The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1888-10-10
A CLEAN CAMPAIGN.

The Republican press of this territory
has loudly begged for a clean campaign,
When the Hon. W. A. Clark went to
Helena recently the campaign managers
of the Republican party followed him up
and beseeched for q clean campaign. Mr..
Clark of course has no other desire. If
he cannot be elected by a clean, straight
forward presentation of his claims, he
would rather fail. His public u%tterances
p'ove this. But how is it with the other
side? At first Mr.. Carter and his hench-
m N were tolerably fair In their utter.
ance, but that did not last long. When
they bad worn out their set speeches
they began the most violent TRADE of
abuse on the opposition candidate and
prominent Democrats. First Mantle of
Butte attacked MIR. Toole and then Mr..
Clarke. Carter took IN the strain and at-
tackled every body indescriminately, who
were connected with the Democratic
party. Even the banners of the Repub-
iican parade of Helena took up the re-
frain and made libelous illusions to
democrats of thas city.
1t is manifest that the Republicans in
tend a campaign MS dirty as they know
how To make it and when it comes to a
final show down it will be found that
they have befouled their own nests. II
is the the result oftheir own desperation
however and shows that there cause ispast
redemption. But there is another matter
which we want to introduce in this con.
nectiou at this time and that is the
marked illusion of last weeks Courier 10
the managers of the Rocky Fork railroad
as Democrats. True, none Of them are
running for Office, Dut they ars Demo.
Gratis and according to Republicans they
must he vilified and denounced. There
Is not the least possible excuse for this
and we wonder what the editor of the
Courier would say If we were to apply
the same unjust tactics to HIM land he
is running for office too-which according
to the Republican modus operandi calls
for the most scurrilous utilization. We
see that Mr.. Carter has taken the enc and
will also deal in this Rocky Fork matter
as a part of his stock in trade, where the
true facts of the matter are not known,
At Townsend he is said to have abused
Mr.. Word most shamefully and thus in.
vited an issue which he hoped would not
be sprung. He relied upon the gentle
manly qualities of his antagonist to
shield him FROM the record of his past
transactions, but he reasoned wildly
when he supposed that Mr.. Word would
allow any attacks he made on him per.
sonally TO go unnoticed. Mr.. Word Sights
back and he usually gets in some telling
blows. For instance, in reply to Mr..
Carter at Tow n Mr.. Word, after Civ
ing the rue inwardness of the Rocky
Fork troubles, which he said where
due to Denais Ryan,s failure to
fulfill his contract, as we all know to be
the case, he denounced Mr.. Carters |
malicious attack as unjusti6ed and untrue |
and called attention to that gentleman's
record in Helena in the following words:
st He had hardly shaken the aust of
the states from his shoes before he was
holding the Office of public administra.
in this country. During his tesm of
nffire men made their Wills, and the
DEATH rate decreased about one hundred
per cent. Go ask him what became of
the box and the coupons which were
off the bonds in the Wier es.
late Don't ask the chairman of The
Republican territorial committee, be- |
cause that would not be proper. Go ask
Lehman about the Rieberg estate. Now,
mark you, l make no accusation against
Carter. NV opinion has not vet
zen expressed on these matters; l simply
you 10 ask about these things, to
institute your W inquiries. Mr., Car.
er is NV fellow townsman and my neigh