Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-28
DEMOCRATS GET THREE JUDGES
AND THE REPUBLICANS
ONLY ONE.
THE LATTER DID NOT
GET A FAIR DEAL.
City Council Members Do Not Favor
Purchase of the Court House
Routine Matters.

At the meeting of the city council last
night an ordinance was passed which
provides for the collection of a pol tax of
SO and five judges of election were named
for each ward for the city election which
is to take place on April /.
There was a warm encounter between
the democ, atic and republican members
of the house and the democrats won out.
1t was first decided that the lists of
judges should contain the name Of one OF
the labor party in each ward. Some OF
the aldermen supposed that they would
be evenly divided between the democrats
and republicans but Aldermen Macarthur
and Mayo named three democrats for
their wards and Alderman EIderkin en-
tered vigorous protest. 1t resulted IN
the council voting that the list OF judges
in each ward should be made up OF three
democrats, one republican and one OF the
labor party.
When the matter of electjng the judges
came up u communication was read from
the city central comm.ttee recommend
ing the appointment of certain list
of Labor men. Alderman Elderhin moved
that one labor man be named in each
ward and this was carried. Alderman
McArrhur named three democrats in the
first ward and Alderman Mayo named
three in the fourth ward.
After the, eight wards had been called
ana before the names were confirmed
4 Alderman ElGerk.n entered protest.
about the names in the first and fourth.
saving that he di l not believe that the
republicans were getting fair deal ana
he hops that the first and fourth Ward
would revise their lists so as to make the
division equal between the democrats
and republicans.
. Mr.. Mayo said that he had no ob]ec-
tions to naming two republicans, hut ne
did object to the personalities OF Mr.. Eli
de~k,;n. The latter at once offered an
apology and it was accepted.
Mr. Macarthur said that he had named
three democrats and he would make no
change 1t was not matter OF courtesy
hut a matter of politics and he would sea
IN the representation of his ward TO the
best of his ability.
Mr.. Elderhin still protested that the
treatmer. was not fair and then Alder
man Shoemaker rose and moved that the
names be revised so that they contain
three democrats, one republican ana one
labor party This was carried by the
following vote, Bryant and Mayo not
voting.
Aves-Dempey. Gleason. Macarthur,
Page, Siebena'er and the Mayors.
Noes-E' de~lin. Evans, Kroger, Arch
ambault Virtue.
When the second ward was called Al
derman Bryant explained that ne haa
promised two republicans to put theif
names on the list and he did not feei
tina. he could mark one of them on Tor
a democrat. A motion was made to per-
NIT the clerk to scratch one of the repuD-
lican na mes ana the mayor put IT. IL
was lost by vote of seven against nNe'
Bryant ami Mayo voting in the negative.
The MAYOR then refused to announce the
vote saving that it was out or Cf1er Al
derman Evans insisted that the vote De
announced but the mayor was nrm say
ing that he would not entertain any more
motions os that kind as the council had
voted that three democratic names be
p'aced on the list of each ward. In rec
ognizing the motion at all he had been
guilty of an oversight
When the fifth ward was called Alder
man Kroger refused to make any change
and Alderman Elderkin again protested
saying that the republicans were not be-
ing treated fairly. During the course of
his remarks he referred to the mayor as
a democrat and the latter replied warm
ly:
II am proud to be a democrat. If the
democrats here tonight had voted as
democrats there would have been no ia X.
I will entertain no more motions on the
subject You can confirm the Judges or
let them go by the board. am simply
ruling in accordance with the vote of the
council"
The mis- sing name was inserted by the
clerk When the seventh and eighth
wards were called the clerk was instruct
ed to insart the name of democrats in
the place of republicans. The completed
list is as follows:
First ward--J. V. Burns, Tim Coyne.
and John LYNCH democrats: Thomas
Drscoll, republican,: William Head, Ia
Dor.