The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-26
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been lANdu with slae muvsmsnt fOs tae ~.
formation and uurineettun u TIN fepWtiIs
rNA pHsty aSaits NJ dsvalap what Il really
menas, a. II ~weli~hmDwH fsat that fDs
years u~iauneey |. Fillsy k4e c0Mlrstlsd tlss
party machine md HIM nm u IN thu
fnle or.tnlh tUltuy, n II sleO we'll
kHnwn that Tho ulDl,es Democrat hAM ~litterIy
fought Filley and incidentally 0ppossd shs
work and methods VI HE c0mmittse. Al
chairman vi thu Oily central sDmmiltes IN
ran Tho last ea'npaiun N his own Interests
dictated, and The result wss most discs.
ireus 10 the party, though nine men out Of
eyery ten arc wall convinced that FiiIey
fat,encd financially and thst tlis loss Of the
thres republican congressman from Tho city
II 4 mattee VI small confederation 10 him.
This disaster 10 the party, h0wevsf, IN
having 4 much mora seriois s6sct On Fiilcy
personally thnn lig counted On. ~ has beeti
seized up0si by n silk stocking element Of
tho party, led by the dlobe. Dsnaocrnt, and
Hllsy has been politically dethroned.
The plans were most cArefully laid 70 make
tho cxmpsisn the Globe Dcmocrnt's edi-
torial columns contained from time 10 ttn,e
hints Of nm independent movement, and
current gossip said that many bankers and
moaeyed men and merchants, with Char les
ing 4 plan whereby professional politicians
Of both parties were to DO left ont. After
the election o ciamof WAS raised against
FYllcy, and = complete reorganization Of tho
republican committee wns demanded.
n, Meanwhile ,na,,ums Gsosfs y n.in' n. 'h sS'ssss
Of che Globe-D Democrat, Mr.. Joseph y.
McCullagh, Was appointed by Secretary
Noble to supervise the census, and mt the
conclusion Of that work he was placed in
charge Of the lnanufacturers' census, also
Globe. Democrat. These two appointments
and some other obligations put Mr.. Balm in
just the right frame Of mind to make the
right kind Of q chairman of the republican
committee.
When things were all in the proper shape
Fiiley and Smith, hi,s factotum, who was
secretary and really handled the commit
tee funds, and In went George Balm as
chairman. From this ii will bo seen that
though George Bain is the tigurehead, Jos
eph =. McCullaRh really occupies the throne
for a bit Of history to show who is back of
McCullngh. When William Mckee, the
of the Globe n principal owner
Of the Globe Democrat, after the %consolida-
lion, was passing through the political,
and legal troubles that culmi-
mated in his death. his most relentless foe
Chauncey l. Filley. There had been a
and Fillsy. seeing q chance
bounded Mckee to his death. ii is said
that Mckee on his sick bed, from which
he never rose, told Joseph McCullagh al
ways TO fight FilIey. He said the same
thing to his wife, and these two have obeyed
this dying injunction. Thus it is that
while George Balm is prime minister and
is the party king, Mrs. Eliza
beth Mckee is really the power behind the
throne, and those who know her say that
now that her opportunity has come she will
be as relentless as fate.
It is we'll known that Thomas J. Prosser
republican candidate for congress, was
feeced out Of $4,000 in the last campaign.
and other candidates were despoiled of
smaller sums, and it is believed that a way
be found to get the matter before the
grand jury and bring about revelations
which, il they do not compel the blood
to disgorge, will ut least show to
he world what kind of creatures they are.
are just now directed against Ford
smith, the OK secretary OF the committee.
The old treasurer, Thomas G.. Martin, is
citing in concert with Balm, thong this is
lot apparent on the surface, and ii is al ,
most a certainty that the story of the last
,ampaign's rottenness and robbery will +.
,Ome out.