The morning call., 1893-04-23

was millions in copper well as in gold
and silver, ana he shipped the first copper
from Montana 10 the Seab0ard From a
SINGLE mine he took cut over 100000
pounds OF copper In two years and he now
owns silver mines, copper mines, bank stock
and other property said to be worth al least
dozen millions Of dollars. Hehas private
bank in Butte City, The deposits of which
run into several million dollars. and when
one Of the corporations with which he was
connected was temporarily embarrassed
and vas about to be thrown into the hands
ot receiver he gave a single check for
$4,000 and thus tIded It over.
y q one knows how much Marcus DAILY is
worm. lie owns. / am told, fourth in
tfrest IN the big Anaconda copper mine,
which produces millions every year, and he
has electric railroads. banks, silver mines
and gold galore, ! have met him during
my stay ID Montana and l viii speak of him
further ln another letter. To come to the
Senatorial contest. Il was a number Of
years AGO that Clark and Daily owned silver
mines which were close 10 one another, and
an told that the trouble between them
came from a dispute as to whether Clark
had the right to certain part of the prop
eriy. DAILY IS a strong friend but bitter
enemy lie thought Clark had injured him
IN his case, and he has never forgiven him.
He IS Democrat, is also Mr.. Clark. I
think ClaTk's claim adi0ned Days and that
lie followed the lead into the ground of the
latter. This brought on a lawsuit between
the TWO, and the lawyers are PLAYING battle
dore and shuttecOek with that suit vet. It
has been appealed and Teappealed and is
sill undecided.
The trouble starting In this way was
famed by iniudicious friends until the cam
paign Of 1888. when Clark wanted to 20 to
Congress. lie had made millions and he
wanted social position for his family. He
got the Democratic nomination. which WAS
supposed to be equivalent to an election,
and the Republican nomination went beg
Eln2 Thomas Carr, the head Of the National
Republican Committee during the late
Presidential campaign. was offered ii and
refused 10 run. lie was finally persuaded
So take it. Daily threw his strength to the
Republicans, aud the result was that Carter
was elected by more than 1000 majority. It
was, l think, the first time Republican had
been elected Tor fifteen years, and only
Tie second time in the history OF the
State. In 1890 another election occurred
ana Carter ran for a second term, but Clark
was mol in this contest. and W. ".
Dixon, Marcus Days friend, was elected.
Then came The admission Of the Territory
with two sets OF Senators and with Clark
one Of the Democratic nominees The
seats were given TO the Republicans, how
ever. ana thus Sanders and Power became
United States Senators. In 1892 Clark still
wanted to 90 to the Senate, and he decided
10 put everything into the eOntestan make
II 20. As The story goes here. he pulled
wires IN every legislative district. and when
the election was over he thought he mad
fight against MIN. and he eXneo ted 10 sail in
like a bird. When the Legislature was
polled, however, IL was found that there
were twenty-seyen Democrats. three POpu-
lists and twenty-five Republicans. The
Democrats had caucus, and q this caucus
Clark received sixteen votes. Hauser. another
millionaire, eleven, and Congressman Dixon
nine. Clark had a majority of the caucus
and by rights 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 meE, and they
withdrew from the caucus and refused to
be bound by the result. To make a long
story short, eight of these men held out
during one of theslOngest Senatorial con-
tests on record, and they finally compelled
an adjournment without a Senator being
elected, The result was that the Gov
eTH0r a Rrpubllcan, appointed Lee Man
lie, the candidate who had received the
Republican votes duTing the latter part
81 the contest, and Clark is going about
with fire in his eye and his Ratchet at his
bet, longing for the lime when he can get
chance al Daily. AS TO just who spent tho
money and as to how much Of it was spent
must be left to the Senatorial investigation
All sorts Of rumOrs and stories concern
ing II are floating about through the pure
ozone OF Montana. One is that certain
candidate had rooms in the Helena Hotel
which were occupied by his friends and
that the tables in these rooms were piled
WIN SltuO notes. SOU notes, SlD0 green
backs and $40 GOLD pieces. A supposedly
corruptible legislator was led by the cappers
into this room and was talked with some
what as follows;
Now, Senator, we know that this con-
test is disGracefal one. You feel that our
man ought to be elected. You can see that
that is the logic of the situation. Now we
want TO make il easy for you. We're going
out Of the room and If in thinking about
this matter you can see your way clear TO
throw us your support you are ut liberty to
take just as much from those tables a you
think your services are worth"
This for Door man was great tempta-
ti0n, and II the story is true il probably led
many men to change their minds.
The worst feature about this whole cleo
ton Is, ii seems 10 me. the unblushing way
in which the matter is talked OF here in
Montana. i have yet TO meet the first man
who questions the fact that oney was
used, aud fAe politicians seem 10 take 1t as
matter of course. The Rev. j. Wesley
Hin. the Sam Jones of the Rockies, openly
charged the fact from his pulpit here. The
better classes of the State consider it a dis
grace, of course. but there are mere laughs
over it than frOwns. and Marcus DAILY is