Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-22

sail in like bird. When the Legislature
was polled, however, II was found thai
| there were twenty-sevcn Democrats
three Populists and twenty-five Republic
cans. The Democrats had a caucus and
in this caucuts Clark received sixteen
| votes, Hauser. another millionaire
eleven, and Congressman Dixon nine
| Clark had a majority OF the caucus and
| by right he should have been the caucus
nominee. Had he been so in reality he
would have surely been elected, but
here comes In Days fine work. The
men who voted for Dixon were his men
and they withdrew from the caucus and
refused TO be bound by the result. To
make long story short, eight OF these
men held out during one OF the longest
senatorial contests on record, and they
finally compelled an adjournment with
out senator being elected. The result
was that the governor, Republican,
appointed Lee Mantle, the candidate
who had received the republican votes
during the latter part OF the contest,
and Clark is going about with fire in his
eye and his Ratchet at his belt, longing
Tor the time when he can get a chance at
DAILY. As TO just who spent the money
and as to how much OF IL was spent
must be left to the senatorial investiga-
ton.
HOW SENATORS ARE MADE IN MONTANA.
All sorts OF rumors and stories con-
corning II are floating about through the
pure ozone OF Montana. One is that n
certain candidate had rooms in the
Helena Hotel which were occupied by
his friends and that the tables in these
rooms were filed with $1,000 notes,
$500 notes, 500 greenbacks and SEQ
gold pieces. A supposedly corruptible
legislator was led by the cappers into
TINS room and was talked with some
what as follows:
Now, senator, we know that this con-
test is disgraceful one. You feel ut
our man ought to be elected. You can
see that that is the logic OF the situation.
Now we want to make II easy for YOU.
We're going out OF the room and II In
thinking about this matter YOU can see
your way clear TO throw us your support
you are at liberty to take Just as much
from those tables as you think your
services are worth"
ms Tor poor man was a great
temptation and IL the story Is true II
probably led many men TO change their
minds.
HOW DAILY WOULD PURIFY SENATORIAL
ELECTIONS.
The worst feature about this whole |
erection is, 1t seems to me, the unblush- |
ing way in which the matter Is talked OF |
mere IN Montana. | have vet TO meet |
me iirst man who questions the fact that |
money was used, and the politicians |
seem to take II as matter OF course.
The Rev. ]. Wesley Hill, the Sam lones
d the Rockies, openly charged the fact
rom his pulpit here. The better classes
u the state consider IL a disgrace, of
curse. but there are more laughs over
than irowns, and Marcus DAILY Is
eported to have said the other day that
lis part in the election had been that OF
patriot. Said he:
propose 10 make II possible for a
,oor man TO be elected TO the United
states Senate from Montana by making
so expensive that the rich man can't
iiord TO rum"
pays employees must number in the
eighborhood of 5000. He is very
popular with them and he Is one of the
losses OF Montana.
Mr. Lee Mantle, the republican who
vas appointed by the governor. Is one
u the brightest young men of the state
nd he would be the youngest man in
ne senate. He Is only thirty.eight
nd he Is worth small fortune. lie
'as candidate for the United States
enate In the first state legislature and
e mas been one OF the leading republi.
ans for the last twelve years, He was
orn IN England and moved from there
Ulah, AT the age Of twenty four he
'as driving an OK team, and two wears ,
tier he had learned telegraphy and had !
ecome one OF the telegraph operators ,
the Rocky mountains. Ii was this. / /,
link, that brought him to Montana. He
ow owns one oil the best papers In the ,
ate, the Butte City H7kcy-JLon1Iaiu ,
nd he is Interested in nearly all the q
aiding enterprises Of Montana. He Is
man oil ability, can make a good \
'eech, is fond OF fast horses and Is moi
'erse to good game OF poker. The =
axes played for here are large and
'cording to one of Man,le's friends, he ,
as at last accounts about $50, 900 ahead =
the game. !
GAMBLING ~ MONTANA.
Card playing and gambling are more /
zen in Montana than they are in the .
st. This country is full of spectators !,
ID miners and the whole atmosphere n
life here has for some years been that n
chance. Within the last decade great n
operations have sprung up. The n
lies of Butte and Helena land yery !,
bstantial cities they are) have been i,
tilt and there Is now rs much business | ii
me here as anywhere In the country. >,
i'll the old habits cling to the people h
ID gambling goes on as openly In .,
ontana today as II did when the mines :,
ere first discovered. The cities are n
with gamblers and over -,
arly every saloon you see the sign 4,
licensed Gambling The games are ~
by law and there are a score 3,
places in Butte and Helena where y
u may drop in at any hour Of the day
d see crowd around the different
% tables, betting with white, red and m
Ne chips, and this goes on from morn. W
Z ill night, week day and Sunday. W
lere Is no place in the world where M
gees are comparatively so great as IS
re, and there is no city that has so NJ
my unmarried men In proportion 10 b,
population as Butte. The lowest ge
ges paid to any one is S7,so day, Sc
d il does not take an extraordinary eli
IN to get IS a day for his labor the at
nth through. The mines and the z,
citing works run day and night, and III
, men work in eighthour shifts. The qt
'ult is that you find the city Of Butte la