Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-23


pes party feel justified in placing before
the citizens of Butte ticket asking
their suffrage for the same. Reaffirming
our lesiance to the time-oonored prin-
cipes of our party: II
We pledge to tn, citizens of Butte that
if cur canal sateS are successful we will
co a In our power. in local way. to
secure the reform ca led for in our ma
t.cnal and sac Platforms.
Believing that eight hours is long
enough for any man to work. we
pledge our city otfic.a $. if elected. to the
Inauguration of an eight hour workdays
for al employees of the city.
Municipal ownership and municipal
control of puh,ic utilities have long since
been one of uae cardinal principles of our
pr.iitioa al organization. and. if successful
Ia che coming campaign. we pledge our
caGd dates to co al in th,ir power to
bring about a oniiticn that WI secure
to the citizens OF Butte al the advan-
tages that can pc s.bly DE enjoyed by
public owners hip of public uti it!es.
With the example of those we have
elected to office in he pas. before our Cit
,zens. we feel safe in saying that if sue
.sfu'. our Officials will recognize the
fact that they are public servants. elected
to protect the interest of the whole peo-
pl, ms ad of to enrich themselves by
private gratis.
If successful in the coming campaign,
we pledge our nominees to Iigid en-
forcement Of al The laws enacted for the
protection of the morals ana hea tn OF
car citizens and the cleanliness Of our
city.
WITH ttis b lei statement, we cheer
fully submit our claims to recognition to
the vo,ers of Butte City"
The platform was adopted.
! Nominations for mayor being called
for. Mr.. Breen named Thomas r. Kinds
as Ills choice. and in so doing said the
popI:s.s of the city had determined to
hSht the battle alone sink. or swim He
a o said he had first met Kinds in the
Elack Canyon Of the Gunnison country.
Co oraIo, twenty years ago. The seec-
t on by Mr. Breen was seconded by
Jane Brennan. Dan Brown and Alex
ander Mackel. Kinds was chosen by a
rising vote and expressed his gratitude
fer "he honor. In fact he admitted that
he hal never before heard such nice
! t: ings said OF him.
For the Office of city treasurer John
Weston placed the name OF Wi liam Hag-
gerty before the body and Mr. Haggerty
Gai no opposition.
For pcMce magistrate James p. Fitz-
ra d named John p. Murphy, known as
'rSwede" Murphy. who used to p ay base
ba,. With the boys at Bellaire. Ohio. The
men, ion of Mr.. Murphys name was the
signal for outburst of enthusiasm
which the chairman had some difficulty
IL subiuing. Everybody in the house
wanted Swede" and he was chosen
without : dissenting whisper. Murphy
AZ
not in The room.
No candidates for aldermen were NOM
mated and it is not known that any will
be, hut if it should be decided that
| few are needed the following central
CCmr2i teemen selected last night. will
rame hem NJ ka Mu'derig, D. NJ Kinds,
! NJ. P. TC1rey. John Hoy. Thomas Uren,
James Mcclure and John Byrne, the
attt'. of whom was made chairman.
JUS as the curtain was about to fall
| upon the proceedings of the only har-
| mCniCls pOpuist convention the city,
| county, state or world has ever known,
H. c. Wcrthington, who had been watch
ing the progress of matters from rear
! point of vi2w, stated to the body that he
had been democrat and a good one, toe,
all OF his 'ife but he desired to divesr
n mse,f of the party's principles. if any
| public principles it possessed and hook
up with the pops. Instantly siXtytwo
delegates gave Mr.. Worthington the
high sign and he was admitted to the
fold.
Ex-Lieut. Governor Spriggs was in the
room and was extended an Invita- ton to
acdre the DO iy but the proceedings
| had been tame that his enthusiasm
was not up to the speech making stand
ard.