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HELENA'S SPRING ELECTIONS. nomination declared in favor of a busiSpecial Correspondence of the Standard Helena, April 2.-Helena's municipal ness administration, praised Dr. W. L. Steele, the retiring mayor, and besides campaign of 1898 will be remembered as affirming allegiance to the last national one that was prominent for its unusual democratic platform, got in a good word features. The usual city elections here for Cuba, mingled with severe criticism of previously have been on the commonplace the waiting policy of the present national order. The present one leaves that class administration. and takes on features that entitle it to The candidate of the populists for maybe called unique. One of the party canor is John H. Huseby, a member of the fourth legislative assembly. He is a didates for mayor is running without the stone mason by trade, and enjoys the dissupport of some of the prominent memtinction of being the tallest man in Helbers of his party or the assistance of his ent. if not in the state. Fred Sass, a party organ. He is trying to win votes merchant, is candidate for treasurer, on what he claims to have done for the while John Workman, once public adcity in the past as a member of the city ministrator. is aspiring for the office of council, and what he hopes to do in the police magistrate. The populists are runway of lessening the burdens of taxpayers ning on a platform briefly announcing the if elected. He has injected so much of principles of the party. his personality in the campaign that the The republican candidate for mayor is fight appears to be one of person more Frank J. Edwards, a young man who was than of principle. In order to reach the formerly an alderman. He is a native of voters he has each day since the inception Helena. For several years he has been of the campaign issued an organ made up aspiring to be mayor of Helena. In the of fulsome praise of himself, mingled with previous convention. when a nomination an occasional reference to the other canfor mayor was made, his candidacy was didates running upon the same ticket. so strong that he was the leading candiThe campaign appears to be the city of date in a score of ballots, only to be beatHelena against one man, or that man en. When a member of the city council against the other candidates, according to he took an active part in the proceedings the light in which it is viewed. relating to the water contract, and durThere are three tickets in the field, deming the heat of the contest, while engaged ocratic, republican and populist. The in an altercation with a member of the democratic candidate for mayor is Henry council, spat in the latter's face, an act O. Farris, the present alderman from the that nauseated the community. The betfourth ward. Mr. Farris is making his ter element of the party has always recampaign largely upon the history of his sisted his efforts to obtain office. Since achievements in the humbler capacity of his nomination he has been repudiated by a member of the council. added to a genmany republicans, and cast to one side eral interest in the city's weifare. He is by the republican Herald. In order to a business man, and promises a business parade himself before the people he has man's administration. His record in the been issuing a campaign sheet since the city council has been one that cannot be campaign. He is supported by the reinimpugned. He has always been guided by nant of the gambling element, and if by what he considered the city's best interhook or crook he should be elected it is ests. Several measures that saw the light generally believed that he will try to of day during his membership in the make this a "wide open" town. In his council, generally voted wise ones, claim organ Mr. Edwards makes remarkable him as their father. He was nominated claims of what he did as an alderman to by acclamation, promising the convention save the city from expensive contracts if elected to administer the affairs of the with the water company and the electric city economically and without favor. He light company. He says that during his is a former resident of Neihart, where he brief aldermanship he saved Helena $1,has many friends. The nominee for city 000,000, a claim that creates ridicule. mintreasurer is John F. Mercer, for a dozen gled with contempt. He is the candidate years a resident of Helena, who is concedreferred to in the beginning of this as the ed fit for the position in every way. He one who injected his personality into the will be remembered favorably by Livingscampaign. His nomination has made the ton people as the receiver of a suspended campaign anything to beat Edwards. The national bank of that city which fared other republican nominations are: H. we'l at his hands. C. F. Ingraham, until F. Tilton for city treasurer. He is at presrecently a deputy United States marshal ent filling the office: E. S. Walker for pounder William McDermott, is the candilice magistrate, also out for re-election. date for police magistrate. He is a wheel The republican platform makes the ushorse of the democracy, and has plenty of ual claims about economical administrafriends. tion of affairs, refrains from touching naThe convention that placed these men in tional issues, and centers its fire upon the
