DEMOCRATIC RALLY SCHEDULED TONIGHT

The Butte Miner, Butte, 1924-09-13, p.5

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name as printed"now occupy the Murphy-Softly store"
James Joseph "James J." Murphy

Summary

Sub-head: "Women Will Also Meet to Appoint Committees For Campaign." Joint meeting of the Silver Bow county Democratic executive committee with committeemen from the 81 precincts and four representatives of the Women's Democratic club, at the Democratic headquarters at **222 West Park** at 7:30pm, per Chairman C. P. Nevin. Mrs. Otto Simonsin, president of the Women's Democratic club, has called a meeting of that organization for 8pm in **the basement of the Democratic headquarters which now occupy the Murphy-Softly store building**. (The Murphy-Softley store is at 22 West Park street in its 1924 ads and the 1920 and 1923 clippings, while this article prints the headquarters' address as 222 West Park; the two numbers do not agree.) Mrs. Simonson will appoint a committee of four to act with the men's executive committee. Finance committee (newly appointed): William Meyer chairman, W. D. Horgan, Flurry Sullivan, Pat Holland, Steve Sullivan. Met in Mayor Horgan's office at city hall the previous afternoon. Headquarters open 9:30am to midnight. Information phone No. 665. ARCHIVE SIGNIFICANCE. (a) The **Murphy-Softley store building hosts the Silver Bow County Democratic Party HQ in the 1924 presidential year** (Davis vs. Coolidge vs. La Follette). The building's basement is the Women's Democratic club's organising space. This is a strong political detail: JJM, a lifelong Butte Democrat (cf. 1900 Ward 1 delegate, 1924 election judge etc.), has the party's headquarters in his firm's store building (the article says only that they "now occupy" it, not on what terms). (b) Mayor Horgan named (W. D. Horgan) — confirms the 1924 Butte mayor. (c) Two distinct Sullivans (Flurry Sullivan and Steve Sullivan) on the finance committee — recurring Beara surname in Butte politics.

In its time

Prohibition1920–1933

Narrative

The county democratic executive committee, committeemen from the 81 precincts and four representatives of the Women's Democratic club are to meet at democratic headquarters, 222 West Park, at 7:30 this evening as an opening rally for the campaign, Chairman C. P. Nevin announces. Mrs. Otto Simonsin, president of the Women's Democratic club, calls her organization to meet at 8 o'clock in the basement of the headquarters, now occupying the Murphy-Softly store building, to appoint a committee of four to act with the men's executive committee and a larger advisory committee. The newly appointed finance committee — William Meyer, chairman, W. D. Horgan, Flurry Sullivan, Pat Holland and Steve Sullivan — met in Mayor Horgan's office to plan the campaign's finances, and headquarters will be open from 9:30 in the morning to midnight.

“Citizens are invited to drop into the headquarters at any time for information or to call phone No. 665.”
“The meeting will be in the nature of an opening rally for the coming campaign.”

AI-generated (claude-opus-5). Verify against the transcription before quoting.

People

James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA)(as printed: Murphy-Softly)
role: store landlord for democratic party hq · family confidence: 75 strong
Indirect — the article does not name JJM individually, but the building is his (Murphy-Softley store). Inferring his role as effective landlord to the Democratic party in this campaign cycle is plain reading.
Charles P. Nevin (mayor of Butte 1910; Democratic county chairman 1924)(as printed: C. P. Nevin)
role: democratic county executive chairman 1924 · family confidence: 0 not family

Also mentioned

Mrs. Otto Simonsin · womens_democratic_club_president
Article uses both 'Simonsin' and 'Simonson' — likely 'Simonson' is correct; the first instance is typesetting drift.
William Meyer · finance_committee_chairman
W. D. Horgan · mayor_and_finance_committee
Mayor of Butte 1924, William D. Horgan. Hosted the finance-committee meeting in his city hall office.
Flurry Sullivan · finance_committee
Pat Holland · finance_committee
Steve Sullivan · finance_committee

Places

Butte, Montana (primary)

Themes

Story threads

Source type

news_item, public_meeting_report

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Transcription

transcription: complete · confidence high

# DEMOCRATIC RALLY SCHEDULED TONIGHT ## Women Will Also Meet to Appoint Committees For Campaign. *The Butte Miner, Saturday, September 13, 1924, p. 5.* A joint meeting of the county democratic executive committee with committeemen from the 81 precincts and four representatives of the Women's Democratic club will be held in the democratic headquarters at 222 West Park this evening at 7:30 o'clock, according to Chairman C. P. Nevin. The meeting will be in the nature of an opening rally for the coming campaign. Mrs. Otto Simonsin, president of the Women's Democratic club, has called a meeting of that organization for 8 o'clock this evening in the basement of the democratic headquarters which now occupy the Murphy-Softly store building. Mrs. Simonson will appoint a committee of four to act with the men's executive committee and another larger committee to act in an advisory capacity. Members of the newly appointed finance committee met in Mayor Horgan's office in the city hall yesterday afternoon to lay plans for the handling of the financial end of the campaign. The finance committee consists of William Meyer, chairman, W. D. Horgan, Flurry Sullivan, Pat Holland and Steve Sullivan. The democratic headquarters will be open from 9:30 o'clock in the morning to midnight from now on. Information regarding the campaign and the forthcoming election will be obtainable there. Citizens are invited to drop into the headquarters at any time for information or to call phone No. 665. ## Correction from the dossier pass (26 Sept 2026, Opus agent clips-c2, read from the image) The address printed is "222 West Park", not 22; the store name is printed "Murphy-Softly".

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Open questions

The Murphy-Softley building hosting Democratic HQ in 1924 — is this a fee-paying lease or an in-kind political contribution? The clipping doesn't say. If the latter, it counts as a JJM political activity even though his name isn't on the article.
W. D. Horgan as 1924 Butte mayor — worth a person record on a back-pass for the political-life chapter.