The Anaconda standard., 1899-01-23
COULDN'T MAKE IT WORK
Lindsay's Frankness Rebuked
Clark's Henchmen.
THEIR DESPERATE TACTICS
Trying to Trap Republicans Into Voting
for Clark = Their Methods De-
nouncsd as Disgraceful by the
Member From Dawson,
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena. Jan. 22.-The republican eau
Gus that was held last night was sue
ceeded by an after-meeting that is said
| to have been much more interesting
than the caucus itself. This meeting
was held in the rooms of the Jefferson
club, the local democratic organization.
| and the members Of the republican eau
| Gus attended at the invitation of some
local silver republicans, and one or
two republican guests were present
| from the outside cities. There was one
man from Livingston, one from Butte
and the rest from this city. Messrs.
Hotter, King, Parchen, Goughnour, Cas-
son and others were the instigators of
the meeting, and acted as the managers
after the arrival of the republican
| members of the legislature. AS to what
transpired, not much could be learned
last night, and this morning the men
who were present We're very reticent
as to what took place. Colonel Sanders,
Colonel Marshall and other prominent
republicans, when asked about the
meeting, said positively that they were
not present, and that they knew moth
ing of the proceedings. Colonel Sanders
rpJ q ply RI nh oafo ;efi4 flo
that he understood that the meeting
was a very warm one, but that was all
that he would vouchsafe. 1t appears,
+ however, that the thing was too good to
keep, and the programme has leaked
out to-day, till tonight it is street talk.
The meeting was opened by Mr. King,
who urged the republican members of
the legislature to vote for Clark for the
United States senate, on the ground
that by so doing they would kill DAILY
and get rid of the scrap that had for
years been before the state. He said
that this was an opportunity not to be
overlooked, and he urged that the re-
publicans take his advice and fall into
line in the Clark procession. He was
followed by Mr.. Goughnour, whose re-
marks were similar in purport.
The Butte orator of the party, Mr.
Casson. then took the floor and urged
fla, %~
account of eminent services of Mr. Clark
in behalf of gold republican candidates
for the legislature in Silver Bow county
last fall. He said that the republicans
should recognize these efforts, and vote
for a man who had tried so hard to
elect gold men to the Legislature. He
continued in this strain until Senator
Worden interrupted to inquire if it
were not true that these gold ,republi-
can candidates in Silver Bow county |
were pledged to vote for Clark for the
senate in case of their election The
speaker stammered and said that he |
could not say as to that. Then he l.
stopped speaking and sat down.
The succeeding silence was broken
by one of the republican members of
the house, Lindsay, who spoke for 10
or Is minutes with a degree of earnest
ness that would have done credit to /
Colonel Sanders. In the course of his
he is said to have spoken as
follows:
Gentlemen, I voted for Helena for
the capitol, and worked for Helena
I have always been a. Helena man, and
have always been proud of it till now
But I want to say to you here that I
am this moment ashamed of it, when
men who are recognized as the leading
citizens of this city importune me to
do that which would disgrace myself
and my family for all time.'
This speech broke up the meeting,
and no action was taken regarding the
of the silver republican
leaders and their allies. The members
of the caucus evidently thought that
the speech expressed all that any for
NAL action would The affair is the
theme of general street talk tonight,
and the men concerned as principals in
the episode are not feeling very WELL