The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-11
BUTTE News.
SENT BACK HIS CHECK
The State Democratic Committee
Wouldn't Use Clark's $500.
HE'S NOT A DEMOCRAT
Figures That Show That He Knitted
campbeli-The Rsce Between Penn
berton and Brantly Very Close.
With Chances Favoring Penn.

The democratic state central COM
ter TO W. A Clark. together with the
check for $500 which Mr.. Clark had
contributed TO the state campaign, and
which had never been cashed:
Butte, Mont. Nov. 10, 1895.
Hon. VIM. A. Clark. Butte. Mont
Dear Sir: / acknowledge receipt OF
our letter OF October 2. inclosing
check for $500. which you expressly de-
sired should be used in the interests
of the election Of the state demo-
cratic ticket. The executive commit
zee. after a full discussion OF the cam
paign in all Of its phases. decided that.
in view OF the position taken by you
with reference TO the legislative ticket
tn Silver Bow county. they could not
accept this contribution. You will find
Enclosed your check for $500. which the
committee has instructed me TO return
90 you. Respectfully yours.
Wv. NJ. COCKRILL."
The sending back OF Clark's check
was most assuredly a proper act or the
part of the central committee. for GER
tainly IL would have been improper to
accept financial assistance from one
who Is not a democrat and who was
fighting the democratic ticket more
than anybody in the state. Take the
Centennial precinct. for example. in
which Clark is probably stronger than
in any other precinct in the county.
in that precinct are located the Butte
Reduction works and the Colorado
emelter. Now II Clark was for Camp
bell. surely Campbell would have re-
ceived the vote of the precinct. But
the count shows 20 votes for Campbell.
~ Co. MfnaaAnII - 40 g. H. ~.
h Anaconda hill precinct No. s. which
somebody tried to steal because IL was
TOO democratic. showed 293 votes for
Campbell. only FIVE for Marshall and
20 for Hogan. How about that? Is
that an indication that Clark was for
Campbell?
that same Centennial precinct Of
Ciark's shows a remarkable switch in
the vote for state senator. Note this:
Campbell received 20 votes and Court
e received Sc. Marshall received SO
votes, while Thompson. who was the
Clark candidate for state senator. re-
ceived 16s. Hogan received las. while
Monteath received only 10. Now IL Is
very plain hat in this great Clark pre-
cinct the bulk of the voters supported
Hogan for congress and Thompson for
senator. Besides the Clark employees
in the reduction works and the
5melters. the only voters in the pre-
sAN WIZ " AAhliNNtE WI llt 'tn-
tennial brewery. IL is known to a GER
tainty that Henry Mueller Of the
brewery pulled true and loyal for the
straight democratic ticket and identi-
fed himself with IL i'm every way pos
sible. The democratic vote in that pre-
cinct undoubtedly came from the Cen
tennial brewery. giving 70 votes for
Campbell and Sc for Courtney. The
Clark vote certainly went for Hogan
for congress and Thompson for senator.
II the Centennial brewery precinct is
not a Clark precinct. then there Is not
one in the county. Yet three-fourths of
the vote of this precinct went for
Thompson for senator. much more
than one-half OF II went for Hogan for
congress. The same comparison will
follow i'm all the other precincts which
might be called Clark precincts. How
could the democratic state central com
mittee accept contributions from such "A
"democrat?"
There are no additional returns I'm
Silver Bow county. and will not be I'M
Ill the official count. The entire county |
and legislative ticket Is elected, and
the only losses may be in some OF the |
township offices. in Meaderville. Walk
erville and South Butte.
The democratic state committee yes
terday sent kilograms TO all the demo-
cratic county committeeman skiing
them to wire at once to Butte the best |
approximation they could make of the |
vote on chief Justice. that being the
only office where the democratic candi-
date Is in doubt. The result shows a
very close condition OF things. but
Pemberton Is a little ahead and both
Chairman w. NJ. Cockrill and Secre-
tary Marks claim his election by 200
majority. The following figures were
by the county committee