Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-22
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EDITORS AND LAWYERS.

Major Anderson, editor of the Bozeman
Courier, is spending the winter in the
capital. He is of the opinion that pros
perlty has made Gallatin county repub-
llcan, and that the issuance of orders
for the political crucifixion of Senator
Hoffman has alarmed the sturdy Ameri-
can citizens of the "granary'' county,
who are wondering what it all means,
and whether they were all sold with the
Bozeman Chronicle.
Colonel Emmett Callahan, formerly Of
Butte, is spending a few leisure mo-
lnents among the statesmen of the ma
ton. most of whom seem to be on init
mate terms with him.. He and ex-Sen-
ator Ingalls, are very friendly. AS to
the report that Mr.. ingalls, has been re-
tanned by Governor Smith to assist in
the prosecution of the Clark case, moth
ing definite is known, though the story
is probably true. ingalls, would enjoy
the distinction of being the only mar
having brains connected with the legal
end of the prosecution. A half a dozen
more of equal prominence should be en-
ployed at once to assist the great Kan
san, or the whole war may collapse. 1t
has just been discovered hat Mr.. Clark
wears his whiskers cut the same as
those of Dom Paul Kruger. and there
may be other points of similarity be-
tween them. 1t was supposed that
Colonel Callahan, who was Whiteside's
leading lawyer, would have charge of
the Amalgamated case here, but if such
conjecture is true the Butte lawyer is
keeping a very discreet silence. Still he
is often seen in close consultation With
MI. ingalls,, and people are drawing their
own conclusions. The real fun will
come. however, when the Investigating
when every suspected member of the
legislature, no matter to which side he
sold out, will be compelled to testify
whether he got money and how much,
or whether he was promised an election
to municipal office in the various cities
of the state or not, and was elected or
not under the agreement. One is bribery
as much as the other, and in each case
the responsible parties, high or low, will
be publicly exposed and branded.
Won't that be celebrating? Then
honest men will get their dues.
STILL A MYSTERY.
There is much speculation as to the
attitude of enato Carter in the Clark
case. The presentation of Governor
Smiths manly and patriotic protest
against the seating Of the man whose
certificate of election he signed with one
of the sweetest smiles on record, was
merely an act of official courtesy which
any senator woul perform for the gov
ernor of his state. His taking Mr.. Clark
to dinner, however, is open to four con-
structions: "a He may have wished to
show that he was animated by no per-
sonal ill-Will towards his colleague.
ca He may ave wished to impress upon
him that he Mr.. Carter) would give him
all needed aid and comfort and vote to
retain him in the senate. go He may
have desired simply to pay for Mr..
Clark's lunch. fearing that Mr.. Clark
could not afford the expense. () He
may have been of the impression that
Mr.. Clark would pay for both lunches.
Any of these thoughts might have ac-
tuated the senior senator. Certain it is
that both his friends and enemies are
discussing the incident. The Clark peo-
pie look hopefully towards Mr.. Carter
because Mr.. Daily has been their common
enemy and been on their trails like an
avenging Nemesis. On the other hand,
at the wal office of the Anaconda Stand
ard, Mr.. Carriers picture is draped in the
national c%olors, with the words "Our
Tom underneath, for is he not now one
of the eminent counsel for the Anal
gamated combination of coal oil and
copper? But why speculate about Mr..
Carter? Why not wait and see how he
stands When Bob Smiths protest comes
to a vote. Would he vote against Mr..
Clark just to please Bob?
- DEATH OF WASHINGTON.
The Masonic comnemoration of the
death of Washington brought over 900
leading Masons of the country to the
city bearing his name, and naturally
gives great interest to the events of his
last days. These are described by a
local writer as follows:
The cold which resulted in Washing
tons death was contracted while he was
riding over his estate directing some of
the improvements. A cold northeast
storm, accompanied by snow and sleet,
overlook him and continued for nearly
six hours. Throughout the greater part
of the storm General WASHINGTON rode
about protected only by a great coat.
When he returned to the house in the
afternoon, according to Colonel Tobias
Lear, his secretary, he was wet and
q considerable quantity of snow and ice
covered his hair. He developed a hoarse-
ness that evening, but nevertheless read
aloud to his family from the papers that
had that day arrived from Philadelphia.
He declined to take any medicine fon his
cold, replying to Colonel Lear's request
for him to do SO by saying: Let it go