Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-04-04 | Page 8 | Butte Elects Socialist as City's Mayor

BUTTE iOTTE ELECTS SOCIALIST AS CITY'S MAYOR Gets More Votes Than All Opposition Candidates Combined BUTTE Mont April For 4 For the first I. I time I In the history of or Montana a SoV So- So V was elected mayor when In MonJay's Mon- Mon Mondays Monday's Jays days city erection In this city the Socialists Socialists Socialists So So- practically swept the field ld electing electing electing elect elect- ing the tIo head of ot the ticket city treasurer treasurer treas treas- police jud Judge c and five the out one of ot nine aldermen Two years ago ngo the Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- elected every ery candidate in Silver Sliver How flow county which is regarded as the Democratic stronghold of ot the state and this remarkable upset is considered d Inthe Inthe in inthe the nature of a a. rebuke to the tho Democratic administrations past and present for the tho startling expose of or alleged shortages as disclosed by recent year ten-year audit of ot the th financial affairs of Butte Socialists in ille a suburb of Butte elected two to of three aldermen Rev L L. L J. J Duncan Unitarian minister Is Ia elected mayor maor of oC Butte Butto by bJ a plurality of ot 1834 1 over J J. J J. J QuInn Dem the biggest biggest big bl gest plurality ever eyer given a mayor In the of Butte Butto The rhe following maory mayor mayor- ti y y yote vote ote was polled Duncan Quinn 2435 E. E D. D I Elderkin Rep JJ 1 11 II T. T Allen Ind md 96 Mr 11 Duncan carried d every cry ward of the x r ht except one the Seventh and Eighth 62 1 and re- re in ill flir him pluralities of ot U IJ J. J who attracted na- na onal attention at the Western Vestern Federation Federa Federa- lion tion of Miners convention in Denver two years cars ago aJo h by denouncing the American flag Is elected police jud Judge e. e and Daniel 1111 is the new city treasurer J. J H. H McCarthy Democratic candidate and In Incumbent inc In- In c who is said according to tho the audit to be owing the tho city about and who twice has been elected city treasurer was hopelessly snowed under being a poor third Sho won on by a a. plurality of 1223 over G. G II H. Scott Rep The following aldermen were elected First ward Fr Frank Frnk Curran Socialist Second ward James Donar Dem Third ward J. J C. C Smith D Dem m. m short term terra W V. F. F Mannis Socialist lon long term Fourth ward John Rep Fifth ward Andrew Ardrew Rissel Socialist Sixth ward Samuel Barker Jr Rep Seventh ward Arthur Cox Socialist l ward Henry C. C Davis Socialist I I i