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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1901
Page
5
Address listing shows Mountain Publishing Company located on West nite Street in Butte City Montana with M A Berghe serving as manager.
Republican ticket lists Mazor J Sullivan for treasurer along with a slate of alderman candidates across eight wards led by ward incumbents and hopefuls. Several names appear with typos and abbreviated spellings, reflecting a historical newspaper entry listing the local ballot.
The Battery city republican platform condemns the Democratic city administration for public health neglect and police inefficiency. It praises a 20th century national leadership and calls for strict law enforcement, clean streets, and fair ordinances to make Butte a western metropolis. The platform urges citizen cooperation to elect Republican nominees.
A week remains before Butte voters decide the city’s next two years. Republicans urge all supporters of good government to back the nominated ticket, praising their fitness and integrity. They contrast with Democrats who endorsed the current administration amid criticism of incidents, sloppy methods, and a demoralized police force.
The piece argues Butte voters tire of Democratic rule and favor a businesslike administration with a strong police force. It praises the Republican ticket as matchless, pledging reforms the city needs and urging every Republican to vote next Monday for a decisive victory.
The Independent voters in Butte are described as unaffiliated with any party and willing to support any candidate who offers honest, capable, and efficient city government. The piece argues the Republican ticket aligns with municipal improvements and a progressive, prideful city, urging independents to choose honesty and efficiency in the administration.
The Anaconda Republican convention selected solid candidates for mayor, city treasurer, magistrate, and alderman, aiming to mobilize full party strength. Dr H W Stephens is projected for mayor, W W Harper for treasurer, and R J Hayes for magistrate, with an alderman slate described as widely known and practical for Anaconda’s needs.
The Inter Mountain marks twenty years as Butte's leading evening paper with a celebratory edition praised for tasteful design and strong illustrations. The Anaconda Standard and Miner offer hearty congratulations noting modern printing advances, color work, and a gifted editorial voice. The piece also remarks on fashion trends and the paper's sustained enterprise.
A New York Tribune editorial debates public ownership of utilities, noting rising interest yet warning that public control would not magically yield perfect service. It cites examples from Metropo litan Street Railway and Carnegie mills to show motives often mix self interest with public gain. The piece argues for cautious, workable implementation rather than immediate sweeping change.
A column praises Judge Sullivan as the city’s rightful head and urges Butte residents to elect him, George Wedekind, Joseph Archambault, and other reform candidates. It critiques Adams for petty deceit, notes street cleaning and election issues, and promotes a Carnegie library in Forsyth.
A compilation of endorsements and supportive remarks for city candidates including Robert F Turner for police magistrate Alayes Cannon for alderman fourth ward B E Calkins for treasurer Thomas Kelly for first ward alderman Henry Kroeger Charles Caddy and Charles McLean with remarks on party alignment and local governance P H Manchester praised for a clean honest progressive administration
Victorian correspondent reports a major hurricane in the South Pacific, striking New Caledonia and eastern coasts. Vessels wrecked include the steamer Hero, bark Amelia Kane, and Ville du Havre, with Noumea harbor damage and a tidal wave hitting Matuku. Tonga and Fiji suffer, as wrecks and loss of life feared.
New York report says A. W. Dingwall, shot at Pabst's restaurant, remains in Roosevelt hospital with stable condition and no alarming changes. The bullet remains, but medical staff anticipate rapid recovery. shooter R. H. Moulton remains in Bellevue prison ward in a semi coma, his mother en route from Springfield Tennessee. Doctors deem Moulton nearly insane and no legal decisions are possible until his condition improves.
New York March 25 The Tribune says ex Senator E O Wolcott of Colorado has written a letter to a Washington friend denying the story that he was to join President McKinley’s cabinet.
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