The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-11-04

Election day, 1902 broke clear and cold.
1t was not entirely an Indian summer day,
but the sungod refused to stay behind
the clouds with the promise Of a republican
victory in the air.
Perhaps the first indication that it was
the long looked for election day had come
was the number Of hacks and vehicles of
every description, each bearing its party
legend, with the usual salutary advice to
vote for a certain individual and preserve
the integrity of the republic.
Long before 2 o'clock this morning the
warcry of the opposing parties might be
heard. Heinze jewellers, who had known
no sleep for several nights, but in whom
the fire of free whisky had not entirely
died out, were the first to break the still
ness OF the morning air. Tallyhos, hacks,
buggies, phactons, barouches, buckboards,
training rigs, grocery wagons, and every
conceivable style of vehicles had been
mustered into service, and at 73o the
streets of the city were gay with turn
outs and their gaudy banners.
In Awful Majesty.
At this hour the judges had begun to
assemble in the polling booths, and accord
ing to the legal custom few announced
that in half an hour the polls would open.
In most of the precincts all the judges ar
rived before o'clock, but in a few the
crowd around the booth were called upon
to choose judges in place OF those who
did not put in an appearance.
In many of the uptown precincts there
was fair crowd ready at o'clock when
the polls opened. Most of them we're em-
ployes in the stores who wished to vote
early and avoid the rush.
From that time until 10 o'clock there
was steady stream composed mostly OF
that class of citizens who have not made
up their minds and are waiting for tips
or circumstances which might have some
effect upon the marking of their ballots
Those who are not familiar with the
voting in the city remarked that it was an
unusually heavy vote during the forenoon
hours, and respectable citizens we're much
pleased in that it showed that Doodle poll
ticians were not going to have much of a
day. To stand near the polling booths was
an evidence that Butte people are going
to support no adventurous politics.
Heelers Much in Evidence.
The hcelers for the Heinze crowd were
very much in evidence around the booths,
but when they tried to pass their cards,
with the advice to vote against the mines,
they we're invariably rebufed, at times with
| pronounced severity.
Later in the day several itinerant fakirs,
| whom Heinze had imported, wen. around
| in wagonettes attempting to make speeches
! in the proximity of the booths. They were
| run off by the deputy sheritfs from several
of the precincts, and in one precinct
! No, 2I-one of them almost caused a
riot After having been warned several
times by the deputies to desist, he kept on
with his harangue, some of which bordered
on the indecent.
When at length two of the deputies
made an effort to arrest the fellow, he
shouted to the driver and was whirled of
before the deputies could get him.
Work OF the HeeIers.
In some Of the precincts where the
| Heinze element had been doing consider
able farming, there were some disgusting
scenes. In one in particular, in Galena
street. there was a regular can brigade,
whose appearance betrayed familiarity
with brakebeams and city jails. Many Of
them had votes. Many of them had been
staying in Butte just for the election, long
enough to give them local habitation
and name, so as to 60 out and shout for
/ Heinzc, in return for which some of the
lieutenants gave them the price of another
can of beer.
In spite of the bitterness with which
the fight has been waged by the fusionists