Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-04-06
Non-Partisan,

Although Sunday was Easter. the
fact was overlooked by those inter.
ested In the second struggle, which
came of Monday. Millions of dollars
in good warm air securities were wag-
cred on the result. The Independents
could easily figure out substantial
majorities for Wentworth, Weidman
and Culver. while the %non-partisan
boys had the other fellows "in their
sacks" several times during the day.
The socialists were the dark horses
which were supposed to have no bet
ter than a lighting chance for third
place.
The voting places were the court
room In the First, the building form
eriy occupied by Mansell's cigar fac
tory In the Second and the city hall
In the 'bioody third" The election
s6iceTs were:
In the First ward-Judges. ]. s.
Nelson. Otto Wasmansdorf and Sam.
uel Phillips: clerks, George w. Cook
and A. b. Lehman.
Second ward-Judges, c. b. Noble.
X. w. Norton and Albert Bean; clerks.
Z r. Norton and T. w. Humphrey.
Third ward-Judges, Sam Ander-
son. George Parrott and Henry Shea;
clerks, M. s. Sloan and w. E. Cort.
The registration was SOB and there
we're 453 votes cast. The result was
surprising to even the most ardent
non-partisan adherents. They expect
ed a victory but not such as they
won. The independents were decis
lively defeated and the showing of tn,
socialists was really pitiable. The Of
6cial returns are as follows:
First ward. Brown (non.partisan)
rs; Culver independently. 3S: Greed
(~socialist), 3. Browns majority, 81,
Second ward, Symmes (non.parti
SAM. 107: Weidman independently,
IS; Partridge (socialist). 6. Symmcs
majority. 80.
Third ward. Laux (non-partisan).
81; Wentworth. independently, 49,;
Mcdonald ~tsocialist). S. Laux' ma
jority. 43.
Election Notes.
There are exactly fourteen social
lists in this city. This isn't much of
a showing for a town which boasts
Of the only unadulterated socialist
publication in the state and one of
the coming CD socialist journals of
the west. Upon second thought,
there are now only thirteen ian omi-
nou number) of that so.called polit-
ical faith here today, as Henry Lynch,
To whose executive genius this great
~ organization owes its marvellous
growth tl3), left on the Great Falls
coach yesterday morning 1.-THE next
day after the election) for Stanford.
Some one has said that he has ac-
cepted a position with a well known
voolgrower as a herder, another that
he has decided to try his hand at
lambing and was anxious to get up
there before all of the places were
filed by detestable non-union lamb.
ers. Both may be mistaken. It is
barely possible that he is going TO
spread the glad tidings of socialism.
Having worked for over one year in
Lewistown, a city of two thousand
people, aad in that time organized a
club OF thirteen, he is doubtless SO
inflated % that he seeks a broad
er field OF labor. He can find it around
Stanford.
Curiey Van Iderstine bet Johnnie
Bebb that Wentworth would defeat
Lzn. The loser was to climb the
pole supporting the fire bell and
ring the bell. Curley WAS game and
at IL o'clock yesterday morning, in
the presence of a big crowd, he climb.
ed to the top of the pole and rang
the bell
Friday morning Arthur Harvey and
his man Friday, Walsh, went to the
Office OF County Attorney Belden to
swear out warrants for the arrest OF