Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-13
WON OUT IN THE PRIMARIES OF
THE LABOR PARTY HELD
LAST EVENING.
WILL BE LIVELY SCRAP =
FOR THE CITY OFFICES.
The Convention of the Party Will Be
Held Tomorrow at Which HOSTILE
ties Will Be Resumed.

There seems to be as big a scrap
among the members of the labor party
over the nomination for the mayorality
if the future nominee already had
''cinch' on the position. The horny
handed son of toil'' takes to politics as
a duck to water and the smoke Of his
watch fires rose above three wards-fOr
the scrap was a kind of triangular af-
fair.
Yesterday evening it is said, the labor
party held it's primaries, and contest
ing tickets were placed in the fields in
the Second, Fifth and Sixth wards. In
the Second Mike Mccormick, one of the
big uns," candidate for mayor.
headed the regular ticket. while Pat
May girded up his lons and led the
opposition on neither to glory nor the
grave. Dan Mcdonald, president of the
Western Labor union, armed with one
of the vases of oratory which he has re-
tanned as a souvenir since the day it
was filled at the Helena fount, was also
arrayed on the side of the opposition-a
commanding figure How that OPPOSE
ton could have lost SO long as Dan
stayed with the skirmish line is a prob
lem presenting more difficulties in the
way of solution than theorem In
spherical trigonometry a knotty
question owning consanguinity with the
| intergal of differential calculus.
The Mccormick ticket carried the
day"-sO sayeth the inspired scribe, and
in those few words is told somebody's
tale of woe. AS P. j. Giligan, the hero
Of the sleeping fiddle, would put it, "the
ayes were G. and the noes were 34
The opposition ticket contained the
names of some of the most prominent
statesmen of the day, including Sher-
iff James b. Furey, William Walsh,
Robertus A. Pelky and Forbes Blu
chan.
When the smoke Of battle had cleared
away. the watch fires along the Mis-
sionary Ridge of politics had been ex-
tinguished and darkness was holding a
mild Irritation with the electric lights.
the injured We're dragged off the field,
their knapsacks refilled with verbiage
and preparations made to continue hos
tilities. Those who went down into the
valley of defeat and drank deep from
the spring of troubled spirits are as fol-
lows:
Delegates-Pat May, Daniel McDon-
aid, James B. Furey, E. F. Dobson,
Frank Murray William Walsh, F. Blu
chanan, Mike Kilgallon, w. l.. Hollings-
WORTH Fred Allen. r. A. Pelkey.
Alternates-Willam Lewis, Fred Hem
ingway. Phil Sherman, John Mckenna.
John johnson. w. F. Whitley, J. w.
Rowe. A. p. McCusker.
In the Sixth ward the battle was led
by Wernock, candidate for mayor. but
after a heated struggle the Mccormick
faction "won OUT by vote of 50 to IS.
In the Fifth ward the opposition
polled Is votes and the regulars Al. In
this ward the opposition ticket was as
follows: Richard Carroll, A. Swift, H.
Sheperd, w. F. Normand, VIM. Thomp-
son, Chas Parer, Ed. Parer, John Peter
son, Frank Niva, Ed. Simpson.
1t is thought to be as good as a settled
thing that Mccormick will be the labor
candidate for mayor. The nominating
convention will be held at noon tomor-
row at the auditorium.
While the primaries were in progress
circular, signed by Chas. Maynard,
supposed to be one of the opposition
leaders, was scattered around. Its next
was as follows:
| ITO All Members of the Labor Party
and the Public in General:
Whereas, a false impression may
have been created in the minds of the
members of the labor party and the
general public who have been misled
by the public press of Saturday, March
/ 10, to the effect that there was a split
| in the labor party. We, the members
! of the Silver Bow Trades and Labor
assembly take this means of notifying
| all parties interested that there has
been no split in said party and that
there will be none, and we deny the
authority of those making such call as
published in the press to make such call
as bona fide members of the labor
party. Therefore. we ask all members
of the labor party to stand steadfast
and true to the labor party and the
principles upon which they stand and
not be misled by statements from any
source to the contrary.
90 M. Partelow, Partick Mcmahon,
Chas. Maynard, c. II. Cammans, COM
mittee.
Luke Kelly. president: John Wet
tengel, secretary, Silver Dow Trades
! and Labor assembly.
1.-The above action is Endorsed by the
city central committee OF the labor
party
"Chas. Whitley. president; John Wet
teneel secretary
The total vote of the labor party by
wards at the primaries was as follows:
| First ward ............. .............. u
Third ward ......... ......... POS
Fifth ward ...... ..... 49,. g.
sixth ward ............... ~
Seventh ward ......... ................ As
Eighth ward ........... .............. 30
] IOtdl 5SS
AS the result of the poll at the pri
maries the convention will be composed
of the following delegates and alternates