The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-09

sweeping democratic victory after the
ever seen here. There have been polit-
zeal battles in this county before. but
never me like this. Never before in
this county was such a combination
gotten together as was gathered into
n tickle by this combination against
the democrats and against silver. And
never before was so glorious a victory
achieved.
The result Of the election proves that
the impure cannot purify politics. How
could the impure purify anything? The
opposition started in with the PROPOSE
ton that six-story buildings were a
detriment to the community, that Clark
Is the man who has earned the love of
this community for what he has lone
for 1t, but the votes showed tina m
body had made a mistake. And the
mistake was a big one. The ballots
proved hat Silver Bow county appre-
ciates enterprise and progress. The
ballots proved that Silver Bow county
prefers progress to stagnation. 1t pre-
fers six-story buildings to the West
Park street shacks. 1t prefers loyalty
TO silver to anything else on earth and
TO n man on earth. whether he comes
from Paris or New York or Jerome.
Butte is loyal and true to silver. and
don't anybody overlook that fact.
The victory is complete. 1t is a VIC
tory for democracy and It is a victory
for silver. 1t is a victory for honesty
and truth and honor against hypocrisy
and dishonesty and fraud. 1t is a VIC
tory of the people against the barrel.
The campaign proves that a silver plat
form, true to the people. is of greater
power in this community than a bar
rel loaded to the bunghole with Clark's
gold.
The all gave It up last night. NAL
colin ellis. chairman of the republi-
can county committee. gave 1t up early
in the evening and closed UP h~eadquar-
tiers. Swede Murphy Of the populist
central committee closed up his head
quarters and conceded the election of
the entire democratic ticket from top
20 bottom. w. Nice. White. chairman
of the silver republican committee,
said that the entire democratic ticket
was elected without doubt, county, leg
~islative and state.
Campbell will have 1000 plurality in
this county and Hogan and Marshall
seem to be running about even. The
oun has not reached the county ticket
as yet. but there Is little doubt OF the
election of the entire ticket without
the loss of a man. Democratic traitors
are harmless in this community.
1t was a quiet election so far as out
side appearances go. but there vas a
great Zeal of feeling and a good deal
of hard fighting. One band traversed
the streets playing Marching Through
Georgia" and another played Dixie"
Early In the day it became evident
that the democrats were in the ascen-
dancy and before the afternoon was
half gone. the republicans and populists
alike were cursing the day when they
ever consented to fuse with Clark's par
rel The barrel seemed to have played
out and nothing was left of it but a
b%unghole. For the moment Clark be-
came convinced tha his chances for a
senatorship were gone he put the bung
in the bune hole and closed down, re-
pudiating all checks after that time.
He was willing to purify politics so
long as the publication process includ-
ed his election to the senatorship. But
when the chances were gone he forgot
all about purifying politics and closed
up his barrel.
1t was a fusion that would not fuse.
The republicans as a whole would not
vote for the populist candidates. and
the popuiists would not vote for the
republican candidates. The Clark peo-
pie. t~reacherous as usual to everybody
and everything. confined their efforts
to electins corbett and Kilgallon. both
OF whom are employees Of w. A. Clark.
Everything was sacrificed to them, and
at that they could not win. They
seemed particularly DESTROYS OF beat