The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-16
CORNER ON THE BARREL
Will Be Tapped for the Lsgis-
lative Ticket Only.
GLOOM AND O%ESPONDENCY
Ths Gold Republican and the Populist
County Candidates Can Expect No
Help From Clark-They VIII Be
Assessed Instead.

tht afhioc VI ~ tnTtt ntdQs Oh tne
central committee Of the gold republic
CANA. p. A.-populist sorehead-C Clark
democrat out for the stuff -citizens
party. Up to last evening all was
bright and Joyous. but things trans
pired last night which have brought
burrows on all Of the three reads.
1t came about at a joint meeting of
the committees held at the h~eadquar-
tiers. The proceedings started of lively
enough and there was great enthus-
iasm for a while. The meeting opened
with a new campaign song. the chorus
Of which ran as follows:
Well rally round the barrel. boys,
Rally once again.
Shouting the battle-cry of Doodle"
The chorus was sun with great gus
to by the united out-for-the-stuners
and an encore was called for and the
applause continued until swede MUIR
ply consented to respond with the
prime favorite,
I'VE Won't Lose You. Willie"
Although to tell the truth: Murphy
4 dtun I SlnB Will the Whole nedTteQneSE
which he displayed before his populist
anti-big building platform was knocked
out by the announcement that Mr..
Clark himself is going to build even a
bigger building next year.
The sad and gloomy part of the meet
ing came shortly after the singing was
all over. An announcement was made
| which nrnH.oaI a1. 1-r., 49, -.
intense wrath. 1t was made by NAL
colin ellis, republican, one of the trim
ity who are chairmen of the much
mixed central committee. Mr.. ellis
stated that in response to the demand
duly made on Mr.. Clark that the bar
rel be opened forthwith, a reply had
been received that there was a barrel
sire enough. and 1t would be turned
over to the bung-starters in due time,
but that the contents of the barrel
were to be used exclusively for the
election of the legislative ticket. 1t
need not be expected that Mr.. Clark
was going to give up his good cash
for the purpose of putting candidates
into fat county offices. If they wanted
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stun themselves. His money was for
the legislative candidates and for them
only.
Maybe you think there was not a
rear when hat announcement was
made. The southwest corner. where
were grouped the gold republican coun-
ty candidates. and the northwest cor
NOR wbara ware orounad the nanuIict
county candidates. fused with greater
earnestness and sincerity than they
have yet displayed. They fused on
cries of fury.
One after another. and all in unison.
they protested against this condition Of
things. What were they running for. If
they were not to be recompensed?
Were they merely to be the tail of
Clark's kite? Were they expected to
pull Clark's boom through and not be
well paid for 1t? Were they considered
such suckers as TO elect the legislative
ticket by their popularity and the legis-
lative candidates get all the Doodle?
To d to the fury Of the candidates.
it was that another meeting
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when the candidates for county offices
would be assessed for campaign ex-
penses. Mr.. Clark would pay the as
of the candidates for the
legislature, or at any rate. for all but
two or three of them, but the county
candidates must pungle themselves to
help pay the expenses. That was sufii-
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singing the closing ode. and the COM
mitteemen and candidates left the
headquarters in a blaze of wrath.
Could any action illustrate more for
chilly the insincerity of the campaign
made by the Clark "democrats?" They
claimed that they repudisted the demo-
cratic ticket for the reason that the
primaries had not been properly held.
They claim that there is no proper
democratic ticket in the field. and for
that reason they claim to support this
mongrel ticket. Now, the same con
lative ticket in the field nominated also
the county ticket. II one is wrong. so
Is the other, yet II Is announced that
Mr.. Clark will use his immense wealth
merely to beat the democratic legisia-
tive ticket. or rather to elect his own
mixed legislative ticket. and will leave
the mixed county ticket to take care
Of itself. That action Is sufficient to
convince any one that Mr.. Clark is not
fighting on principle, he is not fighting
to beat the democratic ticket because
he believes that IL is not democratic.
but he lie fighting to beat IL for the sole
reason that he fears the democratic
legislative ticket. being composed OF
true democrats. will not support him
for the United States senate. not being
a true democrat.