The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-05
LEE MANTLE CHOSEN.
Montana's Governor Appoints Z
Republican Senator.
HISTORY or THE APpo,NrEe.
A RSpubliean's Comnonta - The Aet1oo
OF the DAILY Democrats Whe BleeksA
Senatorial Eloctlon.

HELExA, Mont, March Z-The legisla-
ture having failed to elect United States
senator, Gov. Richard today appointed
Lee Mantle, . Republican. to the position.
He started at once for Washington City.
Butte, March z-[6pecial. LEO Man
tie. who was today appointed senator from
Montana, 10 the present mayor Of this
city, which has been his homo since 1877,
when he first located in the state. He
was born In Birmingham, England, %
years ago. and in 1868 he located in Utah
with his parents. He is self-made in every
sense Of the term. In 1872 he drove an OK
team for ex-Gov. White. and in his leisure
hours learned telegraphy. In the same
year he became Western Union operator.
agent for tho Wells-Fargo Express Com
pany, agent for Gilmer Salisbury's stage
lines and postmaster, all at the same time,
at Nadia City, . frontier Idaho town, and
his mother conducted an eating station for
the stage lines. He was elected q member
of of the first city council at Butte in 1880,
and has since been an active leader in the
Republican ranks, being now chairman Of
the state Republican committee. It that
year he founded the Daily Independent, an
influential organ Of the party in the state.
and he il still the principal owner. He
has been a member of several legislatures;
was speaker of the last assemblage that
met under the territorial regime: was .
delegate to the national Republican con.
vention In 1884; was elected president Of
the mineral land convention which took .
stand against Northern Pacific acquisi-
ton Of the mineral land of the state. He
has been chairman of many state and
county conventions and last spring was
elected mayor by the largest majority ever
given in the city. He is prominent secret
society man and an ardent devotee of them.
He is very popular at homo and tonight
the town is ablaze with red lights, the air
is reverberating with music and the whole
city has turned out to honor him. Mr..
Mantle still maintains his mother. who 10
80 years of age, and has supported her
since he was IA. He is unmarried. Mr..
Mantle is strong free silver man and an
eloquent speaker.
TACOMA. March 8. -[Special.] 1T. 81.
Kleinschmidt, . prominent Helena, Mont,
broker. is in the city. Regarding the SEN
atorial contest IN his state he says:
The Democratic party in Montana has lost it,
opportunity to elect . senator for two years
through the selhshness and n.the. m anger
disposition OF Marcus Daily w. A. Clark 10 .
good Democrat, and the majority of the party
wanted him for senator, but the sel6shness OF
one man has defeated the popular choice.
Marcus Daily controlled eleven or twelve votes,
and while there was no chance for the election
Of his man. Dixon, at any time, he held his men
from voting for tho candidate OF the majority.
Mr.. Clark, ana now the governor has appointed
. Republican.
The Republican Legislators In Washington ap-
pear to be copying the mistakes of the Montana
Democrats by not electing the man who IL
plainly tho choice Of the majority. do not
doubt that money was used to defeat the popu-
lar will in Montana, and. though . strong Re-
publican. cannot help denouncng the course
Of the Democratic faction which has defeated
the will and wish Of the Democratic party.
1t ought to be made states prison ofenso for Q
legislation or control the election Of public