Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-03-28
Butte
Campaign
Socialists Showing Great Strength
Prospects Bright for Election of
Mayor and Aldermen


a candidate and declared brutally in
response TO their protests "the busi-
ness Of this convention is to endorse
Henry Mueller for mayor"
A servile Tool
George M. Bourquin, now Judge, wss,
one Of those who refused to be muzzled
and took the platform in spite Of
Corby and delivered an impassioned
speech denouncing the action Of the
chairman.
The convention was however packed
by the Amalgamated and Mueller was
endorsed with the result that the re-
publicans revolted and Mueller. who
was himself popular man and capable
of putting up a good race as a straight
democrat, was badly showed under be-
cause of the dirty methods of the Am
algamated republicans.
Union Record.
Corby registered another black MARX
against his name in the engineers
union at a time when the Amslgamated
was seeking to disrupt the Westers
Federation of Miners. When the,
time for the election of delegates from,
the engineers union arrived Corby
found that his crowd was not in the
majority and to prevent the election
of independent meT he adjourned the
meeting in the face of the majority.
His labor and political record is a
record of subservieney TO the Anal
gamated. III elected he will continue
to serve it's interests. In the legis-
latsre he trained with Scallon, the
man who as president of the Anaconda
blaeklisted over 500 men in Anaconda
because they were Socialists.
Since his nomination he has been
called on to explain to republican 81,
loon keepers, cigar dealers AMI others
how il was that he voted to make a
man OF woman who played an innocent
game Of whist as much of a violator
of the law as one who ran regular
gambling house. His naive explanation
has been that he could not "amend
the BILL" The deputies at the court
house, many of whom are republicans,
have refused TO contribute TO the cam
paign fund, because Corby as a member
of the Legislature voted against the
bill to raise their salaries.
Wants Three Jobs.
Corby is still member of the legis-
lature He has also been offered q
place in the office Of the state auditor.
Not content with two positions he now
aspires to third, not SO much because
he wants the place, but beacuse his
owners, the Amalgamated, wanted him
TO make the race and with Corby TO
hear is TO obey.
Mantle's Scheme.
The name of Corby was presented 70
the convention by Lee Mantle. Mantle
is non persona grata 10 the Amalga-
mated and his action in supporting
their sworn tool is peculiar. The ex.
planation is simple. According TO
rumor Mantle is anxious to make the
Amalgamated as unpopular and he
conceived the idea that the most eff
feetive way To make the company 3
stencil in the public nostrils was TO
elect a man who would do their bid
ding in everything during the next
two years. II is safe TO say that Corby
will not poll more than 40 percent Of
the republican vote.
Jerry Mahoney.
The democrats have nominated one
Jerry Mahoney, man who before the
possibility. He owes his selection 10.
spite on the part Of delegates who had
supported other candidates. In the
democratic convention were old line
democrats and former antitrust demo-
Gratis. The old line democrats chose
for their candidates John Holland, n
business man on North Main street.
and J. II. McQuscny, also business
man. The anti trust delegates sup
ported Jerry Mullins, n saloon man.
The anti trust crowd was strong
enough 10 defeat Holland and Me.
Queeny but not strong enough TO uomi.
nate Mullins when the Holland and
MeQueeny men flocked 10 Mahoney,
declaring that they were going "to
job the thing good and proper.
Totally Unfit.
MahOney is probably a good engi.
neer but the average voter takes the
position that II takes more ability to
run the city government than to run
an engine The semncrntic candidate