The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-12
Continued Balloting Would Likely
Have Made Clark the United
States Senator.
Ihe Dissolution of the Joint AS
eembly Perhaps Prevented
Such Result.
1Sickards q Carter Suggested for the
Role OF the Polical Moses-Legis-
lAtiye Proceedings.

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the joint assembly yesterday. and had the
democrats who have stood by their caucus
nominee, and the republicans who wanted
20 end the matter, got another ballot or
two. that result would very likely have
been reached. There were just titty-nine
votes cast In the joint assembly. including
shat Of Representative Davidson, who WAS
again carried in OF his invalid chair. OF
these hfty-nins votes w. A. Clark got
twenty-seven, or just three short OF
enough TO elect. The twenty-ssven votes
were made up of twenty-five democrats,
and five republicans who wanted to see the
long struggle ended, and who recognized
the fact that. while there was no chance for
a man OF their " party, Clark was being
kept from the fruits of the democratic
caucus by a minority of the democratic
members. Mantle got but twenty-five men.
thus proving that he is not 60 good an or
Ranizer as the Warhorse, who held
his ranks solid for four weeks. Dixon. of
course, got the votes of such of his men
Rs were preeent, nine in all. Sanders. who
led the forlorn hope for so long. and who
waa dropped just as soon as the brsakaway
began, was compelled to be content with
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Tierney. The democrats saw that with
another ballot Clark's chances would i'm
prove, and wanted to have one. The Man
tie and Dixon people opposed it. and the
motion of a republican senator to dissolve
was carried by thirty-one to thirty. This
was on division and not on roll call, and
shove that two members had voted who
were paired.
After the Adjournment of the legislature
Gov. Richards and his friends began oircu-
lating around pretty freely among the re-
publicans. They pointed out the fact that
Lee Mantle could not hold the republicans
together, u that Richards might. They
also claimed that the governor could get
the support of the populists from Silver
Bow. n that some of the Dixon men
might 60 to him to prevent Clark's election.
1T was also talked up to u considerable e4-
tent that ex-Land Commissioner Tom Car
ter might lead the republican hosts through
the parted waters of the political sea to the
promised and of republican hopes. The
idea WAS that the republican national
chairman could expect to draw moro votes
from the democratic column than any
other republican, and that he could get the
Silver Bow populista, too. 1t was such an
idea that enabled Gen. Lewis III. Hershfield
to get a number of the republican mem
bers of the legislature together last night
in the Office of Internal Revenue Collector
Mills, in the Pittsburghblock, with himself
-,snd some other leading republicans. They
talked about the duties of legislators to
abide by the decisions of party
caucuses and generally discussed the
situation. Owing to the fact that
many Of the republican members had left
for home, the attendance of legislators WAS
not large enough to warrant the belief that
their action would meet with the response
of those who were not present. had they
concluded to do anything. So those who
were there listened to the words of wisdom
which fell from the lips of those who got
them there, and departed with the idea that
it was all very nice in theory. bus pretty
hard to put into practice. Nobody cared to
talk after it was over, but it is known that
none of the big chiefs thought it safe to
commit the members to any particular
action. Mantle will be the leading repub-
lean candij ate tomorrow, they said, and
that proves that the Richards and Carter
booms did not enthuse. Among those who
were not present were Representatives
Coder, Burns and Benson.
The only important business transacted
by the house WAS the passage of the bills
creating Blaine county, and establishing
the state normal school at Dillon. Though
there were but seven votes against
the e Blaine bill, one of them
was from Beaverhead and it made Repre-
sentative Burns hotter than the other six
put together. He had been asked early in
the session TO help the Dillon people, and
did SO by his vote up to the time the bill
came to its passage. The consequence was
that he lost a friend in the Madison dele
cation, though he had not known that
county WAS after anything when he prom-
Used che Beayerheal people. So when the
Blaine bill came to its final passage yester-
day, and one OF this two Beaverhsad mem
bers were against 1t, Representative Buns
felt that he had been treated badly, lie
got even by voting against the normal
school bill q few minutes later,
A committee Was appointed by the house
and the senate to 20 to Deer lodge, ex-
anime the peniteptiury there, ana then
Wait Billings and look into tire claims OF
that place for the state prison.
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