Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1905-04-04
The Democratic Candidates Win
Out Easily in the City EIec-
tion Yesterday.
Democratic Candidate Gets a Ma
jority of Seventy-Seven Votes
in the Three Wards.

The city election Of yesterday re-
suited in almost a complete demo-
cratic victory; four out of six demo-
Gratis being elected by strong majori-
ties. The votes cast in the various
wards were as follows:
First ward-Pinkly, Y; Symmes, CO.;
Weber, SO; Tubb, p; MCGOWAN g.;
Pennock, 81; Deaton, 95.
Second-Pinkley, 1O7: Symmes So;
Smith, 1O6; Moshner, 49; MCGOWAN,
l07: Pennock, 46; Deaton 1875
Third-Pinkley, 81: Symmes, 73;
Sloan, 70; Wentworth, "a: MCGOWAN,
S6; Pennock 81; Deaton I24.
Total votes es-Pinkley, 26O; Symmes.
lS3; MCGOWAN, 261; Deaton, 345.
Total registration, 4s3. Votes cast,
449.
The majorities of the winning can
didates are: crats-Pinkley, II:
MCGOWAN, 80; Sloan, 5: Deaton, 345.
Republicans -Tubbs, 13; Smith, 81.
It was beautiful democratic vic
tory and the best of it is that with
the exception of few leading spirits
Of the opposition, everybody seems
satisfied with the result. Pinkley,
!! Sloan and MCGOWAN are good repre-
sentative citizens, while Murray Dea-
ton is too well known to need any
Recommendations Tho ,,,o,vop ,,ol;oo
magistrate, one alderman and the
treasurer were secured by the demo-
Gratis. Webber made good showing
in the First considering the fact that
the ward is republican stronghold,
though Moshner in the second was not
in the running. The way Sloan run
in the Third surprised the best of
'em while they did not even catch
MCGOWAN in the First.
The vote on the Lewistown- Billings
Mutual Telephone and the Judith
Milling Co., franchises was practical
ly unanimous.
1t was republican landslide and
the party chiefs can't tell how it
happened. The large majority ac-
corded to Pinkley surprised even the
| most enthusiastic of his adherents,
while, of course with the exception of
Deaton, MCGOWAN secured the largest
| vote of the day. The workers of both
parties did some tall rustling through
the day, though the thickest of the
/ fight was in the second ward. On ev-
| cry corner some earnest worker could
be seen talking with both hands and
feet and for while that section of
the town looked like slice out of
Donnybrook fair. Pinkley was a
strong fayorite all day, though the
republican bosses would not concede a
ward until late in the afternoon.
While counting the ballots in the
Second, one was found which had
been turned over by some enthusias-
tic voter who placed serious looking
cross in front of the official ballot
stamp, no doubt with the idea that
he was filling the wants of the situa-
tion at one fell blow. Two marked
their ballots on both sides, while one
man was SO scared he would lose his
vote that he wrote every name with
a pencil and put cross on both
ends.
The voting of the Second and Third
wards was slow and steady during the
Ientire day, though most of the votes |
were cast during the afternoon, when
lboth parties had rigs running to ev-
Dery section of the town. The main
Tight was made on the mayor and |
IPinkley's friends worked with an en-
Ithusiasm which could not be with |
stood. Murray Deaton had walk
Iaway, while MCGOWAN was safe dur
ling any part of the day. The fight be-
Tween Sloan and Wentworth in the
Third wound up in a close finish with |
1.-The democratic candidate five votes
Ito the good. Pinkley secured a ma
Iiority of tifty-seven in Symmes' own
Iward, the Second, twelve in the First |
land eight in the Third. The repub-
Ilican element was too strong for |
lWebber in the First and Tubbs was
elected. Moshner was badly beaten
lin the Second by Smith while McGow-
Iail, the democratic candidate for mag