The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-03
KEEP ro THE FACTS.

The Hon. T. II. Collins newspaper, the
The GREAT FALLS DAILY TRIBUNE,
takes the Miner 20 task for its criticisms
on the course Of the Great Falls candi-
date. THE TElBUNl does not deny that
Mr.. Collins stated voluntarily that he
would support any democratic candidate
who received as many as nineteen votes.
1t does not deny that in the face of this
pledge MIR. Collins is in the race and OPP
posing the caucus nominee who receives
twenty three votes daily. This is all
there is To- it. All the circumlocutiOn
and proliXity in the world cannot altar
the facts. Mr.. Collins has placed him
self in a most uucuviabir light before thr
people. NJ mau eau hope to retain pub
lie respect uni"@, ho hunors his worl.-
Butte.liror.
The Nine brG,r, with a misstatcment.
TINS TalnCHl is not Mr.. Collins news
paper, aud Mr.. Collins owns only a small
interest il it. But the liner doubtless
uses this form Of speech to intimate that
the opinions OF this paper on the scnato-
rial question are biased 10y Mr.. Collins
candidacy. ~uch an imputation is Gu
tirely without foundation.
Ii would be Just as well for the Miner
not to pad with this kind Of clap trap.
The people understand the situation just
as well as does our esteemed Butte con,
temporary. They know that Mr.. Collins
did all he could ia secure the election of
Mr.. Clark after the now famous caucus
of twenty two men vas held. This pa
per also supported the nomination until
it became convinced that there we're per-
sonal obstacles in the way which would
forever block Mr.. Clark's road to the sen.
ate, and whether or not Mr.. Collins ever
made the promise alleged by the Miner
(of which we know nothing), it is certain
that he did support Mr.. Clark by every
means at his command until he was con-
WINGED that the fight was hopeless.
What is the situation today: No
bodv's secrets are exposed by being per.
fectly frank about it. All the world
knows it is "A personal contest for perso-
nal and rot political reasons between
Marcus DAILY and W. \. Clark. Each of
these men Is great in his way, and both
are endowed with commanding abilities.
The first has 10 political ambitions. the
latter would give his right hand and
half his millions ttiguratively s~peaking)
to 60 TO the United States senate. To
~disappCint him at the threshold of that
goal is to iEtlict the keerest punishment
that mortal can suffer. and the enemy
he made 10y his own acts works this ey-
I~uisite Vengeance as he had worn to do.
It is a long story, and an impressive
one. bat what can be done about it that
will subserve the interests of the people:
This is the only question that concerns
US Just now. Must the public business
be forever blocked on account Of the
personal quarrel between these two
great miners: 1t is certain that neither
of them will ever concede a hairs
breadth. and therefore, if a democratic
senator is to be elected it must be
brought about by "a compromise.
And right here is the interesting point
in the whole business: Even if the
thirty.tive democrats who can be must
cred on iciat ballot were to agree upon
a candidate they would be short one vote
to elect him. Tho party is absolutely
populist vote. and it is when these facts
are considered in connection with the
other important one that Mr.. Beechcr.