglishman by birth.
but like all of his countrymen is a good
American citizen. He has been in Butte
fourteen years and is thoroughly alive to
the needs of proper legislation in the con-
duction of municipal affairs. For years
he has been identified with the Butte
Printing company. being one of the large
shareholders Of that corporation, and is
at all times full Of business. He is a
cousin Of Thomas Bryant. the democratic
candidate in the second ward. Mr.. Oates
is a young man, being only q years old,
and resides in Caledonia street.
D. w. Tilton. the aldermanic candidate
on the republican ticket in the fourth
ward, is one of he trail blazers of Mon
mi He left his eastern home more
than forty years g and in 1860 stopped
at Denver. Learning of the discovery of
gold in Alder gulch Mr.. Tilton secured a
small stock Of books and papers and
staged 1t to the new mining camp in 1868.
Mr.. Tilton has the honor of having
brought the first printing press to Mon
tana n the additional honor of having
published the first newspaper in the ter
ritory, the Montana Press.
Mr.. Tilton participated in all the STIR
ring events in the early day history of
Alder gulch. When his stock Of goods be-
came exhausted he ran a stage for sew
eral years between Virginia City and
Bannack. Several years later he remov-
ed to Butte, where he has since resided
and has conducted a book and news store
on West Park street.
Mr.. Tilton has never sought a political
Office. He numbers his friends in that
ward and in the city by the thousand
and they will see that he is elected by
the biggest majority ever given a repub-
lican candidate in that ward.
George w. Andrews is the republican
candidate for alderman in the sixth ward
and if elected, which is not at all impro-
bable. he will be a first class man in the
council. Mr.. Andrews was born in But
falo, N. Y, On the 18th of March 43 years
ago and has been in the west thirty
years. OF this long period. twenty years
have been spent in Butte. He Is a good
citizen, a man of extensive experience In
+, mercantile and other business lines, and
possesses those qualifications which fit
him most admirably to represent the pop
ulatiOn of Butte in the council chamber
At present he is engaged in the real es-
tate and insurance business. This is the
first time he has eve been a candidate
for Office in Butte or any other place.
o.. j. Mcconnell is the republican candi.
date in the eighth ward and a better Sc.
lection could not have been made. Fol
eighteen years he has been identified will
the interests of Butte. and although hi
has never held any public position saw.
thai of school trustee he is one Of tn,
~ Il ~ WI Tia e
tain to the welfare of the city. His spiri
is progressive, and when issues Of i'm
portance arise in which the public is con
cerned, hat spirit manifests itself to
degree commensurate with a just regar,
for the rights of all persons. Mr.. Nc
Connell is at present general manage
for the Western Lumber I
elected to the position to which the re
publicans feel assured he will be. the in
terests of the public will not suffe
through n inadvertance on his part.
William H. Oliver. the standard beare
of the republicans Of the First ward, j
a native Of Cornwall, England. and ha
been a resident of Montana for Is year
and Of Butte 1S years. Mr.. Oliver is s
years of age. He had attained years q
discretion before he arrived in the Unite
States, and early after his arrival i
this country he became a member Of tn
republican party. and his faith has neve
WaVered. He has always been cOnten
to be a faithful worker in the ranks, ha
never sought any hOnors at his party
hands, and the aldermanic nOminatiO
came to him not as the plum to the poll
= tician, but as the Office seeking the maj
He is a miner, who by industry and fru
gality has acquired a competency, an
can manage the affairs of the public'a
well as he has his own.
Alfred c. Congdon. republican nomine
ior alderman Of the Fifth ward, is
young man who has spent the create
portion OF the years of his maturity
this city. He was born in New Jerse
20 years ago and came to Butte when I
was 20 years of age. He was with tn
firm of Courtenay. Case & Gravelle for
years. and for a time In the employ I
Ed Ttbbett & Co. Two years ago b
went into the grocery business with job