The Ravalli Republican., 1898-02-09
A TENDERF0o7 TALKS.
Tells What Marcus Daily Will
Do, Politically.
And Shows by His 0wntWord That
He Doesn't Know What He
Is Talking About. ..

gets OH tnc following ABOUT Marcus
DAILY and Montana politics, showing,
by his own article, that he doesn't
know anything at all Of what he at
tcmpts to write about:
Marcus DAILY, the copper king, hay
ing tired Of making other mems po-
litical fortunes, las decided to be-
come the next United States senator
from Montana, to succeed Lee Nam
tie, who will go out Of Office next
year. He has not said SO himself,
GDut the edct has gone forth, and
all things are being shaped accord
ingly.
This decision on Daly's part means
! political extinction to Chas. S. Hart
man, present congressman from Mon
stana, and to Lee Mantle, the present
senator, and the eventual downfall Of
Thomas II. Carter, the other senator,
unless Carter who is a good provider
for himself, shall land in some fed
cral position before the crash
Marcus DAILY is the manager of the
Anaconda mines and smeltcrs. en-
!
position he controls many other cor
porations and Influences which carry
at least 1000 votes more. lie has
unlimited money and spends it by
the hundreds Of thousands to gain
his objects. His power was clearly
shown in the capital fight, in which
he nearly secured the capital Of the
state for the little mining camp Of
Anaconda with AL the big places
against him.
Daly's politics are those OF Marcus
DAILY pure and simple. lie kept Joe
Toolc and then Martin Maginnis as
delegates in congress as long as it
suited him. They were democrats.
He then elected Tom Carter to con-
gress BY thowing the Anaconda vote
to the republican ticket, and in a
state which until the last campaign
was nicely balanced between the
: democrats and republicans in its to-
r ?tal Of 40, 600 votes, the Anaconda
- vote was the balance Of power. Then
5 firing of Carter, he elected his pri-
yatc attorney w. w. Dixon, a demo
crat. Then came the silver cam.
i, paign, and he threw his weight fol
q Hartmann, republican, and on the
silver issue Hartman received seven
Il eighths Of the vote OF the state.
With DAILY in the race himself 70
the senate he cannot supporta rcpub
y lican, SO, instead Of Hartman being
, nominated by fusion party, he vii
have only the silver republicans
e DAILY is Just now a free silver demo
s. GRAFT, and the democrats arc demand
ing a man Of their own party in con
grcss. This will result in straigh
). democratic vention, at which
DAILY free silver democrat will b
: nominated and DAILY men put up 0
1t the state legislative ticket. Thi
% DAILY man will probably be Il. l.
Matts Of Missou]a, otherwise know
as the s'Bald Eagle OF the Rockies:
who does Daly;s stump speaking fo
u him. The Mckinley republicans wi
g put up>a gold standard candidate fc
" congress to preserve their organic;
ST tion, as TREY did before, and, and IT,
-. silver republicans will be forced
y herd by themselves with Hartman ;
ICttttC1 ~! V1lNIt IOl Iol - !ioljSt ~ ~
sake Hartman for the silver dcm'
cratic nominee.
q" Any way the game may 90 l1ar
id man seems to be out Of the running
,c- and his bold detection from the S
Louis convention will, after all, ava
nc him nothing Montana is Tor Il
'or Chicago platform and a straight der
ti/. i'm, ,,1at for
10. with Daly's influence added, W
,, rally a large majority Of the voter
" regardless Of previous party afili
tions.
In the meantime Senator Carter
not idlc. IIe has the patronage
ed the state at his disposal, owing to Il
in refusal to leave the St. Louis co
re- vention. He also has been appofnt
Use to take charge Of the census work +
I've 1900. He will thus have Il Strol
is and well organized force at work
up every political precinct to secure
he republican or at least d Carter Leg
is laturc in 1900 to return him to ii
,hc senate. 1T is not believed, howcvc
me with the silver issue and Marc
40 Daily against him, he can win, d
he spite his well known energy and /
lie, litical sIlrcWdness. He is consider
in now in Montana as being neither ii
in nor fowl, and has alcnated all exec
i'd the pic faction from his standard.
red The present status in Monta
Gus would Indicate the substitution OF
ac free trade silver democrat for a hi
ta- protection silver republican in &C
OPP yrcss next fall and the same chan
YES in both members Of the senate as +
places shall become vacant in IS
1901 respectively.
a. 70 one who is familiar with Nc
Nv tana's political history the above
I've amusing by reason Of It's inaccurat
ute The writer SAYS Mr.. DAILY 'kcpt }
''us TOOlc and then Martin NaginniS
delegates in congress 50 long as
suited him." leaving it to be iLfcrl
that Ma9innis succeeded Tonle 4
It'c that Daily was responsible for
I"l- election Of both. The truth is Il
nr.,7 Mauinnis was first elected in Isl
cen delegates were elected in those d