The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-04
DEAR, GOO, HELENA
She MlguanimOu Comedies One
Senator to 9 West Side.
HE'S THE SORT TERM ONE
It's Really Toe Bad. but There Are
Not Enoupl -ogas To Give
One To Ech Aspirant
From at Chance.

Butte. Jan, 3.-le Silver Bow county
legislators are motg on Helena and all
will be there by Sarday night ready 10
take part IN the irresting, II not STIR
ring, scenes that VI mark the opening
of the legislature Representative look
went yesterday al Paschal, SWEET, Met
calf, Cunningham and Lawrence went
over to-day. Mers. Bray, Montea'h'
Williams and Leard will go over Satur-
day. Messrs. Shpshire and Booth are
visiting IN the Ea, but vii. both be In
Helena by Saturck.
1t is rather excited thai caucuses OF
the republican gislators Will be held
Saturday evenin, not. 1t is believed, 10
select candidatefor United States sena-
tors, but TO selec the differs ana en-
ployes of the legilature.
Wilbray II. Swift will he presented by
the Silver Bow delegation for the position
of speaker of th' house, and IL Is unoer-
stood that the deegationwhich went over
to-day will push his canvass asslduousiy
from now until Monday noon. SWEET is
the only westsde candidate who has de-
clared himself.
From the cas-. side representatives Joy
of Livingston and ,lderson of Bozeman
are actively al worL while Henry Knip-
penberg of Beavenead and craven OF
Lewis and Clarke 5ie also spoken OF.
There is a lon. list of candidates Tor
other positions Hd people from all over
Montana, inclidng even one or two from
Helena, are an1ous to serve the state In
some capacity % long as there is pay at
tached to it. S many are the candidates
that II is not pssible to make a guess as
TO who will be successful among the APP
plicants.
The fight for senators is getting down
TO the final butts and getting warmer.
The contest on the west side seems TO
have narrowed down to Mantle and KICK
ards, with a half dozen dark horses TO
pick from inoase neither OF the leaders
gets majority
Helena has,with commendable magma
nimity, AWARDED the short term senator
ship to the weS side. 1t is no more than
right. inasmucl as the west side has never
had a United States senator, and, while IL
would be impdent for the west side to
ask for the Iolg term, Helena has most
generously conceded the west sides right
to the short term senator. There is no
doubt about this, for to-day's Independent
says:
BY common conent--of the eastside candi-
dates-tne existing vacancy IS accorded the
Westside.
TINS explanation was much to be de-
sired as there we're some who wondered
how Helena could award a senatorship to
the westsde when she elected populist
representatives herself, and therefore
will have no voice to speak OF in the re-
publican caucus. The above quotation,
however, explains that the matter is not
decided by the representatives but by the
''eastside' candidates, which means the
candidates from Helena.
1t is too bad that il will be necessary for
the state of Montana to disappoint some
of the Helena senatorial candidates, but
this is inevitable. Only two senators are
10 be chosen and, inasmucn as Helena got
the capital, it is deemed proper that one
senator should be gwen this year to the
westside. This leaves only one United
States senator for all the city of Helena.
1t is evident that the man who wrote the
constitution of the United States did not
have Helena in mind at the time or he
would certainly have increased the num-
Der of senators TO be chosen from each
state.
Inasmuch as the Helena Independent
the organ of the Helena senatorial candi'
dates, has conceded the short term sena-
torship to the west side, renewed interest
has been felt in the matter here. There
is no doubt that the majority of the Silver
Bow delegation and majority OF the
west side representatives are Tor Lee
Mantle. but whether Mantle is satisfac
tory to the Helena people, who have noblN
conceded the short term senatorship, re
mains to be seen.
If Helena will not accept Mantle, Rick
ards will probably be the nominee, as he
is understood to be satisfactory TO the
east side candidates. If Governor Rick
ards is chosen there will have to be {
change all around.
In fact there is some doubt as Il
whether Richards can be elected senator
or be a candidate for it, until he has re
signed as governor and his successor hat
taken his seat. Section 4, article :, OF th'
constitution of the state of Montana
speaking of the governor and other stat
officers, Us:
No officer mentioned in this section shall b
eligible or hold any other public office, eNceI
member OF the state board OF education, durin
his term of office
Whether this will shut out Richards o
not will probably have to be determines
by the lawyers.
The long term senator is not to b
voted for until Jan. 10, but tine short tern
man may be elected before that.